Data Protection Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Protection
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Data Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 233 277
Rank change year-on-year -10 +44 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 443 615 941
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.31% 1.49% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.56% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 373 402 711
10th Percentile £35,755 £41,063 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,650 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,811 £66,250
90th Percentile £86,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Protection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,884 39,545 66,696
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.37% 96.08% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 23,455 27,516 41,159
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Data Protection
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Protection trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Protection.

Data Protection salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Data Protection salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (5.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (5.64%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.29%) IIS
4 8 (1.81%) nginx
5 6 (1.35%) Apache
6 5 (1.13%) CMS
6 5 (1.13%) WordPress
7 3 (0.68%) SAS
8 2 (0.45%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.23%) Confluence
9 1 (0.23%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 43 (9.71%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.90%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.90%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (0.90%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 80 (18.06%) Azure
2 69 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (11.74%) AWS
4 31 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 22 (4.97%) SaaS
6 16 (3.61%) GCP
7 14 (3.16%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.93%) Amazon S3
8 13 (2.93%) PowerApps
9 12 (2.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (2.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (2.48%) Google Workspace
10 11 (2.48%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.58%) CloudFront
11 7 (1.58%) Google Analytics
11 7 (1.58%) Route 53
11 7 (1.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.32%) DNS
1 28 (6.32%) Firewall
2 18 (4.06%) Wireless
3 14 (3.16%) LAN
3 14 (3.16%) NAS
3 14 (3.16%) SAN
4 13 (2.93%) Cisco IPT
4 13 (2.93%) VPN
5 11 (2.48%) Broadband
6 10 (2.26%) WAN
7 9 (2.03%) DHCP
8 7 (1.58%) Network Security
9 6 (1.35%) Wireshark
10 5 (1.13%) Internet
10 5 (1.13%) MQTT
10 5 (1.13%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (0.68%) Intranet
11 3 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.68%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.45%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.58%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.90%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (5.64%) Power BI
4 21 (4.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (3.61%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (2.48%) MySQL
10 7 (1.58%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.35%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.35%) Tableau
12 5 (1.13%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.90%) Big Data
13 4 (0.90%) QlikView
14 3 (0.68%) Metadata
14 3 (0.68%) Redis
15 2 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (2.03%) Git
2 8 (1.81%) JIRA
3 5 (1.13%) Mercurial
4 3 (0.68%) GitLab
5 2 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.23%) IntelliJ
General
1 134 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 75 (16.93%) Finance
3 50 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.06%) Legal
5 35 (7.90%) Marketing
6 20 (4.51%) Law
6 20 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.51%) Retail
7 19 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.48%) Games
10 11 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.26%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.81%) Advertising
12 8 (1.81%) Agriculture
12 8 (1.81%) Back Office
12 8 (1.81%) Local Government
13 6 (1.35%) Banking
13 6 (1.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (14.22%) Developer
1 63 (14.22%) Senior
2 44 (9.93%) Lead
3 35 (7.90%) Analyst
4 26 (5.87%) Security Manager
5 24 (5.42%) Consultant
6 22 (4.97%) IT Manager
7 20 (4.51%) Architect
8 19 (4.29%) Data Manager
8 19 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (3.84%) Head of IT
9 17 (3.84%) Security Analyst
10 15 (3.39%) Data Protection Officer
11 14 (3.16%) Senior Manager
12 13 (2.93%) IT Analyst
12 13 (2.93%) IT Consultant
12 13 (2.93%) Senior Developer
12 13 (2.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (2.71%) Information Manager
13 12 (2.71%) Lead Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.42%) .NET
2 23 (5.19%) RESTful
3 12 (2.71%) Node.js
4 11 (2.48%) ASP.NET
4 11 (2.48%) CSS
5 10 (2.26%) HTML
6 9 (2.03%) React
7 8 (1.81%) .NET Framework
8 7 (1.58%) gRPC
8 7 (1.58%) XML
9 6 (1.35%) LDAP
9 6 (1.35%) LEMP Stack
9 6 (1.35%) ModSecurity
9 6 (1.35%) Web Services
10 5 (1.13%) GraphQL
10 5 (1.13%) Knex.js
10 5 (1.13%) React Native
10 5 (1.13%) Sequelize
11 4 (0.90%) JSON
11 4 (0.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 61 (13.77%) Data Protection Act
1 61 (13.77%) Management Information System
2 35 (7.90%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (6.77%) Data Centre
4 29 (6.55%) Freedom of Information
5 22 (4.97%) Mobile App
6 19 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.93%) Replication
8 11 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (2.26%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.26%) Taxonomies
10 9 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (2.03%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.58%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.35%) NHS
13 5 (1.13%) IoT
13 5 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (1.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.42%) Windows
2 29 (6.55%) Windows Server
3 18 (4.06%) Linux
4 13 (2.93%) Android
4 13 (2.93%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.48%) Mac OS
6 10 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.35%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.90%) Windows Vista
10 3 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (27.54%) Information Security
2 115 (25.96%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.00%) DevOps
5 53 (11.96%) Computer Science
6 50 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (10.38%) Risk Management
8 43 (9.71%) Analytics
8 43 (9.71%) Data Governance
9 42 (9.48%) Project Management
10 41 (9.26%) Agile
10 41 (9.26%) Collaborative Working
10 41 (9.26%) Mentoring
11 38 (8.58%) Business Intelligence
12 35 (7.90%) Disaster Recovery
13 34 (7.67%) Project Delivery
14 33 (7.45%) Customer Service
15 32 (7.22%) Data Security
16 31 (7.00%) Roadmaps
17 29 (6.55%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.67%) SQL
2 35 (7.90%) PowerShell
3 22 (4.97%) Python
4 21 (4.74%) T-SQL
5 15 (3.39%) C#
6 13 (2.93%) Kotlin
7 12 (2.71%) Swift
7 12 (2.71%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.48%) Bash
9 10 (2.26%) JavaScript
10 9 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.35%) R
12 5 (1.13%) JSX
13 3 (0.68%) Java
13 3 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 97 (21.90%) Degree
2 42 (9.48%) Security Cleared
3 41 (9.26%) CISM
4 34 (7.67%) SC Cleared
5 31 (7.00%) CISSP
5 31 (7.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (6.09%) CISA
7 24 (5.42%) Master's Degree
8 18 (4.06%) CRISC
9 17 (3.84%) PMP
10 16 (3.61%) PMI Certification
11 12 (2.71%) AWS Certification
12 10 (2.26%) OSCP
13 9 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (1.81%) DBS Check
15 7 (1.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 7 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (1.58%) ISEB
16 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (23.02%) GDPR
2 85 (19.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (10.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 41 (9.26%) GRC
5 22 (4.97%) Data Quality
6 18 (4.06%) QA
7 16 (3.61%) NCSC
8 15 (3.39%) PCI DSS
9 14 (3.16%) NIST
9 14 (3.16%) SOC 2
10 10 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.35%) Accessibility
12 5 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.90%) ISO 14000
14 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.68%) PMO
15 2 (0.45%) IASME
16 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 1 (0.23%) ISO 31000
16 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 35 (7.90%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.84%) Docker
4 8 (1.81%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.45%) SRDF
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (4.06%) Kubernetes
1 18 (4.06%) Terraform
2 12 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (1.35%) Ansible
4 6 (1.35%) CSIRT
4 6 (1.35%) WSUS
5 3 (0.68%) SCCM
6 2 (0.45%) Nessus
7 1 (0.23%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.23%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 115 (25.96%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.09%) Google
3 24 (5.42%) VMware
4 12 (2.71%) Apple
5 10 (2.26%) Oracle
6 9 (2.03%) SAP
7 8 (1.81%) IBM
8 7 (1.58%) Adobe
9 6 (1.35%) Citrix
9 6 (1.35%) Qualys
10 5 (1.13%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.13%) Veeam
11 4 (0.90%) Cisco
11 4 (0.90%) Databricks
11 4 (0.90%) Meraki
11 4 (0.90%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.68%) Dell
12 3 (0.68%) EMC
12 3 (0.68%) NetApp
12 3 (0.68%) Trayport