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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 229 281
Rank change year-on-year -13 +52 +59
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 439 635 930
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.30% 1.50% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.56% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 370 417 709
10th Percentile £35,631 £41,063 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,125 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,332 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.64% +0.60% +0.92%

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 31,014 40,730 66,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.60% 96.10% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 23,557 28,305 41,490
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 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 6 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 (5.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (5.69%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.33%) IIS
4 8 (1.82%) nginx
5 6 (1.37%) Apache
6 5 (1.14%) CMS
6 5 (1.14%) WordPress
7 3 (0.68%) SAS
8 2 (0.46%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.23%) Confluence
9 1 (0.23%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 43 (9.79%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.91%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.91%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (0.91%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.23%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 81 (18.45%) Azure
2 67 (15.26%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (12.07%) AWS
4 31 (7.06%) Power Platform
5 23 (5.24%) SaaS
6 16 (3.64%) GCP
7 14 (3.19%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.96%) Amazon S3
8 13 (2.96%) PowerApps
9 12 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (2.73%) Google Workspace
9 12 (2.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (2.51%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.59%) CloudFront
11 7 (1.59%) Route 53
11 7 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.83%) Firewall
2 28 (6.38%) DNS
3 18 (4.10%) Wireless
4 15 (3.42%) NAS
4 15 (3.42%) SAN
5 14 (3.19%) LAN
6 13 (2.96%) Cisco IPT
6 13 (2.96%) VPN
7 11 (2.51%) Broadband
8 10 (2.28%) WAN
9 9 (2.05%) DHCP
10 7 (1.59%) Network Security
11 6 (1.37%) Wireshark
12 5 (1.14%) Internet
12 5 (1.14%) MQTT
12 5 (1.14%) Reverse Proxy
13 4 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.68%) Intranet
14 3 (0.68%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.97%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (5.69%) Power BI
4 21 (4.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (3.64%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (2.51%) MySQL
10 7 (1.59%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.37%) Tableau
12 5 (1.14%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.91%) Big Data
13 4 (0.91%) QlikView
14 3 (0.68%) Metadata
14 3 (0.68%) Redis
15 2 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (2.05%) Git
2 8 (1.82%) JIRA
3 5 (1.14%) Mercurial
4 3 (0.68%) GitLab
5 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.23%) IntelliJ
General
1 133 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 76 (17.31%) Finance
3 51 (11.62%) Legal
4 48 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (7.74%) Marketing
6 22 (5.01%) Law
7 21 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.33%) Retail
9 16 (3.64%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.51%) Games
11 11 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.28%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.82%) Advertising
13 8 (1.82%) Agriculture
13 8 (1.82%) Back Office
13 8 (1.82%) Local Government
14 7 (1.59%) Banking
15 6 (1.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (14.35%) Developer
2 62 (14.12%) Senior
3 44 (10.02%) Lead
4 34 (7.74%) Analyst
5 24 (5.47%) Consultant
6 22 (5.01%) IT Manager
7 21 (4.78%) Architect
7 21 (4.78%) Security Manager
8 19 (4.33%) Data Manager
8 19 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (3.64%) Head of IT
9 16 (3.64%) Security Analyst
10 14 (3.19%) Data Protection Officer
10 14 (3.19%) Senior Manager
11 13 (2.96%) IT Analyst
11 13 (2.96%) IT Consultant
11 13 (2.96%) Senior Developer
11 13 (2.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.73%) DBA
12 12 (2.73%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.47%) .NET
2 23 (5.24%) RESTful
3 12 (2.73%) Node.js
4 11 (2.51%) ASP.NET
4 11 (2.51%) CSS
5 10 (2.28%) HTML
6 9 (2.05%) React
7 8 (1.82%) .NET Framework
8 7 (1.59%) gRPC
8 7 (1.59%) XML
9 6 (1.37%) LDAP
9 6 (1.37%) LEMP Stack
9 6 (1.37%) ModSecurity
9 6 (1.37%) Web Services
10 5 (1.14%) GraphQL
10 5 (1.14%) Knex.js
10 5 (1.14%) React Native
10 5 (1.14%) Sequelize
11 4 (0.91%) JSON
11 4 (0.91%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.35%) Management Information System
2 57 (12.98%) Data Protection Act
3 35 (7.97%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (6.83%) Data Centre
5 27 (6.15%) Freedom of Information
6 22 (5.01%) Mobile App
7 19 (4.33%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (3.19%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.19%) Replication
9 11 (2.51%) Video Conferencing
10 10 (2.28%) Security Posture
10 10 (2.28%) Taxonomies
11 9 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.59%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.59%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.37%) NHS
14 5 (1.14%) IoT
14 5 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
14 5 (1.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 56 (12.76%) Windows
2 28 (6.38%) Windows Server
3 18 (4.10%) Linux
4 14 (3.19%) Android
4 14 (3.19%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.73%) Mac OS
6 10 (2.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.37%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.91%) Unix
9 4 (0.91%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (27.11%) Information Security
2 114 (25.97%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.12%) DevOps
5 52 (11.85%) Computer Science
6 48 (10.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (10.02%) Risk Management
8 43 (9.79%) Analytics
8 43 (9.79%) Data Governance
9 42 (9.57%) Mentoring
10 41 (9.34%) Collaborative Working
11 40 (9.11%) Agile
12 39 (8.88%) Project Management
13 38 (8.66%) Business Intelligence
14 36 (8.20%) Disaster Recovery
14 36 (8.20%) Project Delivery
15 33 (7.52%) Customer Service
16 31 (7.06%) Roadmaps
17 29 (6.61%) Change Management
17 29 (6.61%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.81%) SQL
2 35 (7.97%) PowerShell
3 22 (5.01%) Python
4 21 (4.78%) T-SQL
5 15 (3.42%) C#
6 13 (2.96%) Kotlin
7 12 (2.73%) Swift
7 12 (2.73%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.51%) Bash
9 10 (2.28%) JavaScript
10 9 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.37%) R
12 5 (1.14%) JSX
13 3 (0.68%) Java
13 3 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 97 (22.10%) Degree
2 42 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 41 (9.34%) CISM
4 34 (7.74%) SC Cleared
5 31 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (6.83%) CISSP
7 27 (6.15%) CISA
8 24 (5.47%) Master's Degree
9 18 (4.10%) CRISC
10 14 (3.19%) PMP
11 13 (2.96%) PMI Certification
12 12 (2.73%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.28%) OSCP
14 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.82%) DBS Check
16 7 (1.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 7 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (1.59%) ISEB
16 7 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 5 (1.14%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (22.55%) GDPR
2 83 (18.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (10.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 41 (9.34%) GRC
5 22 (5.01%) Data Quality
6 18 (4.10%) QA
7 17 (3.87%) NCSC
8 15 (3.42%) PCI DSS
8 15 (3.42%) SOC 2
9 14 (3.19%) NIST
10 10 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.37%) Accessibility
12 5 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.91%) ISO 14000
14 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.68%) PMO
15 2 (0.46%) 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 (7.97%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.64%) Docker
4 9 (2.05%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.46%) SRDF
5 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (4.10%) Terraform
2 17 (3.87%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.37%) Ansible
5 6 (1.37%) CSIRT
5 6 (1.37%) WSUS
6 3 (0.68%) SCCM
7 2 (0.46%) Nessus
8 1 (0.23%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.23%) CASB
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.23%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 114 (25.97%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.38%) Google
3 24 (5.47%) VMware
4 12 (2.73%) Apple
5 10 (2.28%) Oracle
6 9 (2.05%) SAP
7 8 (1.82%) IBM
8 7 (1.59%) Adobe
9 6 (1.37%) Qualys
9 6 (1.37%) Veeam
10 5 (1.14%) Citrix
10 5 (1.14%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.91%) Cisco
11 4 (0.91%) Databricks
11 4 (0.91%) Dell
11 4 (0.91%) Meraki
11 4 (0.91%) NetApp
11 4 (0.91%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.68%) EMC
12 3 (0.68%) Trayport