Data Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Security
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 Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 462 460
Rank change year-on-year +88 -2 -108
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 226 207 440
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.67% 0.50% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.52% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 180 157 265
10th Percentile £41,775 £36,938 £27,750
25th Percentile £47,375 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +3.08% +21.58%
75th Percentile £88,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,600 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +1.74% +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Security 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 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Data Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Data Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
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 Security.

Data Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Data Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
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 21 (9.29%) Apache
1 21 (9.29%) IIS
1 21 (9.29%) Tomcat
2 12 (5.31%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.21%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.77%) CMS
5 4 (1.77%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.88%) Moodle
7 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (10.62%) NEC Housing
2 9 (3.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) iTrent
3 1 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 87 (38.50%) Azure
2 33 (14.60%) AWS
3 32 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.85%) Power Platform
5 16 (7.08%) GCP
6 13 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.75%) SaaS
7 12 (5.31%) Entra ID
8 10 (4.42%) OneDrive
9 7 (3.10%) Serverless
9 7 (3.10%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.65%) Matillion
11 4 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.33%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (0.88%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.42%) Firewall
2 7 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.65%) WAN
3 6 (2.65%) Wireshark
4 5 (2.21%) Network Security
5 4 (1.77%) DHCP
5 4 (1.77%) DNS
5 4 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.33%) VLAN
6 3 (1.33%) VoIP
6 3 (1.33%) VPN
7 2 (0.88%) Internet
8 1 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (19.03%) SQL Server
2 27 (11.95%) Oracle Database
3 20 (8.85%) Power BI
4 15 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (5.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (5.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (4.42%) Data Lake
8 8 (3.54%) Metadata
8 8 (3.54%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.33%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.33%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.88%) Big Data
10 2 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.88%) MySQL
10 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.44%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.44%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 6 (2.65%) Git
2 4 (1.77%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (1.77%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.44%) GitLab
3 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
General
1 72 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 62 (27.43%) Finance
3 39 (17.26%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.62%) Local Government
4 24 (10.62%) Public Sector
5 23 (10.18%) Police
6 18 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.75%) Banking
8 10 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.42%) Retail
9 8 (3.54%) Legal
10 7 (3.10%) Back Office
10 7 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.10%) Law
11 6 (2.65%) Marketing
12 5 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.77%) Billing
13 4 (1.77%) Wearables
14 3 (1.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 37 (16.37%) Senior
2 35 (15.49%) Architect
3 27 (11.95%) Analyst
4 22 (9.73%) Lead
5 21 (9.29%) Applications Support
6 20 (8.85%) Administrator
6 20 (8.85%) Developer
7 16 (7.08%) DBA
8 14 (6.19%) Security Engineer
9 13 (5.75%) Data Architect
9 13 (5.75%) Security Analyst
10 11 (4.87%) Enterprise Architect
10 11 (4.87%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (4.87%) Technical Support
11 10 (4.42%) Data Engineer
11 10 (4.42%) Data Manager
12 9 (3.98%) IT Manager
12 9 (3.98%) Systems Administrator
13 8 (3.54%) Software Developer
13 8 (3.54%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.62%) Web Services
2 19 (8.41%) .NET
3 11 (4.87%) .NET Framework
3 11 (4.87%) Entity Framework
4 9 (3.98%) .NET Core
5 8 (3.54%) ASP.NET
5 8 (3.54%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (3.54%) Middleware
5 8 (3.54%) RESTful
6 6 (2.65%) Blazor
7 5 (2.21%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (2.21%) Kafka
7 5 (2.21%) React
8 3 (1.33%) EDI
8 3 (1.33%) REST
8 3 (1.33%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.88%) CSS
9 2 (0.88%) HTML
9 2 (0.88%) SPFx
9 2 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.93%) Management Information System
2 28 (12.39%) Public Cloud
3 17 (7.52%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (3.54%) Housing Association
5 7 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (2.21%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.77%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.33%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.33%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.33%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.88%) IoT
9 2 (0.88%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.88%) NHS
9 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.88%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.88%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 45 (19.91%) Windows
2 30 (13.27%) Linux
3 25 (11.06%) Solaris
3 25 (11.06%) Unix
4 7 (3.10%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.77%) CentOS
5 4 (1.77%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.77%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.77%) zOS
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (18.14%) ETL
3 35 (15.49%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (14.16%) Information Security
5 31 (13.72%) Data Governance
6 30 (13.27%) Data Protection
6 30 (13.27%) Task Automation
7 29 (12.83%) Agile
8 28 (12.39%) Data Management
8 28 (12.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (11.95%) Decision-Making
10 26 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (11.06%) Data Modelling
12 24 (10.62%) Incident Response
13 23 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (9.73%) Computer Science
14 22 (9.73%) Mentoring
14 22 (9.73%) Network Architecture
15 21 (9.29%) Analytics
15 21 (9.29%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 50 (22.12%) SQL
2 26 (11.50%) T-SQL
3 21 (9.29%) Shell Script
4 18 (7.96%) C#
5 9 (3.98%) PL/SQL
6 8 (3.54%) Python
7 5 (2.21%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.21%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.77%) VBA
9 3 (1.33%) Java
10 2 (0.88%) Gremlin
10 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.88%) Scala
11 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 56 (24.78%) Degree
2 26 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 24 (10.62%) CISSP
4 15 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (6.19%) CISM
6 9 (3.98%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.10%) CEH
8 5 (2.21%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.21%) OCA
8 5 (2.21%) OCP
8 5 (2.21%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.33%) CCNA
10 3 (1.33%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.33%) MCSE
10 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (0.88%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.44%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (13.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (12.39%) GDPR
3 23 (10.18%) Accessibility
4 16 (7.08%) Data Quality
5 14 (6.19%) PCI DSS
6 12 (5.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (3.98%) GRC
9 8 (3.54%) NCSC
10 6 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (2.21%) ISO 9001
12 4 (1.77%) NIST
12 4 (1.77%) SOC 2
13 3 (1.33%) QA
14 2 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.88%) COBIT
15 1 (0.44%) GxP
15 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (10.18%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.10%) Docker
2 7 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.21%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.65%) CSIRT
1 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.21%) Data Guard
2 5 (2.21%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (2.21%) PaperCut
3 2 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.88%) Terraform
4 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.44%) DatAdvantage
4 1 (0.44%) QRadar
4 1 (0.44%) SCCM
4 1 (0.44%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.44%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 89 (39.38%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.04%) Oracle
3 24 (10.62%) NEC
4 14 (6.19%) Databricks
5 13 (5.75%) Qualys
6 12 (5.31%) ServiceNow
7 11 (4.87%) Google
8 9 (3.98%) Guidewire
9 8 (3.54%) SAP
10 7 (3.10%) CyberArk
10 7 (3.10%) VMware
11 4 (1.77%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.77%) Splunk
12 3 (1.33%) Cisco
12 3 (1.33%) Dell
12 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.33%) Varonis
12 3 (1.33%) WatchGuard
13 2 (0.88%) Forcepoint
13 2 (0.88%) LogRhythm