GDPR Jobs with Work from Home Options

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
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 GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 290 254 268
Rank change year-on-year -36 +14 -20
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 353 574 951
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.05% 1.33% 1.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.24% 9.01% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 306 313 618
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,050 £34,344
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,332 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% -7.78% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £46,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.91% - -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,284 6,368 10,499
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.70% 14.76% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,256 4,294 5,999
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GDPR trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GDPR salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GDPR over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

GDPR salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 17 (4.82%) WordPress
2 13 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.27%) CMS
5 4 (1.13%) SAS
6 3 (0.85%) Confluence
7 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.57%) Drupal
Applications
1 26 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.13%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.13%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.28%) Revit
6 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.57%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.28%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.28%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.28%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.28%) iTrent
3 1 (0.28%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.28%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.28%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 103 (29.18%) Azure
2 55 (15.58%) Power Platform
3 52 (14.73%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (9.63%) AWS
5 22 (6.23%) Snowflake
6 20 (5.67%) Serverless
7 19 (5.38%) Matillion
8 14 (3.97%) SaaS
9 12 (3.40%) Entra ID
10 11 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.55%) PaaS
13 7 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.98%) IaaS
14 6 (1.70%) GCP
14 6 (1.70%) Google Workspace
15 5 (1.42%) OCI
16 4 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.50%) Firewall
2 22 (6.23%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (3.12%) VoIP
4 7 (1.98%) Cisco IPT
5 6 (1.70%) Network Security
5 6 (1.70%) Wireshark
6 5 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.13%) DNS
7 4 (1.13%) SAN
7 4 (1.13%) VPN
7 4 (1.13%) Wireless
8 2 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.57%) DKIM
8 2 (0.57%) DMARC
8 2 (0.57%) HTTP
8 2 (0.57%) Internet
8 2 (0.57%) PBX
8 2 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.57%) WAN
9 1 (0.28%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.18%) Power BI
2 31 (8.78%) Data Lake
3 24 (6.80%) Metadata
4 19 (5.38%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.12%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.55%) QlikView
6 9 (2.55%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.55%) Tableau
7 8 (2.27%) Big Data
7 8 (2.27%) MySQL
8 6 (1.70%) Looker
9 4 (1.13%) HDInsight
9 4 (1.13%) MS Access
9 4 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.57%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (2.55%) JIRA
2 5 (1.42%) Git
3 3 (0.85%) GitLab
3 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.57%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 104 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.81%) Finance
3 68 (19.26%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (14.73%) Legal
5 39 (11.05%) Marketing
6 38 (10.76%) Law
7 32 (9.07%) Retail
8 30 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.83%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.55%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.27%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.98%) Games
13 7 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.70%) Publishing
15 5 (1.42%) Billing
16 4 (1.13%) Advertising
16 4 (1.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 50 (14.16%) Analyst
2 41 (11.61%) Lead
3 27 (7.65%) Architect
3 27 (7.65%) IT Manager
4 24 (6.80%) Data Architect
4 24 (6.80%) Senior
5 23 (6.52%) Developer
6 21 (5.95%) Project Manager
6 21 (5.95%) Security Analyst
7 17 (4.82%) Data Manager
8 13 (3.68%) IT Analyst
9 12 (3.40%) Junior
10 11 (3.12%) Business Manager
11 10 (2.83%) Enterprise Architect
11 10 (2.83%) Enterprise Data Architect
11 10 (2.83%) Security Engineer
11 10 (2.83%) Security Manager
12 9 (2.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (2.55%) Designer
12 9 (2.55%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.10%) HTML
2 9 (2.55%) XML
3 8 (2.27%) CSS
4 7 (1.98%) .NET
5 6 (1.70%) Web Services
6 4 (1.13%) YAML
7 3 (0.85%) Middleware
7 3 (0.85%) Node.js
8 2 (0.57%) ADO
8 2 (0.57%) Ajax
8 2 (0.57%) Express.js
8 2 (0.57%) jQuery
8 2 (0.57%) JSON
8 2 (0.57%) MERN Stack
8 2 (0.57%) React
9 1 (0.28%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 52 (14.73%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.95%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.53%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.53%) Security Posture
5 14 (3.97%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.12%) e-Learning
7 10 (2.83%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.70%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.42%) Freedom of Information
10 5 (1.42%) Housing Association
10 5 (1.42%) NHS
11 4 (1.13%) Animation
11 4 (1.13%) Life Science
11 4 (1.13%) Social Media
12 3 (0.85%) CCTV
12 3 (0.85%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.53%) Windows
2 6 (1.70%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.42%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.13%) Linux
5 3 (0.85%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (36.83%) Information Security
2 94 (26.63%) Data Protection
3 87 (24.65%) Cybersecurity
4 70 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (13.60%) Project Management
7 43 (12.18%) Analytics
7 43 (12.18%) Business Intelligence
8 42 (11.90%) Agile
9 40 (11.33%) CRM
9 40 (11.33%) ITIL
10 39 (11.05%) Data Governance
10 39 (11.05%) Roadmaps
11 34 (9.63%) Data Management
11 34 (9.63%) Data Modelling
11 34 (9.63%) ETL
12 32 (9.07%) Data Science
13 31 (8.78%) DevOps
13 31 (8.78%) Risk Management
13 31 (8.78%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 54 (15.30%) SQL
2 22 (6.23%) T-SQL
3 19 (5.38%) Python
4 17 (4.82%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.68%) PHP
6 12 (3.40%) C#
7 9 (2.55%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.70%) Java
9 5 (1.42%) Bash
10 4 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.85%) R
12 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (16.71%) Degree
2 34 (9.63%) CISSP
3 31 (8.78%) CISM
4 22 (6.23%) Security Cleared
5 20 (5.67%) CISA
6 19 (5.38%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.10%) CRISC
7 18 (5.10%) GIAC
8 15 (4.25%) Azure Certification
8 15 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (3.68%) DBS Check
9 13 (3.68%) SSCP
10 12 (3.40%) GSEC
11 7 (1.98%) ISEB
11 7 (1.98%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.42%) GPEN
12 5 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.85%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (30.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (9.63%) GRC
3 33 (9.35%) PCI DSS
4 30 (8.50%) NIST
5 25 (7.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (3.97%) NCSC
7 12 (3.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 12 (3.40%) QA
8 8 (2.27%) Accessibility
8 8 (2.27%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.98%) COBIT
9 7 (1.98%) HIPAA
10 6 (1.70%) SOC 2
11 5 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (1.13%) ISO 9001
12 4 (1.13%) ITGC
12 4 (1.13%) SLA
13 3 (0.85%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.85%) PSD2
14 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 17 (4.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.13%) Firmware
4 3 (0.85%) Docker
4 3 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.57%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (1.70%) CSIRT
2 5 (1.42%) Terraform
3 4 (1.13%) Autotask
3 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.13%) Nessus
4 3 (0.85%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.28%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.28%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (0.28%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.28%) QRadar
6 1 (0.28%) SCCM
6 1 (0.28%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.28%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 88 (24.93%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.22%) Databricks
3 10 (2.83%) Cisco
3 10 (2.83%) Google
4 9 (2.55%) Qualys
5 7 (1.98%) Adobe
6 6 (1.70%) Citrix
6 6 (1.70%) VMware
7 5 (1.42%) Oracle
8 4 (1.13%) Datto
9 3 (0.85%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.85%) Facebook
9 3 (0.85%) Meraki
9 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.85%) Sophos
10 2 (0.57%) Apple
10 2 (0.57%) Capita
10 2 (0.57%) Sage
10 2 (0.57%) SAP
10 2 (0.57%) WooCommerce