Data Protection Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Data Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 64 61
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +184
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 582 817 1,141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.84% 3.48% 3.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 3.88% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 502 799
10th Percentile £207 £269 £300
25th Percentile £372 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -4.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 17 27
10th Percentile £14.41 £15.34 £13.12
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £44.53 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.21% +122.65% -11.11%
75th Percentile £27.50 £60.55 £41.02
90th Percentile £40.00 £66.00 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £52.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -60.00% +162.50% -13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Protection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -9 155 £525 +20.00% 77
South East +10 132 £450 -10.00% 82
Scotland 0 123 £450 -7.69% 16
North West -12 107 £550 +29.41% 43
South West +38 69 £525 -14.63% 32
Midlands -27 53 £425 -8.11% 66
East of England +20 46 £410 -13.68% 43
West Midlands -17 46 £425 -10.53% 33
Yorkshire +12 43 £525 +5.00% 29
North East +16 9 - - 8
Wales +5 9 £375 -16.67% 10
East Midlands -2 7 £538 +43.33% 34
Northern Ireland +10 4 £513 +28.13% 1
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.06%) Confluence
4 4 (0.69%) Apache
5 3 (0.52%) SAS
6 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 38 (6.53%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.41%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.34%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.34%) Lectora
6 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (2.23%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.34%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.34%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 79 (13.57%) Azure
2 41 (7.04%) AWS
3 26 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (4.30%) Power Platform
5 20 (3.44%) Taleo
6 16 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.41%) SaaS
8 10 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.72%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.72%) OpenShift
8 10 (1.72%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (1.55%) GCP
10 8 (1.37%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.20%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.20%) PaaS
12 6 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.30%) WAN
2 24 (4.12%) SAN
3 21 (3.61%) LAN
4 16 (2.75%) DNS
4 16 (2.75%) Firewall
5 15 (2.58%) VoIP
5 15 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (2.41%) MPLS
7 13 (2.23%) Network Security
7 13 (2.23%) PBX
8 12 (2.06%) DHCP
9 11 (1.89%) NAS
10 10 (1.72%) TCP/IP
10 10 (1.72%) VLAN
11 9 (1.55%) Intranet
12 6 (1.03%) VPN
13 5 (0.86%) HTTP
13 5 (0.86%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.69%) FTP
14 4 (0.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.26%) Power BI
3 14 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.89%) Oracle Database
5 9 (1.55%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.20%) Metadata
7 6 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (0.86%) MySQL
8 5 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.86%) Tableau
9 4 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.69%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.52%) Big Data
10 3 (0.52%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.52%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.52%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.34%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.34%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 27 (4.64%) JIRA
2 26 (4.47%) Git
3 16 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.37%) Postman
5 7 (1.20%) Artifactory
6 6 (1.03%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.03%) JUnit
6 6 (1.03%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.86%) ERwin
8 4 (0.69%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.52%) GitLab
9 3 (0.52%) Maven
9 3 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.34%) Capybara
10 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.34%) Gradle
11 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 150 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 76 (13.06%) Legal
3 69 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 60 (10.31%) Finance
6 38 (6.53%) Telecoms
7 27 (4.64%) Manufacturing
8 25 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (3.95%) Marketing
11 21 (3.61%) Aerospace
12 19 (3.26%) Police
13 18 (3.09%) Banking
14 15 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (2.23%) Law
16 11 (1.89%) Local Government
17 6 (1.03%) Electronics
18 5 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
18 5 (0.86%) Retail
19 3 (0.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (12.54%) Analyst
2 63 (10.82%) Architect
3 46 (7.90%) Developer
4 39 (6.70%) Consultant
5 31 (5.33%) Project Manager
6 30 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
7 29 (4.98%) Business Analyst
8 23 (3.95%) Administrator
8 23 (3.95%) Senior
9 18 (3.09%) Lead
10 17 (2.92%) Network Engineer
11 16 (2.75%) Storage Engineer
12 15 (2.58%) Data Architect
12 15 (2.58%) Data Consultant
13 13 (2.23%) Java Developer
14 12 (2.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 12 (2.06%) Data Protection Consultant
14 12 (2.06%) DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.06%) IT Support
14 12 (2.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.12%) REST
2 17 (2.92%) XML
3 13 (2.23%) JSON
4 12 (2.06%) CSS
4 12 (2.06%) Spring
4 12 (2.06%) Spring Boot
5 10 (1.72%) HTML
6 9 (1.55%) .NET
7 7 (1.20%) Kafka
7 7 (1.20%) React
8 6 (1.03%) Apache Camel
8 6 (1.03%) Node.js
8 6 (1.03%) YAML
9 4 (0.69%) ADO
9 4 (0.69%) Web Services
10 3 (0.52%) Flash
10 3 (0.52%) J2EE
10 3 (0.52%) Spring MVC
10 3 (0.52%) Spring Web Flow
10 3 (0.52%) Thymeleaf
Miscellaneous
1 256 (43.99%) Data Protection Act
2 28 (4.81%) Replication
3 19 (3.26%) Data Centre
4 16 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.58%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.89%) Clustering
6 11 (1.89%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.89%) Freedom of Information
7 9 (1.55%) Blog
7 9 (1.55%) Client/Server
7 9 (1.55%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.20%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.20%) Reference Data
9 5 (0.86%) Life Science
9 5 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (0.86%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 56 (9.62%) Windows
2 50 (8.59%) Linux
3 21 (3.61%) Unix
4 16 (2.75%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.20%) Solaris
6 5 (0.86%) AIX
7 4 (0.69%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.17%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (12.89%) Agile
2 55 (9.45%) Decision-Making
3 54 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (8.93%) Value Proposition
5 49 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (8.42%) Project Management
6 48 (8.25%) Migration
7 43 (7.39%) Information Security
8 41 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 40 (6.87%) DevOps
10 39 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (6.53%) Analytics
12 34 (5.84%) Change Management
13 31 (5.33%) ITIL
14 30 (5.15%) CI/CD
14 30 (5.15%) Data Governance
15 29 (4.98%) Data Modelling
16 25 (4.30%) Business Analysis
16 25 (4.30%) Data Management
17 23 (3.95%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 58 (9.97%) SQL
2 39 (6.70%) Python
3 30 (5.15%) Java
4 29 (4.98%) PowerShell
5 23 (3.95%) C#
6 16 (2.75%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.75%) Perl
7 12 (2.06%) Bash
8 8 (1.37%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.20%) PHP
10 6 (1.03%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.86%) Ruby
12 4 (0.69%) X++
13 3 (0.52%) C++
13 3 (0.52%) F#
13 3 (0.52%) Rust
14 1 (0.17%) Bicep
14 1 (0.17%) CLIST
14 1 (0.17%) COBOL
14 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 97 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 71 (12.20%) Degree
3 50 (8.59%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.33%) DV Cleared
5 22 (3.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.06%) IIBA
7 11 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.72%) CISSP
9 9 (1.55%) CISM
9 9 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.03%) ISEB
10 6 (1.03%) SAP Certification
11 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.69%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.52%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.34%) CCNA
14 2 (0.34%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (15.64%) GDPR
2 24 (4.12%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.23%) GxP
5 12 (2.06%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.06%) Good Clinical Practice
6 10 (1.72%) NIST
6 10 (1.72%) QA
7 7 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (1.03%) NCSC
9 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.69%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.69%) SLA
10 3 (0.52%) COBIT
10 3 (0.52%) IASME
11 2 (0.34%) GRC
11 2 (0.34%) PMO
11 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.17%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 39 (6.70%) Active Directory
2 30 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.44%) Docker
4 9 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
4 9 (1.55%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.03%) vSphere
6 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.52%) SRDF
7 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.17%) NFS
8 1 (0.17%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.17%) Snort
8 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 30 (5.15%) Ansible
1 30 (5.15%) NetBackup
2 22 (3.78%) Terraform
3 17 (2.92%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.23%) Puppet
5 12 (2.06%) vCenter Server
6 10 (1.72%) Grafana
6 10 (1.72%) Nagios
6 10 (1.72%) SCCM
7 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
7 8 (1.37%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.69%) Kibana
8 4 (0.69%) VxRail
9 3 (0.52%) Avamar
9 3 (0.52%) EMC TimeFinder
9 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.34%) Graylog
10 2 (0.34%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.34%) vRealize
Vendors
1 74 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.90%) VMware
3 34 (5.84%) SAP
4 30 (5.15%) Cisco
5 24 (4.12%) Oracle
5 24 (4.12%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.09%) Veritas
7 11 (1.89%) Dell
8 10 (1.72%) NetApp
9 9 (1.55%) EMC
10 8 (1.37%) Hitachi
10 8 (1.37%) OneTrust
11 7 (1.20%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.03%) Brocade
12 6 (1.03%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.03%) Databricks
12 6 (1.03%) IBM
12 6 (1.03%) Informatica
12 6 (1.03%) Juniper
12 6 (1.03%) Splunk