Data Protection Contracts

Data Protection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 93 103
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +201
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 1,065 1,455 2,270
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.50% 2.54% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 2.83% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 922 1,594
10th Percentile £225 £288 £325
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +12.63%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 19 40
10th Percentile £12.43 £15.37 £13.18
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £52.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +147.06% -5.56%
75th Percentile £27.59 £62.53 £47.52
90th Percentile £41.13 £66.00 £74.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.50 £44.53 £20.00
% change year-on-year -56.21% +122.65% -8.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 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
England +8 891 £500 -4.76% 518
UK excluding London -3 555 £475 - 376
London +22 449 £538 -6.52% 170
Work from Home +23 307 £515 +0.49% 172
North of England -15 143 £545 +28.24% 81
South East +13 133 £450 -10.00% 113
Scotland -3 114 £450 -7.69% 14
North West -17 101 £550 +29.41% 44
South West +28 70 £525 -18.29% 43
Midlands -34 49 £425 -5.56% 86
East of England +22 43 £430 -9.47% 35
West Midlands -17 42 £425 -10.53% 46
Yorkshire +7 40 £533 +12.11% 28
Wales +6 8 £258 -39.29% 7
East Midlands -4 7 £538 +43.33% 41
North East +10 6 - - 11
Northern Ireland +6 4 £513 +28.13%

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 29 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 29 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.97%) Confluence
3 8 (0.75%) Apache
4 7 (0.66%) SAS
5 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.38%) govService
6 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.19%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) Gunicorn
7 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.094%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.094%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.094%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.094%) Mule
8 1 (0.094%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.094%) WebSphere
Applications
1 58 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
4 11 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.19%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.19%) Lectora
6 2 (0.19%) Mingle
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.094%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.094%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.094%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (1.60%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.28%) Endur
4 3 (0.28%) ION MarketView
4 3 (0.28%) Shopify
4 3 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.094%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.094%) Relativity
6 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.094%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.094%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.094%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.094%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.094%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.094%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 129 (12.11%) Azure
2 95 (8.92%) AWS
3 45 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (3.29%) Power Platform
5 26 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (2.44%) GCP
6 25 (2.35%) SaaS
7 20 (1.88%) Taleo
8 18 (1.69%) Entra ID
8 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
9 17 (1.60%) Amazon S3
9 17 (1.60%) Azure Stack
10 12 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.13%) GitHub
10 12 (1.13%) OneDrive
11 11 (1.03%) OpenShift
12 10 (0.94%) PaaS
12 10 (0.94%) Power Automate
12 10 (0.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.82%) WAN
2 29 (2.72%) DNS
2 29 (2.72%) SAN
3 27 (2.54%) Firewall
4 25 (2.35%) LAN
5 24 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (1.78%) DHCP
7 18 (1.69%) TCP/IP
8 15 (1.41%) Network Security
8 15 (1.41%) VoIP
9 14 (1.31%) MPLS
10 13 (1.22%) NAS
10 13 (1.22%) PBX
11 12 (1.13%) VPN
12 11 (1.03%) HTTP
12 11 (1.03%) Intranet
12 11 (1.03%) VLAN
13 9 (0.85%) 5G
14 7 (0.66%) Wireless
15 6 (0.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.63%) Power BI
4 21 (1.97%) Metadata
5 20 (1.88%) Big Data
6 18 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
7 16 (1.50%) Oracle Database
8 15 (1.41%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.31%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.22%) Tableau
11 10 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.85%) Hadoop
12 9 (0.85%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.75%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.66%) MySQL
15 6 (0.56%) Apache Hive
15 6 (0.56%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.56%) Star Schema
16 5 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 48 (4.51%) Git
2 45 (4.23%) JIRA
3 28 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.41%) ERwin
5 9 (0.85%) Artifactory
5 9 (0.85%) Postman
6 7 (0.66%) JUnit
6 7 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.66%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.56%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.47%) GitLab
8 5 (0.47%) Selenium
8 5 (0.47%) XCTest
9 4 (0.38%) IDA Disassembler
10 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.28%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 242 (22.72%) Social Skills
2 140 (13.15%) Finance
3 121 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (11.27%) Legal
5 111 (10.42%) Public Sector
6 58 (5.45%) Banking
7 54 (5.07%) Telecoms
8 39 (3.66%) Marketing
9 36 (3.38%) Manufacturing
10 35 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (2.63%) Law
13 21 (1.97%) Aerospace
13 21 (1.97%) Local Government
14 20 (1.88%) Police
15 18 (1.69%) Retail
16 17 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (1.03%) Electronics
18 9 (0.85%) Billing
18 9 (0.85%) Games
Job Titles
1 157 (14.74%) Architect
2 120 (11.27%) Analyst
3 97 (9.11%) Developer
4 78 (7.32%) Lead
5 62 (5.82%) Project Manager
6 60 (5.63%) Senior
7 53 (4.98%) Consultant
8 49 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
9 44 (4.13%) Business Analyst
10 41 (3.85%) Data Architect
11 30 (2.82%) Administrator
12 26 (2.44%) Network Engineer
13 20 (1.88%) Enterprise Architect
13 20 (1.88%) Java Developer
14 19 (1.78%) Data Manager
14 19 (1.78%) Support Engineer
14 19 (1.78%) Technical Architect
15 16 (1.50%) Security Analyst
15 16 (1.50%) Security Architect
15 16 (1.50%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.66%) REST
2 35 (3.29%) XML
3 30 (2.82%) JSON
4 18 (1.69%) Spring
5 17 (1.60%) Kafka
6 15 (1.41%) CSS
6 15 (1.41%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.31%) HTML
8 13 (1.22%) .NET
8 13 (1.22%) React
9 12 (1.13%) Node.js
10 8 (0.75%) RESTful
11 7 (0.66%) SwiftUI
11 7 (0.66%) YAML
12 6 (0.56%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.56%) Middleware
12 6 (0.56%) Vue
12 6 (0.56%) Web Services
13 5 (0.47%) PySpark
14 4 (0.38%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 539 (50.61%) Data Protection Act
2 52 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 35 (3.29%) Freedom of Information
4 34 (3.19%) Data Centre
5 33 (3.10%) Replication
6 30 (2.82%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.54%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.69%) Freedom of Information Act
9 17 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.41%) Reference Data
11 14 (1.31%) Blog
12 13 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 12 (1.13%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.13%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.03%) Wiki
15 10 (0.94%) Clustering
16 9 (0.85%) Algorithms
16 9 (0.85%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 93 (8.73%) Windows
2 83 (7.79%) Linux
3 28 (2.63%) Unix
4 20 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.66%) Android
7 7 (0.66%) Solaris
8 5 (0.47%) AIX
9 3 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.28%) VMS
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.094%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.094%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.094%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.094%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (15.77%) Agile
2 103 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (8.92%) Project Management
4 94 (8.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 87 (8.17%) Cybersecurity
5 87 (8.17%) Decision-Making
6 83 (7.79%) Analytics
7 80 (7.51%) Value Proposition
8 77 (7.23%) Migration
9 73 (6.85%) Information Security
10 71 (6.67%) Data Modelling
11 69 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 68 (6.38%) DevOps
13 64 (6.01%) Data Governance
14 63 (5.92%) Change Management
15 61 (5.73%) CI/CD
16 54 (5.07%) Data Management
17 53 (4.98%) Roadmaps
18 51 (4.79%) Microservices
18 51 (4.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (10.05%) Python
2 98 (9.20%) SQL
3 67 (6.29%) Java
4 42 (3.94%) PowerShell
5 30 (2.82%) C#
6 27 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.25%) Perl
8 23 (2.16%) Bash
9 20 (1.88%) C++
10 14 (1.31%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.13%) PHP
12 10 (0.94%) Swift
12 10 (0.94%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.85%) Scala
14 7 (0.66%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.56%) C
15 6 (0.56%) Ruby
16 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.38%) X++
18 3 (0.28%) F#
Qualifications
1 123 (11.55%) Degree
2 121 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 78 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.38%) DV Cleared
5 31 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 28 (2.63%) CISSP
7 21 (1.97%) CISM
8 20 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.13%) IIBA
11 10 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (0.75%) ISEB
13 7 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.56%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.47%) CCNP
15 5 (0.47%) CISA
15 5 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
15 5 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (13.52%) GDPR
2 63 (5.92%) Data Quality
3 51 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (4.32%) QA
5 43 (4.04%) NIST
6 28 (2.63%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.22%) GxP
8 12 (1.13%) Good Clinical Practice
8 12 (1.13%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.03%) SLA
10 10 (0.94%) GRC
11 7 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
11 7 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.66%) NCSC
12 5 (0.47%) COBIT
12 5 (0.47%) PMO
13 4 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 63 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (3.10%) Docker
4 11 (1.03%) vSphere
5 9 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
5 9 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.38%) Snort
7 4 (0.38%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.28%) NFS
8 3 (0.28%) SRDF
9 1 (0.094%) Firmware
9 1 (0.094%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.094%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.094%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 43 (4.04%) Terraform
2 40 (3.76%) Ansible
3 35 (3.29%) Kubernetes
4 33 (3.10%) NetBackup
5 22 (2.07%) SCCM
6 14 (1.31%) Puppet
6 14 (1.31%) vCenter Server
7 11 (1.03%) Grafana
8 9 (0.85%) Nagios
8 9 (0.85%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (0.56%) Kibana
10 6 (0.56%) VxRail
11 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.28%) CASB
12 3 (0.28%) EMC TimeFinder
12 3 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.19%) Nessus
13 2 (0.19%) Oozie
Vendors
1 130 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.54%) VMware
3 52 (4.88%) Cisco
4 50 (4.69%) SAP
5 43 (4.04%) Oracle
6 32 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 21 (1.97%) Google
7 21 (1.97%) Veritas
8 16 (1.50%) Dell
9 14 (1.31%) Splunk
10 13 (1.22%) Sparx
11 11 (1.03%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.94%) IBM
12 10 (0.94%) NetApp
12 10 (0.94%) OneTrust
13 9 (0.85%) Apple
13 9 (0.85%) Databricks
13 9 (0.85%) EMC
13 9 (0.85%) Informatica
14 8 (0.75%) Hitachi