GDPR Contracts in Birmingham

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 46 60
Rank change year-on-year +3 +14 +21
Contract jobs citing GDPR 7 21 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.34% 2.72% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.45% 19.44% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 6
10th Percentile £385 £329 -
25th Percentile £513 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £650
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -26.92% +10.64%
75th Percentile £620 £538 -
90th Percentile £631 £545 -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £600
% change year-on-year - -20.83% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £10.88
25th Percentile - £11.06 £10.93
Median hourly rate - £11.54 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.91% -
75th Percentile - £12.02 £12.35
90th Percentile - - £13.16
West Midlands median hourly rate £31.76 £11.54 £11.00
% change year-on-year +175.22% +4.91% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 67 108 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.84% 13.97% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 78 66
10th Percentile £300 £259 £263
25th Percentile £425 £264 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £419
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +4.48% -11.84%
75th Percentile £544 £538 £588
90th Percentile £620 £733 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 8
10th Percentile - £11.06 £10.96
25th Percentile - £12.30 £12.13
Median hourly rate £14.70 £13.50 £13.35
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +1.12% -33.25%
75th Percentile £29.00 £14.00 £20.85
90th Percentile £43.10 £55.00 £29.51
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £14.00 £16.10
% change year-on-year +101.29% -13.04% -5.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDPR in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for GDPR in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDPR in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (14.29%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Akamai
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Cloudflare
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Manager
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Advisor
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Advisor
2 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Web Applications Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Web Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Security Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Document Management
3 1 (14.29%) ISMS
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
3 2 (28.57%) CISA
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) GIAC
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CITP
4 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SANS
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
1 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) GRC
2 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) F5
2 1 (14.29%) Imperva
2 1 (14.29%) Optimizely
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle