Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in Central London

Data Protection Act (DPA)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 119 137
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 +57
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 5 11 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.25% 0.48% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% 1.53% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £445 £431 £465
25th Percentile £494 £459 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £622 £525 £556
90th Percentile £624 - £583
London median daily rate £510 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.98% -6.52%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 771 718 853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.11% 31.18% 32.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 458 580
10th Percentile £356 £363 £290
25th Percentile £441 £474 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £591 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -1.58% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £721
90th Percentile £788 £811 £834
London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 12
10th Percentile £20.62 £30.61 £17.00
25th Percentile - £38.42 £18.45
Median hourly rate £26.11 £55.40 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.87% +130.81% -42.51%
75th Percentile £29.50 £75.92 £30.69
90th Percentile £41.79 £85.87 £45.73
London median hourly rate £26.30 £34.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year -24.32% +15.83% -12.82%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Central London

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in Central London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in Central London

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
City of London -8 4 £606 +21.25% 4
City of Westminster +3 1 £425 -
Data Protection Act
London

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Publishing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Private Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Data Governance Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Data Governance Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Governance Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Head of Information
1 1 (20.00%) Information Governance Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Information Governance
3 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Records Management
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Information Management
4 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CISA
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (20.00%) ISSMP
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Meraki