Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in the City of 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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 121 119
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 3 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.13% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.45% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £427
25th Percentile £613 £575 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £525
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £625 £600 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% -1.23%

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 812 670 626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 36.31% 38.57% 30.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 467 385
10th Percentile £363 £345 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £600 £593
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £688 £692 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £586
% change year-on-year -4.30% -1.92% -2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 5
10th Percentile £19.28 £16.96 £18.40
25th Percentile £21.75 £19.79 £22.00
Median hourly rate £28.07 £27.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% +1.85% -23.94%
75th Percentile £41.69 £65.57 -
90th Percentile £62.80 £91.00 £66.30
Central London median hourly rate £35.41 £26.45 £25.79
% change year-on-year +33.88% +2.56% -26.31%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 2 (66.67%) Data Sharing
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) PERC
Data Protection Act jobs