Data Protection Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Protection/Privacy Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.050% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,870 1,663 2,226
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 92.91% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 1,028 1,596
10th Percentile £350 £358 £340
25th Percentile £440 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £556
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +3.51% -5.85%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 19
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £16.15
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £17.97
Median hourly rate £40.64 £35.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.48% +57.78% -35.71%
75th Percentile £52.56 £96.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.25 £119.55 £49.05
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -24.44%

Data Protection Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Protection Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Protection Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Protection Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Data Protection Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Data Protection Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat

Data Protection Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat