Data Protection Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Data Protection
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of Westminster requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 6.98% 1.75% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.89% 1.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £438 - -
25th Percentile £475 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% - -
75th Percentile £656 £438 -
90th Percentile £683 - -
Central London median daily rate £540 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +8.00% -13.04% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of Westminster

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38 54 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 88.37% 94.74% 76.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 35
10th Percentile £350 £398 £301
25th Percentile £450 £440 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £650
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% -20.19% +23.81%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £913
90th Percentile £708 £721 £1,053
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £26.00
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -41.33%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

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

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

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of Westminster

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the City of Westminster over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the City of Westminster

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Paddington 0 2 £563 +32.35% 1
Westminster - 1 £575 -
Data Protection
Central London

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Meraki
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft