Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Data Protection
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Croydon requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 12 38
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 1 18 1
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.05% 14.29% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 15.38% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 18 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -72.50% - -
75th Percentile £173 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £475 £600 -
% change year-on-year -20.83% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £13.42
South London median hourly rate - - £13.42

All Process & Methodology Skills
Croydon

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 Croydon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85 117 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon 89.47% 92.86% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 84 99
10th Percentile £463 £380 £231
25th Percentile £500 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £630
90th Percentile £600 £611 £675
South London median daily rate £508 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.29% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £16.28
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £61.22 £73.60 £23.50
% change year-on-year -16.82% +213.19% -46.11%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Croydon

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Data Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Croydon

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 Croydon region over the 6 months to 25 January 2026. 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
Coulsdon - 1 £165 - 2
Data Protection
South London

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware