Data Protection Contract Job Trends in East London

Data Protection
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 26 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 1 1 16
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.96% 0.77% 5.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.84% 6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 16
10th Percentile - - £376
25th Percentile £619 £518 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £535 £578
Median % change year-on-year +19.16% -7.44% -18.88%
75th Percentile £656 £553 £588
90th Percentile - - £703
London median daily rate £525 £501 £550
% change year-on-year +4.74% -8.86% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 94 119 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 90.38% 91.54% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 102 231
10th Percentile £190 £300 £340
25th Percentile £416 £400 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £561
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -10.84% +12.15%
75th Percentile £638 £593 £650
90th Percentile £932 £650 £763
London median daily rate £526 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £23.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.24 - £14.18
Median hourly rate £34.50 - £16.85
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.97%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £18.93
90th Percentile £80.36 - -
London median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in East London

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

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

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

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

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR