Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in England

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 179 170
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 585 369 510
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.43% 1.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.86% 4.28% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 166 257
10th Percentile £213 £273 £225
25th Percentile £331 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -3.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £725
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 14
10th Percentile - £20.45 £11.95
25th Percentile £25.50 £24.25 £14.59
Median hourly rate £26.50 £24.50 £26.31
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% -6.87% +17.58%
75th Percentile £28.56 £31.76 £42.63
90th Percentile £36.78 £32.09 £57.11
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £24.50 £25.12
% change year-on-year +8.16% -2.45% +12.88%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,032 8,620 11,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.02% 33.46% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,663 5,335 7,548
10th Percentile £285 £275 £255
25th Percentile £409 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £548
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.50% -4.65%
75th Percentile £625 £668 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 590 261 749
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £16.25
Median hourly rate £33.09 £37.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% +17.46% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.20 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £31.65 £32.91 £30.16
% change year-on-year -3.81% +9.10% +34.13%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in England

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in England over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection Act in England over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the England region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
London +42 305 £500 +5.26% 8
North of England -19 137 £463 -7.50% 5
Yorkshire -20 77 £475 -13.64% 2
South East -15 67 £350 -22.22% 6
North West -14 49 £425 -15.00% 2
Midlands -37 37 £436 +2.65% 5
West Midlands -42 26 £463 -5.13% 3
South West -16 17 £525 +7.69% 5
East of England -14 15 £413 -12.00% 2
East Midlands -21 11 £336 -10.33% 2
North East -22 11 £250 -44.44% 1
Data Protection Act
UK

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 27 (4.62%) Confluence
2 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.85%) Apache
5 5 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.68%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.51%) CMS
7 3 (0.51%) SAS
8 2 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.34%) Drupal
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.17%) Camunda
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.68%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.51%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.51%) Sketch
5 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.34%) InVision
6 2 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.17%) Blender
7 1 (0.17%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.17%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.71%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.51%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.34%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.34%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 60 (10.26%) AWS
2 58 (9.91%) Azure
3 26 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 25 (4.27%) GCP
5 23 (3.93%) Snowflake
6 20 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.91%) Amazon S3
7 17 (2.91%) GitHub
8 16 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (2.74%) Serverless
9 14 (2.39%) SaaS
10 12 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (1.88%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.37%) Figma
13 8 (1.37%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.20%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (1.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.08%) Firewall
2 15 (2.56%) MPLS
3 11 (1.88%) LAN
4 10 (1.71%) Network Security
5 8 (1.37%) WAN
5 8 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.20%) VPN
7 6 (1.03%) BGP
7 6 (1.03%) Ethernet
8 5 (0.85%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.85%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.68%) DNS
9 4 (0.68%) HTTP
9 4 (0.68%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.68%) NetScaler
9 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.68%) SSH
9 4 (0.68%) VLAN
10 3 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.27%) Power BI
2 17 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.88%) Tableau
4 9 (1.54%) Metadata
4 9 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.37%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.20%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.03%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.68%) Big Data
9 4 (0.68%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.51%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.34%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.34%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.34%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 47 (8.03%) JIRA
2 16 (2.74%) Git
3 12 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.88%) SpecFlow
5 7 (1.20%) GitLab
5 7 (1.20%) Gradle
5 7 (1.20%) JUnit
5 7 (1.20%) Maven
5 7 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.85%) Postman
7 4 (0.68%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.68%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.51%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.51%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.51%) TestNG
8 3 (0.51%) webpack
9 2 (0.34%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.34%) Gatling
9 2 (0.34%) JMeter
9 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 158 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 126 (21.54%) Finance
3 78 (13.33%) Banking
4 59 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.30%) Telecoms
6 24 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (3.42%) Front Office
8 18 (3.08%) Legal
9 16 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.74%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.56%) Marketing
11 13 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.54%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.20%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.20%) Publishing
14 6 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.85%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.85%) Private Banking
16 4 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 78 (13.33%) Analyst
2 65 (11.11%) Developer
3 51 (8.72%) Architect
4 43 (7.35%) Business Analyst
5 38 (6.50%) Lead
6 34 (5.81%) Project Manager
7 32 (5.47%) Consultant
8 28 (4.79%) Senior
9 21 (3.59%) Network Engineer
10 18 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (2.91%) Java Developer
11 17 (2.91%) Software Engineer
12 14 (2.39%) Data Analyst
12 14 (2.39%) Support Engineer
13 13 (2.22%) Data Engineer
13 13 (2.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 13 (2.22%) Tester
14 12 (2.05%) Python Developer
15 10 (1.71%) Automation Tester
15 10 (1.71%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (5.64%) React
2 21 (3.59%) REST
3 15 (2.56%) Playwright
4 12 (2.05%) Kafka
5 11 (1.88%) PySpark
6 10 (1.71%) OAuth
6 10 (1.71%) RESTful
6 10 (1.71%) Spring
7 9 (1.54%) .NET
7 9 (1.54%) SAML
8 8 (1.37%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.37%) HTML
8 8 (1.37%) LangChain
8 8 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.37%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.37%) XML
9 7 (1.20%) Model Context Protocol
9 7 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (1.03%) JSON
10 6 (1.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.27%) Onboarding
2 19 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 15 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.05%) Derivative
6 10 (1.71%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.71%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (1.54%) Equities
7 9 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
8 8 (1.37%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.37%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.37%) Fixed Income
9 5 (0.85%) Hedge funds
9 5 (0.85%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.68%) Credit Risk
10 4 (0.68%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.68%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (0.68%) Replication
10 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.44%) Windows
2 24 (4.10%) Linux
3 6 (1.03%) Unix
4 5 (0.85%) Android
5 4 (0.68%) AIX
5 4 (0.68%) Solaris
5 4 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.68%) zOS
6 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 111 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 101 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (15.38%) Agile
5 74 (12.65%) Migration
6 65 (11.11%) AI
7 56 (9.57%) CI/CD
8 54 (9.23%) Project Management
9 51 (8.72%) Roadmaps
10 50 (8.55%) Analytics
11 45 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (7.69%) DevOps
12 41 (7.01%) Software Engineering
13 39 (6.67%) Decision-Making
14 36 (6.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (5.64%) Machine Learning
15 33 (5.64%) Test Automation
16 31 (5.30%) Business Intelligence
17 30 (5.13%) Business Analysis
17 30 (5.13%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.29%) Python
2 74 (12.65%) SQL
3 48 (8.21%) Java
4 35 (5.98%) C#
5 34 (5.81%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.76%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.91%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.88%) C++
9 7 (1.20%) Bash
10 6 (1.03%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.68%) PHP
11 4 (0.68%) Scala
12 3 (0.51%) Go
12 3 (0.51%) Groovy
12 3 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.34%) Bicep
13 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.17%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 53 (9.06%) Degree
2 44 (7.52%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.71%) AWS Certification
5 10 (1.71%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.20%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.20%) PMP
7 6 (1.03%) CISSP
8 5 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.85%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.68%) CCNP
10 3 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.51%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.51%) PhD
11 2 (0.34%) CCNA
11 2 (0.34%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.64%) QA
2 28 (4.79%) GDPR
3 20 (3.42%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.05%) NIST
6 11 (1.88%) PMO
7 8 (1.37%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.03%) SLA
9 5 (0.85%) GRC
10 3 (0.51%) IFRS
10 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.34%) Basel III
11 2 (0.34%) GAAP
11 2 (0.34%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.34%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.34%) SEPA
11 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (4.62%) Docker
2 17 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.51%) KVM
5 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.34%) IAG
6 2 (0.34%) NFS
6 2 (0.34%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Firmware
7 1 (0.17%) HDFS
7 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (5.98%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.93%) Terraform
3 14 (2.39%) Ansible
4 7 (1.20%) Grafana
5 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.85%) Control-M
6 5 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.51%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.51%) Puppet
8 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.51%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.34%) IBM Guardium
9 2 (0.34%) Nessus
9 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.34%) SCCM
10 1 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.17%) SCOM
10 1 (0.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 50 (8.55%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.44%) Cisco
3 23 (3.93%) Databricks
4 19 (3.25%) Oracle
5 17 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.39%) SAP
7 12 (2.05%) Adobe
7 12 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.71%) Google
9 9 (1.54%) Nokia
9 9 (1.54%) VMware
10 8 (1.37%) Citrix
11 7 (1.20%) ADVA
11 7 (1.20%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.20%) F5
12 6 (1.03%) Informatica
12 6 (1.03%) Juniper
12 6 (1.03%) Workday
13 5 (0.85%) Foundry
13 5 (0.85%) Splunk
27 Data Protection Act jobs in England