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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 189 171
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 0
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 583 361 512
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.40% 1.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.84% 4.21% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 165 258
10th Percentile £212 £272 £225
25th Percentile £325 £363 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £598
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 12,040 8,581 11,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.98% 33.38% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,668 5,315 7,613
10th Percentile £283 £275 £257
25th Percentile £409 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £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 593 265 752
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £16.47
Median hourly rate £33.50 £37.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +17.46% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.50 £83.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £32.81 £30.58
% change year-on-year -0.18% +7.29% +36.00%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +35 305 £500 +6.38% 4
North of England -19 136 £463 -7.50% 7
Yorkshire -27 76 £475 -12.64% 3
South East -14 66 £350 -22.22% 2
North West -10 49 £425 -15.00% 3
Midlands -36 37 £436 +2.65% 6
West Midlands -38 26 £463 -5.13% 4
South West -13 17 £525 +7.69% 3
East of England -25 15 £413 -12.00% 2
East Midlands -18 11 £336 -10.33% 2
North East -25 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 26 (4.46%) Confluence
2 12 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.86%) Apache
5 5 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.51%) CMS
8 2 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.34%) Drupal
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.34%) SAS
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 18 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.69%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.69%) 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 (1.72%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.51%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.34%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
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 EBS R12
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
5 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 60 (10.29%) AWS
2 58 (9.95%) Azure
3 26 (4.46%) Power Platform
4 24 (4.12%) GCP
5 23 (3.95%) Snowflake
6 21 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.92%) Amazon S3
7 17 (2.92%) GitHub
8 16 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (2.74%) Serverless
9 14 (2.40%) SaaS
10 12 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (1.89%) 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 (3.09%) Firewall
2 15 (2.57%) MPLS
3 11 (1.89%) LAN
4 9 (1.54%) 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 (0.86%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.86%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.69%) DNS
9 4 (0.69%) HTTP
9 4 (0.69%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.69%) NetScaler
9 4 (0.69%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.69%) SSH
9 4 (0.69%) VLAN
10 3 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.51%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.29%) Power BI
2 17 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.89%) Tableau
4 9 (1.54%) Metadata
4 9 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.20%) Hadoop
5 7 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.03%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (0.86%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.69%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.51%) Apache Iceberg
9 3 (0.51%) Big Data
10 2 (0.34%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.34%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.34%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 46 (7.89%) JIRA
2 16 (2.74%) Git
3 12 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.89%) 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 (0.86%) Postman
7 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.69%) 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
1 157 (26.93%) Social Skills
2 125 (21.44%) Finance
3 78 (13.38%) Banking
4 60 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.32%) Telecoms
6 23 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (3.43%) Front Office
8 18 (3.09%) Legal
9 16 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.74%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.57%) Marketing
11 13 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.72%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.20%) Publishing
14 6 (1.03%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.86%) Private Banking
16 4 (0.69%) Police
16 4 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (13.04%) Analyst
2 65 (11.15%) Developer
3 51 (8.75%) Architect
4 42 (7.20%) Business Analyst
5 38 (6.52%) Lead
6 33 (5.66%) Project Manager
7 32 (5.49%) Consultant
8 27 (4.63%) Senior
9 21 (3.60%) Network Engineer
10 18 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (2.92%) Java Developer
11 17 (2.92%) Software Engineer
12 14 (2.40%) Support Engineer
13 13 (2.23%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.23%) Data Engineer
13 13 (2.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 13 (2.23%) Tester
14 12 (2.06%) Python Developer
15 10 (1.72%) Automation Tester
15 10 (1.72%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (5.66%) React
2 21 (3.60%) REST
3 15 (2.57%) Playwright
4 12 (2.06%) Kafka
5 11 (1.89%) PySpark
6 10 (1.72%) OAuth
6 10 (1.72%) RESTful
6 10 (1.72%) 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 (4.29%) Onboarding
2 19 (3.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 19 (3.26%) Product Ownership
3 15 (2.57%) Cloud Native
4 12 (2.06%) Derivative
5 10 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 10 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.54%) Equities
6 9 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
7 8 (1.37%) AI Agents
7 8 (1.37%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.37%) Fixed Income
8 5 (0.86%) Hedge funds
8 5 (0.86%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.69%) BYOD
9 4 (0.69%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.69%) Equity Derivative
9 4 (0.69%) Replication
9 4 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.46%) Windows
2 24 (4.12%) Linux
3 6 (1.03%) Unix
4 5 (0.86%) Android
5 4 (0.69%) AIX
5 4 (0.69%) Solaris
5 4 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.69%) 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
1 583 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 110 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 101 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (15.09%) Agile
5 73 (12.52%) Migration
6 64 (10.98%) AI
7 56 (9.61%) CI/CD
8 54 (9.26%) Project Management
9 52 (8.92%) Roadmaps
10 48 (8.23%) Analytics
11 45 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (7.72%) DevOps
12 41 (7.03%) Software Engineering
13 38 (6.52%) Decision-Making
14 36 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (5.66%) Machine Learning
15 33 (5.66%) Test Automation
16 31 (5.32%) Business Intelligence
17 29 (4.97%) Business Analysis
17 29 (4.97%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (18.01%) Python
2 73 (12.52%) SQL
3 48 (8.23%) Java
4 35 (6.00%) C#
5 34 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.92%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.89%) C++
9 7 (1.20%) Bash
10 6 (1.03%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.69%) PHP
11 4 (0.69%) 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 51 (8.75%) Degree
2 44 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.72%) AWS Certification
5 10 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.20%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.20%) PMP
7 6 (1.03%) CISSP
8 5 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.86%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.69%) 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 (5.66%) QA
2 28 (4.80%) GDPR
3 19 (3.26%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.06%) NIST
6 11 (1.89%) PMO
7 8 (1.37%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.20%) SLA
9 5 (0.86%) 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 (4.63%) Docker
2 17 (2.92%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.06%) 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 (6.00%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.95%) Terraform
3 14 (2.40%) Ansible
4 7 (1.20%) Grafana
5 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.86%) Control-M
6 5 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.69%) 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%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) SCOM
10 1 (0.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 51 (8.75%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.46%) Cisco
3 23 (3.95%) Databricks
4 18 (3.09%) Oracle
5 17 (2.92%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.40%) SAP
7 12 (2.06%) Adobe
7 12 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.54%) Google
8 9 (1.54%) Nokia
8 9 (1.54%) VMware
9 8 (1.37%) Citrix
10 7 (1.20%) ADVA
10 7 (1.20%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.20%) F5
11 6 (1.03%) Informatica
11 6 (1.03%) Juniper
11 6 (1.03%) Workday
12 5 (0.86%) Foundry
12 5 (0.86%) Splunk
23 Data Protection Act jobs in England