Data Protection Contracts in England

Data Protection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 85 100
Rank change year-on-year -12 +15 0
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 653 930 1,242
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.68% 2.50% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.89% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 522 828
10th Percentile £257 £226 £300
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £672
90th Percentile £735 £725 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 107 13
10th Percentile £17.60 £12.40 £19.21
25th Percentile £24.25 £16.06 £22.13
Median hourly rate £29.23 £21.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.19% -60.00% +147.06%
75th Percentile £33.78 £27.67 £66.00
90th Percentile £48.20 £41.40 -
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £20.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +36.49% -61.43% +162.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,183 32,201 45,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.14% 86.52% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,119 31,974
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 2,240 1,592
10th Percentile £14.67 £12.91 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.44 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
London -16 325 £516 -3.95% 295
North of England +4 139 £475 -9.52% 89
South East -4 71 £520 +22.24% 89
Yorkshire +32 64 £519 -1.19% 35
North West -32 54 £425 -19.05% 49
Midlands +18 51 £500 +17.65% 52
West Midlands +7 39 £525 +23.53% 35
South West +2 30 £400 -23.81% 35
North East +11 20 £450 - 5
East of England +1 16 £525 +22.09% 43
East Midlands +15 12 £375 -30.23% 16
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (5.05%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.22%) Confluence
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.77%) CMS
5 4 (0.61%) SAS
6 2 (0.31%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.31%) Drupal
6 2 (0.31%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.31%) JBoss
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.31%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.15%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 28 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.14%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.61%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.61%) Trello
6 3 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 10 (1.53%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.77%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.46%) BASE24
3 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.46%) SAP PM
3 3 (0.46%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.31%) CiviCRM
4 2 (0.31%) Endur
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.31%) VisionPLUS
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 109 (16.69%) Azure
2 72 (11.03%) AWS
3 42 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (5.21%) Power Platform
5 25 (3.83%) GCP
6 20 (3.06%) SaaS
7 19 (2.91%) Entra ID
8 18 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 16 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (1.99%) Serverless
12 11 (1.68%) PaaS
13 10 (1.53%) IaaS
13 10 (1.53%) OneDrive
14 9 (1.38%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.23%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (1.23%) Azure AKS
15 8 (1.23%) Lucidchart
16 7 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.83%) Firewall
2 15 (2.30%) DNS
3 11 (1.68%) Network Security
4 10 (1.53%) DHCP
5 9 (1.38%) Structured Cabling
6 8 (1.23%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.07%) SSL
8 6 (0.92%) VLAN
9 5 (0.77%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.77%) SAN
9 5 (0.77%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.77%) VPN
9 5 (0.77%) Wireless
10 4 (0.61%) BGP
10 4 (0.61%) SSH
10 4 (0.61%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.61%) WAN
10 4 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.46%) ATM
11 3 (0.46%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.44%) Power BI
2 23 (3.52%) Tableau
3 15 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.14%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.53%) Metadata
5 10 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.53%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.92%) Big Data
7 6 (0.92%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.92%) QlikView
7 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.46%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (5.82%) JIRA
2 16 (2.45%) Git
3 11 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.61%) GitLab
4 4 (0.61%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.46%) Snyk
5 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.31%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.31%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.15%) ERwin
7 1 (0.15%) Maven
7 1 (0.15%) MSI
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
7 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 198 (30.32%) Social Skills
2 147 (22.51%) Finance
3 85 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.43%) Banking
5 40 (6.13%) Legal
6 37 (5.67%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.98%) Law
8 23 (3.52%) Marketing
8 23 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.14%) Back Office
12 12 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.68%) Front Office
13 11 (1.68%) Local Government
14 9 (1.38%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.23%) Advertising
16 7 (1.07%) Police
17 6 (0.92%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 75 (11.49%) Architect
2 74 (11.33%) Analyst
3 62 (9.49%) Senior
4 48 (7.35%) Consultant
5 46 (7.04%) Developer
6 39 (5.97%) Lead
7 27 (4.13%) Data Engineer
7 27 (4.13%) Project Manager
8 19 (2.91%) Applications Support
9 17 (2.60%) Business Analyst
10 16 (2.45%) Support Analyst
11 15 (2.30%) Data Analyst
11 15 (2.30%) Support Engineer
12 14 (2.14%) Senior Applications Support
13 13 (1.99%) Security Architect
13 13 (1.99%) Security Engineer
14 12 (1.84%) Information Manager
14 12 (1.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (1.68%) Administrator
15 11 (1.68%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.84%) React
2 10 (1.53%) HTML
2 10 (1.53%) RESTful
3 9 (1.38%) .NET
4 8 (1.23%) CSS
5 7 (1.07%) Kafka
5 7 (1.07%) SOAP
6 6 (0.92%) ARM Templates
6 6 (0.92%) XML
7 5 (0.77%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.77%) LDAP
7 5 (0.77%) Middleware
7 5 (0.77%) REST
7 5 (0.77%) Web Services
8 4 (0.61%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.61%) OAuth
8 4 (0.61%) Pandas
8 4 (0.61%) PySpark
8 4 (0.61%) Qt
8 4 (0.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 359 (54.98%) Data Protection Act
2 39 (5.97%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.45%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.84%) Freedom of Information
8 11 (1.68%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.53%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.53%) Insider Threat
9 10 (1.53%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.53%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.38%) Fibre Optics
11 8 (1.23%) NHS
11 8 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (1.07%) Mainframe
12 7 (1.07%) Replication
13 6 (0.92%) Freedom of Information Act
13 6 (0.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 61 (9.34%) Windows
2 53 (8.12%) Linux
3 21 (3.22%) Unix
4 16 (2.45%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.23%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.07%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.61%) Android
8 4 (0.61%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.46%) CentOS
10 2 (0.31%) AIX
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Solaris
11 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (14.40%) Agile
3 91 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (13.17%) Project Management
5 69 (10.57%) Migration
6 53 (8.12%) DevOps
7 52 (7.96%) Analytics
8 50 (7.66%) Information Security
8 50 (7.66%) Risk Management
9 45 (6.89%) CI/CD
10 44 (6.74%) Decision-Making
11 43 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (6.58%) Cybersecurity
12 40 (6.13%) Business Intelligence
13 39 (5.97%) Computer Science
13 39 (5.97%) Data Analysis
14 36 (5.51%) Cloud Security
15 33 (5.05%) Data Loss Prevention
16 32 (4.90%) Roadmaps
17 31 (4.75%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 89 (13.63%) Python
2 79 (12.10%) SQL
3 37 (5.67%) PowerShell
4 26 (3.98%) Java
5 23 (3.52%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.30%) C#
7 13 (1.99%) C++
8 8 (1.23%) PHP
8 8 (1.23%) Scala
8 8 (1.23%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.07%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.92%) C
10 6 (0.92%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.77%) Bicep
11 5 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.61%) COBOL
13 3 (0.46%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.46%) Perl
13 3 (0.46%) REXX
13 3 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (11.64%) Degree
2 68 (10.41%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.58%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (4.13%) CISSP
6 19 (2.91%) CISM
7 17 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (2.14%) DV Cleared
9 14 (2.14%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.84%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.53%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.53%) PMP
12 9 (1.38%) CCNP
13 7 (1.07%) ISEB
14 6 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.92%) CISA
14 6 (0.92%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (16.85%) GDPR
2 24 (3.68%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.91%) HIPAA
4 19 (2.91%) QA
5 18 (2.76%) NIST
5 18 (2.76%) SOC 2
6 16 (2.45%) PMO
7 15 (2.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 11 (1.68%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.23%) GRC
10 7 (1.07%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.92%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.61%) SLA
13 3 (0.46%) HL7
13 3 (0.46%) PERC
14 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.31%) DICOM
14 2 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (5.97%) Active Directory
2 25 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.45%) Docker
4 8 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.92%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.61%) vSphere
7 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.15%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (5.21%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.29%) Terraform
3 22 (3.37%) Ansible
4 14 (2.14%) CASB
5 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.92%) SCCM
8 4 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (0.61%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.46%) Control-M
9 3 (0.46%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.46%) WSUS
10 2 (0.31%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.31%) Puppet
10 2 (0.31%) vRealize
10 2 (0.31%) VxRail
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco UCCX
11 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 104 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.75%) Cisco
2 31 (4.75%) VMware
3 27 (4.13%) Oracle
4 23 (3.52%) Google
5 22 (3.37%) SAP
6 19 (2.91%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.45%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.30%) Red Hat
9 14 (2.14%) IBM
10 11 (1.68%) NEC
11 10 (1.53%) Commvault
12 9 (1.38%) Databricks
12 9 (1.38%) Dell
12 9 (1.38%) HP
12 9 (1.38%) Veeam
13 8 (1.23%) Adobe
14 6 (0.92%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.92%) Informatica
14 6 (0.92%) Splunk