GDPR Contract Job Trends in England

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GDPR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 155 180
Rank change year-on-year +52 +25 +77
Contract jobs citing GDPR 916 413 506
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.44% 1.70% 1.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.01% 10.98% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 246 246
10th Percentile £363 £313 £323
25th Percentile £450 £416 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 45
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.56 £11.34
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.25 £11.95
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.19 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.30% +3.54% -27.78%
75th Percentile £58.50 £31.76 £27.50
90th Percentile £83.75 £34.27 £29.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £24.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year +5.15% +24.36% -14.04%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,538 3,761 5,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.41% 15.50% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,232 2,437 3,420
10th Percentile £340 £264 £304
25th Percentile £413 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £705 £732 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 161 334
10th Percentile £15.60 £17.13 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.00 £13.27
Median hourly rate £27.88 £31.76 £22.67
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +40.10% -46.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.40 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £30.54 £31.76 £21.64
% change year-on-year -3.84% +46.77% -45.90%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GDPR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GDPR

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GDPR.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GDPR

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GDPR in England

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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 GDPR within the England region over the 6 months to 26 March 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 +49 441 £550 -4.35% 175
South East +34 174 £514 +2.75% 119
North of England +2 132 £550 +9.40% 99
Midlands -9 80 £475 +13.37% 58
Yorkshire -8 66 £550 +4.76% 29
North West -14 56 £525 +4.84% 60
South West +8 49 £494 +23.44% 29
West Midlands -33 47 £500 +5.26% 35
East Midlands -7 33 £438 +26.63% 23
East of England -29 24 £553 +10.60% 41
North East -9 10 £508 +9.84% 13
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UK

GDPR
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 48 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (3.93%) Confluence
4 34 (3.71%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.84%) Apache
6 14 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (1.09%) TPMS
8 7 (0.76%) SAS
9 6 (0.66%) Appian
9 6 (0.66%) Camunda
10 5 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.11%) Moodle
12 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
Applications
1 40 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.66%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.44%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.22%) SystmOne
9 1 (0.11%) Actimize
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
9 1 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 357 (38.97%) Azure
2 282 (30.79%) AWS
3 152 (16.59%) GCP
4 119 (12.99%) Power Platform
5 85 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (8.52%) Entra ID
7 56 (6.11%) Microsoft Purview
8 50 (5.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 41 (4.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 40 (4.37%) Amazon S3
11 38 (4.15%) Collibra
12 36 (3.93%) SaaS
13 34 (3.71%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (3.38%) OneDrive
15 29 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
16 27 (2.95%) Serverless
17 25 (2.73%) GitHub
18 21 (2.29%) Snowflake
19 19 (2.07%) Amazon SQS
19 19 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 65 (7.10%) Firewall
2 46 (5.02%) Network Security
3 28 (3.06%) DNS
4 25 (2.73%) VPN
5 24 (2.62%) DHCP
6 18 (1.97%) Wireless
7 15 (1.64%) Cisco IPT
7 15 (1.64%) SSL
8 14 (1.53%) Kerberos
9 12 (1.31%) WAN
10 11 (1.20%) LAN
11 10 (1.09%) SD-WAN
11 10 (1.09%) SNMP
11 10 (1.09%) SSH
12 9 (0.98%) SMS
13 8 (0.87%) IPv4
13 8 (0.87%) IPv6
13 8 (0.87%) WLAN
14 6 (0.66%) HTTP
14 6 (0.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (12.01%) Power BI
2 69 (7.53%) Data Lake
3 49 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (4.59%) Metadata
5 25 (2.73%) BigQuery
5 25 (2.73%) Tableau
6 23 (2.51%) Amazon Athena
7 20 (2.18%) NoSQL
7 20 (2.18%) SQL Server
8 19 (2.07%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.97%) Mixpanel
9 18 (1.97%) OLAP
9 18 (1.97%) OLTP
10 17 (1.86%) Big Data
11 16 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.98%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 47 (5.13%) JIRA
2 26 (2.84%) Git
3 18 (1.97%) Burp Suite
3 18 (1.97%) GitLab
3 18 (1.97%) Metasploit
4 10 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.55%) ERwin
5 5 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.44%) Charles Proxy
6 4 (0.44%) Postman
6 4 (0.44%) REST Assured
6 4 (0.44%) Selenium
7 3 (0.33%) Jaeger
7 3 (0.33%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.22%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.11%) TestRail
9 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 387 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 270 (29.48%) Finance
3 154 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (13.43%) Legal
5 113 (12.34%) Public Sector
6 79 (8.62%) Documentation Skills
7 61 (6.66%) Marketing
8 50 (5.46%) Banking
9 27 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (2.51%) Telecoms
11 21 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.18%) Law
13 16 (1.75%) Retail
14 15 (1.64%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.53%) Electronics
15 14 (1.53%) Local Government
16 12 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.20%) Military
18 9 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 8 (0.87%) Billing
Job Titles
1 176 (19.21%) Architect
2 102 (11.14%) Analyst
3 96 (10.48%) Lead
4 59 (6.44%) Consultant
5 55 (6.00%) Senior
6 53 (5.79%) Solutions Architect
7 50 (5.46%) Business Analyst
8 49 (5.35%) Data Engineer
8 49 (5.35%) Project Manager
9 42 (4.59%) Security Engineer
10 33 (3.60%) Security Architect
11 31 (3.38%) Data Architect
12 26 (2.84%) Administrator
13 25 (2.73%) Developer
13 25 (2.73%) Microsoft 365 Architect
14 24 (2.62%) Data Analyst
15 20 (2.18%) Security Manager
16 19 (2.07%) Principal Engineer
17 16 (1.75%) Migration Manager
17 16 (1.75%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.46%) LDAP
2 44 (4.80%) Kafka
3 38 (4.15%) REST
4 37 (4.04%) OAuth
5 36 (3.93%) SAML
6 32 (3.49%) Middleware
7 22 (2.40%) OpenID
8 19 (2.07%) Great Expectations
9 18 (1.97%) .NET
10 17 (1.86%) Microsoft Graph
10 17 (1.86%) PySpark
11 16 (1.75%) HTML
11 16 (1.75%) OAuth2
12 15 (1.64%) CSS
13 14 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
13 14 (1.53%) SOAP
14 11 (1.20%) RESTful
15 10 (1.09%) Spark Streaming
16 9 (0.98%) JSON
16 9 (0.98%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.31%) Cloud Native
2 58 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 54 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 52 (5.68%) Security Posture
5 36 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
6 34 (3.71%) Product Ownership
7 32 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 24 (2.62%) Data Structures
10 23 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 21 (2.29%) Data Centre
12 19 (2.07%) Marketing Technology
13 17 (1.86%) Replication
14 13 (1.42%) Freedom of Information
14 13 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.31%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (1.31%) NHS
16 11 (1.20%) BYOD
16 11 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
16 11 (1.20%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 86 (9.39%) Windows
2 39 (4.26%) Linux
3 24 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.66%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.33%) Android
6 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.22%) Solaris
7 2 (0.22%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (25.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 214 (23.36%) Data Protection
3 190 (20.74%) Agile
3 190 (20.74%) Data Governance
4 189 (20.63%) Cybersecurity
5 168 (18.34%) CI/CD
6 166 (18.12%) Analytics
6 166 (18.12%) DevOps
7 158 (17.25%) Migration
8 156 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
9 135 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
10 131 (14.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 129 (14.08%) Data Modelling
12 124 (13.54%) AI
13 122 (13.32%) Roadmaps
14 113 (12.34%) Data Privacy
15 107 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
16 103 (11.24%) ETL
16 103 (11.24%) Information Security
16 103 (11.24%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 172 (18.78%) SQL
2 164 (17.90%) Python
3 114 (12.45%) PowerShell
4 37 (4.04%) Java
5 34 (3.71%) C#
6 24 (2.62%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.97%) Bash
8 14 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (1.09%) Bicep
10 8 (0.87%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.76%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.76%) R
12 6 (0.66%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.55%) Go
14 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.22%) BeanShell
15 2 (0.22%) Perl
15 2 (0.22%) Rust
15 2 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 171 (18.67%) Security Cleared
2 141 (15.39%) SC Cleared
3 113 (12.34%) Degree
4 111 (12.12%) CISSP
5 77 (8.41%) CISM
6 39 (4.26%) PMI Certification
7 36 (3.93%) PMP
8 33 (3.60%) Azure Certification
8 33 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (3.38%) AWS Certification
10 30 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (2.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 21 (2.29%) Master's Degree
13 16 (1.75%) CHECK Team Member
14 15 (1.64%) CCSP
15 14 (1.53%) CREST Certified
15 14 (1.53%) Cyber Scheme
15 14 (1.53%) DV Cleared
15 14 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (1.20%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (27.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 188 (20.52%) NIST
3 118 (12.88%) Data Quality
3 118 (12.88%) PCI DSS
4 74 (8.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 47 (5.13%) HIPAA
5 47 (5.13%) QA
6 45 (4.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 36 (3.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 33 (3.60%) GRC
9 31 (3.38%) SOC 2
10 26 (2.84%) NCSC
11 24 (2.62%) PERC
12 23 (2.51%) PMO
13 20 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 17 (1.86%) MiFID
15 15 (1.64%) Accessibility
16 13 (1.42%) FINRA
16 13 (1.42%) SLA
17 12 (1.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 87 (9.50%) Active Directory
2 38 (4.15%) Docker
3 12 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.44%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) IAG
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 78 (8.52%) Terraform
2 58 (6.33%) Kubernetes
3 42 (4.59%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.75%) Ansible
5 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.75%) Nmap
6 11 (1.20%) Grafana
6 11 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.98%) SCCM
8 5 (0.55%) QRadar
9 4 (0.44%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.33%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.33%) Istio
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.33%) Rancher
10 3 (0.33%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.22%) systemd
Vendors
1 220 (24.02%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.19%) Google
3 64 (6.99%) Databricks
4 53 (5.79%) CyberArk
5 46 (5.02%) Salesforce
6 43 (4.69%) ServiceNow
7 40 (4.37%) Oracle
8 39 (4.26%) SAP
9 32 (3.49%) BeyondTrust
10 25 (2.73%) Splunk
10 25 (2.73%) Workday
11 22 (2.40%) Adobe
11 22 (2.40%) Informatica
12 21 (2.29%) Okta
13 14 (1.53%) Cisco
13 14 (1.53%) Fortinet
13 14 (1.53%) OneTrust
13 14 (1.53%) Tealium
14 13 (1.42%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.42%) VMware