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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 161 175
Rank change year-on-year +50 +14 +77
Contract jobs citing GDPR 904 428 500
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.30% 1.75% 1.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.49% 11.20% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 256 259
10th Percentile £363 £318 £309
25th Percentile £450 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% +4.85% -8.18%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £526 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.12% +7.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 17 47
10th Percentile £13.35 £14.56 £11.49
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.25 £11.95
Median hourly rate £24.19 £27.64 £21.73
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% +27.20% -27.57%
75th Percentile £36.00 £31.76 £28.13
90th Percentile £61.60 £48.68 £34.21
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £27.50 £21.73
% change year-on-year -12.02% +26.53% -27.57%

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 6,702 3,821 5,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.07% 15.66% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,363 2,469 3,398
10th Percentile £340 £270 £304
25th Percentile £413 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £607 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 154 341
10th Percentile £14.02 £17.67 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.17 £12.84
Median hourly rate £30.58 £33.81 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +64.90% -50.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.61 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £32.81 £20.47
% change year-on-year -3.99% +60.28% -45.41%

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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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +42 428 £550 -4.35% 176
South East +33 180 £550 +4.76% 131
North of England +12 135 £550 +4.76% 92
Midlands -15 83 £475 +3.04% 70
Yorkshire -5 63 £550 +4.76% 29
North West 0 62 £513 -2.38% 52
West Midlands -30 50 £492 +3.58% 42
South West -13 39 £500 +25.00% 35
East Midlands -7 33 £447 +29.38% 28
East of England -32 25 £625 +19.05% 40
North East -9 11 £508 +9.84% 13
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UK

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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 43 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 39 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (3.87%) Confluence
4 34 (3.76%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.88%) Apache
6 15 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.88%) TPMS
8 7 (0.77%) SAS
9 5 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.55%) Appian
9 5 (0.55%) Camunda
10 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.11%) CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Drupal
11 1 (0.11%) Moodle
11 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
11 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.66%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.55%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.22%) Actimize
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.22%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.11%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 343 (37.94%) Azure
2 265 (29.31%) AWS
3 149 (16.48%) GCP
4 126 (13.94%) Power Platform
5 85 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
6 74 (8.19%) Entra ID
7 59 (6.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 48 (5.31%) AWS CloudFormation
9 41 (4.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 40 (4.42%) SaaS
11 37 (4.09%) Collibra
12 36 (3.98%) Azure Data Factory
13 33 (3.65%) Amazon S3
14 28 (3.10%) OneDrive
15 27 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
16 25 (2.77%) GitHub
17 24 (2.65%) Snowflake
18 21 (2.32%) Serverless
19 19 (2.10%) Amazon SQS
20 18 (1.99%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 63 (6.97%) Firewall
2 38 (4.20%) Network Security
3 29 (3.21%) DNS
4 25 (2.77%) DHCP
5 24 (2.65%) VPN
6 18 (1.99%) Wireless
7 15 (1.66%) Cisco IPT
7 15 (1.66%) Kerberos
7 15 (1.66%) SSL
8 11 (1.22%) WAN
9 10 (1.11%) LAN
9 10 (1.11%) SD-WAN
9 10 (1.11%) SMS
10 8 (0.88%) IPv4
10 8 (0.88%) IPv6
10 8 (0.88%) SNMP
10 8 (0.88%) SSH
11 7 (0.77%) WLAN
12 6 (0.66%) HTTP
12 6 (0.66%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (12.94%) Power BI
2 62 (6.86%) Data Lake
3 51 (5.64%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (5.31%) Metadata
5 27 (2.99%) BigQuery
6 24 (2.65%) Tableau
7 23 (2.54%) Amazon Athena
8 22 (2.43%) SQL Server
9 20 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (2.21%) NoSQL
10 19 (2.10%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.99%) Mixpanel
11 18 (1.99%) OLAP
11 18 (1.99%) OLTP
12 17 (1.88%) Big Data
13 12 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.00%) Oracle Database
14 9 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.88%) Looker
15 8 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 50 (5.53%) JIRA
2 27 (2.99%) Git
3 18 (1.99%) Burp Suite
3 18 (1.99%) GitLab
4 17 (1.88%) Metasploit
5 10 (1.11%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.77%) ERwin
6 7 (0.77%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.44%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (0.44%) Postman
7 4 (0.44%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.44%) Selenium
8 3 (0.33%) Jaeger
8 3 (0.33%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.22%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.11%) TestRail
10 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 351 (38.83%) Social Skills
2 282 (31.19%) Finance
3 158 (17.48%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (15.38%) Legal
5 107 (11.84%) Public Sector
6 75 (8.30%) Documentation Skills
7 56 (6.19%) Marketing
8 51 (5.64%) Banking
9 29 (3.21%) Retail
10 21 (2.32%) Law
10 21 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.99%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.88%) Local Government
14 16 (1.77%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.22%) Electronics
16 11 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.11%) Military
18 8 (0.88%) Billing
Job Titles
1 166 (18.36%) Architect
2 103 (11.39%) Analyst
2 103 (11.39%) Lead
3 54 (5.97%) Project Manager
3 54 (5.97%) Senior
4 53 (5.86%) Business Analyst
5 51 (5.64%) Consultant
5 51 (5.64%) Data Engineer
6 48 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (3.87%) Security Engineer
8 29 (3.21%) Data Architect
9 28 (3.10%) Data Analyst
10 27 (2.99%) Security Architect
11 25 (2.77%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 24 (2.65%) Administrator
13 22 (2.43%) Security Manager
14 20 (2.21%) Developer
15 19 (2.10%) Principal Engineer
16 18 (1.99%) Migration Manager
17 17 (1.88%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.09%) LDAP
2 44 (4.87%) Kafka
3 35 (3.87%) REST
4 34 (3.76%) Middleware
4 34 (3.76%) OAuth
5 31 (3.43%) SAML
6 20 (2.21%) PySpark
7 19 (2.10%) Great Expectations
8 17 (1.88%) HTML
8 17 (1.88%) Microsoft Graph
9 16 (1.77%) OpenID
10 15 (1.66%) .NET
10 15 (1.66%) CSS
11 13 (1.44%) OAuth2
11 13 (1.44%) SOAP
12 12 (1.33%) JSON
12 12 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (1.11%) Spark Streaming
14 7 (0.77%) AWS CDK
14 7 (0.77%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 68 (7.52%) Cloud Native
2 55 (6.08%) Management Information System
3 50 (5.53%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 36 (3.98%) Legacy Systems
6 34 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
6 34 (3.76%) Product Ownership
7 26 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (2.54%) Data Centre
10 21 (2.32%) Data Structures
10 21 (2.32%) Marketing Technology
11 20 (2.21%) Replication
12 14 (1.55%) Freedom of Information
13 12 (1.33%) Distributed Computing
13 12 (1.33%) NHS
14 11 (1.22%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.22%) BYOD
14 11 (1.22%) Public Cloud
14 11 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 84 (9.29%) Windows
2 33 (3.65%) Linux
3 27 (2.99%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (26.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 232 (25.66%) Data Protection
3 201 (22.23%) Data Governance
4 199 (22.01%) Agile
5 173 (19.14%) Cybersecurity
6 165 (18.25%) Analytics
7 164 (18.14%) Migration
8 162 (17.92%) CI/CD
9 159 (17.59%) DevOps
10 149 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
11 138 (15.27%) Business Intelligence
12 135 (14.93%) Data Modelling
13 127 (14.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 124 (13.72%) AI
15 121 (13.38%) Roadmaps
16 113 (12.50%) Risk Management
17 108 (11.95%) Data Privacy
17 108 (11.95%) Validation
18 106 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
19 105 (11.62%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 178 (19.69%) SQL
2 155 (17.15%) Python
3 101 (11.17%) PowerShell
4 37 (4.09%) Java
5 34 (3.76%) C#
6 23 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.10%) Bash
8 14 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.00%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.88%) Bicep
11 7 (0.77%) R
11 7 (0.77%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.55%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.55%) Go
12 5 (0.55%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.22%) Perl
14 2 (0.22%) Rust
14 2 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 154 (17.04%) Security Cleared
2 125 (13.83%) SC Cleared
3 102 (11.28%) Degree
4 100 (11.06%) CISSP
5 71 (7.85%) CISM
6 41 (4.54%) PMI Certification
7 38 (4.20%) PMP
8 31 (3.43%) Azure Certification
9 27 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (2.88%) AWS Certification
10 26 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (2.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 16 (1.77%) CHECK Team Member
12 16 (1.77%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.55%) CREST Certified
13 14 (1.55%) Cyber Scheme
13 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.44%) CCSP
15 12 (1.33%) IIBA
16 11 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (26.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 166 (18.36%) NIST
3 122 (13.50%) Data Quality
4 112 (12.39%) PCI DSS
5 73 (8.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 47 (5.20%) QA
7 41 (4.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 35 (3.87%) GRC
9 33 (3.65%) SOC 2
10 27 (2.99%) HIPAA
11 26 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 26 (2.88%) PERC
12 24 (2.65%) NCSC
12 24 (2.65%) PMO
13 17 (1.88%) MiFID
14 16 (1.77%) Accessibility
15 13 (1.44%) FINRA
16 12 (1.33%) Solvency II
17 9 (1.00%) COBIT
17 9 (1.00%) SLA
System Software
1 83 (9.18%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.76%) Docker
3 12 (1.33%) 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 75 (8.30%) Terraform
2 58 (6.42%) Kubernetes
3 40 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.77%) Nmap
6 15 (1.66%) Ansible
7 10 (1.11%) Grafana
8 8 (0.88%) SCCM
9 7 (0.77%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.55%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.44%) QRadar
12 3 (0.33%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.33%) Istio
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.33%) Rancher
13 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 214 (23.67%) Microsoft
2 78 (8.63%) Google
3 66 (7.30%) Databricks
4 47 (5.20%) CyberArk
4 47 (5.20%) ServiceNow
5 45 (4.98%) Salesforce
6 42 (4.65%) Oracle
7 34 (3.76%) SAP
8 27 (2.99%) Workday
9 26 (2.88%) BeyondTrust
10 23 (2.54%) Adobe
11 20 (2.21%) Informatica
11 20 (2.21%) Okta
11 20 (2.21%) Splunk
12 15 (1.66%) Tealium
13 13 (1.44%) Fortinet
13 13 (1.44%) OneTrust
13 13 (1.44%) VMware
14 11 (1.22%) Cisco
14 11 (1.22%) IFS