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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 163 174
Rank change year-on-year +60 +11 +82
Contract jobs citing GDPR 898 416 517
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.49% 1.67% 1.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.39% 10.97% 9.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 248 258
10th Percentile £350 £303 £327
25th Percentile £435 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £508
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -7.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 44
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.56 £11.27
25th Percentile £24.19 £15.50 £11.95
Median hourly rate £27.50 £17.80 £20.60
Median % change year-on-year +54.49% -13.59% -23.70%
75th Percentile £57.00 £31.76 £27.50
90th Percentile £64.50 £32.72 £29.63
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £19.21 £20.60
% change year-on-year +37.98% -6.77% -9.19%

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 6,240 3,793 5,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.33% 15.23% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,032 2,377 3,524
10th Percentile £331 £263 £307
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -4.48% -
75th Percentile £608 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 158 361
10th Percentile £15.60 £16.18 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.00 £14.16
Median hourly rate £26.44 £32.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% +29.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £78.40 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -10.11% +27.04% -23.08%

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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

GDPR
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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +56 434 £550 -2.65% 135
South East +34 168 £500 - 124
North of England -5 113 £550 +9.84% 106
Midlands -4 86 £475 +7.34% 68
Yorkshire -9 66 £550 +4.76% 30
South West +15 59 £475 +69.64% 45
West Midlands -25 46 £500 +5.26% 38
East Midlands -2 40 £447 +14.32% 29
North West -21 40 £483 -3.50% 65
East of England -35 21 £553 +10.60% 41
North East -12 7 £466 +0.76% 12
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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 49 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 45 (5.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (3.90%) Confluence
4 31 (3.45%) Apache Spark
5 27 (3.01%) Apache
6 17 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (1.11%) TPMS
8 7 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.78%) SAS
9 6 (0.67%) Appian
9 6 (0.67%) Camunda
10 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.11%) Moodle
11 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 46 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.67%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.45%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.11%) Actimize
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.11%) Orchard Housing
8 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 347 (38.64%) Azure
2 263 (29.29%) AWS
3 137 (15.26%) GCP
4 105 (11.69%) Power Platform
5 97 (10.80%) Microsoft 365
6 89 (9.91%) Entra ID
7 57 (6.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 46 (5.12%) AWS CloudFormation
9 39 (4.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (4.12%) Amazon S3
11 36 (4.01%) SaaS
12 34 (3.79%) Collibra
13 31 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
13 31 (3.45%) OneDrive
14 26 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (2.45%) Serverless
16 21 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
17 20 (2.23%) GitHub
18 18 (2.00%) dbt
19 17 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (6.90%) Firewall
2 40 (4.45%) Network Security
3 28 (3.12%) DNS
4 26 (2.90%) VPN
5 24 (2.67%) DHCP
6 18 (2.00%) Kerberos
7 17 (1.89%) Wireless
8 16 (1.78%) Cisco IPT
8 16 (1.78%) SSL
9 11 (1.22%) SMS
10 10 (1.11%) SNMP
10 10 (1.11%) SSH
11 9 (1.00%) LAN
11 9 (1.00%) TCP/IP
11 9 (1.00%) WAN
12 8 (0.89%) PABX
12 8 (0.89%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.89%) WLAN
13 7 (0.78%) HTTP
14 6 (0.67%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (10.58%) Power BI
2 67 (7.46%) Data Lake
3 45 (5.01%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (4.57%) Metadata
5 25 (2.78%) BigQuery
6 22 (2.45%) Tableau
7 21 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
7 21 (2.34%) SQL Server
8 19 (2.12%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.12%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.89%) Mixpanel
10 16 (1.78%) OLAP
10 16 (1.78%) OLTP
11 15 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (1.34%) Big Data
13 11 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
15 8 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
15 8 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (4.57%) JIRA
2 28 (3.12%) Git
3 18 (2.00%) GitLab
4 17 (1.89%) Metasploit
5 16 (1.78%) Burp Suite
6 9 (1.00%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.45%) Postman
7 4 (0.45%) Selenium
8 3 (0.33%) ERwin
8 3 (0.33%) Jaeger
8 3 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.33%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.33%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.22%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.22%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.22%) Subversion
10 1 (0.11%) Snyk
10 1 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 396 (44.10%) Social Skills
2 263 (29.29%) Finance
3 139 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (13.59%) Legal
5 109 (12.14%) Public Sector
6 84 (9.35%) Documentation Skills
7 61 (6.79%) Marketing
8 51 (5.68%) Banking
9 24 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.34%) Telecoms
11 20 (2.23%) Law
12 18 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.00%) Retail
13 16 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.56%) Electronics
14 14 (1.56%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.22%) Military
16 8 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.89%) Local Government
17 7 (0.78%) Billing
Job Titles
1 159 (17.71%) Architect
2 106 (11.80%) Analyst
3 91 (10.13%) Lead
4 62 (6.90%) Consultant
5 58 (6.46%) Senior
6 48 (5.35%) Data Engineer
7 47 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
8 45 (5.01%) Business Analyst
9 43 (4.79%) Security Engineer
10 41 (4.57%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.01%) Developer
11 27 (3.01%) Security Architect
12 25 (2.78%) Microsoft 365 Architect
13 24 (2.67%) Administrator
13 24 (2.67%) Data Analyst
13 24 (2.67%) Data Architect
14 17 (1.89%) Principal Engineer
14 17 (1.89%) Security Analyst
15 15 (1.67%) AWS Engineer
15 15 (1.67%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.01%) LDAP
2 46 (5.12%) OAuth
3 42 (4.68%) SAML
4 41 (4.57%) REST
5 37 (4.12%) Kafka
6 29 (3.23%) Middleware
7 26 (2.90%) OpenID
8 21 (2.34%) OAuth2
9 20 (2.23%) Microsoft Graph
10 18 (2.00%) .NET
11 17 (1.89%) Great Expectations
12 16 (1.78%) HTML
12 16 (1.78%) PySpark
13 15 (1.67%) RESTful
14 14 (1.56%) CSS
14 14 (1.56%) SOAP
15 13 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
16 10 (1.11%) Spark Streaming
17 9 (1.00%) GraphQL
17 9 (1.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.24%) Cloud Native
1 56 (6.24%) Onboarding
2 53 (5.90%) Management Information System
3 49 (5.46%) Security Posture
4 38 (4.23%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.34%) Data Protection Act
5 30 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 26 (2.90%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.45%) Replication
8 21 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
10 17 (1.89%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (1.34%) Distributed Computing
13 11 (1.22%) BYOD
13 11 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (1.11%) NHS
14 10 (1.11%) Public Cloud
15 9 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 97 (10.80%) Windows
2 42 (4.68%) Linux
3 23 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.22%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.00%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.33%) Android
7 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.33%) Solaris
8 2 (0.22%) Unix
9 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (26.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 202 (22.49%) Data Protection
3 189 (21.05%) Agile
4 185 (20.60%) Data Governance
5 173 (19.27%) Cybersecurity
6 163 (18.15%) DevOps
7 156 (17.37%) CI/CD
8 154 (17.15%) Analytics
9 149 (16.59%) Migration
9 149 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
10 132 (14.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 126 (14.03%) Roadmaps
12 124 (13.81%) Data Modelling
13 118 (13.14%) Data Privacy
14 117 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
15 111 (12.36%) Information Security
15 111 (12.36%) Risk Management
16 110 (12.25%) AI
17 104 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
18 100 (11.14%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 162 (18.04%) Python
2 156 (17.37%) SQL
3 130 (14.48%) PowerShell
4 37 (4.12%) Java
5 31 (3.45%) C#
6 24 (2.67%) Bash
7 23 (2.56%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.00%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.89%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.89%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.78%) Bicep
11 7 (0.78%) R
12 6 (0.67%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.56%) Go
14 4 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.33%) Perl
16 2 (0.22%) BeanShell
16 2 (0.22%) PHP
16 2 (0.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 170 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 141 (15.70%) SC Cleared
3 117 (13.03%) Degree
4 111 (12.36%) CISSP
5 77 (8.57%) CISM
6 35 (3.90%) Azure Certification
7 34 (3.79%) PMI Certification
8 33 (3.67%) AWS Certification
8 33 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (3.45%) PMP
10 28 (3.12%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (2.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 21 (2.34%) Master's Degree
13 18 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (1.67%) CCSP
14 15 (1.67%) CHECK Team Member
15 14 (1.56%) DV Cleared
16 13 (1.45%) CISA
16 13 (1.45%) CREST Certified
16 13 (1.45%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (27.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 185 (20.60%) NIST
3 113 (12.58%) PCI DSS
4 105 (11.69%) Data Quality
5 75 (8.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 49 (5.46%) QA
7 48 (5.35%) HIPAA
8 45 (5.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 36 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
10 35 (3.90%) GRC
11 27 (3.01%) SOC 2
12 24 (2.67%) NCSC
13 20 (2.23%) PERC
14 19 (2.12%) PMO
14 19 (2.12%) SLA
15 18 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 18 (2.00%) MiFID
16 13 (1.45%) Accessibility
16 13 (1.45%) FINRA
16 13 (1.45%) PSD2
System Software
1 100 (11.14%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.79%) Docker
3 17 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.22%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) IAG
8 1 (0.11%) NDS
8 1 (0.11%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.11%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Veritas File System
8 1 (0.11%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 71 (7.91%) Terraform
2 51 (5.68%) Kubernetes
3 42 (4.68%) Single Sign-On
4 27 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (2.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (2.00%) Ansible
7 17 (1.89%) SCCM
8 15 (1.67%) Nmap
9 8 (0.89%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.67%) Grafana
10 6 (0.67%) QRadar
11 5 (0.56%) PingFederate
12 4 (0.45%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.33%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.33%) Istio
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.33%) Rancher
13 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.22%) systemd
Vendors
1 225 (25.06%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.90%) Google
3 57 (6.35%) Databricks
4 54 (6.01%) CyberArk
5 48 (5.35%) Salesforce
6 42 (4.68%) ServiceNow
7 39 (4.34%) Oracle
8 34 (3.79%) SAP
9 31 (3.45%) BeyondTrust
10 27 (3.01%) Workday
11 26 (2.90%) Splunk
12 22 (2.45%) Adobe
13 20 (2.23%) Okta
14 19 (2.12%) Informatica
14 19 (2.12%) VMware
15 15 (1.67%) Fortinet
16 14 (1.56%) Palo Alto
16 14 (1.56%) Tealium
17 13 (1.45%) Cisco
17 13 (1.45%) OneTrust
464 GDPR jobs in England