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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 106 222
Rank change year-on-year -70 +116 +40
Contract jobs citing GDPR 754 710 361
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 2.56% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.17% 14.78% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 453 212
10th Percentile £306 £350 £313
25th Percentile £450 £415 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.25% -9.83%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £511
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.69% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 36 14
10th Percentile £14.70 £15.13 -
25th Percentile £17.17 £16.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +47.83% +24.32%
75th Percentile £72.91 £70.16 £32.41
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.19 £57.43
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +47.06% -26.09% +24.32%

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 8,221 4,805 4,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.75% 17.30% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,166 3,142 2,571
10th Percentile £328 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £758
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 596 224 213
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +2.78% -15.68%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.54 £63.75
90th Percentile £76.00 £82.93 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.98% +9.09% -22.82%

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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 20 September 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -51 361 £575 - 908
South East -55 116 £595 +19.00% 205
North of England -58 89 £483 -4.83% 219
Midlands -50 75 £450 +0.67% 109
South West -26 55 £475 +18.75% 90
West Midlands -26 55 £430 -18.19% 63
East of England +3 51 £538 +2.38% 74
North West -29 51 £500 +11.79% 128
Yorkshire -62 28 £471 -13.27% 68
East Midlands -37 20 £537 +25.09% 46
North East -35 9 £463 -26.00% 24
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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 40 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.59%) CMS
3 11 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.19%) Apache
5 9 (1.19%) IIS
6 6 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.80%) Confluence
7 3 (0.40%) WordPress
8 2 (0.27%) Drupal
8 2 (0.27%) Mendix
9 1 (0.13%) CICS
9 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.13%) Luigi
9 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 33 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (4.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.06%) NEC Housing
3 8 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.80%) iTrent
4 6 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.66%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
6 4 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.53%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.53%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.53%) Workfront
7 2 (0.27%) BambooHR
7 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 258 (34.22%) Azure
2 149 (19.76%) AWS
3 94 (12.47%) Power Platform
4 76 (10.08%) GCP
5 60 (7.96%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (6.76%) Entra ID
8 46 (6.10%) SaaS
9 45 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
10 44 (5.84%) Microsoft Purview
11 39 (5.17%) Serverless
12 29 (3.85%) Power Automate
12 29 (3.85%) Snowflake
13 26 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (3.45%) GitHub
14 22 (2.92%) Azure Functions
14 22 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 20 (2.65%) OCI
16 18 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.11%) Firewall
2 27 (3.58%) Network Security
3 18 (2.39%) Cisco IPT
4 12 (1.59%) VPN
5 8 (1.06%) SSL
6 7 (0.93%) SMS
7 5 (0.66%) DNS
7 5 (0.66%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.66%) X.509
8 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.53%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.40%) FTP
9 3 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.40%) IPsec
9 3 (0.40%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.40%) WAN
9 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.27%) HTTP
10 2 (0.27%) LAN
10 2 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.95%) Power BI
2 52 (6.90%) Metadata
3 34 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (4.51%) SQL Server
4 31 (4.11%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.86%) Tableau
6 13 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (1.72%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.59%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (1.33%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.19%) Delta Lake
10 8 (1.06%) Data Vault
10 8 (1.06%) Looker
11 7 (0.93%) Big Data
11 7 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.80%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.80%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.05%) Git
2 18 (2.39%) JIRA
3 15 (1.99%) Postman
4 13 (1.72%) GitLab
5 11 (1.46%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.46%) Selenium
5 11 (1.46%) WebDriver
6 9 (1.19%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.06%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.53%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.40%) ERwin
9 3 (0.40%) Protractor
10 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.27%) JMeter
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.27%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.13%) Newman
11 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
General
1 280 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 190 (25.20%) Finance
3 137 (18.17%) Public Sector
4 136 (18.04%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (11.41%) Legal
6 41 (5.44%) Local Government
7 40 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (4.64%) Marketing
9 34 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
11 31 (4.11%) Retail
12 30 (3.98%) Banking
13 21 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (2.39%) Military
15 17 (2.25%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.86%) Aerospace
16 14 (1.86%) Law
17 10 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (0.93%) Advertising
18 7 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (17.64%) Architect
2 118 (15.65%) Lead
3 83 (11.01%) Analyst
4 73 (9.68%) Senior
5 37 (4.91%) Project Manager
5 37 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
6 34 (4.51%) Administrator
7 33 (4.38%) Data Engineer
8 31 (4.11%) Data Analyst
9 30 (3.98%) Consultant
10 27 (3.58%) Data Architect
11 25 (3.32%) Business Analyst
12 24 (3.18%) Security Architect
13 23 (3.05%) Security Manager
14 21 (2.79%) Developer
15 18 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
16 17 (2.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 17 (2.25%) Security Engineer
17 16 (2.12%) Coordinator
18 14 (1.86%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.84%) REST
2 43 (5.70%) Terraform
3 30 (3.98%) OAuth
4 28 (3.71%) SAML
5 27 (3.58%) LDAP
6 26 (3.45%) JSON
7 23 (3.05%) OpenID
8 18 (2.39%) SOAP
9 16 (2.12%) Kafka
10 15 (1.99%) OAuth2
11 14 (1.86%) XML
12 13 (1.72%) PySpark
12 13 (1.72%) XSLT
13 12 (1.59%) JDBC
14 11 (1.46%) .NET
14 11 (1.46%) Gherkin
14 11 (1.46%) SailPoint
15 10 (1.33%) HTML
15 10 (1.33%) Middleware
16 8 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 83 (11.01%) Management Information System
2 47 (6.23%) Cloud Native
3 41 (5.44%) Onboarding
4 40 (5.31%) Data Protection Act
5 32 (4.24%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (3.32%) Data Structures
8 24 (3.18%) Product Ownership
9 23 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
9 23 (3.05%) Freedom of Information
10 21 (2.79%) NHS
11 20 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
12 19 (2.52%) Taxonomies
13 15 (1.99%) Marketing Technology
14 13 (1.72%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (1.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.92%) Windows
2 15 (1.99%) Linux
3 8 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (28.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 206 (27.32%) Data Protection
3 198 (26.26%) Data Governance
4 154 (20.42%) Agile
5 153 (20.29%) Analytics
6 147 (19.50%) AI
7 145 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 140 (18.57%) Cybersecurity
9 129 (17.11%) Migration
10 119 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
11 116 (15.38%) DevOps
11 116 (15.38%) Information Security
12 115 (15.25%) Data Modelling
13 112 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 109 (14.46%) Roadmaps
15 102 (13.53%) CI/CD
15 102 (13.53%) Decision-Making
16 98 (13.00%) Risk Management
17 82 (10.88%) Validation
18 79 (10.48%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 117 (15.52%) SQL
2 86 (11.41%) Python
3 40 (5.31%) PowerShell
4 35 (4.64%) Java
4 35 (4.64%) JavaScript
5 28 (3.71%) C#
6 12 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (1.46%) Bash
8 10 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.19%) Bicep
10 7 (0.93%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.80%) BeanShell
11 6 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.40%) Go
12 3 (0.40%) R
12 3 (0.40%) Ruby
13 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 146 (19.36%) Security Cleared
2 110 (14.59%) SC Cleared
3 73 (9.68%) CISSP
4 70 (9.28%) Degree
5 57 (7.56%) CISM
6 30 (3.98%) Azure Certification
7 29 (3.85%) DV Cleared
8 26 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 25 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (2.52%) PMP
11 18 (2.39%) PMI Certification
12 16 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (1.59%) CISA
13 12 (1.59%) ISTQB
14 10 (1.33%) AWS Certification
15 9 (1.19%) CCSP
16 8 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
17 7 (0.93%) CEH
17 7 (0.93%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (20.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 120 (15.92%) Data Quality
3 91 (12.07%) NIST
4 59 (7.82%) PCI DSS
5 47 (6.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 38 (5.04%) Accessibility
6 38 (5.04%) NCSC
7 36 (4.77%) GRC
7 36 (4.77%) QA
8 29 (3.85%) WCAG
9 28 (3.71%) HIPAA
10 24 (3.18%) SOC 2
11 23 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (1.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 15 (1.99%) PERC
13 12 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (1.19%) PMO
14 9 (1.19%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 54 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.59%) Docker
3 4 (0.53%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.33%) CASB
4 9 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 9 (1.19%) Grafana
5 8 (1.06%) Ansible
6 7 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.66%) PingFederate
7 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.53%) CA Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) QRadar
10 2 (0.27%) Argo
10 2 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.27%) systemd
11 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.13%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) Kibana
11 1 (0.13%) Rancher
Vendors
1 217 (28.78%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.90%) Oracle
2 52 (6.90%) SAP
3 45 (5.97%) Databricks
4 40 (5.31%) Salesforce
5 39 (5.17%) Google
6 31 (4.11%) Workday
7 29 (3.85%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.52%) Adobe
9 17 (2.25%) Splunk
10 15 (1.99%) CyberArk
11 11 (1.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 10 (1.33%) IFS
12 10 (1.33%) Informatica
13 9 (1.19%) Cisco
14 8 (1.06%) NEC
15 7 (0.93%) BeyondTrust
15 7 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.93%) Ping Identity
16 6 (0.80%) Civica
1,582 GDPR jobs in England