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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 153 175
Rank change year-on-year +50 +22 +77
Contract jobs citing GDPR 916 413 503
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.43% 1.70% 1.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.97% 10.96% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 610 243 244
10th Percentile £363 £313 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 45
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.56 £11.34
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.25 £11.95
Median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% +12.82% -27.78%
75th Percentile £56.50 £31.76 £27.50
90th Percentile £84.13 £48.68 £29.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £27.35 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.76% +40.26% -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 6,555 3,767 5,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.40% 15.55% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,241 2,445 3,411
10th Percentile £340 £264 £305
25th Percentile £413 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £703 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 388 160 335
10th Percentile £15.60 £17.04 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.25
Median hourly rate £28.28 £32.25 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% +44.36% -47.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.43 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £32.00 £21.38
% change year-on-year -4.44% +49.69% -46.56%

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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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +41 439 £550 -4.35% 175
South East +33 172 £513 +2.50% 119
North of England +1 134 £550 +9.40% 99
Midlands -12 81 £475 +13.37% 58
Yorkshire -9 67 £550 +4.76% 29
North West -9 57 £525 +4.84% 60
West Midlands -27 49 £500 +5.26% 35
South West +9 48 £494 +6.76% 29
East Midlands -6 32 £442 +28.00% 23
East of England -26 27 £553 +5.43% 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 47 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 41 (4.48%) 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 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.22%) Actimize
7 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.22%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) Orchard Housing
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 355 (38.76%) Azure
2 281 (30.68%) AWS
3 150 (16.38%) GCP
4 118 (12.88%) Power Platform
5 84 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (8.62%) Entra ID
7 56 (6.11%) Microsoft Purview
8 51 (5.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 41 (4.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 40 (4.37%) Amazon S3
11 37 (4.04%) Collibra
12 36 (3.93%) SaaS
13 34 (3.71%) Azure Data Factory
14 30 (3.28%) OneDrive
15 29 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
16 28 (3.06%) Serverless
17 26 (2.84%) GitHub
18 22 (2.40%) Snowflake
19 19 (2.07%) Amazon SQS
20 18 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (7.10%) Firewall
2 43 (4.69%) 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
8 14 (1.53%) Kerberos
9 13 (1.42%) SSL
10 12 (1.31%) WAN
11 11 (1.20%) LAN
12 10 (1.09%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.09%) SNMP
12 10 (1.09%) SSH
13 9 (0.98%) SMS
14 8 (0.87%) IPv4
14 8 (0.87%) IPv6
14 8 (0.87%) WLAN
15 6 (0.66%) HTTP
15 6 (0.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (11.90%) Power BI
2 70 (7.64%) Data Lake
3 48 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (4.69%) Metadata
5 25 (2.73%) BigQuery
6 24 (2.62%) Tableau
7 23 (2.51%) Amazon Athena
8 21 (2.29%) NoSQL
9 20 (2.18%) SQL Server
10 19 (2.07%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.97%) Mixpanel
11 18 (1.97%) OLAP
11 18 (1.97%) OLTP
12 17 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
12 17 (1.86%) Big Data
13 12 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (0.98%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
15 8 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 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
4 17 (1.86%) Metasploit
5 10 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.55%) ERwin
6 5 (0.55%) 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
1 385 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 270 (29.48%) Finance
3 153 (16.70%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (13.43%) Legal
5 113 (12.34%) Public Sector
6 79 (8.62%) Documentation Skills
7 60 (6.55%) Marketing
8 51 (5.57%) Banking
9 27 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (2.51%) Telecoms
11 21 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.18%) Law
13 17 (1.86%) 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%) Billing
18 9 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 172 (18.78%) Architect
2 102 (11.14%) Analyst
3 96 (10.48%) Lead
4 59 (6.44%) Consultant
5 55 (6.00%) Senior
6 52 (5.68%) Solutions Architect
7 50 (5.46%) Business Analyst
7 50 (5.46%) Data Engineer
8 48 (5.24%) Project Manager
9 43 (4.69%) Security Engineer
10 31 (3.38%) Security Architect
11 30 (3.28%) Data Architect
12 26 (2.84%) Administrator
13 25 (2.73%) Microsoft 365 Architect
14 24 (2.62%) Data Analyst
14 24 (2.62%) Developer
15 20 (2.18%) Security Manager
16 19 (2.07%) Principal Engineer
17 16 (1.75%) Penetration Tester
17 16 (1.75%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.46%) LDAP
2 45 (4.91%) Kafka
3 38 (4.15%) REST
4 34 (3.71%) OAuth
5 33 (3.60%) SAML
6 31 (3.38%) Middleware
7 19 (2.07%) Great Expectations
7 19 (2.07%) OpenID
8 18 (1.97%) PySpark
9 17 (1.86%) Microsoft Graph
10 16 (1.75%) .NET
10 16 (1.75%) HTML
11 15 (1.64%) CSS
12 14 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
13 13 (1.42%) OAuth2
13 13 (1.42%) SOAP
14 10 (1.09%) JSON
14 10 (1.09%) RESTful
14 10 (1.09%) Spark Streaming
15 9 (0.98%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 68 (7.42%) Cloud Native
2 54 (5.90%) Management Information System
2 54 (5.90%) Onboarding
3 53 (5.79%) Security Posture
4 36 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (3.60%) Product Ownership
6 32 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (2.51%) Data Structures
10 21 (2.29%) Data Centre
11 20 (2.18%) Marketing Technology
12 19 (2.07%) Replication
13 13 (1.42%) Freedom of Information
13 13 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.31%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (1.31%) NHS
15 11 (1.20%) BYOD
15 11 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (1.20%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 88 (9.61%) Windows
2 39 (4.26%) Linux
3 26 (2.84%) 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
1 236 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 213 (23.25%) Data Protection
3 190 (20.74%) Data Governance
4 188 (20.52%) Cybersecurity
5 187 (20.41%) Agile
6 168 (18.34%) CI/CD
7 167 (18.23%) Analytics
8 165 (18.01%) DevOps
9 154 (16.81%) Migration
9 154 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
10 134 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
11 128 (13.97%) Data Modelling
12 126 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 124 (13.54%) AI
14 123 (13.43%) Roadmaps
15 113 (12.34%) Data Privacy
16 106 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
16 106 (11.57%) Risk Management
17 103 (11.24%) ETL
17 103 (11.24%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 173 (18.89%) SQL
2 162 (17.69%) Python
3 113 (12.34%) PowerShell
4 35 (3.82%) 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%) R
12 6 (0.66%) Apex Code
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
2 140 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 110 (12.01%) Degree
4 109 (11.90%) CISSP
5 77 (8.41%) CISM
6 39 (4.26%) PMI Certification
7 36 (3.93%) PMP
8 32 (3.49%) Azure Certification
9 30 (3.28%) AWS Certification
10 29 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (2.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 18 (1.97%) Master's Degree
14 16 (1.75%) CHECK Team Member
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 13 (1.42%) CCSP
17 11 (1.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (27.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 189 (20.63%) NIST
3 118 (12.88%) Data Quality
3 118 (12.88%) PCI DSS
4 73 (7.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 47 (5.13%) QA
6 45 (4.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 43 (4.69%) HIPAA
8 36 (3.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 33 (3.60%) GRC
10 31 (3.38%) SOC 2
11 26 (2.84%) NCSC
12 24 (2.62%) PERC
13 23 (2.51%) PMO
14 20 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (1.86%) MiFID
16 15 (1.64%) Accessibility
17 13 (1.42%) FINRA
18 12 (1.31%) SLA
18 12 (1.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 89 (9.72%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.93%) 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 79 (8.62%) Terraform
2 57 (6.22%) Kubernetes
3 39 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.75%) Nmap
6 15 (1.64%) Ansible
6 15 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.20%) Grafana
7 11 (1.20%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.87%) SCCM
9 5 (0.55%) QRadar
10 4 (0.44%) PingFederate
11 3 (0.33%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.33%) Istio
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.33%) Rancher
11 3 (0.33%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.22%) systemd
Vendors
1 219 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 76 (8.30%) Google
3 64 (6.99%) Databricks
4 52 (5.68%) CyberArk
5 45 (4.91%) Salesforce
6 43 (4.69%) ServiceNow
7 39 (4.26%) Oracle
8 38 (4.15%) SAP
9 32 (3.49%) BeyondTrust
10 25 (2.73%) Splunk
11 23 (2.51%) Workday
12 22 (2.40%) Adobe
12 22 (2.40%) Informatica
13 21 (2.29%) Okta
14 14 (1.53%) Cisco
14 14 (1.53%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.53%) OneTrust
14 14 (1.53%) Tealium
15 13 (1.42%) Palo Alto
15 13 (1.42%) VMware