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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 139 221
Rank change year-on-year +11 +82 +27
Contract jobs citing GDPR 877 502 414
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.04% 2.03% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.08% 12.42% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 307 232
10th Percentile £363 £358 £304
25th Percentile £450 £430 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £494
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +6.33% -10.23%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £740 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 22 48
10th Percentile £14.78 - £11.56
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.13 £11.95
Median hourly rate £25.50 £28.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.96% +13.28% +31.58%
75th Percentile £54.88 £34.38 £28.75
90th Percentile £81.43 £72.27 £34.21
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.79 £24.00
% change year-on-year +11.92% -5.06% +26.32%

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 7,258 4,042 5,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.91% 16.34% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,694 2,606 3,174
10th Percentile £345 £268 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -4.52% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 473 175 384
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.19 £10.95
25th Percentile £19.19 £22.14 £12.84
Median hourly rate £33.98 £32.81 £24.09
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +36.20% -43.32%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.55 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.76 £23.80
% change year-on-year +13.35% +33.45% -36.53%

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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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +15 419 £550 -4.35% 234
South East +14 161 £575 +9.52% 227
North of England -5 130 £550 +4.76% 176
Midlands -39 70 £492 +16.45% 126
North West -1 66 £534 +1.67% 94
Yorkshire -28 54 £550 +9.24% 55
South West -15 47 £500 +25.00% 71
West Midlands -44 42 £492 +3.58% 55
East of England -13 38 £550 +5.36% 93
East Midlands -12 28 £522 +28.83% 72
North East -24 11 £463 -14.94% 28
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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 51 (5.82%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.53%) Confluence
4 26 (2.96%) Apache Spark
5 20 (2.28%) Apache
6 14 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (1.14%) CMS
8 7 (0.80%) SAS
9 5 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.57%) IIS
9 5 (0.57%) TPMS
10 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.23%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Mendix
12 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.03%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 20 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.48%) NEC Housing
3 9 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.57%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.57%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.46%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
9 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
9 1 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.11%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 306 (34.89%) Azure
2 214 (24.40%) AWS
3 128 (14.60%) Power Platform
4 106 (12.09%) GCP
5 73 (8.32%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (6.96%) Entra ID
7 57 (6.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 44 (5.02%) SaaS
9 38 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (3.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 34 (3.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 31 (3.53%) GitHub
13 30 (3.42%) Snowflake
14 29 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
15 28 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
16 27 (3.08%) OneDrive
17 26 (2.96%) Collibra
18 24 (2.74%) Serverless
19 19 (2.17%) dbt
20 17 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.25%) Firewall
2 33 (3.76%) Network Security
3 21 (2.39%) DNS
4 18 (2.05%) VPN
5 16 (1.82%) DHCP
6 14 (1.60%) Kerberos
7 13 (1.48%) SMS
7 13 (1.48%) SSL
8 8 (0.91%) Wireless
9 7 (0.80%) HTTP
10 6 (0.68%) WAN
11 5 (0.57%) Cisco IPT
11 5 (0.57%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.57%) LAN
11 5 (0.57%) SNMP
11 5 (0.57%) SSH
11 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.46%) NGFW
13 3 (0.34%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (13.00%) Power BI
2 51 (5.82%) Data Lake
2 51 (5.82%) Data Warehouse
2 51 (5.82%) Metadata
3 27 (3.08%) SQL Server
4 23 (2.62%) NoSQL
5 20 (2.28%) Tableau
6 18 (2.05%) BigQuery
7 14 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.37%) Mixpanel
9 12 (1.37%) OLTP
10 11 (1.25%) OLAP
11 10 (1.14%) Big Data
11 10 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.80%) Looker
13 7 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 45 (5.13%) JIRA
2 22 (2.51%) Git
3 10 (1.14%) Burp Suite
4 9 (1.03%) Metasploit
5 8 (0.91%) GitLab
6 6 (0.68%) ERwin
6 6 (0.68%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.46%) Jaeger
7 4 (0.46%) Postman
7 4 (0.46%) Selenium
8 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.23%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.23%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.23%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.23%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.11%) TestRail
10 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 300 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 285 (32.50%) Finance
3 154 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (13.45%) Public Sector
5 114 (13.00%) Legal
6 64 (7.30%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (5.25%) Marketing
8 45 (5.13%) Banking
9 34 (3.88%) Retail
10 24 (2.74%) Local Government
11 22 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (1.71%) Law
16 13 (1.48%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.48%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.25%) Military
18 9 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.80%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 159 (18.13%) Architect
2 106 (12.09%) Lead
3 90 (10.26%) Analyst
4 66 (7.53%) Senior
5 59 (6.73%) Project Manager
6 47 (5.36%) Data Engineer
7 46 (5.25%) Business Analyst
8 41 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
9 40 (4.56%) Consultant
10 32 (3.65%) Data Analyst
11 30 (3.42%) Security Manager
12 29 (3.31%) Security Engineer
13 25 (2.85%) Data Architect
13 25 (2.85%) Microsoft 365 Architect
14 24 (2.74%) Security Architect
15 23 (2.62%) Administrator
16 22 (2.51%) Developer
17 21 (2.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 18 (2.05%) Principal Engineer
18 18 (2.05%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.13%) REST
2 41 (4.68%) LDAP
3 38 (4.33%) OAuth
3 38 (4.33%) SAML
4 35 (3.99%) Kafka
5 29 (3.31%) Middleware
6 21 (2.39%) OpenID
7 20 (2.28%) JSON
8 19 (2.17%) .NET
8 19 (2.17%) PySpark
9 17 (1.94%) Microsoft Graph
10 16 (1.82%) SOAP
11 15 (1.71%) CSS
11 15 (1.71%) HTML
12 14 (1.60%) Great Expectations
12 14 (1.60%) OAuth2
13 9 (1.03%) J2EE
13 9 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (1.03%) SailPoint
14 8 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.07%) Management Information System
2 61 (6.96%) Cloud Native
3 46 (5.25%) Security Posture
4 44 (5.02%) Legacy Systems
5 35 (3.99%) Data Protection Act
6 34 (3.88%) Onboarding
7 26 (2.96%) Product Ownership
8 22 (2.51%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (2.17%) Replication
11 16 (1.82%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
12 15 (1.71%) NHS
13 14 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
14 12 (1.37%) AI Agents
15 10 (1.14%) BYOD
15 10 (1.14%) Clustering
15 10 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.41%) Windows
2 24 (2.74%) Linux
3 21 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.23%) Unix
4 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.11%) Android
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (25.77%) Data Protection
2 214 (24.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 195 (22.23%) Agile
3 195 (22.23%) Data Governance
4 177 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
4 177 (20.18%) Migration
5 161 (18.36%) DevOps
6 158 (18.02%) Analytics
7 151 (17.22%) CI/CD
8 140 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
9 130 (14.82%) Business Intelligence
10 128 (14.60%) Data Modelling
11 126 (14.37%) AI
12 122 (13.91%) Roadmaps
12 122 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 115 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 109 (12.43%) Validation
15 99 (11.29%) Information Security
16 98 (11.17%) Risk Management
17 96 (10.95%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 173 (19.73%) SQL
2 127 (14.48%) Python
3 79 (9.01%) PowerShell
4 45 (5.13%) Java
5 29 (3.31%) C#
6 23 (2.62%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.60%) Bash
8 12 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.03%) Bicep
9 9 (1.03%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.68%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.68%) Go
11 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.46%) R
13 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.23%) Ruby
14 2 (0.23%) Scala
15 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 165 (18.81%) Security Cleared
2 132 (15.05%) SC Cleared
3 93 (10.60%) Degree
4 85 (9.69%) CISSP
5 67 (7.64%) CISM
6 38 (4.33%) PMI Certification
7 37 (4.22%) PMP
8 23 (2.62%) Azure Certification
8 23 (2.62%) DV Cleared
9 22 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 14 (1.60%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.48%) IIBA
14 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (1.25%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (1.25%) CRISC
16 9 (1.03%) CISA
17 8 (0.91%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (21.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 141 (16.08%) Data Quality
3 133 (15.17%) NIST
4 90 (10.26%) PCI DSS
5 73 (8.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 39 (4.45%) GRC
7 36 (4.10%) NCSC
8 32 (3.65%) SOC 2
9 31 (3.53%) QA
10 30 (3.42%) HIPAA
11 25 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
12 23 (2.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 22 (2.51%) PMO
14 21 (2.39%) Accessibility
15 16 (1.82%) MiFID
16 14 (1.60%) Solvency II
17 13 (1.48%) FINRA
18 11 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 11 (1.25%) WCAG
19 9 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 75 (8.55%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.65%) Docker
3 3 (0.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 56 (6.39%) Terraform
2 53 (6.04%) Kubernetes
3 39 (4.45%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (2.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (1.48%) Grafana
6 9 (1.03%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.91%) Nmap
8 5 (0.57%) Ansible
8 5 (0.57%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.46%) Istio
9 4 (0.46%) Rancher
10 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.23%) QRadar
10 2 (0.23%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.11%) CASB
11 1 (0.11%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 217 (24.74%) Microsoft
2 62 (7.07%) Databricks
3 52 (5.93%) Google
4 46 (5.25%) Oracle
4 46 (5.25%) Salesforce
5 45 (5.13%) SAP
6 39 (4.45%) ServiceNow
7 31 (3.53%) CyberArk
7 31 (3.53%) Workday
8 18 (2.05%) Okta
9 15 (1.71%) Adobe
9 15 (1.71%) Splunk
10 14 (1.60%) BeyondTrust
10 14 (1.60%) Informatica
11 13 (1.48%) IFS
11 13 (1.48%) NEC
12 10 (1.14%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 7 (0.80%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.68%) Rapid7
14 6 (0.68%) Varonis
861 GDPR jobs in England