GDPR Contracts in England

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 180 250
Rank change year-on-year +34 +70 -1
Contract jobs citing GDPR 473 478 532
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.94% 1.29% 1.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.24% 9.03% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 264 350
10th Percentile £350 £306 £400
25th Percentile £447 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £537 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.40% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 46 12
10th Percentile £14.56 £11.42 £11.27
25th Percentile £16.25 £11.95 £16.55
Median hourly rate £27.64 £24.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -2.04% -4.08%
75th Percentile £31.76 £28.52 £49.65
90th Percentile £48.68 £34.21 £65.90
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £23.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year +19.54% -6.12% -5.77%

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 3,865 5,295 6,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.87% 14.24% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 3,378 4,585
10th Percentile £270 £300 £276
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £635 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 347 206
10th Percentile £17.78 £10.95 £13.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.09 £19.50
Median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.11 £67.38 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDPR in England.

Daily rate trend for GDPR in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDPR in England.

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +80 256 £575 +9.52% 794
South East -2 62 £525 +10.53% 530
North of England -6 49 £525 - 416
North West -10 32 £525 - 227
South West +28 30 £400 -40.74% 197
Midlands +22 29 £461 -2.95% 328
East of England +22 22 £525 +28.05% 218
West Midlands +12 22 £475 - 193
Yorkshire +11 15 £525 +23.53% 156
East Midlands +12 7 £346 -23.22% 117
North East -1 2 £463 - 35
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.81%) Confluence
3 14 (2.96%) Apache
4 13 (2.75%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.48%) SAS
6 6 (1.27%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.63%) CMS
7 3 (0.63%) R Markdown
8 2 (0.42%) Drupal
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.69%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.06%) SAP HR
2 4 (0.85%) SAP CO
2 4 (0.85%) SAP FI
2 4 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) iTrent
3 3 (0.63%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.63%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.42%) CiviCRM
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 154 (32.56%) Azure
2 104 (21.99%) AWS
3 60 (12.68%) GCP
4 53 (11.21%) Power Platform
5 31 (6.55%) Entra ID
6 18 (3.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 18 (3.81%) Snowflake
7 17 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (3.59%) SaaS
8 16 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 16 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (3.17%) GitHub
10 14 (2.96%) Serverless
11 10 (2.11%) Collibra
11 10 (2.11%) IaaS
11 10 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
12 8 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (1.69%) Google Workspace
12 8 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.29%) Network Security
2 24 (5.07%) Firewall
3 14 (2.96%) DNS
4 10 (2.11%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (1.27%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (1.27%) SSH
6 5 (1.06%) Wireless
7 4 (0.85%) DHCP
7 4 (0.85%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.85%) HTTP
7 4 (0.85%) VPN
8 3 (0.63%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.63%) NAS
8 3 (0.63%) SAN
8 3 (0.63%) SSL
8 3 (0.63%) X.509
9 2 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.42%) SMTP
9 2 (0.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (10.99%) Power BI
2 31 (6.55%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (5.29%) Tableau
5 20 (4.23%) Metadata
6 16 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.75%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.33%) Big Data
8 11 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.69%) Apache Hive
10 8 (1.69%) Delta Lake
10 8 (1.69%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.48%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.27%) Data Mining
12 6 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (1.27%) QlikView
12 6 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.06%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (6.34%) JIRA
2 20 (4.23%) Git
3 9 (1.90%) Subversion
4 8 (1.69%) TeamCity
5 6 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.27%) RStudio
6 5 (1.06%) ERwin
7 3 (0.63%) GitLab
8 2 (0.42%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.42%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.42%) NetBeans
8 2 (0.42%) Postman
8 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) Maven
9 1 (0.21%) Selenium
9 1 (0.21%) Serena SBM
9 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 179 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 100 (21.14%) Finance
3 94 (19.87%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.46%) Legal
4 40 (8.46%) Public Sector
5 38 (8.03%) Banking
6 24 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (4.65%) Marketing
8 16 (3.38%) Law
9 15 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.11%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.90%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.90%) Local Government
12 7 (1.48%) Automotive
12 7 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.48%) Retail
13 6 (1.27%) Advertising
13 6 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.27%) Police
14 5 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (18.18%) Architect
2 77 (16.28%) Analyst
3 49 (10.36%) Senior
4 35 (7.40%) Lead
5 33 (6.98%) Consultant
5 33 (6.98%) Security Architect
6 26 (5.50%) Data Engineer
7 21 (4.44%) Business Analyst
7 21 (4.44%) Data Analyst
7 21 (4.44%) Data Architect
8 19 (4.02%) Administrator
9 17 (3.59%) Project Manager
10 14 (2.96%) Security Consultant
10 14 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (2.75%) Applications Support
11 13 (2.75%) Cloud Architect
11 13 (2.75%) Senior Applications Support
12 11 (2.33%) Developer
12 11 (2.33%) Senior Architect
13 10 (2.11%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.29%) SailPoint
2 15 (3.17%) PySpark
2 15 (3.17%) REST
3 13 (2.75%) SAML
4 12 (2.54%) Kafka
4 12 (2.54%) OAuth
5 10 (2.11%) OpenID
6 9 (1.90%) JSON
7 8 (1.69%) LDAP
8 7 (1.48%) pydantic
8 7 (1.48%) YAML
9 6 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.27%) React
10 5 (1.06%) ARM Templates
10 5 (1.06%) Middleware
10 5 (1.06%) SOAP
11 4 (0.85%) Azure Blueprints
11 4 (0.85%) CSS
11 4 (0.85%) HTML
11 4 (0.85%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.50%) Data Protection Act
3 21 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (4.23%) Security Posture
5 18 (3.81%) Data Structures
5 18 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.96%) Replication
7 13 (2.75%) Reference Data
8 12 (2.54%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (2.33%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (2.11%) Cloud Native
10 10 (2.11%) Freedom of Information
10 10 (2.11%) Insider Threat
11 9 (1.90%) Clustering
12 8 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.48%) Social Media
14 6 (1.27%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.03%) Linux
2 28 (5.92%) Windows
3 12 (2.54%) Solaris
4 11 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.63%) AIX
6 3 (0.63%) Unix
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (26.64%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (23.89%) Data Protection
3 91 (19.24%) Data Governance
4 79 (16.70%) Cybersecurity
5 76 (16.07%) Risk Management
6 70 (14.80%) Data Security
7 69 (14.59%) Analytics
8 67 (14.16%) Project Management
9 63 (13.32%) Agile
10 61 (12.90%) Information Security
10 61 (12.90%) Migration
10 61 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 54 (11.42%) Data Management
12 52 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (10.99%) DevOps
13 51 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
14 50 (10.57%) Incident Response
15 49 (10.36%) Identity Access Management
16 47 (9.94%) Data Privacy
17 46 (9.73%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 94 (19.87%) SQL
2 93 (19.66%) Python
3 43 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 35 (7.40%) Bash
5 20 (4.23%) Java
6 11 (2.33%) Scala
6 11 (2.33%) T-SQL
7 10 (2.11%) Perl
8 9 (1.90%) PL/SQL
9 8 (1.69%) R
10 6 (1.27%) Bicep
10 6 (1.27%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.06%) C
12 4 (0.85%) C++
12 4 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.63%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.63%) C#
13 3 (0.63%) Ruby
13 3 (0.63%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (13.53%) CISSP
2 60 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 55 (11.63%) Degree
4 53 (11.21%) SC Cleared
5 43 (9.09%) CISM
6 17 (3.59%) CISA
7 15 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 15 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.96%) CEH
8 14 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.75%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.90%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.90%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.69%) PMP
12 7 (1.48%) CRISC
12 7 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.48%) PMI Certification
13 6 (1.27%) FFIEC
14 5 (1.06%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (20.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (19.66%) NIST
3 80 (16.91%) HIPAA
4 59 (12.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 52 (10.99%) Data Quality
6 50 (10.57%) PCI DSS
7 38 (8.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 23 (4.86%) SOC 2
9 17 (3.59%) Accessibility
10 11 (2.33%) COBIT
10 11 (2.33%) GRC
11 10 (2.11%) QA
12 9 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (1.69%) PMO
14 7 (1.48%) EU AI Act
15 6 (1.27%) NIST 800
15 6 (1.27%) SLA
16 5 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 33 (6.98%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.33%) Docker
2 11 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.85%) vSphere
6 3 (0.63%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.42%) NFS
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.42%) Veritas File System
7 2 (0.42%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.21%) HDFS
8 1 (0.21%) IAG
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (5.29%) Terraform
2 18 (3.81%) Ansible
3 15 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (2.54%) CASB
4 12 (2.54%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.69%) QRadar
5 8 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
6 6 (1.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.27%) Grafana
6 6 (1.27%) Tivoli
6 6 (1.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (1.06%) SmoothWall
8 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.42%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.42%) Nessus
9 2 (0.42%) SELinux
10 1 (0.21%) Control-M
10 1 (0.21%) Netcool
10 1 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 99 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.77%) Google
3 28 (5.92%) SAP
4 22 (4.65%) CyberArk
5 21 (4.44%) Oracle
6 16 (3.38%) Okta
6 16 (3.38%) ServiceNow
7 15 (3.17%) VMware
8 14 (2.96%) Informatica
8 14 (2.96%) Splunk
9 13 (2.75%) Databricks
10 12 (2.54%) Salesforce
11 11 (2.33%) IBM
11 11 (2.33%) Qualys
12 10 (2.11%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.90%) Adobe
14 7 (1.48%) BeyondTrust
14 7 (1.48%) EMC
14 7 (1.48%) Ping Identity
15 6 (1.27%) SaltStack