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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 179 180
Rank change year-on-year +75 +1 +75
Contract jobs citing GDPR 850 378 479
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.57% 1.42% 1.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.00% 9.88% 8.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 199 264
10th Percentile £325 £303 £332
25th Percentile £425 £396 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £512 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.57% - -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 28
10th Percentile £16.50 - £11.04
25th Percentile £23.14 £15.50 £11.77
Median hourly rate £35.00 £16.75 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.96% +34.00% -53.70%
75th Percentile £57.75 £24.44 £18.74
90th Percentile £79.13 £31.76 £26.66
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £18.72 £12.50
% change year-on-year +81.62% +49.76% -44.90%

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 5,666 3,827 5,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.16% 14.40% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,665 2,220 3,557
10th Percentile £322 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £378 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 152 287
10th Percentile £15.49 £14.73 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.04 £20.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.92 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% +9.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £63.45 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £69.48 £75.00 £76.92
UK median hourly rate £26.34 £29.00 £26.66
% change year-on-year -9.17% +8.78% +2.54%

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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 30 January 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +78 419 £550 +0.23% 152
South East +48 162 £500 -5.66% 197
North of England -9 106 £550 +15.79% 114
Midlands -1 80 £475 - 111
Yorkshire -6 65 £558 +6.29% 43
South West +12 49 £475 +111.11% 59
West Midlands -15 41 £500 +5.26% 49
East Midlands +3 39 £438 -12.50% 61
North West -13 34 £457 +1.50% 60
East of England -21 17 £533 +6.55% 69
North East -16 7 £466 +9.65% 11
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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 42 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 42 (4.94%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.76%) Confluence
3 22 (2.59%) Apache
3 22 (2.59%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.29%) TPMS
6 7 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.82%) SAS
7 6 (0.71%) Appian
7 6 (0.71%) Camunda
8 4 (0.47%) CMS
9 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 48 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) Revit
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.35%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.35%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.24%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.12%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.12%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
8 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 335 (39.41%) Azure
2 245 (28.82%) AWS
3 140 (16.47%) GCP
4 94 (11.06%) Power Platform
5 89 (10.47%) Entra ID
5 89 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 43 (5.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 40 (4.71%) SaaS
9 34 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 33 (3.88%) Amazon S3
11 28 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
11 28 (3.29%) Collibra
11 28 (3.29%) OneDrive
11 28 (3.29%) Serverless
12 26 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (2.82%) OCI
14 22 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (2.59%) GitHub
15 17 (2.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.82%) Firewall
2 39 (4.59%) Network Security
3 32 (3.76%) DNS
4 25 (2.94%) VPN
5 24 (2.82%) DHCP
6 18 (2.12%) Kerberos
6 18 (2.12%) SSL
7 16 (1.88%) Wireless
8 13 (1.53%) Cisco IPT
9 12 (1.41%) TCP/IP
10 11 (1.29%) SNMP
10 11 (1.29%) SSH
11 10 (1.18%) SMS
12 9 (1.06%) LAN
12 9 (1.06%) WAN
13 8 (0.94%) PABX
13 8 (0.94%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.94%) WLAN
14 7 (0.82%) BGP
14 7 (0.82%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.65%) Power BI
2 55 (6.47%) Data Lake
3 40 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (4.12%) Metadata
5 19 (2.24%) BigQuery
5 19 (2.24%) Tableau
6 17 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (2.00%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.88%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.88%) SQL Server
8 13 (1.53%) Mixpanel
9 12 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.41%) Big Data
9 12 (1.41%) OLAP
9 12 (1.41%) OLTP
10 11 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 9 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 45 (5.29%) JIRA
2 25 (2.94%) Git
3 20 (2.35%) GitLab
4 16 (1.88%) Metasploit
5 15 (1.76%) Burp Suite
6 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.59%) Postman
7 5 (0.59%) Selenium
8 4 (0.47%) Subversion
9 3 (0.35%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.24%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.24%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.24%) JMeter
10 2 (0.24%) Locust
10 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.24%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.24%) Snyk
11 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 401 (47.18%) Social Skills
2 230 (27.06%) Finance
3 130 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (12.35%) Legal
5 92 (10.82%) Public Sector
6 78 (9.18%) Documentation Skills
7 68 (8.00%) Marketing
8 54 (6.35%) Banking
9 23 (2.71%) Law
10 20 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.24%) Telecoms
12 18 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.76%) Electronics
14 14 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.53%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.41%) Retail
17 10 (1.18%) Military
18 9 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 8 (0.94%) Local Government
19 8 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 145 (17.06%) Architect
2 108 (12.71%) Analyst
3 103 (12.12%) Lead
4 62 (7.29%) Consultant
5 52 (6.12%) Senior
6 50 (5.88%) Business Analyst
7 43 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
8 42 (4.94%) Data Engineer
9 34 (4.00%) Project Manager
9 34 (4.00%) Security Engineer
10 29 (3.41%) Security Architect
11 28 (3.29%) Developer
12 25 (2.94%) Data Analyst
13 23 (2.71%) Administrator
14 21 (2.47%) Data Architect
15 20 (2.35%) Microsoft 365 Architect
16 18 (2.12%) Security Analyst
17 14 (1.65%) Penetration Tester
17 14 (1.65%) QA Engineer
18 13 (1.53%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.59%) LDAP
2 55 (6.47%) OAuth
3 51 (6.00%) REST
4 47 (5.53%) SAML
5 31 (3.65%) Kafka
6 27 (3.18%) OpenID
7 24 (2.82%) OAuth2
8 20 (2.35%) SOAP
9 18 (2.12%) HTML
9 18 (2.12%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (2.12%) Middleware
10 16 (1.88%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.88%) PySpark
11 14 (1.65%) Great Expectations
12 13 (1.53%) CSS
12 13 (1.53%) RESTful
13 12 (1.41%) .NET
14 10 (1.18%) Spark Streaming
15 9 (1.06%) GraphQL
15 9 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 52 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 51 (6.00%) Cloud Native
4 46 (5.41%) Security Posture
5 43 (5.06%) Product Ownership
6 32 (3.76%) Data Structures
7 27 (3.18%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (2.94%) Replication
9 21 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
11 14 (1.65%) NHS
12 13 (1.53%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (1.41%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
14 10 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
15 9 (1.06%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 90 (10.59%) Windows
2 37 (4.35%) Linux
3 20 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.59%) Solaris
8 2 (0.24%) Android
8 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Unix
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (27.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 194 (22.82%) Agile
3 184 (21.65%) Data Protection
4 180 (21.18%) Data Governance
5 162 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
6 155 (18.24%) DevOps
7 154 (18.12%) Cybersecurity
8 149 (17.53%) CI/CD
9 143 (16.82%) Analytics
10 133 (15.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 129 (15.18%) Migration
12 124 (14.59%) Data Modelling
13 121 (14.24%) Data Privacy
14 107 (12.59%) Risk Management
15 105 (12.35%) Roadmaps
16 100 (11.76%) AI
16 100 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
17 95 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 95 (11.18%) Regulatory Compliance
18 92 (10.82%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 146 (17.18%) Python
2 128 (15.06%) SQL
3 121 (14.24%) PowerShell
4 34 (4.00%) Java
5 26 (3.06%) Bash
5 26 (3.06%) C#
6 22 (2.59%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 12 (1.41%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.29%) Bicep
9 9 (1.06%) Apex Code
9 9 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.82%) R
11 5 (0.59%) Perl
12 4 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.35%) BeanShell
14 2 (0.24%) PHP
14 2 (0.24%) Rust
14 2 (0.24%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 157 (18.47%) Security Cleared
2 128 (15.06%) SC Cleared
3 114 (13.41%) Degree
4 111 (13.06%) CISSP
5 73 (8.59%) CISM
6 36 (4.24%) AWS Certification
6 36 (4.24%) Azure Certification
7 34 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (3.29%) PMI Certification
9 25 (2.94%) PMP
10 24 (2.82%) Master's Degree
11 20 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (2.12%) DV Cleared
13 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (1.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 16 (1.88%) Oracle Certification
15 14 (1.65%) CCSP
15 14 (1.65%) CHECK Team Member
15 14 (1.65%) CISA
16 12 (1.41%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (27.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 173 (20.35%) NIST
3 101 (11.88%) PCI DSS
4 93 (10.94%) Data Quality
5 75 (8.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 54 (6.35%) HIPAA
7 48 (5.65%) QA
8 46 (5.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 32 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (3.06%) GRC
11 23 (2.71%) SOC 2
12 20 (2.35%) NCSC
13 19 (2.24%) PERC
14 16 (1.88%) MiFID
14 16 (1.88%) SLA
15 15 (1.76%) Accessibility
15 15 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 14 (1.65%) PSD2
17 13 (1.53%) PMO
18 11 (1.29%) GLBA
System Software
1 99 (11.65%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.53%) Docker
3 20 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) NFS
6 3 (0.35%) Veritas File System
6 3 (0.35%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.24%) vSphere
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) IAG
8 1 (0.12%) NDS
8 1 (0.12%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 73 (8.59%) Terraform
2 51 (6.00%) Single Sign-On
3 40 (4.71%) Kubernetes
4 26 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (2.47%) Ansible
6 19 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 19 (2.24%) SCCM
7 14 (1.65%) Nmap
8 12 (1.41%) QRadar
9 6 (0.71%) PingFederate
10 5 (0.59%) Data Guard
10 5 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.59%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.24%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.24%) Grafana
12 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 211 (24.82%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.18%) Google
3 55 (6.47%) Salesforce
4 51 (6.00%) CyberArk
5 47 (5.53%) Oracle
6 38 (4.47%) Databricks
6 38 (4.47%) ServiceNow
7 37 (4.35%) SAP
8 34 (4.00%) Splunk
9 30 (3.53%) BeyondTrust
10 23 (2.71%) VMware
11 21 (2.47%) Adobe
11 21 (2.47%) Informatica
12 19 (2.24%) Okta
12 19 (2.24%) Workday
13 15 (1.76%) Fortinet
13 15 (1.76%) OneTrust
14 13 (1.53%) Cisco
14 13 (1.53%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.53%) Tealium
620 GDPR jobs in England