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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 160 177
Rank change year-on-year +55 +17 +87
Contract jobs citing GDPR 931 414 494
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.38% 1.70% 1.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.81% 10.95% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 242 256
10th Percentile £363 £316 £319
25th Percentile £450 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £503
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +5.97% -8.64%
75th Percentile £629 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 18 45
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.73 £11.34
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.47 £11.95
Median hourly rate £24.85 £24.82 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +27.28% -35.00%
75th Percentile £49.88 £31.76 £27.50
90th Percentile £63.23 £45.12 £29.50
UK median hourly rate £24.85 £27.35 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.16% +40.26% -35.00%

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 6,743 3,782 5,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.24% 15.53% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,394 2,451 3,392
10th Percentile £340 £270 £305
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £705 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 156 339
10th Percentile £14.34 £17.48 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.09
Median hourly rate £30.49 £32.66 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% +54.65% -50.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.73 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £31.00 £32.00 £20.61
% change year-on-year -3.13% +55.30% -48.49%

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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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 +51 438 £550 -4.35% 175
South East +37 186 £525 - 119
North of England +11 141 £550 +4.76% 99
Midlands -11 83 £475 +6.26% 58
Yorkshire 0 69 £550 +2.80% 29
North West +1 62 £513 -0.39% 60
West Midlands -31 50 £492 +3.58% 35
South West -4 43 £500 +25.00% 29
East Midlands -7 33 £447 +29.38% 23
East of England -32 25 £589 +11.66% 41
North East -8 11 £508 +9.84% 13
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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 45 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 39 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (3.97%) Confluence
4 34 (3.65%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.79%) Apache
6 16 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.97%) TPMS
8 7 (0.75%) SAS
9 6 (0.64%) Appian
9 6 (0.64%) Camunda
10 5 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.11%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Moodle
12 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.64%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.54%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.21%) Actimize
7 2 (0.21%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.21%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
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
8 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 356 (38.24%) Azure
2 279 (29.97%) AWS
3 158 (16.97%) GCP
4 126 (13.53%) Power Platform
5 84 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
6 75 (8.06%) Entra ID
7 59 (6.34%) Microsoft Purview
8 50 (5.37%) AWS CloudFormation
9 41 (4.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 41 (4.40%) SaaS
10 36 (3.87%) Amazon S3
10 36 (3.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 36 (3.87%) Collibra
11 29 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (3.01%) OneDrive
13 26 (2.79%) Serverless
14 25 (2.69%) GitHub
14 25 (2.69%) Snowflake
15 20 (2.15%) dbt
16 19 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 66 (7.09%) Firewall
2 42 (4.51%) Network Security
3 29 (3.11%) DNS
4 26 (2.79%) VPN
5 25 (2.69%) DHCP
6 18 (1.93%) Wireless
7 16 (1.72%) SSL
8 15 (1.61%) Cisco IPT
8 15 (1.61%) Kerberos
9 12 (1.29%) WAN
10 11 (1.18%) LAN
11 10 (1.07%) SD-WAN
11 10 (1.07%) SMS
12 9 (0.97%) SNMP
12 9 (0.97%) SSH
13 8 (0.86%) IPv4
13 8 (0.86%) IPv6
13 8 (0.86%) WLAN
14 6 (0.64%) HTTP
14 6 (0.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (12.57%) Power BI
2 66 (7.09%) Data Lake
3 52 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (4.94%) Metadata
5 27 (2.90%) BigQuery
5 27 (2.90%) Tableau
6 23 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
7 21 (2.26%) NoSQL
7 21 (2.26%) SQL Server
8 20 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 19 (2.04%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.93%) Mixpanel
10 18 (1.93%) OLAP
10 18 (1.93%) OLTP
11 17 (1.83%) Big Data
12 13 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.97%) Looker
13 9 (0.97%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 51 (5.48%) JIRA
2 27 (2.90%) Git
3 18 (1.93%) Burp Suite
3 18 (1.93%) GitLab
4 17 (1.83%) Metasploit
5 10 (1.07%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.54%) ERwin
6 5 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.43%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (0.43%) Postman
7 4 (0.43%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.43%) Selenium
8 3 (0.32%) Jaeger
8 3 (0.32%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.21%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.11%) TestRail
10 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 371 (39.85%) Social Skills
2 281 (30.18%) Finance
3 158 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (14.93%) Legal
5 111 (11.92%) Public Sector
6 79 (8.49%) Documentation Skills
7 58 (6.23%) Marketing
8 54 (5.80%) Banking
9 27 (2.90%) Retail
10 23 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.36%) Law
11 22 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.15%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.83%) Local Government
14 16 (1.72%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.18%) Electronics
18 10 (1.07%) Military
19 9 (0.97%) Billing
Job Titles
1 172 (18.47%) Architect
2 106 (11.39%) Lead
3 104 (11.17%) Analyst
4 54 (5.80%) Project Manager
5 53 (5.69%) Consultant
5 53 (5.69%) Senior
6 52 (5.59%) Data Engineer
6 52 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
7 51 (5.48%) Business Analyst
8 36 (3.87%) Security Engineer
9 30 (3.22%) Data Architect
9 30 (3.22%) Security Architect
10 27 (2.90%) Data Analyst
11 25 (2.69%) Administrator
11 25 (2.69%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 22 (2.36%) Security Manager
13 21 (2.26%) Developer
14 19 (2.04%) Principal Engineer
15 18 (1.93%) Migration Manager
16 17 (1.83%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.48%) LDAP
2 45 (4.83%) Kafka
3 36 (3.87%) REST
4 35 (3.76%) OAuth
5 32 (3.44%) Middleware
5 32 (3.44%) SAML
6 20 (2.15%) PySpark
7 19 (2.04%) Great Expectations
8 17 (1.83%) HTML
8 17 (1.83%) Microsoft Graph
8 17 (1.83%) OpenID
9 16 (1.72%) .NET
10 15 (1.61%) CSS
11 14 (1.50%) OAuth2
11 14 (1.50%) SOAP
12 13 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (1.18%) JSON
14 10 (1.07%) Spark Streaming
15 7 (0.75%) RESTful
15 7 (0.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 57 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 53 (5.69%) Security Posture
4 47 (5.05%) Onboarding
5 37 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
6 35 (3.76%) Product Ownership
7 26 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (2.47%) Data Centre
10 22 (2.36%) Data Structures
11 21 (2.26%) Marketing Technology
12 20 (2.15%) Replication
13 15 (1.61%) Freedom of Information
14 13 (1.40%) NHS
14 13 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.29%) AI Agents
15 12 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
16 11 (1.18%) BYOD
16 11 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (9.34%) Windows
2 35 (3.76%) Linux
3 27 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.64%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.64%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.32%) Android
6 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.21%) Solaris
7 2 (0.21%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (25.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 238 (25.56%) Data Protection
3 199 (21.37%) Agile
4 197 (21.16%) Data Governance
5 188 (20.19%) Cybersecurity
6 173 (18.58%) CI/CD
7 172 (18.47%) Analytics
8 171 (18.37%) DevOps
9 166 (17.83%) Migration
10 154 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
11 140 (15.04%) Business Intelligence
12 134 (14.39%) Data Modelling
13 130 (13.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 129 (13.86%) AI
15 124 (13.32%) Roadmaps
16 116 (12.46%) Risk Management
17 113 (12.14%) Data Privacy
18 109 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
19 108 (11.60%) Validation
20 107 (11.49%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 182 (19.55%) SQL
2 166 (17.83%) Python
3 108 (11.60%) PowerShell
4 37 (3.97%) Java
5 34 (3.65%) C#
6 24 (2.58%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.04%) Bash
8 14 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (0.97%) Bicep
10 8 (0.86%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.86%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.75%) R
12 5 (0.54%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.54%) Go
12 5 (0.54%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.21%) Perl
14 2 (0.21%) PHP
14 2 (0.21%) Rust
14 2 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 161 (17.29%) Security Cleared
2 132 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 110 (11.82%) CISSP
4 104 (11.17%) Degree
5 79 (8.49%) CISM
6 42 (4.51%) PMI Certification
7 39 (4.19%) PMP
8 32 (3.44%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (2.79%) AWS Certification
12 22 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 16 (1.72%) CHECK Team Member
13 16 (1.72%) Master's Degree
14 15 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (1.50%) CREST Certified
15 14 (1.50%) Cyber Scheme
16 13 (1.40%) CCSP
17 11 (1.18%) DV Cleared
17 11 (1.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (26.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 181 (19.44%) NIST
3 122 (13.10%) Data Quality
4 115 (12.35%) PCI DSS
5 71 (7.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 47 (5.05%) QA
7 42 (4.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 36 (3.87%) GRC
8 36 (3.87%) SOC 2
9 33 (3.54%) HIPAA
10 28 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
11 26 (2.79%) PERC
12 24 (2.58%) NCSC
12 24 (2.58%) PMO
13 17 (1.83%) MiFID
14 16 (1.72%) Accessibility
15 13 (1.40%) FINRA
16 11 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 11 (1.18%) SLA
16 11 (1.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 89 (9.56%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.76%) Docker
3 12 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) IAG
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 78 (8.38%) Terraform
2 59 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 41 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.72%) Nmap
6 15 (1.61%) Ansible
7 10 (1.07%) Grafana
8 8 (0.86%) SCCM
9 7 (0.75%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.54%) PingFederate
10 5 (0.54%) QRadar
11 4 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.32%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.32%) Istio
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.32%) Rancher
12 3 (0.32%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 221 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 79 (8.49%) Google
3 66 (7.09%) Databricks
4 52 (5.59%) CyberArk
5 47 (5.05%) ServiceNow
6 45 (4.83%) Salesforce
7 42 (4.51%) Oracle
8 33 (3.54%) SAP
9 31 (3.33%) BeyondTrust
10 26 (2.79%) Workday
11 24 (2.58%) Splunk
12 23 (2.47%) Adobe
13 21 (2.26%) Informatica
14 20 (2.15%) Okta
15 15 (1.61%) Tealium
16 14 (1.50%) Fortinet
16 14 (1.50%) OneTrust
17 13 (1.40%) Cisco
17 13 (1.40%) VMware
18 12 (1.29%) Palo Alto
461 GDPR jobs in England