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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 177 188
Rank change year-on-year +77 +11 +65
Contract jobs citing GDPR 874 400 486
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.57% 1.53% 1.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.91% 10.47% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 218 256
10th Percentile £325 £308 £314
25th Percentile £425 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £634 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 31
10th Percentile £13.13 - £11.06
25th Percentile £24.19 £15.50 £11.77
Median hourly rate £28.55 £16.25 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.69% +30.00% -53.70%
75th Percentile £47.86 £26.88 £25.00
90th Percentile £67.43 £31.76 £26.66
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £17.25 £12.50
% change year-on-year +65.51% +38.00% -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 5,862 3,821 5,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.26% 14.65% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,791 2,240 3,532
10th Percentile £325 £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 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 148 305
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.70 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.24 £20.14 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.99 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% +23.37% -13.84%
75th Percentile £63.45 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -9.97% +16.00% -12.28%

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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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +64 427 £550 - 126
South East +36 161 £500 -4.76% 143
North of England -8 109 £550 +12.82% 88
Midlands +4 87 £475 - 85
Yorkshire -6 69 £558 +6.29% 27
South West +17 54 £475 +111.11% 33
West Midlands -23 44 £500 +5.26% 55
East Midlands +11 43 £447 -10.60% 30
North West -19 33 £460 -3.16% 51
East of England -27 18 £535 +7.00% 36
North East -17 7 £466 +9.65% 10
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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 46 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 43 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.55%) Confluence
4 24 (2.75%) Apache
4 24 (2.75%) Apache Spark
5 14 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.26%) TPMS
7 7 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.80%) SAS
8 6 (0.69%) Appian
8 6 (0.69%) Camunda
9 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) CMS
10 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
Applications
1 48 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.57%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.23%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.23%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
9 1 (0.11%) Actimize
9 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
9 1 (0.11%) Orchard Housing
9 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.11%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 351 (40.16%) Azure
2 248 (28.38%) AWS
3 142 (16.25%) GCP
4 100 (11.44%) Power Platform
5 91 (10.41%) Microsoft 365
6 88 (10.07%) Entra ID
7 51 (5.84%) Microsoft Purview
8 44 (5.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 42 (4.81%) SaaS
10 39 (4.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 35 (4.00%) Amazon S3
12 31 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
13 30 (3.43%) Collibra
13 30 (3.43%) OneDrive
14 28 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (3.09%) Serverless
16 24 (2.75%) OCI
17 23 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
18 21 (2.40%) GitHub
19 18 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (6.86%) Firewall
2 38 (4.35%) Network Security
3 31 (3.55%) DNS
4 25 (2.86%) VPN
5 24 (2.75%) DHCP
6 18 (2.06%) Kerberos
6 18 (2.06%) SSL
7 17 (1.95%) Wireless
8 13 (1.49%) Cisco IPT
9 11 (1.26%) SNMP
9 11 (1.26%) SSH
9 11 (1.26%) TCP/IP
10 10 (1.14%) SMS
11 9 (1.03%) LAN
11 9 (1.03%) WAN
12 8 (0.92%) PABX
12 8 (0.92%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.92%) WLAN
13 7 (0.80%) BGP
13 7 (0.80%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (10.07%) Power BI
2 59 (6.75%) Data Lake
3 44 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (4.46%) Metadata
5 21 (2.40%) BigQuery
6 19 (2.17%) Tableau
7 18 (2.06%) Amazon Athena
7 18 (2.06%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.06%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.95%) SQL Server
9 15 (1.72%) Mixpanel
10 14 (1.60%) OLAP
10 14 (1.60%) OLTP
11 12 (1.37%) Big Data
12 11 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 10 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
14 9 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 43 (4.92%) JIRA
2 24 (2.75%) Git
3 19 (2.17%) GitLab
4 17 (1.95%) Metasploit
5 16 (1.83%) Burp Suite
6 8 (0.92%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.57%) Postman
7 5 (0.57%) Selenium
8 3 (0.34%) ERwin
8 3 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.34%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.34%) Subversion
9 2 (0.23%) Ant
9 2 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.23%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.23%) JMeter
9 2 (0.23%) Locust
9 2 (0.23%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.23%) Snyk
9 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 412 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 237 (27.12%) Finance
3 133 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (12.81%) Legal
5 97 (11.10%) Public Sector
6 82 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
7 65 (7.44%) Marketing
8 51 (5.84%) Banking
9 22 (2.52%) Law
10 21 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.60%) Electronics
12 14 (1.60%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.37%) Retail
14 10 (1.14%) Military
15 9 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.03%) Local Government
16 7 (0.80%) Billing
Job Titles
1 157 (17.96%) Architect
2 108 (12.36%) Analyst
3 100 (11.44%) Lead
4 62 (7.09%) Consultant
5 53 (6.06%) Senior
6 48 (5.49%) Business Analyst
6 48 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
7 45 (5.15%) Data Engineer
8 36 (4.12%) Project Manager
9 34 (3.89%) Security Engineer
10 29 (3.32%) Security Architect
11 28 (3.20%) Developer
12 25 (2.86%) Data Architect
13 24 (2.75%) Data Analyst
14 23 (2.63%) Microsoft 365 Architect
15 22 (2.52%) Administrator
16 18 (2.06%) Security Analyst
17 15 (1.72%) Enterprise Architect
17 15 (1.72%) Penetration Tester
18 14 (1.60%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.41%) OAuth
2 55 (6.29%) LDAP
3 51 (5.84%) REST
4 48 (5.49%) SAML
5 33 (3.78%) Kafka
6 28 (3.20%) OpenID
7 25 (2.86%) OAuth2
8 22 (2.52%) Middleware
9 20 (2.29%) Microsoft Graph
9 20 (2.29%) SOAP
10 16 (1.83%) Great Expectations
10 16 (1.83%) HTML
10 16 (1.83%) PySpark
11 15 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
12 13 (1.49%) CSS
12 13 (1.49%) RESTful
13 12 (1.37%) .NET
14 10 (1.14%) GraphQL
14 10 (1.14%) Spark Streaming
15 8 (0.92%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.52%) Onboarding
2 54 (6.18%) Cloud Native
3 50 (5.72%) Management Information System
4 44 (5.03%) Security Posture
5 41 (4.69%) Product Ownership
6 35 (4.00%) Data Structures
7 31 (3.55%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (2.86%) Replication
9 23 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (1.95%) Marketing Technology
11 15 (1.72%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.72%) NHS
12 14 (1.60%) Freedom of Information
13 13 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.37%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (1.14%) AI Agents
16 10 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 91 (10.41%) Windows
2 36 (4.12%) Linux
3 20 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.26%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.46%) Solaris
8 2 (0.23%) Android
8 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Unix
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (26.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 190 (21.74%) Agile
2 190 (21.74%) Data Protection
3 189 (21.62%) Data Governance
4 160 (18.31%) Cybersecurity
4 160 (18.31%) DevOps
5 158 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (17.39%) CI/CD
7 149 (17.05%) Analytics
8 143 (16.36%) Migration
9 137 (15.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 131 (14.99%) Data Modelling
11 122 (13.96%) Data Privacy
12 111 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
13 110 (12.59%) Roadmaps
14 106 (12.13%) AI
15 103 (11.78%) Risk Management
16 101 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 101 (11.56%) Regulatory Compliance
17 93 (10.64%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 151 (17.28%) Python
2 144 (16.48%) SQL
3 121 (13.84%) PowerShell
4 34 (3.89%) Java
5 28 (3.20%) C#
6 23 (2.63%) Bash
6 23 (2.63%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (1.37%) PL/SQL
9 11 (1.26%) Bicep
10 9 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.92%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.80%) R
13 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.46%) Perl
13 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.23%) BeanShell
14 2 (0.23%) PHP
14 2 (0.23%) Rust
14 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 163 (18.65%) Security Cleared
2 134 (15.33%) SC Cleared
3 116 (13.27%) Degree
4 102 (11.67%) CISSP
5 70 (8.01%) CISM
6 39 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (4.23%) Azure Certification
8 34 (3.89%) AWS Certification
9 31 (3.55%) PMI Certification
10 27 (3.09%) PMP
11 23 (2.63%) Master's Degree
12 21 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (2.06%) DV Cleared
14 17 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (1.83%) Oracle Certification
16 15 (1.72%) CHECK Team Member
17 14 (1.60%) CCSP
18 13 (1.49%) CREST Certified
18 13 (1.49%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (27.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 171 (19.57%) NIST
3 103 (11.78%) PCI DSS
4 100 (11.44%) Data Quality
5 73 (8.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 50 (5.72%) QA
7 48 (5.49%) HIPAA
8 45 (5.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 35 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
10 29 (3.32%) GRC
11 23 (2.63%) NCSC
11 23 (2.63%) SOC 2
12 18 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 18 (2.06%) PERC
13 17 (1.95%) MiFID
14 16 (1.83%) SLA
15 15 (1.72%) PMO
16 14 (1.60%) PSD2
17 13 (1.49%) Accessibility
18 12 (1.37%) FINRA
System Software
1 97 (11.10%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.32%) Docker
3 18 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.23%) NFS
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.23%) Veritas File System
6 2 (0.23%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 2 (0.23%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) IAG
7 1 (0.11%) NDS
7 1 (0.11%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 74 (8.47%) Terraform
2 50 (5.72%) Single Sign-On
3 41 (4.69%) Kubernetes
4 24 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (2.29%) Ansible
6 19 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (1.95%) SCCM
8 15 (1.72%) Nmap
9 9 (1.03%) QRadar
10 6 (0.69%) PingFederate
11 5 (0.57%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 5 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (0.46%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 2 (0.23%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.23%) Grafana
13 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 225 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.32%) Google
3 54 (6.18%) Salesforce
4 50 (5.72%) CyberArk
4 50 (5.72%) Databricks
5 46 (5.26%) Oracle
6 40 (4.58%) ServiceNow
7 36 (4.12%) SAP
8 31 (3.55%) Splunk
9 30 (3.43%) BeyondTrust
10 23 (2.63%) Informatica
11 21 (2.40%) Adobe
11 21 (2.40%) Workday
12 20 (2.29%) Okta
12 20 (2.29%) VMware
13 17 (1.95%) Fortinet
14 15 (1.72%) OneTrust
14 15 (1.72%) Palo Alto
15 13 (1.49%) Cisco
15 13 (1.49%) Tealium
450 GDPR jobs in England