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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 104 222
Rank change year-on-year -73 +118 +43
Contract jobs citing GDPR 753 721 366
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.58% 1.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.08% 14.95% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 463 214
10th Percentile £306 £350 £313
25th Percentile £450 £416 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £509
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.24% -11.57%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £510
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 37 14
10th Percentile £14.59 £15.13 -
25th Percentile £17.17 £16.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £34.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +47.83% +28.67%
75th Percentile £64.00 £70.16 £32.41
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.10 £57.43
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £17.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +41.18% -26.09% +28.67%

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 8,291 4,822 4,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.81% 17.26% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,198 3,149 2,530
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £718 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £504
% change year-on-year +1.00% -0.79% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 608 228 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.88 £17.96 £15.86
Median hourly rate £32.40 £32.50 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% -4.21% -5.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.83 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.98% +9.09% -22.54%

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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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -51 359 £575 +0.44% 973
South East -71 116 £575 +15.00% 262
North of England -63 92 £483 -4.83% 244
Midlands -46 75 £450 +0.67% 149
South West -32 57 £475 +18.75% 91
West Midlands -24 54 £430 -18.19% 86
North West -24 52 £500 +9.29% 126
East of England -8 48 £525 - 85
Yorkshire -57 31 £471 -14.45% 96
East Midlands -34 21 £538 +25.00% 63
North East -35 8 £463 -15.22% 23
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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 39 (5.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.59%) CMS
3 11 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.33%) IIS
5 9 (1.20%) Apache
6 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.93%) Confluence
8 3 (0.40%) WordPress
9 2 (0.27%) Drupal
9 2 (0.27%) Mendix
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
10 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 37 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (5.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.06%) NEC Housing
3 8 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.93%) SAP HR
5 6 (0.80%) iTrent
6 5 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.53%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.53%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.53%) Workfront
8 2 (0.27%) BambooHR
8 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.13%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 254 (33.73%) Azure
2 143 (18.99%) AWS
3 91 (12.08%) Power Platform
4 73 (9.69%) GCP
5 60 (7.97%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
7 45 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
7 45 (5.98%) Entra ID
7 45 (5.98%) SaaS
8 43 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
9 36 (4.78%) Serverless
10 32 (4.25%) Snowflake
11 29 (3.85%) Power Automate
12 28 (3.72%) GitHub
13 27 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 21 (2.79%) Azure Functions
16 19 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.52%) OCI
17 17 (2.26%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.72%) Firewall
2 27 (3.59%) Network Security
3 18 (2.39%) Cisco IPT
4 10 (1.33%) VPN
5 8 (1.06%) SSL
6 7 (0.93%) SMS
7 5 (0.66%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.66%) X.509
8 4 (0.53%) DNS
8 4 (0.53%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.40%) FTP
9 3 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.40%) IPsec
9 3 (0.40%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.27%) HTTP
10 2 (0.27%) LAN
10 2 (0.27%) WAN
10 2 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.56%) Power BI
2 53 (7.04%) Metadata
3 36 (4.78%) SQL Server
4 35 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (4.25%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.73%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.59%) Tableau
8 11 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.46%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (1.20%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.06%) Data Vault
11 8 (1.06%) Looker
12 7 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
13 6 (0.80%) Big Data
13 6 (0.80%) GIS
13 6 (0.80%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (3.05%) Git
2 19 (2.52%) JIRA
3 15 (1.99%) Postman
4 13 (1.73%) GitLab
5 11 (1.46%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.46%) Selenium
5 11 (1.46%) WebDriver
6 9 (1.20%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.06%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.40%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.40%) ERwin
8 3 (0.40%) Protractor
9 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.27%) JMeter
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.27%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.13%) LSMW
10 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 282 (37.45%) Social Skills
2 187 (24.83%) Finance
3 135 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
3 135 (17.93%) Public Sector
4 87 (11.55%) Legal
5 41 (5.44%) Local Government
6 39 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (4.78%) Marketing
8 35 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (4.25%) Retail
10 30 (3.98%) Banking
10 30 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.39%) Manufacturing
13 17 (2.26%) Military
14 15 (1.99%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.86%) Law
16 11 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.93%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.80%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 129 (17.13%) Architect
2 116 (15.41%) Lead
3 87 (11.55%) Analyst
4 75 (9.96%) Senior
5 40 (5.31%) Administrator
6 36 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (4.65%) Project Manager
8 32 (4.25%) Data Analyst
8 32 (4.25%) Data Engineer
9 30 (3.98%) Consultant
10 29 (3.85%) Data Architect
11 26 (3.45%) Business Analyst
12 22 (2.92%) Developer
12 22 (2.92%) Security Architect
13 20 (2.66%) Security Manager
14 19 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.26%) Coordinator
15 17 (2.26%) Security Engineer
16 13 (1.73%) Information Officer
16 13 (1.73%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.58%) REST
1 42 (5.58%) Terraform
2 28 (3.72%) OAuth
3 26 (3.45%) SAML
4 25 (3.32%) LDAP
5 24 (3.19%) JSON
6 21 (2.79%) OpenID
7 17 (2.26%) Kafka
8 15 (1.99%) OAuth2
8 15 (1.99%) SOAP
9 14 (1.86%) XML
10 13 (1.73%) PySpark
10 13 (1.73%) XSLT
11 12 (1.59%) .NET
11 12 (1.59%) SailPoint
12 11 (1.46%) Gherkin
13 10 (1.33%) Middleware
14 9 (1.20%) JDBC
15 8 (1.06%) HTML
16 7 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.69%) Management Information System
2 48 (6.37%) Cloud Native
3 43 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
4 37 (4.91%) Onboarding
5 32 (4.25%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.59%) Data Structures
7 26 (3.45%) Product Ownership
8 25 (3.32%) Freedom of Information
8 25 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
9 24 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (2.79%) NHS
11 20 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
11 20 (2.66%) Taxonomies
12 16 (2.12%) Marketing Technology
13 13 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.59%) AI Agents
14 12 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.59%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.46%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.79%) Windows
2 15 (1.99%) Linux
3 7 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (29.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 211 (28.02%) Data Protection
3 204 (27.09%) Data Governance
4 157 (20.85%) Analytics
5 154 (20.45%) Agile
6 145 (19.26%) AI
7 143 (18.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 134 (17.80%) Cybersecurity
9 129 (17.13%) Migration
10 121 (16.07%) Data Modelling
11 119 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
12 118 (15.67%) Information Security
13 114 (15.14%) DevOps
14 109 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
14 109 (14.48%) Roadmaps
15 105 (13.94%) Decision-Making
16 101 (13.41%) CI/CD
17 97 (12.88%) Risk Management
18 83 (11.02%) CRM
18 83 (11.02%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (15.41%) SQL
2 80 (10.62%) Python
3 34 (4.52%) PowerShell
4 33 (4.38%) Java
4 33 (4.38%) JavaScript
5 29 (3.85%) C#
6 13 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (1.20%) Bash
8 9 (1.20%) Bicep
9 7 (0.93%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.80%) BeanShell
10 6 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
10 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.40%) Go
12 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.27%) R
12 2 (0.27%) Ruby
12 2 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 145 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 111 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.96%) Degree
4 69 (9.16%) CISSP
5 55 (7.30%) CISM
6 29 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 29 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 26 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (2.39%) PMP
10 17 (2.26%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (1.73%) CISA
13 11 (1.46%) ISTQB
14 10 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (1.20%) AWS Certification
15 9 (1.20%) CCSP
15 9 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (1.20%) CRISC
16 7 (0.93%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (19.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (16.73%) Data Quality
3 88 (11.69%) NIST
4 57 (7.57%) PCI DSS
5 44 (5.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 37 (4.91%) Accessibility
6 37 (4.91%) GRC
7 36 (4.78%) NCSC
7 36 (4.78%) QA
8 28 (3.72%) WCAG
9 23 (3.05%) HIPAA
10 22 (2.92%) SOC 2
11 20 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (1.99%) PERC
13 13 (1.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 10 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (1.20%) Solvency II
16 8 (1.06%) PMO
17 7 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 53 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.46%) Docker
3 4 (0.53%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.33%) CASB
4 9 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (1.06%) Ansible
5 8 (1.06%) Grafana
6 7 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.66%) PingFederate
8 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.53%) CA Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.27%) Argo
10 2 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.27%) QRadar
10 2 (0.27%) systemd
11 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.13%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) Kibana
11 1 (0.13%) Rancher
Vendors
1 219 (29.08%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.77%) Oracle
3 49 (6.51%) SAP
4 47 (6.24%) Databricks
5 42 (5.58%) Salesforce
6 38 (5.05%) Google
7 29 (3.85%) Workday
8 27 (3.59%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.52%) Adobe
10 16 (2.12%) Splunk
11 14 (1.86%) CyberArk
12 12 (1.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 10 (1.33%) Informatica
14 9 (1.20%) IFS
15 8 (1.06%) Cisco
15 8 (1.06%) NEC
16 7 (0.93%) BeyondTrust
16 7 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (0.93%) Ping Identity
17 6 (0.80%) Civica
1,793 GDPR jobs in England