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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 99 219
Rank change year-on-year -76 +120 +31
Contract jobs citing GDPR 747 726 364
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 2.62% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.98% 15.10% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 469 212
10th Percentile £306 £350 £315
25th Percentile £450 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £503
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +4.43% -12.57%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £507
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.55% -7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 38 15
10th Percentile £13.82 £15.13 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.32 £34.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.42% +61.90% +21.74%
75th Percentile £61.88 £63.38 £30.89
90th Percentile £80.00 £84.99 £54.07
UK median hourly rate £22.53 £17.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +32.51% -19.05% +21.74%

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 8,316 4,808 4,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.86% 17.33% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,212 3,139 2,459
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% -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £718 £763
UK median daily rate £507 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.45% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 230 199
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.84 £17.83 £16.75
Median hourly rate £32.40 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% -7.14% -11.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.40 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.28 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.98% +9.09% -22.82%

GDPR
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

GDPR
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 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 30 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 30 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 -54 359 £575 +0.44% 825
South East -60 114 £575 +15.00% 219
North of England -72 91 £483 -4.83% 237
Midlands -44 73 £450 +0.33% 138
South West -30 57 £475 +18.75% 82
West Midlands -27 52 £430 -18.19% 80
North West -29 50 £496 +8.42% 125
East of England -2 46 £525 - 79
Yorkshire -57 32 £471 -14.45% 89
East Midlands -36 21 £538 +25.15% 58
North East -35 8 £463 -15.22% 25
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UK

GDPR
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 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.61%) CMS
3 11 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.47%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.47%) IIS
4 9 (1.20%) Apache
5 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.54%) 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 38 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 39 (5.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.07%) NEC Housing
3 8 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.94%) SAP HR
5 6 (0.80%) iTrent
6 5 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.54%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.54%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.54%) 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
1 252 (33.73%) Azure
2 139 (18.61%) AWS
3 89 (11.91%) Power Platform
4 69 (9.24%) GCP
5 60 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
7 46 (6.16%) SaaS
8 45 (6.02%) Dynamics 365
9 43 (5.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 39 (5.22%) Entra ID
11 35 (4.69%) Serverless
12 31 (4.15%) Snowflake
13 29 (3.88%) Power Automate
14 27 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
14 27 (3.61%) GitHub
15 22 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 21 (2.81%) Azure Functions
17 19 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (2.54%) OCI
18 17 (2.28%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.88%) Network Security
2 28 (3.75%) Firewall
3 18 (2.41%) Cisco IPT
4 10 (1.34%) VPN
5 7 (0.94%) SMS
6 5 (0.67%) HTTPS
6 5 (0.67%) SSL
6 5 (0.67%) X.509
7 4 (0.54%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.40%) DNS
8 3 (0.40%) FTP
8 3 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.40%) IPsec
8 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.27%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.27%) LAN
9 2 (0.27%) SAN
9 2 (0.27%) WAN
9 2 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (9.37%) Power BI
2 49 (6.56%) Metadata
3 36 (4.82%) SQL Server
4 35 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (4.02%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.74%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.61%) Delta Lake
7 12 (1.61%) Tableau
8 11 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.47%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.47%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.34%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.07%) Looker
11 7 (0.94%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.80%) Big Data
12 6 (0.80%) GIS
12 6 (0.80%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.80%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 23 (3.08%) Git
2 15 (2.01%) JIRA
2 15 (2.01%) Postman
3 13 (1.74%) GitLab
4 11 (1.47%) Cypress.io
4 11 (1.47%) Selenium
4 11 (1.47%) WebDriver
5 9 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.07%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.40%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.40%) ERwin
7 3 (0.40%) Protractor
8 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.27%) JMeter
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.27%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.13%) LSMW
9 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 281 (37.62%) Social Skills
2 182 (24.36%) Finance
3 135 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (17.94%) Public Sector
5 89 (11.91%) Legal
6 41 (5.49%) Local Government
7 39 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (4.69%) Marketing
10 29 (3.88%) Banking
10 29 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
10 29 (3.88%) Retail
11 22 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.41%) Manufacturing
13 17 (2.28%) Military
14 15 (2.01%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.74%) Law
16 10 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.94%) Advertising
17 7 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 129 (17.27%) Architect
2 112 (14.99%) Lead
3 88 (11.78%) Analyst
4 76 (10.17%) Senior
5 42 (5.62%) Administrator
6 36 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (4.69%) Project Manager
8 32 (4.28%) Data Analyst
9 31 (4.15%) Data Engineer
10 29 (3.88%) Data Architect
11 28 (3.75%) Consultant
12 26 (3.48%) Business Analyst
13 23 (3.08%) Developer
13 23 (3.08%) Security Architect
14 21 (2.81%) Security Manager
15 19 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
16 17 (2.28%) Coordinator
17 16 (2.14%) Security Engineer
18 14 (1.87%) Information Officer
19 13 (1.74%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.89%) Terraform
2 42 (5.62%) REST
3 24 (3.21%) OAuth
4 23 (3.08%) JSON
5 22 (2.95%) SAML
6 21 (2.81%) LDAP
7 17 (2.28%) OpenID
8 16 (2.14%) Kafka
9 15 (2.01%) SOAP
10 14 (1.87%) XML
11 13 (1.74%) .NET
11 13 (1.74%) XSLT
12 12 (1.61%) OAuth2
12 12 (1.61%) PySpark
12 12 (1.61%) SailPoint
13 11 (1.47%) Gherkin
13 11 (1.47%) Middleware
14 9 (1.20%) JDBC
15 8 (1.07%) HTML
16 7 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 89 (11.91%) Management Information System
2 47 (6.29%) Cloud Native
3 43 (5.76%) Data Protection Act
4 40 (5.35%) Onboarding
5 30 (4.02%) Security Posture
6 28 (3.75%) Data Structures
7 27 (3.61%) Freedom of Information
8 26 (3.48%) Product Ownership
9 25 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
11 20 (2.68%) NHS
11 20 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
11 20 (2.68%) Taxonomies
12 15 (2.01%) Marketing Technology
13 13 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.61%) AI Agents
14 12 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.61%) Data Centre
14 12 (1.61%) Freedom of Information Act
14 12 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.68%) Windows
2 16 (2.14%) Linux
3 6 (0.80%) 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 (29.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 208 (27.84%) Data Protection
3 202 (27.04%) Data Governance
4 159 (21.29%) Analytics
5 152 (20.35%) Agile
6 144 (19.28%) AI
7 140 (18.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 132 (17.67%) Cybersecurity
9 126 (16.87%) Migration
10 119 (15.93%) Data Modelling
10 119 (15.93%) Information Security
11 118 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
12 110 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 110 (14.73%) DevOps
13 107 (14.32%) Roadmaps
14 106 (14.19%) Decision-Making
15 99 (13.25%) CI/CD
16 92 (12.32%) Risk Management
17 85 (11.38%) CRM
18 83 (11.11%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (15.66%) SQL
2 80 (10.71%) Python
3 33 (4.42%) JavaScript
4 32 (4.28%) PowerShell
5 30 (4.02%) C#
5 30 (4.02%) Java
6 13 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (1.20%) Bicep
9 8 (1.07%) Bash
9 8 (1.07%) 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%) VBA
13 1 (0.13%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 147 (19.68%) Security Cleared
2 113 (15.13%) SC Cleared
3 74 (9.91%) Degree
4 68 (9.10%) CISSP
5 54 (7.23%) CISM
6 29 (3.88%) Azure Certification
6 29 (3.88%) DV Cleared
7 26 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (2.41%) PMP
10 17 (2.28%) PMI Certification
11 15 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.87%) CISA
13 11 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (1.47%) ISTQB
14 10 (1.34%) CCSP
15 9 (1.20%) AWS Certification
15 9 (1.20%) CRISC
16 7 (0.94%) CEH
16 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (19.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (16.73%) Data Quality
3 86 (11.51%) NIST
4 56 (7.50%) PCI DSS
5 43 (5.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 39 (5.22%) GRC
7 37 (4.95%) Accessibility
8 36 (4.82%) NCSC
8 36 (4.82%) QA
9 28 (3.75%) WCAG
10 23 (3.08%) HIPAA
11 22 (2.95%) SOC 2
12 20 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 15 (2.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 15 (2.01%) PERC
14 10 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (1.20%) Solvency II
16 8 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 8 (1.07%) PMO
17 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 47 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.47%) Docker
3 5 (0.67%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (1.47%) CASB
4 8 (1.07%) Ansible
4 8 (1.07%) Grafana
5 7 (0.94%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.67%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.27%) Argo
8 2 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.27%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.27%) QRadar
8 2 (0.27%) systemd
9 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.13%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Guardium
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.13%) Rancher
Vendors
1 219 (29.32%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.69%) Databricks
2 50 (6.69%) Oracle
2 50 (6.69%) SAP
3 42 (5.62%) Salesforce
4 37 (4.95%) Google
5 29 (3.88%) Workday
6 24 (3.21%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.54%) Adobe
8 17 (2.28%) Splunk
9 14 (1.87%) CyberArk
10 12 (1.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (1.20%) Cisco
11 9 (1.20%) Informatica
12 8 (1.07%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (1.07%) IFS
12 8 (1.07%) NEC
13 7 (0.94%) BeyondTrust
13 7 (0.94%) F5
14 6 (0.80%) Foundry