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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 190 203
Rank change year-on-year +93 +13 +86
Contract jobs citing GDPR 847 401 441
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.68% 1.40% 1.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.46% 9.92% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 217 236
10th Percentile £335 £303 £334
25th Percentile £417 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £638 £634 £675
90th Percentile £738 £707 £738
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 6
10th Percentile £16.50 - £15.02
25th Percentile £26.97 £15.50 £15.69
Median hourly rate £39.23 £16.75 £16.88
Median % change year-on-year +134.21% -0.74% -51.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £21.63 £17.78
90th Percentile £89.63 £25.00 £18.68
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £18.72 £16.88
% change year-on-year +81.62% +10.93% -65.22%

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 5,478 4,042 5,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.33% 14.11% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,556 2,359 3,562
10th Percentile £313 £268 £325
25th Percentile £406 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +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 287 157 208
10th Percentile £15.60 £14.70 £14.17
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.19 £20.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.57
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -15.65% +58.07%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.43 £65.63
90th Percentile £73.75 £71.60 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.68 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.12% -20.93% +55.56%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025. 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 +73 398 £550 - 249
South East +57 184 £500 -7.41% 272
North of England 0 98 £511 +13.44% 218
Midlands +12 75 £458 -8.50% 188
Yorkshire 0 55 £550 +4.76% 87
South West +30 50 £475 +111.11% 103
East Midlands +13 39 £442 -19.73% 78
West Midlands -7 36 £525 +10.53% 102
North West -17 36 £436 +2.59% 115
East of England -24 15 £553 +10.60% 128
North East -14 7 £466 +12.97% 16
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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 29 (3.42%) Confluence
2 27 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (2.36%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.89%) Apache
6 15 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.83%) CMS
7 7 (0.83%) TPMS
8 6 (0.71%) Appian
8 6 (0.71%) Camunda
9 4 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 52 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) Revit
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.12%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.12%) Actimize
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 331 (39.08%) Azure
2 246 (29.04%) AWS
3 140 (16.53%) GCP
4 81 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (9.45%) Entra ID
6 78 (9.21%) Power Platform
7 37 (4.37%) SaaS
8 35 (4.13%) Amazon S3
8 35 (4.13%) Microsoft Purview
9 33 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 33 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
10 32 (3.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 30 (3.54%) Serverless
12 27 (3.19%) Azure Sentinel
12 27 (3.19%) Collibra
12 27 (3.19%) GitHub
13 21 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (2.24%) OCI
16 17 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 65 (7.67%) Firewall
2 43 (5.08%) Network Security
3 32 (3.78%) VPN
4 30 (3.54%) DNS
5 22 (2.60%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.89%) Wireless
7 15 (1.77%) DHCP
8 14 (1.65%) SSL
9 12 (1.42%) Cisco IPT
10 8 (0.94%) LAN
10 8 (0.94%) PABX
10 8 (0.94%) WAN
10 8 (0.94%) WLAN
11 7 (0.83%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.83%) SNMP
11 7 (0.83%) SSH
12 6 (0.71%) BGP
12 6 (0.71%) HTTP
12 6 (0.71%) OSPF
12 6 (0.71%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.38%) Power BI
2 46 (5.43%) Data Lake
3 38 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (4.37%) Metadata
5 18 (2.13%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (2.13%) Tableau
6 16 (1.89%) Big Data
6 16 (1.89%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.77%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (1.53%) SQL Server
9 12 (1.42%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.06%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.06%) Mixpanel
11 9 (1.06%) OLAP
11 9 (1.06%) OLTP
11 9 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.94%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 62 (7.32%) JIRA
2 20 (2.36%) Git
3 16 (1.89%) GitLab
4 10 (1.18%) Postman
5 9 (1.06%) Metasploit
6 8 (0.94%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.83%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.71%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.59%) Subversion
10 4 (0.47%) ERwin
10 4 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.47%) Selenium
10 4 (0.47%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
11 2 (0.24%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.24%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.24%) JMeter
11 2 (0.24%) Locust
11 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.24%) Snyk
General
1 406 (47.93%) Social Skills
2 225 (26.56%) Finance
3 127 (14.99%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (12.04%) Legal
5 89 (10.51%) Public Sector
6 71 (8.38%) Marketing
7 57 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
8 54 (6.38%) Banking
9 29 (3.42%) Law
10 20 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.13%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.77%) Electronics
12 15 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.65%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.53%) Retail
15 11 (1.30%) Manufacturing
16 10 (1.18%) Local Government
17 9 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 142 (16.77%) Architect
2 127 (14.99%) Analyst
3 94 (11.10%) Lead
4 59 (6.97%) Consultant
5 53 (6.26%) Senior
6 50 (5.90%) Business Analyst
7 40 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
8 39 (4.60%) Data Engineer
9 35 (4.13%) Security Architect
10 31 (3.66%) Security Engineer
11 29 (3.42%) Data Analyst
12 28 (3.31%) Project Manager
13 23 (2.72%) Administrator
14 20 (2.36%) Security Analyst
15 19 (2.24%) Data Architect
16 17 (2.01%) Developer
16 17 (2.01%) Salesforce Architect
17 16 (1.89%) Cloud Architect
18 15 (1.77%) Data Manager
19 14 (1.65%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.08%) LDAP
1 43 (5.08%) REST
2 40 (4.72%) OAuth
3 34 (4.01%) SAML
4 26 (3.07%) Kafka
4 26 (3.07%) OpenID
5 23 (2.72%) Middleware
6 22 (2.60%) SOAP
7 19 (2.24%) OAuth2
8 15 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
10 13 (1.53%) RESTful
10 13 (1.53%) Visualforce
11 12 (1.42%) HTML
12 11 (1.30%) SailPoint
13 10 (1.18%) .NET
13 10 (1.18%) PySpark
13 10 (1.18%) PyTorch
13 10 (1.18%) scikit-learn
14 9 (1.06%) Great Expectations
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.38%) Cloud Native
1 54 (6.38%) Onboarding
1 54 (6.38%) Security Posture
2 49 (5.79%) Management Information System
3 43 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.13%) Data Structures
5 30 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
6 22 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (2.24%) Security Operations Centre
9 18 (2.13%) Marketing Technology
10 17 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (1.65%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.53%) NHS
12 13 (1.53%) Replication
13 12 (1.42%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.42%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.18%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 74 (8.74%) Windows
2 36 (4.25%) Linux
3 20 (2.36%) Mac OS
4 18 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.71%) Solaris
8 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.24%) Android
9 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) Unix
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (24.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 193 (22.79%) Agile
3 181 (21.37%) Data Protection
4 178 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (20.43%) Data Governance
6 159 (18.77%) Cybersecurity
7 148 (17.47%) DevOps
8 146 (17.24%) Data Privacy
9 145 (17.12%) CI/CD
10 137 (16.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 135 (15.94%) Analytics
12 129 (15.23%) Data Modelling
13 119 (14.05%) Roadmaps
14 114 (13.46%) Migration
15 104 (12.28%) Risk Management
16 101 (11.92%) Information Security
17 99 (11.69%) Incident Response
18 98 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
19 95 (11.22%) AI
19 95 (11.22%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 145 (17.12%) Python
2 125 (14.76%) SQL
3 108 (12.75%) PowerShell
4 32 (3.78%) Bash
5 28 (3.31%) Java
6 16 (1.89%) C#
7 15 (1.77%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.65%) Bicep
9 13 (1.53%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.42%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.06%) R
11 9 (1.06%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.71%) Perl
13 4 (0.47%) C++
13 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.47%) PHP
13 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.35%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.35%) C
Qualifications
1 136 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 130 (15.35%) CISSP
3 112 (13.22%) Degree
4 103 (12.16%) SC Cleared
5 84 (9.92%) CISM
6 47 (5.55%) Azure Certification
7 44 (5.19%) AWS Certification
8 39 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (3.31%) Master's Degree
10 27 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (2.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 20 (2.36%) CISA
14 19 (2.24%) PMI Certification
15 17 (2.01%) CCSP
16 16 (1.89%) Oracle Certification
17 15 (1.77%) DV Cleared
17 15 (1.77%) PMP
18 11 (1.30%) CEH
19 10 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (30.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 183 (21.61%) NIST
3 95 (11.22%) PCI DSS
4 88 (10.39%) Data Quality
5 65 (7.67%) HIPAA
6 63 (7.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 48 (5.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 44 (5.19%) QA
9 42 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (2.60%) SOC 2
11 21 (2.48%) PERC
12 20 (2.36%) GRC
13 19 (2.24%) Accessibility
13 19 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 17 (2.01%) PSD2
15 16 (1.89%) NCSC
16 13 (1.53%) SLA
17 12 (1.42%) EU AI Act
18 10 (1.18%) PMO
18 10 (1.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 85 (10.04%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (3.19%) Docker
4 8 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.59%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.47%) NFS
7 4 (0.47%) Veritas File System
7 4 (0.47%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.24%) vSphere
9 1 (0.12%) IAG
9 1 (0.12%) NDS
9 1 (0.12%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 70 (8.26%) Terraform
2 37 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 37 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
3 28 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (2.72%) SCCM
5 20 (2.36%) Ansible
6 16 (1.89%) QRadar
7 8 (0.94%) Nmap
8 6 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.71%) PingFederate
8 6 (0.71%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.59%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.47%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.47%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 221 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.67%) Salesforce
3 60 (7.08%) Google
4 49 (5.79%) CyberArk
5 46 (5.43%) Oracle
6 42 (4.96%) ServiceNow
7 41 (4.84%) Databricks
8 39 (4.60%) SAP
9 35 (4.13%) Splunk
10 33 (3.90%) VMware
11 30 (3.54%) BeyondTrust
12 21 (2.48%) Citrix
13 20 (2.36%) Workday
14 18 (2.13%) Adobe
14 18 (2.13%) Informatica
15 16 (1.89%) Cisco
15 16 (1.89%) OneTrust
15 16 (1.89%) Palo Alto
16 15 (1.77%) Fortinet
17 14 (1.65%) Ping Identity
1,099 GDPR jobs in England