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

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 125 228
Rank change year-on-year -25 +103 +27
Contract jobs citing GDPR 828 635 355
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.82% 2.28% 1.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.45% 13.31% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 391 208
10th Percentile £351 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £506
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.75% -6.94%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £750 £738 £679
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £503
% change year-on-year +4.76% +4.43% -6.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 40 25
10th Percentile £14.62 £14.96 £19.15
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.16 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.03 £30.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +20.98% +31.58%
75th Percentile £80.00 £70.04 £28.75
90th Percentile - £88.84 £34.10
UK median hourly rate £27.03 £17.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +58.97% -32.00% +31.58%

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 7,921 4,770 4,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.39% 17.14% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,070 3,117 2,768
10th Percentile £339 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.05%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £505
% change year-on-year - -0.99% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 531 223 273
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £10.97
25th Percentile £19.11 £18.36 £14.41
Median hourly rate £38.72 £31.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.92% +14.55% -35.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.38 £62.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £27.59 £26.56
% change year-on-year +41.38% +3.86% -32.93%

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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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -17 389 £566 -1.65% 453
South East -32 154 £575 +15.00% 148
North of England -32 112 £500 -1.38% 110
North West -6 70 £525 +3.14% 67
Midlands -46 65 £463 +7.56% 95
South West -33 49 £488 +21.88% 77
East of England +8 48 £625 +19.05% 50
West Midlands -35 46 £450 -10.00% 56
Yorkshire -54 28 £471 -7.20% 30
East Midlands -21 19 £537 +27.86% 39
North East -33 13 £463 -14.94% 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 33 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.66%) Confluence
3 19 (2.29%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (1.57%) Apache
6 12 (1.45%) CMS
7 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.60%) IIS
9 2 (0.24%) Drupal
9 2 (0.24%) Mendix
9 2 (0.24%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.12%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.97%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 28 (3.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.09%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.72%) iTrent
6 5 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
6 5 (0.60%) BambooHR
6 5 (0.60%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.48%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.36%) Workfront
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.24%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 1 (0.12%) R3 Corda
10 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 286 (34.54%) Azure
2 190 (22.95%) AWS
3 110 (13.29%) Power Platform
4 88 (10.63%) GCP
5 53 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (6.28%) Entra ID
7 50 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
8 48 (5.80%) SaaS
9 46 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
10 37 (4.47%) Snowflake
11 35 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (4.23%) GitHub
12 32 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
13 31 (3.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 31 (3.74%) Serverless
14 23 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.54%) dbt
16 20 (2.42%) Collibra
16 20 (2.42%) Power Automate
17 18 (2.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.83%) Firewall
2 38 (4.59%) Network Security
3 16 (1.93%) VPN
4 12 (1.45%) Cisco IPT
5 8 (0.97%) SMS
5 8 (0.97%) SSL
6 7 (0.85%) HTTP
7 6 (0.72%) DNS
8 5 (0.60%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.60%) WAN
9 4 (0.48%) LAN
9 4 (0.48%) Wireless
9 4 (0.48%) X.509
10 3 (0.36%) DHCP
10 3 (0.36%) FTP
10 3 (0.36%) Intranet
10 3 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.36%) VLAN
10 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (12.20%) Power BI
2 52 (6.28%) Metadata
3 49 (5.92%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (5.43%) Data Lake
5 29 (3.50%) SQL Server
6 19 (2.29%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.05%) Tableau
8 16 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (1.93%) BigQuery
9 13 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.45%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.33%) Big Data
11 11 (1.33%) Delta Lake
12 10 (1.21%) Looker
13 7 (0.85%) Data Vault
13 7 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
14 6 (0.72%) Oracle Database
14 6 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 37 (4.47%) JIRA
2 14 (1.69%) Git
3 11 (1.33%) GitLab
4 10 (1.21%) Postman
4 10 (1.21%) Selenium
5 9 (1.09%) Cypress.io
5 9 (1.09%) WebDriver
6 8 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.72%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.60%) ERwin
8 5 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.48%) Jaeger
10 3 (0.36%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.36%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.36%) Protractor
11 2 (0.24%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.24%) Metasploit
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 281 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 251 (30.31%) Finance
3 153 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (16.06%) Public Sector
5 93 (11.23%) Legal
6 42 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
7 41 (4.95%) Marketing
8 38 (4.59%) Banking
8 38 (4.59%) Retail
9 33 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (3.62%) Local Government
11 29 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.81%) Military
14 14 (1.69%) Law
14 14 (1.69%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.33%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (1.21%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 148 (17.87%) Architect
2 118 (14.25%) Lead
3 88 (10.63%) Analyst
4 75 (9.06%) Senior
5 49 (5.92%) Project Manager
6 44 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
7 43 (5.19%) Data Engineer
8 37 (4.47%) Business Analyst
9 35 (4.23%) Consultant
10 34 (4.11%) Data Architect
11 33 (3.99%) Data Analyst
12 27 (3.26%) Security Manager
13 25 (3.02%) Administrator
13 25 (3.02%) Security Engineer
14 24 (2.90%) Security Architect
15 20 (2.42%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 18 (2.17%) Senior Manager
17 17 (2.05%) Technical Architect
18 15 (1.81%) Developer
18 15 (1.81%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.59%) REST
2 29 (3.50%) OAuth
3 28 (3.38%) Kafka
4 26 (3.14%) SAML
5 25 (3.02%) LDAP
6 24 (2.90%) Middleware
7 23 (2.78%) OpenID
8 19 (2.29%) JSON
9 17 (2.05%) .NET
10 16 (1.93%) PySpark
11 15 (1.81%) OAuth2
12 14 (1.69%) SOAP
13 12 (1.45%) HTML
14 9 (1.09%) Gherkin
15 8 (0.97%) CSS
15 8 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
16 7 (0.85%) AWS CDK
16 7 (0.85%) SailPoint
16 7 (0.85%) XML
17 6 (0.72%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 64 (7.73%) Cloud Native
2 57 (6.88%) Management Information System
3 45 (5.43%) Security Posture
4 41 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (4.59%) Data Protection Act
6 36 (4.35%) Onboarding
7 27 (3.26%) Data Structures
7 27 (3.26%) Product Ownership
8 24 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
10 17 (2.05%) Freedom of Information
10 17 (2.05%) NHS
11 16 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.93%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (1.81%) Marketing Technology
13 14 (1.69%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.33%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.21%) BYOD
15 10 (1.21%) Taxonomies
15 10 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.38%) Windows
2 17 (2.05%) Linux
3 8 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Unix
4 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.12%) Android
5 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (25.85%) Data Protection
2 213 (25.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 209 (25.24%) Data Governance
4 180 (21.74%) Agile
5 168 (20.29%) Cybersecurity
6 167 (20.17%) Analytics
7 163 (19.69%) Migration
8 160 (19.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 144 (17.39%) AI
10 134 (16.18%) DevOps
11 133 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
12 131 (15.82%) CI/CD
12 131 (15.82%) Data Modelling
13 119 (14.37%) Roadmaps
14 113 (13.65%) Business Intelligence
14 113 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
15 110 (13.29%) Information Security
16 101 (12.20%) Validation
17 100 (12.08%) Risk Management
18 90 (10.87%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 152 (18.36%) SQL
2 107 (12.92%) Python
3 49 (5.92%) PowerShell
4 32 (3.86%) Java
5 24 (2.90%) JavaScript
6 21 (2.54%) C#
7 16 (1.93%) Bash
8 11 (1.33%) Bicep
9 9 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.85%) Go
12 6 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.72%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.60%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.48%) Search Processing Language
15 3 (0.36%) R
15 3 (0.36%) Ruby
15 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.24%) Scala
16 2 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 155 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 123 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 85 (10.27%) CISSP
4 68 (8.21%) Degree
5 65 (7.85%) CISM
6 27 (3.26%) DV Cleared
7 26 (3.14%) Azure Certification
8 24 (2.90%) PMI Certification
8 24 (2.90%) PMP
9 22 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (1.57%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.33%) CISA
13 11 (1.33%) ISTQB
14 10 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 9 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (0.97%) CEH
17 7 (0.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (22.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 140 (16.91%) Data Quality
3 115 (13.89%) NIST
4 70 (8.45%) PCI DSS
5 57 (6.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 36 (4.35%) NCSC
6 36 (4.35%) QA
7 33 (3.99%) Accessibility
7 33 (3.99%) SOC 2
8 32 (3.86%) GRC
9 30 (3.62%) HIPAA
10 27 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 20 (2.42%) WCAG
12 19 (2.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 19 (2.29%) PMO
13 17 (2.05%) PERC
14 14 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 13 (1.57%) Solvency II
16 9 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.66%) Docker
3 3 (0.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (6.04%) Terraform
2 43 (5.19%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.57%) Grafana
5 10 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.09%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.85%) Ansible
9 5 (0.60%) CASB
9 5 (0.60%) PingFederate
10 4 (0.48%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.48%) Istio
10 4 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.48%) Rancher
11 2 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.24%) Nmap
11 2 (0.24%) QRadar
12 1 (0.12%) Argo
12 1 (0.12%) IBM Guardium
12 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 210 (25.36%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.37%) Databricks
3 55 (6.64%) Oracle
4 53 (6.40%) SAP
5 46 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 42 (5.07%) Google
7 36 (4.35%) Workday
8 32 (3.86%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.29%) CyberArk
10 17 (2.05%) Adobe
11 14 (1.69%) IFS
12 12 (1.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 11 (1.33%) Informatica
14 10 (1.21%) Splunk
15 9 (1.09%) NEC
16 8 (0.97%) BeyondTrust
17 7 (0.85%) MuleSoft
18 6 (0.72%) Ping Identity
18 6 (0.72%) Tealium
18 6 (0.72%) Varonis
901 GDPR jobs in England