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

 6 months to
21 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 108 228
Rank change year-on-year -67 +120 +36
Contract jobs citing GDPR 746 702 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.55% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.13% 14.73% 8.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 447 213
10th Percentile £306 £350 £313
25th Percentile £450 £414 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% -10.87%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £685
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £510
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 36 14
10th Percentile £14.68 £15.13 -
25th Percentile £17.17 £16.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.74% +47.83% +24.32%
75th Percentile £68.37 £70.16 £32.41
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.19 £57.43
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +47.06% -26.09% +24.32%

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 8,172 4,766 4,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.72% 17.28% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,135 3,112 2,563
10th Percentile £326 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £402
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 £725 £763
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 593 225 209
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -1.72% -8.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.25 £64.73
90th Percentile £75.80 £82.90 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -49 356 £575 - 1,116
South East -56 116 £595 +19.00% 238
North of England -59 88 £483 -5.48% 309
Midlands -46 74 £450 +0.67% 140
South West -30 55 £475 +18.75% 116
West Midlands -25 54 £430 -18.19% 84
East of England +2 50 £525 - 95
North West -31 50 £500 +9.29% 174
Yorkshire -57 28 £471 -13.27% 100
East Midlands -34 20 £537 +25.09% 56
North East -33 9 £463 -26.00% 36
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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 40 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.61%) CMS
3 11 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.47%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.21%) Apache
5 9 (1.21%) IIS
6 6 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.80%) Confluence
7 3 (0.40%) WordPress
8 2 (0.27%) Drupal
8 2 (0.27%) Mendix
9 1 (0.13%) CICS
9 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.13%) Luigi
9 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 34 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.80%) 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 37 (4.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.07%) NEC Housing
3 8 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.80%) iTrent
5 5 (0.67%) SAP HR
5 5 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
6 4 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.54%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.54%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.54%) Workfront
7 2 (0.27%) BambooHR
7 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) Actimize
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 252 (33.78%) Azure
2 143 (19.17%) AWS
3 95 (12.73%) Power Platform
4 75 (10.05%) GCP
5 59 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
7 46 (6.17%) Entra ID
8 45 (6.03%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (6.03%) SaaS
9 44 (5.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 38 (5.09%) Serverless
11 30 (4.02%) Snowflake
12 29 (3.89%) Power Automate
13 27 (3.62%) Azure Data Factory
13 27 (3.62%) GitHub
14 22 (2.95%) Azure Functions
14 22 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 19 (2.55%) OCI
16 18 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (2.28%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.89%) Firewall
2 27 (3.62%) Network Security
3 18 (2.41%) Cisco IPT
4 11 (1.47%) VPN
5 8 (1.07%) SSL
6 7 (0.94%) SMS
7 5 (0.67%) DNS
7 5 (0.67%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.67%) X.509
8 4 (0.54%) 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%) WAN
9 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.27%) HTTP
10 2 (0.27%) LAN
10 2 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (10.19%) Power BI
2 52 (6.97%) Metadata
3 35 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (4.69%) SQL Server
4 31 (4.16%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.88%) Tableau
6 13 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (1.74%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.61%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.34%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.21%) Delta Lake
9 9 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
10 8 (1.07%) Data Vault
10 8 (1.07%) Looker
11 7 (0.94%) Big Data
11 7 (0.94%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.80%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.80%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.08%) Git
2 18 (2.41%) JIRA
3 15 (2.01%) Postman
4 13 (1.74%) GitLab
5 11 (1.47%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.47%) Selenium
5 11 (1.47%) WebDriver
6 9 (1.21%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.07%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.54%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.40%) ERwin
9 3 (0.40%) Protractor
10 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.27%) JMeter
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.27%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.13%) Newman
General
1 277 (37.13%) Social Skills
2 189 (25.34%) Finance
3 136 (18.23%) Public Sector
4 135 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (11.53%) Legal
6 40 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (5.36%) Local Government
7 35 (4.69%) Marketing
8 34 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (4.16%) Retail
10 30 (4.02%) Banking
11 21 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.41%) Military
13 17 (2.28%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.88%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.88%) Law
15 10 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.94%) Advertising
16 7 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 130 (17.43%) Architect
2 118 (15.82%) Lead
3 84 (11.26%) Analyst
4 73 (9.79%) Senior
5 37 (4.96%) Project Manager
5 37 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
6 34 (4.56%) Administrator
7 33 (4.42%) Data Engineer
8 31 (4.16%) Data Analyst
9 30 (4.02%) Consultant
10 27 (3.62%) Data Architect
11 25 (3.35%) Business Analyst
12 24 (3.22%) Security Architect
13 22 (2.95%) Security Manager
14 21 (2.82%) Developer
15 18 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
16 17 (2.28%) Security Engineer
17 16 (2.14%) Coordinator
17 16 (2.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 14 (1.88%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.76%) Terraform
2 42 (5.63%) REST
3 28 (3.75%) OAuth
4 26 (3.49%) SAML
5 25 (3.35%) LDAP
6 24 (3.22%) JSON
7 21 (2.82%) OpenID
8 16 (2.14%) Kafka
9 15 (2.01%) OAuth2
9 15 (2.01%) SOAP
10 14 (1.88%) XML
11 13 (1.74%) PySpark
11 13 (1.74%) XSLT
12 11 (1.47%) .NET
12 11 (1.47%) Gherkin
13 10 (1.34%) HTML
13 10 (1.34%) Middleware
13 10 (1.34%) SailPoint
14 9 (1.21%) JDBC
15 7 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 81 (10.86%) Management Information System
2 46 (6.17%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.36%) Data Protection Act
4 37 (4.96%) Onboarding
5 32 (4.29%) Security Posture
6 25 (3.35%) Data Structures
6 25 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (3.22%) Product Ownership
8 23 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
8 23 (3.08%) Freedom of Information
9 21 (2.82%) NHS
10 20 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
11 19 (2.55%) Taxonomies
12 15 (2.01%) Marketing Technology
13 13 (1.74%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.82%) Windows
2 15 (2.01%) Linux
3 7 (0.94%) 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
1 216 (28.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 206 (27.61%) Data Protection
3 199 (26.68%) Data Governance
4 154 (20.64%) Analytics
5 152 (20.38%) Agile
6 145 (19.44%) AI
6 145 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 138 (18.50%) Cybersecurity
8 128 (17.16%) Migration
9 116 (15.55%) Data Modelling
9 116 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
10 114 (15.28%) DevOps
10 114 (15.28%) Information Security
11 110 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 108 (14.48%) Roadmaps
13 102 (13.67%) Decision-Making
14 101 (13.54%) CI/CD
15 97 (13.00%) Risk Management
16 81 (10.86%) Validation
17 79 (10.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 116 (15.55%) SQL
2 84 (11.26%) Python
3 36 (4.83%) PowerShell
4 35 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 33 (4.42%) Java
6 28 (3.75%) C#
7 13 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.34%) Bash
8 10 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.21%) Bicep
10 7 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.80%) BeanShell
11 6 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.40%) Go
12 3 (0.40%) R
12 3 (0.40%) Ruby
13 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 146 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 110 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 70 (9.38%) CISSP
3 70 (9.38%) Degree
4 54 (7.24%) CISM
5 29 (3.89%) Azure Certification
5 29 (3.89%) DV Cleared
6 26 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (2.55%) PMP
9 18 (2.41%) PMI Certification
10 16 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (1.61%) CISA
12 11 (1.47%) ISTQB
13 10 (1.34%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.21%) CCSP
15 8 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (0.94%) CEH
16 7 (0.94%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (20.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 121 (16.22%) Data Quality
3 90 (12.06%) NIST
4 58 (7.77%) PCI DSS
5 42 (5.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 38 (5.09%) Accessibility
6 38 (5.09%) NCSC
7 36 (4.83%) GRC
8 35 (4.69%) QA
9 29 (3.89%) WCAG
10 25 (3.35%) HIPAA
11 24 (3.22%) SOC 2
12 22 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials
13 15 (2.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 15 (2.01%) PERC
14 12 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (1.21%) PMO
15 9 (1.21%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 53 (7.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.47%) Docker
3 4 (0.54%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.34%) CASB
4 9 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (1.07%) Ansible
5 8 (1.07%) Grafana
6 7 (0.94%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.67%) PingFederate
7 5 (0.67%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.54%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) Argo
9 2 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.27%) QRadar
9 2 (0.27%) systemd
10 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.13%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) Rancher
Vendors
1 215 (28.82%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.84%) Oracle
3 48 (6.43%) SAP
4 45 (6.03%) Databricks
5 40 (5.36%) Salesforce
6 39 (5.23%) Google
7 28 (3.75%) Workday
8 25 (3.35%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.55%) Adobe
10 16 (2.14%) Splunk
11 14 (1.88%) CyberArk
12 11 (1.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 10 (1.34%) IFS
13 10 (1.34%) Informatica
14 8 (1.07%) Cisco
14 8 (1.07%) NEC
15 7 (0.94%) BeyondTrust
15 7 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.94%) Ping Identity
16 6 (0.80%) Civica
1,989 GDPR jobs in England