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

 6 months to
4 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 127 219
Rank change year-on-year -3 +92 +33
Contract jobs citing GDPR 882 566 422
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 2.15% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.76% 13.05% 8.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 346 237
10th Percentile £363 £361 £304
25th Percentile £450 £430 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £529 £500
% change year-on-year +3.97% +5.80% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 29 49
10th Percentile £16.03 £13.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.13 £11.95
Median hourly rate £25.50 £27.64 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +10.56% +31.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £34.86 £28.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.63 £34.21
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £26.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -3.77% +15.22% +21.05%

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 7,503 4,338 5,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.06% 16.47% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,812 2,809 3,157
10th Percentile £350 £271 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £613 £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 512 191 378
10th Percentile £14.02 £15.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.30 £19.86 £13.27
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £24.31
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +31.66% -42.81%
75th Percentile £67.84 £65.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.41 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +20.23% +26.05% -38.52%

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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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +12 426 £563 -2.17% 248
South East -5 157 £569 +12.90% 132
North of England -29 123 £536 +2.05% 101
Midlands -39 71 £463 +12.12% 64
North West -2 69 £525 - 70
South West -17 51 £500 +25.00% 40
Yorkshire -49 44 £550 +4.76% 25
East of England -12 43 £613 +17.34% 32
West Midlands -53 40 £475 - 27
East Midlands -9 31 £450 +9.76% 38
North East -28 11 £463 -14.94% 7
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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 47 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (2.83%) Apache Spark
4 23 (2.61%) Confluence
5 19 (2.15%) Apache
6 16 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (1.36%) CMS
8 8 (0.91%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.57%) IIS
10 3 (0.34%) TPMS
11 2 (0.23%) Drupal
11 2 (0.23%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Luigi
12 1 (0.11%) Mendix
12 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
12 1 (0.11%) SAS
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 22 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 12 (1.36%) NEC Housing
4 10 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.57%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.57%) iTrent
5 5 (0.57%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.34%) Workfront
8 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.11%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 302 (34.24%) Azure
2 205 (23.24%) AWS
3 120 (13.61%) Power Platform
4 106 (12.02%) GCP
5 65 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (7.03%) Entra ID
7 53 (6.01%) Microsoft Purview
8 46 (5.22%) SaaS
9 44 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (4.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 35 (3.97%) Snowflake
12 33 (3.74%) GitHub
13 28 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
14 27 (3.06%) Collibra
15 26 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (2.72%) Serverless
17 20 (2.27%) dbt
17 20 (2.27%) OneDrive
18 19 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.54%) Firewall
2 35 (3.97%) Network Security
3 19 (2.15%) DNS
4 17 (1.93%) VPN
5 16 (1.81%) DHCP
6 14 (1.59%) Kerberos
7 11 (1.25%) SSL
8 10 (1.13%) SMS
9 7 (0.79%) Cisco IPT
9 7 (0.79%) HTTP
10 5 (0.57%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.57%) WAN
11 4 (0.45%) LAN
11 4 (0.45%) NGFW
11 4 (0.45%) Wireless
12 3 (0.34%) BGP
12 3 (0.34%) FTP
12 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.34%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (12.36%) Power BI
2 53 (6.01%) Metadata
3 50 (5.67%) Data Lake
3 50 (5.67%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (2.95%) SQL Server
5 24 (2.72%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.04%) BigQuery
6 18 (2.04%) Tableau
7 16 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (1.47%) Big Data
10 12 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.25%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.13%) Mixpanel
12 10 (1.13%) OLTP
12 10 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (1.02%) OLAP
14 8 (0.91%) Data Vault
14 8 (0.91%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (4.31%) JIRA
2 19 (2.15%) Git
3 6 (0.68%) ERwin
3 6 (0.68%) Postman
3 6 (0.68%) PowerDesigner
3 6 (0.68%) Selenium
4 4 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.45%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.45%) GitLab
4 4 (0.45%) Jaeger
4 4 (0.45%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.45%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.34%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.23%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.23%) Protractor
6 2 (0.23%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.23%) Robot Framework
General
1 297 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 285 (32.31%) Finance
3 155 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 100 (11.34%) Legal
6 53 (6.01%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (5.22%) Banking
7 46 (5.22%) Marketing
8 36 (4.08%) Retail
9 29 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (3.06%) Local Government
11 22 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.70%) Law
15 14 (1.59%) Military
16 13 (1.47%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.36%) Financial Institution
18 11 (1.25%) Manufacturing
19 9 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 155 (17.57%) Architect
2 119 (13.49%) Lead
3 90 (10.20%) Analyst
4 68 (7.71%) Senior
5 56 (6.35%) Project Manager
6 48 (5.44%) Data Engineer
7 40 (4.54%) Business Analyst
7 40 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
8 34 (3.85%) Consultant
9 33 (3.74%) Data Analyst
10 31 (3.51%) Data Architect
11 29 (3.29%) Security Engineer
11 29 (3.29%) Security Manager
12 24 (2.72%) Administrator
12 24 (2.72%) Security Architect
13 22 (2.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 18 (2.04%) Technical Architect
15 16 (1.81%) Developer
15 16 (1.81%) Principal Engineer
15 16 (1.81%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.65%) LDAP
2 39 (4.42%) REST
3 38 (4.31%) OAuth
3 38 (4.31%) SAML
4 37 (4.20%) Kafka
5 29 (3.29%) Middleware
6 22 (2.49%) OpenID
7 19 (2.15%) JSON
8 18 (2.04%) .NET
9 17 (1.93%) SOAP
10 15 (1.70%) PySpark
11 13 (1.47%) OAuth2
12 12 (1.36%) Great Expectations
13 10 (1.13%) CSS
13 10 (1.13%) HTML
14 9 (1.02%) J2EE
14 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
14 9 (1.02%) SailPoint
14 9 (1.02%) XML
15 7 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.48%) Cloud Native
2 56 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 46 (5.22%) Security Posture
4 44 (4.99%) Legacy Systems
5 35 (3.97%) Onboarding
6 34 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
7 28 (3.17%) Data Structures
8 27 (3.06%) Product Ownership
9 22 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (2.15%) Replication
12 16 (1.81%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (1.70%) Freedom of Information
14 14 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
14 14 (1.59%) NHS
15 12 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
16 11 (1.25%) AI Agents
17 10 (1.13%) BYOD
17 10 (1.13%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.01%) Windows
2 21 (2.38%) Linux
2 21 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.23%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) Android
5 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (25.28%) Data Protection
2 220 (24.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 205 (23.24%) Data Governance
4 188 (21.32%) Agile
5 180 (20.41%) Cybersecurity
6 173 (19.61%) Migration
7 167 (18.93%) Analytics
8 148 (16.78%) DevOps
9 144 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
10 143 (16.21%) CI/CD
11 142 (16.10%) AI
12 138 (15.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 137 (15.53%) Data Modelling
14 126 (14.29%) Roadmaps
15 124 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
16 122 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
17 110 (12.47%) Validation
18 104 (11.79%) Information Security
19 100 (11.34%) Risk Management
20 99 (11.22%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 172 (19.50%) SQL
2 121 (13.72%) Python
3 70 (7.94%) PowerShell
4 43 (4.88%) Java
5 24 (2.72%) C#
6 18 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.59%) Bash
8 11 (1.25%) Bicep
9 8 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (0.91%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.79%) Go
11 6 (0.68%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.68%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.45%) R
13 3 (0.34%) Scala
13 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.23%) Ruby
15 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 169 (19.16%) Security Cleared
2 133 (15.08%) SC Cleared
3 86 (9.75%) CISSP
4 83 (9.41%) Degree
5 68 (7.71%) CISM
6 33 (3.74%) PMI Certification
6 33 (3.74%) PMP
7 26 (2.95%) DV Cleared
8 24 (2.72%) Azure Certification
9 21 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
14 11 (1.25%) AWS Certification
15 10 (1.13%) CISA
16 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
17 8 (0.91%) CRISC
17 8 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 8 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (21.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 147 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 128 (14.51%) NIST
4 85 (9.64%) PCI DSS
5 68 (7.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 40 (4.54%) GRC
7 39 (4.42%) NCSC
8 34 (3.85%) SOC 2
9 33 (3.74%) QA
10 32 (3.63%) HIPAA
11 27 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
12 24 (2.72%) Accessibility
13 23 (2.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 20 (2.27%) PMO
15 15 (1.70%) Solvency II
16 13 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 13 (1.47%) PERC
16 13 (1.47%) WCAG
17 11 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 11 (1.25%) MiFID
System Software
1 76 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.06%) Docker
3 3 (0.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 55 (6.24%) Terraform
2 49 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 41 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (2.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (1.47%) Grafana
6 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.02%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.57%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.45%) Ansible
8 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.45%) Istio
8 4 (0.45%) Rancher
9 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.23%) Nmap
9 2 (0.23%) QRadar
9 2 (0.23%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.11%) CASB
10 1 (0.11%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 217 (24.60%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.60%) Databricks
3 54 (6.12%) Google
4 52 (5.90%) Salesforce
5 49 (5.56%) SAP
6 48 (5.44%) Oracle
7 39 (4.42%) ServiceNow
8 32 (3.63%) Workday
9 29 (3.29%) CyberArk
10 19 (2.15%) Adobe
11 18 (2.04%) Okta
12 15 (1.70%) Informatica
13 14 (1.59%) BeyondTrust
13 14 (1.59%) IFS
14 13 (1.47%) Splunk
15 12 (1.36%) NEC
15 12 (1.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 7 (0.79%) MuleSoft
16 7 (0.79%) Palo Alto
17 6 (0.68%) Varonis
567 GDPR jobs in England