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

 6 months to
12 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 137 196
Rank change year-on-year +20 +59 +48
Contract jobs citing GDPR 872 489 449
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.15% 2.01% 1.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.81% 12.54% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 297 261
10th Percentile £363 £353 £318
25th Percentile £450 £438 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £529 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% +5.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £538 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +1.42% +6.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 15 46
10th Percentile £14.43 £14.20 £11.42
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.03 £11.95
Median hourly rate £25.50 £29.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.07% +20.83% +26.32%
75th Percentile £51.81 £32.96 £28.52
90th Percentile £63.98 £55.78 £34.21
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £28.32 £23.00
% change year-on-year -9.96% +23.13% +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 6,805 3,900 5,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.77% 16.04% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,435 2,511 3,348
10th Percentile £340 £268 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 430 154 350
10th Percentile £14.02 £18.15 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.75 £13.18
Median hourly rate £32.13 £37.02 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% +62.73% -42.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £78.10 £78.61 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £21.12
% change year-on-year - +65.76% -39.67%

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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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +14 411 £550 -4.35% 178
South East +23 173 £561 +6.90% 133
North of England 0 127 £550 +4.76% 90
Midlands -20 75 £482 +9.67% 79
North West -5 63 £528 +0.48% 51
Yorkshire -15 54 £550 +3.77% 28
South West -15 46 £500 +25.00% 32
West Midlands -51 41 £492 +3.58% 41
East Midlands -9 34 £450 +15.09% 38
East of England -22 28 £625 +18.48% 39
North East -9 11 £588 +27.03% 11
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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 46 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.01%) Confluence
2 35 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.33%) Apache Spark
4 23 (2.64%) Apache
5 15 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.80%) SAS
6 7 (0.80%) TPMS
7 5 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.46%) CMS
9 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.23%) Appian
10 2 (0.23%) Camunda
10 2 (0.23%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.11%) Drupal
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Moodle
11 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
Applications
1 32 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 13 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.03%) NEC Housing
2 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) SAP HCM
4 5 (0.57%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.23%) Actimize
6 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 322 (36.93%) Azure
2 241 (27.64%) AWS
3 134 (15.37%) GCP
4 126 (14.45%) Power Platform
5 80 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
6 67 (7.68%) Entra ID
7 49 (5.62%) Microsoft Purview
8 39 (4.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 37 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
9 37 (4.24%) Azure Data Factory
10 34 (3.90%) Collibra
10 34 (3.90%) SaaS
11 28 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (3.21%) OneDrive
12 24 (2.75%) Amazon S3
12 24 (2.75%) GitHub
13 23 (2.64%) Snowflake
14 19 (2.18%) dbt
14 19 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (2.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.19%) Firewall
2 36 (4.13%) Network Security
3 23 (2.64%) DNS
4 19 (2.18%) DHCP
4 19 (2.18%) VPN
5 15 (1.72%) Kerberos
6 14 (1.61%) SSL
6 14 (1.61%) Wireless
7 10 (1.15%) SMS
8 7 (0.80%) SNMP
8 7 (0.80%) SSH
9 6 (0.69%) Cisco IPT
9 6 (0.69%) HTTP
9 6 (0.69%) WAN
10 5 (0.57%) LAN
10 5 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.46%) NGFW
12 3 (0.34%) IPv4
12 3 (0.34%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (13.07%) Power BI
2 55 (6.31%) Data Lake
3 48 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (5.50%) Metadata
4 25 (2.87%) BigQuery
5 22 (2.52%) SQL Server
6 20 (2.29%) NoSQL
6 20 (2.29%) Tableau
7 18 (2.06%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.95%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (1.83%) Mixpanel
9 16 (1.83%) OLAP
9 16 (1.83%) OLTP
10 13 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (1.38%) Big Data
12 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.92%) Looker
13 8 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 50 (5.73%) JIRA
2 29 (3.33%) Git
3 18 (2.06%) Burp Suite
4 17 (1.95%) Metasploit
5 16 (1.83%) GitLab
6 10 (1.15%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.69%) ERwin
7 6 (0.69%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.46%) Jaeger
8 4 (0.46%) Postman
8 4 (0.46%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.46%) Selenium
9 3 (0.34%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.11%) Deequ
11 1 (0.11%) TestRail
11 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 317 (36.35%) Social Skills
2 274 (31.42%) Finance
3 146 (16.74%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (14.33%) Legal
5 102 (11.70%) Public Sector
6 72 (8.26%) Documentation Skills
7 51 (5.85%) Banking
7 51 (5.85%) Marketing
8 35 (4.01%) Retail
9 21 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.06%) Local Government
10 18 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (1.95%) Law
11 17 (1.95%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.83%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.03%) Military
15 7 (0.80%) Billing
15 7 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 151 (17.32%) Architect
2 103 (11.81%) Lead
3 96 (11.01%) Analyst
4 58 (6.65%) Project Manager
5 56 (6.42%) Senior
6 49 (5.62%) Business Analyst
7 48 (5.50%) Data Engineer
8 46 (5.28%) Consultant
9 38 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (3.90%) Security Engineer
11 31 (3.56%) Data Analyst
12 25 (2.87%) Microsoft 365 Architect
13 24 (2.75%) Security Manager
14 23 (2.64%) Security Architect
15 21 (2.41%) Administrator
15 21 (2.41%) Data Architect
15 21 (2.41%) Developer
16 20 (2.29%) Principal Engineer
17 18 (2.06%) Migration Manager
18 17 (1.95%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.39%) LDAP
2 46 (5.28%) REST
3 41 (4.70%) Kafka
4 38 (4.36%) OAuth
5 34 (3.90%) SAML
6 33 (3.78%) Middleware
7 20 (2.29%) PySpark
8 18 (2.06%) .NET
8 18 (2.06%) Great Expectations
8 18 (2.06%) SOAP
9 17 (1.95%) JSON
9 17 (1.95%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.95%) OpenID
10 15 (1.72%) CSS
10 15 (1.72%) HTML
11 13 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
12 12 (1.38%) OAuth2
13 9 (1.03%) J2EE
13 9 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
14 7 (0.80%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.57%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.08%) Management Information System
3 47 (5.39%) Security Posture
4 41 (4.70%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (4.47%) Onboarding
6 32 (3.67%) Data Protection Act
6 32 (3.67%) Product Ownership
7 23 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 20 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.29%) Replication
9 17 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 17 (1.95%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
10 15 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
11 13 (1.49%) NHS
12 12 (1.38%) Distributed Computing
13 11 (1.26%) AI Agents
14 10 (1.15%) BYOD
14 10 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 81 (9.29%) Windows
2 28 (3.21%) Linux
3 25 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.80%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (24.77%) Data Protection
2 215 (24.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 203 (23.28%) Agile
4 186 (21.33%) Data Governance
5 169 (19.38%) Migration
6 165 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
7 163 (18.69%) DevOps
8 160 (18.35%) CI/CD
9 156 (17.89%) Analytics
10 143 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
11 132 (15.14%) Business Intelligence
12 130 (14.91%) Data Modelling
13 119 (13.65%) Roadmaps
14 117 (13.42%) AI
15 114 (13.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 105 (12.04%) Validation
17 100 (11.47%) Information Security
17 100 (11.47%) Risk Management
18 97 (11.12%) Continuous Improvement
18 97 (11.12%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 178 (20.41%) SQL
2 149 (17.09%) Python
3 97 (11.12%) PowerShell
4 46 (5.28%) Java
5 33 (3.78%) C#
6 22 (2.52%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.41%) Bash
8 11 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.03%) Bicep
9 9 (1.03%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.92%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.69%) Go
12 6 (0.69%) R
12 6 (0.69%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.23%) PHP
15 2 (0.23%) Ruby
15 2 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 153 (17.55%) Security Cleared
2 127 (14.56%) SC Cleared
3 97 (11.12%) Degree
4 91 (10.44%) CISSP
5 73 (8.37%) CISM
6 41 (4.70%) PMI Certification
7 39 (4.47%) PMP
8 24 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (2.64%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (2.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 16 (1.83%) CHECK Team Member
13 15 (1.72%) Master's Degree
14 14 (1.61%) CREST Certified
14 14 (1.61%) Cyber Scheme
15 13 (1.49%) AWS Certification
15 13 (1.49%) IIBA
16 12 (1.38%) DV Cleared
16 12 (1.38%) Postgraduate
17 11 (1.26%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 148 (16.97%) NIST
3 117 (13.42%) Data Quality
4 108 (12.39%) PCI DSS
5 77 (8.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 41 (4.70%) QA
7 39 (4.47%) GRC
8 32 (3.67%) SOC 2
9 30 (3.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 29 (3.33%) HIPAA
10 29 (3.33%) NCSC
11 25 (2.87%) PMO
12 23 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
13 19 (2.18%) MiFID
14 17 (1.95%) PERC
15 15 (1.72%) Accessibility
16 13 (1.49%) FINRA
17 11 (1.26%) Solvency II
18 9 (1.03%) COBIT
18 9 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 79 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.13%) Docker
3 7 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) IAG
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 62 (7.11%) Kubernetes
1 62 (7.11%) Terraform
2 41 (4.70%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (1.83%) Nmap
5 14 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (1.38%) Grafana
7 9 (1.03%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.92%) Ansible
9 6 (0.69%) SCCM
10 5 (0.57%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.46%) Istio
11 4 (0.46%) QRadar
11 4 (0.46%) Rancher
12 3 (0.34%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.23%) systemd
Vendors
1 207 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.57%) Google
3 58 (6.65%) Databricks
4 44 (5.05%) SAP
5 43 (4.93%) CyberArk
5 43 (4.93%) Oracle
6 42 (4.82%) Salesforce
6 42 (4.82%) ServiceNow
7 30 (3.44%) Workday
8 23 (2.64%) BeyondTrust
9 20 (2.29%) Okta
10 18 (2.06%) Adobe
10 18 (2.06%) Splunk
11 17 (1.95%) Informatica
12 13 (1.49%) IFS
13 10 (1.15%) Tealium
14 9 (1.03%) NEC
15 8 (0.92%) Qualys
15 8 (0.92%) Varonis
15 8 (0.92%) VMware
515 GDPR jobs in England