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

 6 months to
31 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 114 239
Rank change year-on-year -47 +125 +22
Contract jobs citing GDPR 795 669 338
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 2.41% 1.02%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.88% 14.10% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 415 199
10th Percentile £331 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £654 £638 £600
90th Percentile £750 £750 £690
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £524
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.19% -4.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 38 17
10th Percentile £14.59 £15.13 £15.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £32.11 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% +28.45% +35.14%
75th Percentile £72.91 £65.43 £28.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.01 £47.36
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £17.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -32.00% +35.14%

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 8,046 4,746 4,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.59% 17.10% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,092 3,108 2,664
10th Percentile £331 £292 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £610 £622 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.39% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 220 238
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.33
25th Percentile £17.57 £18.37 £13.89
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +15.05% -21.43%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £63.31
90th Percentile £79.60 £85.30 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.82 £30.00 £25.30
% change year-on-year +19.40% +18.58% -26.67%

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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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -20 378 £575 - 430
South East -43 138 £591 +18.25% 158
North of England -52 102 £494 -3.99% 119
Midlands -45 68 £450 +2.39% 86
North West -22 62 £528 +15.30% 72
East of England +12 50 £613 +16.67% 49
West Midlands -28 48 £450 -10.00% 53
South West -31 48 £488 +21.88% 86
Yorkshire -65 26 £470 -11.32% 29
East Midlands -28 20 £537 +28.68% 33
North East -26 13 £463 -26.00% 18
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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 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.26%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.51%) Apache
4 12 (1.51%) CMS
5 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (1.01%) Confluence
7 5 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.63%) IIS
8 2 (0.25%) Drupal
8 2 (0.25%) 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
9 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 29 (3.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (1.01%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.75%) iTrent
6 5 (0.63%) BambooHR
7 4 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.50%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.50%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.38%) Workfront
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.25%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 1 (0.13%) Actimize
10 1 (0.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 272 (34.21%) Azure
2 179 (22.52%) AWS
3 105 (13.21%) Power Platform
4 89 (11.19%) GCP
5 54 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (6.67%) Entra ID
7 50 (6.29%) SaaS
8 43 (5.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 37 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
10 33 (4.15%) Serverless
10 33 (4.15%) Snowflake
11 32 (4.03%) GitHub
12 28 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 27 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 23 (2.89%) Power Automate
15 21 (2.64%) dbt
16 20 (2.52%) Collibra
16 20 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (2.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.91%) Firewall
2 36 (4.53%) Network Security
3 16 (2.01%) Cisco IPT
3 16 (2.01%) VPN
4 8 (1.01%) SSL
5 7 (0.88%) SMS
6 6 (0.75%) DNS
7 5 (0.63%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.63%) WAN
7 5 (0.63%) X.509
8 4 (0.50%) HTTP
8 4 (0.50%) LAN
9 3 (0.38%) DHCP
9 3 (0.38%) FTP
9 3 (0.38%) Intranet
9 3 (0.38%) IPv4
9 3 (0.38%) IPv6
9 3 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (11.70%) Power BI
2 58 (7.30%) Metadata
3 47 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (4.91%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.52%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (2.01%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.01%) Tableau
7 15 (1.89%) BigQuery
8 12 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (1.38%) Delta Lake
9 11 (1.38%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.26%) Big Data
10 10 (1.26%) Looker
10 10 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (1.01%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (0.88%) Data Vault
12 7 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.75%) GIS
13 6 (0.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (2.89%) JIRA
2 15 (1.89%) Git
3 11 (1.38%) GitLab
4 10 (1.26%) Postman
5 9 (1.13%) Cypress.io
5 9 (1.13%) Selenium
5 9 (1.13%) WebDriver
6 8 (1.01%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.75%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.50%) ERwin
8 4 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.38%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.38%) Protractor
10 2 (0.25%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.25%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.25%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.25%) Jaeger
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.13%) JMeter
General
1 282 (35.47%) Social Skills
2 223 (28.05%) Finance
3 145 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (16.48%) Public Sector
5 90 (11.32%) Legal
6 38 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (4.65%) Marketing
8 36 (4.53%) Local Government
9 34 (4.28%) Banking
9 34 (4.28%) Retail
10 33 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 31 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (2.26%) Military
14 14 (1.76%) Law
14 14 (1.76%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (1.26%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 142 (17.86%) Architect
2 122 (15.35%) Lead
3 84 (10.57%) Analyst
4 72 (9.06%) Senior
5 46 (5.79%) Project Manager
6 40 (5.03%) Data Engineer
6 40 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
7 34 (4.28%) Consultant
7 34 (4.28%) Data Analyst
8 33 (4.15%) Data Architect
9 32 (4.03%) Business Analyst
10 26 (3.27%) Security Architect
11 25 (3.14%) Security Manager
12 24 (3.02%) Administrator
13 19 (2.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 17 (2.14%) Developer
14 17 (2.14%) Senior Manager
15 16 (2.01%) Security Engineer
16 15 (1.89%) Senior Analyst
17 14 (1.76%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.16%) Terraform
2 40 (5.03%) REST
3 31 (3.90%) OAuth
4 28 (3.52%) LDAP
4 28 (3.52%) SAML
5 26 (3.27%) Kafka
6 24 (3.02%) OpenID
7 22 (2.77%) JSON
8 17 (2.14%) SOAP
9 16 (2.01%) OAuth2
10 15 (1.89%) Middleware
11 14 (1.76%) PySpark
12 12 (1.51%) .NET
13 11 (1.38%) HTML
14 10 (1.26%) JDBC
14 10 (1.26%) SailPoint
15 9 (1.13%) Gherkin
15 9 (1.13%) XML
16 8 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
17 7 (0.88%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 57 (7.17%) Cloud Native
1 57 (7.17%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.78%) Security Posture
3 37 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
4 36 (4.53%) Legacy Systems
5 35 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 25 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 24 (3.02%) Data Structures
8 22 (2.77%) Cyber Threat
9 21 (2.64%) Freedom of Information
10 20 (2.52%) Security Operations Centre
11 19 (2.39%) NHS
12 18 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
13 17 (2.14%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.51%) AI Agents
15 12 (1.51%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.51%) Taxonomies
16 11 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.89%) Windows
2 12 (1.51%) Linux
3 8 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.25%) 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 (27.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 212 (26.67%) Data Governance
3 211 (26.54%) Data Protection
4 167 (21.01%) Analytics
5 162 (20.38%) Agile
6 158 (19.87%) Cybersecurity
7 152 (19.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 142 (17.86%) AI
8 142 (17.86%) Migration
9 128 (16.10%) Data Modelling
10 126 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
11 122 (15.35%) CI/CD
12 119 (14.97%) DevOps
13 115 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 107 (13.46%) Roadmaps
15 105 (13.21%) Information Security
16 101 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
16 101 (12.70%) Decision-Making
17 95 (11.95%) Risk Management
18 91 (11.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 143 (17.99%) SQL
2 97 (12.20%) Python
3 45 (5.66%) PowerShell
4 37 (4.65%) Java
5 25 (3.14%) JavaScript
6 24 (3.02%) C#
7 12 (1.51%) Bicep
8 11 (1.38%) Bash
8 11 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (0.75%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.63%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.63%) BeanShell
13 4 (0.50%) Go
14 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.38%) R
14 3 (0.38%) Ruby
15 2 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 153 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.59%) SC Cleared
3 77 (9.69%) CISSP
4 60 (7.55%) Degree
5 59 (7.42%) CISM
6 29 (3.65%) DV Cleared
7 26 (3.27%) Azure Certification
8 25 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (2.52%) PMI Certification
9 20 (2.52%) PMP
10 17 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (1.51%) AWS Certification
13 10 (1.26%) ISTQB
14 9 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.88%) CEH
15 7 (0.88%) CISA
15 7 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (0.75%) GCIH
16 6 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (21.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (16.73%) Data Quality
3 100 (12.58%) NIST
4 61 (7.67%) PCI DSS
5 56 (7.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 36 (4.53%) NCSC
7 35 (4.40%) QA
8 34 (4.28%) Accessibility
9 31 (3.90%) GRC
10 27 (3.40%) SOC 2
11 26 (3.27%) HIPAA
12 23 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
13 21 (2.64%) WCAG
14 17 (2.14%) PERC
15 15 (1.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 13 (1.64%) PMO
16 13 (1.64%) Solvency II
17 12 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 8 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
19 6 (0.75%) HL7
System Software
1 62 (7.80%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.25%) Firmware
3 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (1.38%) Grafana
4 10 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (1.01%) Ansible
5 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.75%) CASB
7 5 (0.63%) PingFederate
7 5 (0.63%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.50%) CA Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.38%) QRadar
10 2 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.25%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) Argo
11 1 (0.13%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.13%) Nmap
11 1 (0.13%) Rancher
11 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 209 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.67%) Databricks
2 53 (6.67%) Oracle
2 53 (6.67%) SAP
3 43 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 40 (5.03%) Google
5 32 (4.03%) Workday
6 29 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.39%) CyberArk
8 18 (2.26%) Adobe
9 13 (1.64%) IFS
9 13 (1.64%) Splunk
10 12 (1.51%) Informatica
10 12 (1.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (1.13%) BeyondTrust
12 8 (1.01%) NEC
13 6 (0.75%) Civica
13 6 (0.75%) Ping Identity
13 6 (0.75%) Tealium
14 5 (0.63%) Cribl.io
861 GDPR jobs in England