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

 6 months to
12 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 144 199
Rank change year-on-year +17 +55 +58
Contract jobs citing GDPR 868 497 428
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.04% 2.03% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.07% 12.46% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 307 240
10th Percentile £365 £358 £302
25th Percentile £450 £440 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £740 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 22 48
10th Percentile £14.43 - £11.56
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.13 £11.95
Median hourly rate £25.50 £28.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.96% +13.28% +31.58%
75th Percentile £55.13 £34.38 £28.75
90th Percentile £82.98 £72.27 £34.21
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.79 £24.00
% change year-on-year +11.92% -5.06% +26.32%

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 7,194 3,989 5,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.87% 16.27% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,659 2,558 3,206
10th Percentile £350 £268 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -3.90% -
75th Percentile £608 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 462 169 382
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.26 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.77 £22.14 £12.88
Median hourly rate £35.50 £33.88 £23.90
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% +41.76% -43.76%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.78 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £32.50 £23.30
% change year-on-year +10.98% +39.51% -39.82%

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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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +15 420 £550 -4.35% 187
South East +4 157 £575 +9.52% 133
North of England -3 132 £550 +6.59% 88
North West +5 66 £530 +0.95% 62
Midlands -48 65 £492 +11.95% 77
Yorkshire -20 56 £550 +10.00% 19
South West -11 46 £500 +25.00% 41
West Midlands -51 39 £492 +3.58% 41
East of England -9 36 £575 +10.15% 33
East Midlands -14 26 £484 +19.57% 38
North East -26 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 50 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.57%) Confluence
4 26 (3.00%) Apache Spark
5 20 (2.30%) Apache
6 14 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (1.15%) CMS
8 7 (0.81%) SAS
9 5 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.58%) IIS
9 5 (0.58%) TPMS
10 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.23%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.12%) CICS
12 1 (0.12%) Drupal
12 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.12%) R Markdown
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 18 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.38%) NEC Housing
3 9 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.58%) BambooHR
6 5 (0.58%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.46%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
8 2 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.12%) Actimize
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 299 (34.45%) Azure
2 209 (24.08%) AWS
3 123 (14.17%) Power Platform
4 105 (12.10%) GCP
5 74 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (7.14%) Entra ID
7 57 (6.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 42 (4.84%) SaaS
9 35 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 34 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 32 (3.69%) GitHub
12 29 (3.34%) Snowflake
13 28 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
14 27 (3.11%) Collibra
14 27 (3.11%) OneDrive
15 25 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (2.65%) Serverless
17 19 (2.19%) dbt
18 17 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 45 (5.18%) Firewall
2 32 (3.69%) Network Security
3 21 (2.42%) DNS
4 18 (2.07%) VPN
5 16 (1.84%) DHCP
6 14 (1.61%) Kerberos
7 13 (1.50%) SMS
7 13 (1.50%) SSL
8 8 (0.92%) Wireless
9 7 (0.81%) HTTP
10 6 (0.69%) WAN
11 5 (0.58%) Cisco IPT
11 5 (0.58%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.58%) LAN
11 5 (0.58%) SNMP
11 5 (0.58%) SSH
11 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.46%) NGFW
13 3 (0.35%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (12.56%) Power BI
2 52 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
2 52 (5.99%) Metadata
3 51 (5.88%) Data Lake
4 24 (2.76%) SQL Server
5 23 (2.65%) NoSQL
6 20 (2.30%) Tableau
7 18 (2.07%) BigQuery
8 14 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (1.50%) Amazon Athena
9 13 (1.50%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.38%) Mixpanel
10 12 (1.38%) OLTP
11 11 (1.27%) OLAP
12 10 (1.15%) Big Data
12 10 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.81%) Looker
14 7 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (5.07%) JIRA
2 23 (2.65%) Git
3 10 (1.15%) Burp Suite
4 9 (1.04%) GitLab
4 9 (1.04%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.69%) ERwin
5 6 (0.69%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.46%) Jaeger
6 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.35%) Postman
7 3 (0.35%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.35%) Selenium
8 2 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.23%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.23%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.12%) Deequ
9 1 (0.12%) TestRail
9 1 (0.12%) Vite
General
1 296 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 279 (32.14%) Finance
3 149 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (13.25%) Legal
5 114 (13.13%) Public Sector
6 64 (7.37%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (5.53%) Marketing
8 47 (5.41%) Banking
9 34 (3.92%) Retail
10 25 (2.88%) Local Government
11 20 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.84%) Law
15 14 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.61%) Telecoms
16 13 (1.50%) Financial Institution
17 11 (1.27%) Military
18 9 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
19 6 (0.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 153 (17.63%) Architect
2 103 (11.87%) Lead
3 88 (10.14%) Analyst
4 65 (7.49%) Senior
5 59 (6.80%) Project Manager
6 47 (5.41%) Data Engineer
7 45 (5.18%) Business Analyst
8 41 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
9 40 (4.61%) Consultant
10 32 (3.69%) Data Analyst
11 30 (3.46%) Security Manager
12 29 (3.34%) Security Engineer
13 25 (2.88%) Microsoft 365 Architect
14 24 (2.76%) Security Architect
15 23 (2.65%) Data Architect
16 22 (2.53%) Developer
17 21 (2.42%) Administrator
17 21 (2.42%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 18 (2.07%) Principal Engineer
19 16 (1.84%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.18%) REST
2 42 (4.84%) LDAP
3 39 (4.49%) OAuth
4 38 (4.38%) SAML
5 35 (4.03%) Kafka
6 29 (3.34%) Middleware
7 21 (2.42%) OpenID
8 19 (2.19%) .NET
8 19 (2.19%) JSON
8 19 (2.19%) PySpark
9 17 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
10 16 (1.84%) CSS
10 16 (1.84%) HTML
10 16 (1.84%) SOAP
11 14 (1.61%) Great Expectations
11 14 (1.61%) OAuth2
12 9 (1.04%) J2EE
12 9 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
13 8 (0.92%) SailPoint
14 7 (0.81%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.03%) Cloud Native
2 57 (6.57%) Management Information System
3 45 (5.18%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
5 34 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 26 (3.00%) Product Ownership
7 21 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (2.19%) Replication
9 18 (2.07%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.84%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.84%) NHS
11 15 (1.73%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
13 12 (1.38%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (1.15%) BYOD
15 10 (1.15%) Clustering
15 10 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.49%) Windows
2 24 (2.76%) Linux
3 21 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.23%) Unix
4 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.12%) Android
5 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (25.81%) Data Protection
2 207 (23.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 194 (22.35%) Agile
4 190 (21.89%) Data Governance
5 176 (20.28%) Cybersecurity
6 173 (19.93%) Migration
7 158 (18.20%) DevOps
8 157 (18.09%) Analytics
9 152 (17.51%) CI/CD
10 137 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
11 126 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
12 124 (14.29%) AI
13 123 (14.17%) Data Modelling
14 120 (13.82%) Roadmaps
14 120 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 110 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 107 (12.33%) Validation
17 98 (11.29%) Risk Management
18 96 (11.06%) ETL
18 96 (11.06%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 172 (19.82%) SQL
2 129 (14.86%) Python
3 79 (9.10%) PowerShell
4 45 (5.18%) Java
5 28 (3.23%) C#
6 23 (2.65%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.61%) Bash
8 12 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.04%) Bicep
9 9 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.69%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.69%) Go
11 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.46%) R
13 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.23%) Ruby
14 2 (0.23%) Scala
15 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 159 (18.32%) Security Cleared
2 132 (15.21%) SC Cleared
3 90 (10.37%) Degree
4 85 (9.79%) CISSP
5 67 (7.72%) CISM
6 39 (4.49%) PMI Certification
7 38 (4.38%) PMP
8 23 (2.65%) Azure Certification
9 22 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (2.53%) DV Cleared
10 20 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 14 (1.61%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.50%) IIBA
14 11 (1.27%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.27%) CRISC
14 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.04%) CISA
16 8 (0.92%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (21.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 135 (15.55%) Data Quality
3 133 (15.32%) NIST
4 90 (10.37%) PCI DSS
5 74 (8.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 39 (4.49%) GRC
7 35 (4.03%) NCSC
8 32 (3.69%) SOC 2
9 31 (3.57%) QA
10 30 (3.46%) HIPAA
11 26 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
12 24 (2.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 22 (2.53%) PMO
14 18 (2.07%) Accessibility
15 16 (1.84%) MiFID
16 14 (1.61%) Solvency II
17 13 (1.50%) FINRA
18 11 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 9 (1.04%) SLA
19 9 (1.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (8.29%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.69%) Docker
3 3 (0.35%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 56 (6.45%) Terraform
2 53 (6.11%) Kubernetes
3 40 (4.61%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (2.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (1.50%) Grafana
6 9 (1.04%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.92%) Nmap
8 5 (0.58%) Ansible
8 5 (0.58%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.46%) Istio
9 4 (0.46%) Rancher
10 2 (0.23%) CASB
10 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.23%) QRadar
10 2 (0.23%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.12%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 214 (24.65%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.03%) Databricks
3 53 (6.11%) Google
4 46 (5.30%) Salesforce
5 45 (5.18%) SAP
6 44 (5.07%) Oracle
7 37 (4.26%) ServiceNow
8 31 (3.57%) CyberArk
9 30 (3.46%) Workday
10 18 (2.07%) Okta
11 15 (1.73%) Splunk
12 14 (1.61%) Adobe
12 14 (1.61%) BeyondTrust
12 14 (1.61%) Informatica
13 13 (1.50%) IFS
14 12 (1.38%) NEC
15 10 (1.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 7 (0.81%) Braze
16 7 (0.81%) Palo Alto
17 6 (0.69%) Ping Identity
501 GDPR jobs in England