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

 6 months to
31 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 160 180
Rank change year-on-year +58 +20 +72
Contract jobs citing GDPR 922 415 498
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.42% 1.71% 1.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.93% 11.01% 9.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 243 248
10th Percentile £363 £313 £319
25th Percentile £450 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 45
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.56 £11.34
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.25 £11.95
Median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% +12.82% -35.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £31.76 £27.50
90th Percentile £84.13 £48.68 £29.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £27.35 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.76% +40.26% -25.98%

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 6,618 3,768 5,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.40% 15.52% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,288 2,442 3,399
10th Percentile £340 £265 £305
25th Percentile £413 £393 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £705 £737 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.20% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 156 340
10th Percentile £15.25 £17.24 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.66 £22.01
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +48.36% -48.21%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.55 £65.24
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £32.25 £21.12
% change year-on-year -5.18% +52.74% -47.21%

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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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +47 441 £550 -4.35% 175
South East +35 177 £514 +2.75% 119
North of England +3 136 £550 +9.67% 99
Midlands -11 80 £475 +18.75% 58
Yorkshire -7 67 £550 +4.76% 29
North West -7 59 £500 -0.15% 60
West Midlands -26 48 £500 +5.26% 35
South West 0 45 £488 +21.88% 29
East Midlands -12 32 £442 +28.00% 23
East of England -29 27 £553 +4.34% 41
North East -9 10 £508 +9.84% 13
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UK

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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 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.34%) Confluence
2 40 (4.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (3.69%) Apache Spark
4 26 (2.82%) Apache
5 14 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.08%) TPMS
7 7 (0.76%) SAS
8 6 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.65%) Appian
8 6 (0.65%) Camunda
9 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
Applications
1 40 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.19%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.65%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.22%) Actimize
6 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.22%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
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 ECC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 357 (38.72%) Azure
2 283 (30.69%) AWS
3 155 (16.81%) GCP
4 121 (13.12%) Power Platform
5 83 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (8.35%) Entra ID
7 55 (5.97%) Microsoft Purview
8 51 (5.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 41 (4.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (4.01%) Amazon S3
10 37 (4.01%) Collibra
10 37 (4.01%) SaaS
11 34 (3.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 29 (3.15%) OneDrive
13 28 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (2.82%) GitHub
15 24 (2.60%) Serverless
16 22 (2.39%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.06%) Amazon SQS
18 18 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 65 (7.05%) Firewall
2 44 (4.77%) Network Security
3 29 (3.15%) DNS
4 25 (2.71%) DHCP
4 25 (2.71%) VPN
5 18 (1.95%) Wireless
6 17 (1.84%) SSL
7 15 (1.63%) Cisco IPT
7 15 (1.63%) Kerberos
8 12 (1.30%) WAN
9 11 (1.19%) LAN
9 11 (1.19%) SMS
10 10 (1.08%) SD-WAN
10 10 (1.08%) SNMP
10 10 (1.08%) SSH
11 8 (0.87%) IPv4
11 8 (0.87%) IPv6
11 8 (0.87%) WLAN
12 7 (0.76%) HTTP
13 6 (0.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (12.15%) Power BI
2 65 (7.05%) Data Lake
3 49 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (5.10%) Metadata
5 25 (2.71%) BigQuery
5 25 (2.71%) Tableau
6 23 (2.49%) Amazon Athena
7 21 (2.28%) NoSQL
8 20 (2.17%) SQL Server
9 19 (2.06%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (1.95%) Mixpanel
10 18 (1.95%) OLAP
10 18 (1.95%) OLTP
11 17 (1.84%) Big Data
12 12 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.98%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 51 (5.53%) JIRA
2 27 (2.93%) Git
3 18 (1.95%) Burp Suite
3 18 (1.95%) GitLab
4 17 (1.84%) Metasploit
5 10 (1.08%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.54%) ERwin
6 5 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.43%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (0.43%) Postman
7 4 (0.43%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.43%) Selenium
8 3 (0.33%) Jaeger
8 3 (0.33%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.22%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 380 (41.21%) Social Skills
2 275 (29.83%) Finance
3 155 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (13.56%) Legal
5 107 (11.61%) Public Sector
6 81 (8.79%) Documentation Skills
7 62 (6.72%) Marketing
8 51 (5.53%) Banking
9 27 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.39%) Law
11 21 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.28%) Retail
11 21 (2.28%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.74%) Financial Institution
13 14 (1.52%) Local Government
14 13 (1.41%) Electronics
15 12 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.08%) Military
17 9 (0.98%) Billing
Job Titles
1 170 (18.44%) Architect
2 106 (11.50%) Analyst
3 98 (10.63%) Lead
4 59 (6.40%) Consultant
5 53 (5.75%) Business Analyst
6 52 (5.64%) Senior
7 51 (5.53%) Data Engineer
8 50 (5.42%) Project Manager
8 50 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
9 38 (4.12%) Security Engineer
10 31 (3.36%) Security Architect
11 30 (3.25%) Data Architect
12 26 (2.82%) Administrator
13 25 (2.71%) Data Analyst
13 25 (2.71%) Microsoft 365 Architect
14 22 (2.39%) Developer
15 20 (2.17%) Security Manager
16 19 (2.06%) Principal Engineer
17 16 (1.74%) Security Analyst
17 16 (1.74%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.86%) LDAP
2 45 (4.88%) Kafka
3 37 (4.01%) OAuth
3 37 (4.01%) REST
4 36 (3.90%) SAML
5 33 (3.58%) Middleware
6 22 (2.39%) OpenID
7 19 (2.06%) Great Expectations
7 19 (2.06%) PySpark
8 17 (1.84%) Microsoft Graph
9 16 (1.74%) .NET
9 16 (1.74%) HTML
10 15 (1.63%) CSS
10 15 (1.63%) OAuth2
11 13 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
11 13 (1.41%) SOAP
12 11 (1.19%) JSON
13 10 (1.08%) Spark Streaming
14 9 (0.98%) RESTful
15 8 (0.87%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.16%) Cloud Native
2 55 (5.97%) Management Information System
3 54 (5.86%) Security Posture
4 51 (5.53%) Onboarding
5 37 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
6 34 (3.69%) Product Ownership
7 33 (3.58%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 25 (2.71%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (2.39%) Data Structures
11 21 (2.28%) Data Centre
11 21 (2.28%) Marketing Technology
12 20 (2.17%) Replication
13 14 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
14 13 (1.41%) NHS
15 12 (1.30%) BYOD
15 12 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
16 11 (1.19%) AI Agents
16 11 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 88 (9.54%) Windows
2 39 (4.23%) Linux
3 26 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.65%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.65%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.33%) Android
6 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.22%) Solaris
7 2 (0.22%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (26.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 219 (23.75%) Data Protection
3 194 (21.04%) Agile
4 191 (20.72%) Cybersecurity
4 191 (20.72%) Data Governance
5 170 (18.44%) CI/CD
5 170 (18.44%) DevOps
6 169 (18.33%) Analytics
7 161 (17.46%) Migration
8 155 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
9 136 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
10 130 (14.10%) Data Modelling
11 129 (13.99%) AI
12 128 (13.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 121 (13.12%) Roadmaps
14 115 (12.47%) Data Privacy
15 112 (12.15%) Risk Management
16 105 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 103 (11.17%) ETL
17 103 (11.17%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 176 (19.09%) SQL
2 162 (17.57%) Python
3 110 (11.93%) PowerShell
4 38 (4.12%) Java
5 34 (3.69%) C#
6 24 (2.60%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.95%) Bash
8 14 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (0.98%) Bicep
10 8 (0.87%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.76%) R
12 6 (0.65%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.65%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.54%) Go
14 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.22%) Ruby
15 2 (0.22%) Rust
15 2 (0.22%) Scala
15 2 (0.22%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 168 (18.22%) Security Cleared
2 138 (14.97%) SC Cleared
3 111 (12.04%) CISSP
3 111 (12.04%) Degree
4 80 (8.68%) CISM
5 40 (4.34%) PMI Certification
6 37 (4.01%) PMP
7 31 (3.36%) Azure Certification
8 29 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (2.93%) AWS Certification
11 21 (2.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 18 (1.95%) Master's Degree
13 16 (1.74%) CHECK Team Member
14 14 (1.52%) CREST Certified
14 14 (1.52%) Cyber Scheme
14 14 (1.52%) DV Cleared
14 14 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (1.41%) CCSP
16 11 (1.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 254 (27.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 189 (20.50%) NIST
3 119 (12.91%) PCI DSS
4 118 (12.80%) Data Quality
5 71 (7.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 49 (5.31%) QA
7 45 (4.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 37 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 37 (4.01%) HIPAA
9 35 (3.80%) SOC 2
10 33 (3.58%) GRC
11 26 (2.82%) NCSC
12 25 (2.71%) PERC
13 23 (2.49%) PMO
14 20 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (1.84%) MiFID
16 15 (1.63%) Accessibility
17 13 (1.41%) FINRA
18 12 (1.30%) SLA
18 12 (1.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 90 (9.76%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.90%) Docker
3 12 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) IAG
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (8.57%) Terraform
2 59 (6.40%) Kubernetes
3 42 (4.56%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (2.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.74%) Nmap
6 15 (1.63%) Ansible
6 15 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.19%) Grafana
8 8 (0.87%) PingFederate
8 8 (0.87%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.87%) SCCM
9 5 (0.54%) QRadar
10 4 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.33%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.33%) Istio
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.33%) Rancher
11 3 (0.33%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.22%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 220 (23.86%) Microsoft
2 78 (8.46%) Google
3 64 (6.94%) Databricks
4 52 (5.64%) CyberArk
5 47 (5.10%) Salesforce
5 47 (5.10%) ServiceNow
6 38 (4.12%) Oracle
7 36 (3.90%) SAP
8 31 (3.36%) BeyondTrust
9 25 (2.71%) Splunk
10 23 (2.49%) Adobe
10 23 (2.49%) Workday
11 22 (2.39%) Informatica
12 21 (2.28%) Okta
13 15 (1.63%) Tealium
14 14 (1.52%) Cisco
14 14 (1.52%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.52%) OneTrust
15 13 (1.41%) Palo Alto
15 13 (1.41%) VMware
461 GDPR jobs in England