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

 6 months to
1 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 168 173
Rank change year-on-year +64 +5 +80
Contract jobs citing GDPR 884 415 519
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.50% 1.63% 1.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.30% 10.77% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 239 266
10th Percentile £350 £302 £322
25th Percentile £425 £381 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £503
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +4.48% -8.64%
75th Percentile £614 £636 £650
90th Percentile £713 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £505
% change year-on-year -2.38% +3.96% -8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 40
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.38 £11.06
25th Percentile £24.19 £15.50 £11.95
Median hourly rate £28.55 £17.74 £17.73
Median % change year-on-year +60.98% +0.03% -34.33%
75th Percentile £55.00 £31.76 £26.66
90th Percentile £64.50 £32.96 £30.42
UK median hourly rate £28.03 £20.19 £17.73
% change year-on-year +38.81% +13.87% -21.84%

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 6,181 3,854 5,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.46% 15.09% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,993 2,348 3,549
10th Percentile £331 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £603 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 156 343
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.50 £11.95
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.81 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.94 £32.66 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -20.56% +28.66% -27.49%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.43 £78.40 £72.38
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.03% +27.04% -23.08%

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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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +58 432 £550 - 191
South East +30 159 £500 -2.44% 166
North of England -9 110 £550 +12.82% 108
Midlands +2 86 £475 - 84
Yorkshire -15 66 £550 +4.76% 27
South West +18 61 £475 +69.64% 47
West Midlands -22 45 £500 +5.26% 53
East Midlands +6 41 £447 +3.23% 30
North West -35 37 £490 +3.16% 64
East of England -32 19 £535 +7.00% 63
North East -14 7 £466 +0.76% 17
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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 48 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 45 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (4.07%) Confluence
4 25 (2.83%) Apache Spark
5 24 (2.71%) Apache
6 14 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (1.13%) TPMS
8 7 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.79%) SAS
9 6 (0.68%) Appian
9 6 (0.68%) Camunda
10 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.11%) Moodle
11 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 46 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.68%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.45%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.11%) Actimize
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.11%) Orchard Housing
8 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.11%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 350 (39.59%) Azure
2 254 (28.73%) AWS
3 137 (15.50%) GCP
4 99 (11.20%) Power Platform
5 96 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
6 88 (9.95%) Entra ID
7 57 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 45 (5.09%) AWS CloudFormation
9 40 (4.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 36 (4.07%) Amazon S3
10 36 (4.07%) SaaS
11 33 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 31 (3.51%) OneDrive
13 30 (3.39%) Collibra
14 27 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (2.83%) Serverless
16 22 (2.49%) Azure Sentinel
17 19 (2.15%) GitHub
18 16 (1.81%) dbt
18 16 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (6.79%) Firewall
2 38 (4.30%) Network Security
3 29 (3.28%) DNS
4 25 (2.83%) VPN
5 24 (2.71%) DHCP
6 18 (2.04%) Kerberos
7 17 (1.92%) SSL
7 17 (1.92%) Wireless
8 15 (1.70%) Cisco IPT
9 11 (1.24%) SMS
10 10 (1.13%) SNMP
10 10 (1.13%) SSH
10 10 (1.13%) TCP/IP
11 9 (1.02%) LAN
11 9 (1.02%) WAN
12 8 (0.90%) PABX
12 8 (0.90%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.90%) WLAN
13 7 (0.79%) BGP
13 7 (0.79%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (10.07%) Power BI
2 62 (7.01%) Data Lake
3 41 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (4.07%) Metadata
5 21 (2.38%) BigQuery
6 19 (2.15%) Amazon Athena
6 19 (2.15%) NoSQL
6 19 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.15%) SQL Server
6 19 (2.15%) Tableau
7 16 (1.81%) Mixpanel
8 15 (1.70%) OLAP
8 15 (1.70%) OLTP
9 13 (1.47%) Big Data
10 11 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
12 8 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (4.86%) JIRA
2 25 (2.83%) Git
3 18 (2.04%) GitLab
4 17 (1.92%) Metasploit
5 16 (1.81%) Burp Suite
6 9 (1.02%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.68%) Postman
7 6 (0.68%) Selenium
8 3 (0.34%) ERwin
8 3 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.34%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.34%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.23%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.23%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.23%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.23%) JMeter
9 2 (0.23%) Locust
9 2 (0.23%) Subversion
9 2 (0.23%) TestRail
General
1 398 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 249 (28.17%) Finance
3 138 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (13.46%) Legal
5 103 (11.65%) Public Sector
6 82 (9.28%) Documentation Skills
7 64 (7.24%) Marketing
8 49 (5.54%) Banking
9 22 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.15%) Law
11 18 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.81%) Retail
14 14 (1.58%) Electronics
14 14 (1.58%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.24%) Military
16 8 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.90%) Local Government
17 7 (0.79%) Billing
Job Titles
1 160 (18.10%) Architect
2 108 (12.22%) Analyst
3 82 (9.28%) Lead
4 63 (7.13%) Consultant
5 55 (6.22%) Senior
6 51 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
7 47 (5.32%) Data Engineer
8 45 (5.09%) Business Analyst
9 44 (4.98%) Security Engineer
10 38 (4.30%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.05%) Developer
12 26 (2.94%) Security Architect
13 25 (2.83%) Data Analyst
13 25 (2.83%) Microsoft 365 Architect
14 24 (2.71%) Administrator
14 24 (2.71%) Data Architect
15 18 (2.04%) Security Analyst
16 15 (1.70%) Penetration Tester
16 15 (1.70%) Tester
17 14 (1.58%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.11%) LDAP
2 49 (5.54%) OAuth
3 45 (5.09%) REST
3 45 (5.09%) SAML
4 32 (3.62%) Kafka
5 28 (3.17%) Middleware
6 27 (3.05%) OpenID
7 22 (2.49%) OAuth2
8 20 (2.26%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (2.04%) .NET
10 17 (1.92%) PySpark
11 16 (1.81%) Great Expectations
11 16 (1.81%) HTML
11 16 (1.81%) SOAP
12 15 (1.70%) RESTful
13 14 (1.58%) CSS
14 13 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
15 10 (1.13%) Spark Streaming
16 9 (1.02%) GraphQL
16 9 (1.02%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 56 (6.33%) Onboarding
3 53 (6.00%) Management Information System
4 47 (5.32%) Security Posture
5 38 (4.30%) Product Ownership
6 28 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (3.17%) Data Structures
7 27 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 27 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (2.71%) Replication
9 19 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
11 14 (1.58%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.36%) Distributed Computing
13 12 (1.36%) NHS
14 11 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (1.13%) Public Cloud
15 10 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
16 9 (1.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 94 (10.63%) Windows
2 42 (4.75%) Linux
3 20 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.24%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.34%) Android
7 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.34%) Solaris
8 2 (0.23%) Unix
9 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (26.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 192 (21.72%) Data Protection
3 189 (21.38%) Agile
4 183 (20.70%) Data Governance
5 165 (18.67%) Cybersecurity
6 162 (18.33%) DevOps
7 151 (17.08%) Migration
8 150 (16.97%) CI/CD
9 149 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
10 145 (16.40%) Analytics
11 131 (14.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 122 (13.80%) Data Modelling
13 120 (13.57%) Roadmaps
14 116 (13.12%) Data Privacy
15 111 (12.56%) Risk Management
16 109 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
17 105 (11.88%) Information Security
18 104 (11.76%) AI
18 104 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
19 100 (11.31%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 157 (17.76%) Python
2 151 (17.08%) SQL
3 127 (14.37%) PowerShell
4 35 (3.96%) Java
5 29 (3.28%) C#
6 26 (2.94%) Bash
7 24 (2.71%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (1.13%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.79%) Apex Code
10 7 (0.79%) Bicep
10 7 (0.79%) R
10 7 (0.79%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.45%) Go
13 3 (0.34%) Perl
14 2 (0.23%) PHP
14 2 (0.23%) Rust
14 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 167 (18.89%) Security Cleared
2 138 (15.61%) SC Cleared
3 117 (13.24%) Degree
4 110 (12.44%) CISSP
5 76 (8.60%) CISM
6 36 (4.07%) Azure Certification
7 35 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (3.73%) AWS Certification
8 33 (3.73%) PMI Certification
9 30 (3.39%) PMP
10 28 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (2.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 22 (2.49%) Master's Degree
12 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.70%) CCSP
13 15 (1.70%) CHECK Team Member
14 14 (1.58%) Oracle Certification
15 13 (1.47%) CISA
15 13 (1.47%) CREST Certified
15 13 (1.47%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (27.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 181 (20.48%) NIST
3 109 (12.33%) PCI DSS
4 100 (11.31%) Data Quality
5 71 (8.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 51 (5.77%) HIPAA
7 48 (5.43%) QA
8 46 (5.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 35 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
10 34 (3.85%) GRC
11 28 (3.17%) SOC 2
12 23 (2.60%) NCSC
13 19 (2.15%) PMO
13 19 (2.15%) SLA
14 18 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 18 (2.04%) MiFID
14 18 (2.04%) PERC
15 13 (1.47%) FINRA
15 13 (1.47%) PSD2
16 10 (1.13%) GLBA
System Software
1 97 (10.97%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.62%) Docker
3 17 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.23%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) IAG
8 1 (0.11%) NDS
8 1 (0.11%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.11%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Veritas File System
8 1 (0.11%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 71 (8.03%) Terraform
2 48 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 46 (5.20%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (2.15%) Ansible
6 17 (1.92%) SCCM
7 15 (1.70%) Nmap
8 7 (0.79%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.68%) PingFederate
9 6 (0.68%) QRadar
10 5 (0.57%) Data Guard
10 5 (0.57%) Grafana
10 5 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.45%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.34%) Rancher
12 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.23%) systemd
13 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 224 (25.34%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.67%) Google
3 53 (6.00%) CyberArk
4 52 (5.88%) Databricks
5 50 (5.66%) Salesforce
6 42 (4.75%) ServiceNow
7 41 (4.64%) Oracle
8 34 (3.85%) SAP
9 30 (3.39%) BeyondTrust
10 27 (3.05%) Splunk
11 24 (2.71%) Workday
12 22 (2.49%) Adobe
13 20 (2.26%) Okta
14 19 (2.15%) Informatica
14 19 (2.15%) VMware
15 15 (1.70%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.70%) Palo Alto
16 13 (1.47%) Cisco
16 13 (1.47%) OneTrust
16 13 (1.47%) Tealium
600 GDPR jobs in England