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

 6 months to
21 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 126 214
Rank change year-on-year -16 +88 +40
Contract jobs citing GDPR 846 612 410
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.89% 2.25% 1.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.98% 13.31% 8.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 377 239
10th Percentile £363 £353 £303
25th Percentile £450 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £738 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 36 37
10th Percentile £16.08 £14.31 £11.95
25th Percentile £18.84 £15.13 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.03 £31.63 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.38% +26.50% +31.58%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.04 £28.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.19 £34.21
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £22.36 £25.00
% change year-on-year +27.68% -10.56% +31.58%

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 7,707 4,598 4,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.19% 16.87% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,938 2,995 3,027
10th Percentile £342 £273 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.47% -1.25%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £636
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 210 327
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.07
25th Percentile £19.46 £18.59 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +22.80% -39.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.30 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £28.18 £25.00
% change year-on-year +37.40% +12.72% -35.42%

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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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -10 396 £563 -2.17% 234
South East -25 156 £565 +13.00% 114
North of England -45 107 £513 -1.35% 77
Midlands -32 78 £450 +7.14% 48
North West -13 66 £500 -4.76% 49
South West -23 53 £500 +25.00% 38
West Midlands -39 46 £450 -9.09% 24
East of England 0 44 £625 +19.05% 23
East Midlands -12 32 £500 +20.48% 24
Yorkshire -64 31 £550 +8.48% 20
North East -35 11 £463 -14.94% 9
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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 37 (4.37%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.72%) Apache Spark
3 22 (2.60%) Confluence
4 17 (2.01%) Apache
4 17 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.42%) CMS
7 8 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.59%) IIS
9 2 (0.24%) Drupal
9 2 (0.24%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.12%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) Mendix
10 1 (0.12%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 27 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.54%) NEC Housing
2 13 (1.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.71%) iTrent
5 5 (0.59%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.59%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.47%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.35%) Workfront
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 288 (34.04%) Azure
2 199 (23.52%) AWS
3 115 (13.59%) Power Platform
4 102 (12.06%) GCP
5 55 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (6.26%) Entra ID
7 48 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (5.44%) Microsoft Purview
9 45 (5.32%) SaaS
10 37 (4.37%) Snowflake
11 35 (4.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 33 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
13 31 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
14 30 (3.55%) GitHub
15 26 (3.07%) Serverless
16 25 (2.96%) Collibra
17 21 (2.48%) dbt
18 19 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
19 18 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
20 16 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.61%) Firewall
2 34 (4.02%) Network Security
3 17 (2.01%) VPN
4 10 (1.18%) Cisco IPT
5 8 (0.95%) SMS
5 8 (0.95%) SSL
6 7 (0.83%) DNS
6 7 (0.83%) HTTP
7 5 (0.59%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.59%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.59%) WAN
8 4 (0.47%) DHCP
8 4 (0.47%) LAN
8 4 (0.47%) Wireless
9 3 (0.35%) BGP
9 3 (0.35%) FTP
9 3 (0.35%) IPv4
9 3 (0.35%) IPv6
9 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.35%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (12.53%) Power BI
2 55 (6.50%) Metadata
3 52 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (5.79%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.31%) SQL Server
6 21 (2.48%) NoSQL
7 19 (2.25%) Tableau
8 17 (2.01%) BigQuery
9 15 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.42%) Big Data
10 12 (1.42%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (1.06%) Looker
14 8 (0.95%) Data Vault
14 8 (0.95%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.95%) Mixpanel
14 8 (0.95%) OLTP
14 8 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (4.37%) JIRA
2 15 (1.77%) Git
3 8 (0.95%) Postman
3 8 (0.95%) Selenium
4 7 (0.83%) Cypress.io
4 7 (0.83%) WebDriver
5 6 (0.71%) ERwin
5 6 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.47%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.47%) Jaeger
7 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 3 (0.35%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.35%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.35%) Protractor
8 2 (0.24%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 288 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 266 (31.44%) Finance
3 155 (18.32%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (15.13%) Public Sector
5 98 (11.58%) Legal
6 44 (5.20%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (5.08%) Banking
7 43 (5.08%) Marketing
8 37 (4.37%) Retail
9 30 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (3.43%) Local Government
11 25 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.77%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.65%) Military
15 13 (1.54%) Law
15 13 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.30%) Financial Institution
16 11 (1.30%) Manufacturing
17 9 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 155 (18.32%) Architect
2 120 (14.18%) Lead
3 88 (10.40%) Analyst
4 72 (8.51%) Senior
5 52 (6.15%) Project Manager
6 46 (5.44%) Data Engineer
7 43 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (4.37%) Business Analyst
9 35 (4.14%) Consultant
10 34 (4.02%) Data Architect
11 33 (3.90%) Data Analyst
12 28 (3.31%) Security Manager
13 26 (3.07%) Security Engineer
14 24 (2.84%) Administrator
14 24 (2.84%) Security Architect
15 21 (2.48%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 18 (2.13%) Technical Architect
17 17 (2.01%) Senior Manager
18 16 (1.89%) Developer
19 14 (1.65%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.61%) REST
2 33 (3.90%) Kafka
3 29 (3.43%) LDAP
4 28 (3.31%) Middleware
4 28 (3.31%) OAuth
5 26 (3.07%) SAML
6 24 (2.84%) OpenID
7 19 (2.25%) JSON
8 17 (2.01%) .NET
9 16 (1.89%) SOAP
10 15 (1.77%) OAuth2
10 15 (1.77%) PySpark
11 10 (1.18%) Great Expectations
11 10 (1.18%) Jakarta EE
11 10 (1.18%) SailPoint
12 8 (0.95%) CSS
12 8 (0.95%) HTML
12 8 (0.95%) RESTful
12 8 (0.95%) XML
13 7 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.92%) Cloud Native
2 59 (6.97%) Management Information System
3 47 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 44 (5.20%) Security Posture
5 38 (4.49%) Data Protection Act
6 34 (4.02%) Onboarding
7 30 (3.55%) Data Structures
8 28 (3.31%) Product Ownership
9 23 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
12 16 (1.89%) Freedom of Information
12 16 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (1.77%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.77%) NHS
14 13 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
15 11 (1.30%) AI Agents
16 10 (1.18%) BYOD
16 10 (1.18%) IoT
16 10 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.78%) Windows
2 17 (2.01%) Linux
3 9 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.24%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (26.00%) Data Protection
2 218 (25.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 211 (24.94%) Data Governance
4 182 (21.51%) Agile
5 176 (20.80%) Cybersecurity
6 174 (20.57%) Migration
7 173 (20.45%) Analytics
8 153 (18.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 144 (17.02%) DevOps
9 144 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
10 139 (16.43%) AI
11 135 (15.96%) Data Modelling
12 134 (15.84%) CI/CD
13 130 (15.37%) Roadmaps
14 122 (14.42%) Business Intelligence
15 119 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 107 (12.65%) Validation
17 106 (12.53%) Information Security
18 97 (11.47%) ETL
19 96 (11.35%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 164 (19.39%) SQL
2 111 (13.12%) Python
3 51 (6.03%) PowerShell
4 39 (4.61%) Java
5 22 (2.60%) C#
6 18 (2.13%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.65%) Bash
8 11 (1.30%) Bicep
9 8 (0.95%) Go
9 8 (0.95%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.71%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.47%) R
13 3 (0.35%) Ruby
13 3 (0.35%) Scala
13 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.24%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.12%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 152 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 119 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 85 (10.05%) CISSP
4 75 (8.87%) Degree
5 68 (8.04%) CISM
6 26 (3.07%) Azure Certification
6 26 (3.07%) PMI Certification
6 26 (3.07%) PMP
7 25 (2.96%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (1.54%) AWS Certification
12 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (1.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 9 (1.06%) CISA
14 9 (1.06%) ISTQB
14 9 (1.06%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 146 (17.26%) Data Quality
3 118 (13.95%) NIST
4 75 (8.87%) PCI DSS
5 53 (6.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 37 (4.37%) NCSC
7 36 (4.26%) GRC
7 36 (4.26%) SOC 2
8 34 (4.02%) QA
9 32 (3.78%) HIPAA
10 31 (3.66%) Accessibility
11 28 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 20 (2.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 20 (2.36%) PMO
13 18 (2.13%) WCAG
14 16 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 16 (1.89%) PERC
15 15 (1.77%) Solvency II
16 11 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (7.21%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.84%) Docker
3 3 (0.35%) Firmware
4 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (5.79%) Terraform
2 46 (5.44%) Kubernetes
3 28 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.54%) Grafana
5 11 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.59%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.47%) Ansible
8 4 (0.47%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.47%) Istio
8 4 (0.47%) Rancher
9 3 (0.35%) QRadar
10 2 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.24%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.24%) Nmap
10 2 (0.24%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.12%) CASB
11 1 (0.12%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.12%) Nessus
Vendors
1 203 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.80%) Databricks
3 53 (6.26%) SAP
4 51 (6.03%) Salesforce
5 50 (5.91%) Oracle
6 48 (5.67%) Google
7 35 (4.14%) Workday
8 34 (4.02%) ServiceNow
9 26 (3.07%) CyberArk
10 19 (2.25%) Adobe
11 15 (1.77%) Informatica
12 14 (1.65%) IFS
13 13 (1.54%) BeyondTrust
13 13 (1.54%) NEC
14 12 (1.42%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 10 (1.18%) Splunk
16 7 (0.83%) MuleSoft
17 6 (0.71%) Palo Alto
17 6 (0.71%) Ping Identity
17 6 (0.71%) Varonis
499 GDPR jobs in England