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

 6 months to
11 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 114 230
Rank change year-on-year -51 +116 +29
Contract jobs citing GDPR 786 679 352
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 2.44% 1.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.55% 14.19% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 419 206
10th Percentile £320 £354 £356
25th Percentile £450 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £728 £740 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £524
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.29% -4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 38 15
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.13 -
25th Percentile £17.08 £16.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £33.56 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.01% +59.79% +13.51%
75th Percentile £72.91 £65.43 £30.89
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.01 £54.07
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £21.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year +17.24% +3.57% +13.51%

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 8,227 4,784 4,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.73% 17.20% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,184 3,121 2,609
10th Percentile £331 £300 £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 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £720 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 226 219
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.96 £15.13
Median hourly rate £33.60 £31.82 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% +9.72% -17.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.11 £63.59
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.98 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £30.00 £26.68
% change year-on-year +10.00% +12.44% -22.67%

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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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -42 372 £563 -2.17% 427
South East -41 129 £588 +17.50% 158
North of England -54 99 £492 -2.96% 121
Midlands -45 71 £450 +1.52% 87
North West -13 61 £525 +17.38% 66
South West -34 56 £475 +18.75% 78
East of England -1 52 £575 +9.52% 45
West Midlands -29 51 £430 -16.20% 51
Yorkshire -58 27 £471 -13.27% 35
East Midlands -30 20 £537 +28.68% 37
North East -39 10 £463 -26.00% 20
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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 40 (5.09%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (1.53%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.53%) CMS
3 10 (1.27%) Apache
3 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.02%) Confluence
5 7 (0.89%) IIS
6 5 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.38%) WordPress
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
Applications
1 33 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 33 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (1.02%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.76%) iTrent
6 4 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.51%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.51%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.51%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.38%) Workfront
8 2 (0.25%) BambooHR
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.25%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 266 (33.84%) Azure
2 165 (20.99%) AWS
3 100 (12.72%) Power Platform
4 85 (10.81%) GCP
5 55 (7.00%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (6.74%) Entra ID
7 48 (6.11%) SaaS
8 45 (5.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 41 (5.22%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (4.58%) Serverless
11 32 (4.07%) Snowflake
12 28 (3.56%) GitHub
13 27 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 26 (3.31%) Power Automate
15 22 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 20 (2.54%) OCI
17 18 (2.29%) Azure Functions
17 18 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
18 17 (2.16%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.20%) Firewall
1 33 (4.20%) Network Security
2 18 (2.29%) Cisco IPT
3 12 (1.53%) VPN
4 8 (1.02%) SSL
5 7 (0.89%) SMS
6 6 (0.76%) DNS
7 5 (0.64%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.64%) X.509
8 4 (0.51%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.51%) WAN
8 4 (0.51%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.38%) FTP
9 3 (0.38%) HTTP
9 3 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.38%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.38%) LAN
9 3 (0.38%) SAN
9 3 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (10.56%) Power BI
2 53 (6.74%) Metadata
3 41 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 31 (3.94%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.04%) Tableau
7 14 (1.78%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.53%) BigQuery
9 12 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (1.40%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.15%) Delta Lake
13 8 (1.02%) Big Data
13 8 (1.02%) Looker
13 8 (1.02%) Semantic Layer
14 7 (0.89%) Data Vault
15 6 (0.76%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.76%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (2.93%) JIRA
2 21 (2.67%) Git
3 12 (1.53%) Postman
4 11 (1.40%) GitLab
5 9 (1.15%) Cypress.io
5 9 (1.15%) Selenium
5 9 (1.15%) WebDriver
6 7 (0.89%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.76%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.51%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.51%) ERwin
8 4 (0.51%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.38%) Protractor
10 2 (0.25%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.25%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.25%) JMeter
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.25%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.13%) Newman
11 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
General
1 292 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 206 (26.21%) Finance
3 143 (18.19%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (16.92%) Public Sector
5 86 (10.94%) Legal
6 39 (4.96%) Local Government
7 38 (4.83%) Marketing
8 37 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 34 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
11 32 (4.07%) Retail
12 31 (3.94%) Banking
13 21 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (2.42%) Military
15 14 (1.78%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.65%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.65%) Law
17 11 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (17.30%) Architect
2 121 (15.39%) Lead
3 84 (10.69%) Analyst
4 71 (9.03%) Senior
5 41 (5.22%) Project Manager
6 38 (4.83%) Data Engineer
7 36 (4.58%) Solutions Architect
8 33 (4.20%) Administrator
9 32 (4.07%) Consultant
9 32 (4.07%) Data Analyst
10 30 (3.82%) Business Analyst
11 29 (3.69%) Data Architect
12 28 (3.56%) Security Architect
13 22 (2.80%) Security Manager
14 20 (2.54%) Developer
15 17 (2.16%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 16 (2.04%) Coordinator
16 16 (2.04%) Security Engineer
17 15 (1.91%) Senior Analyst
17 15 (1.91%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.60%) REST
2 43 (5.47%) Terraform
3 31 (3.94%) OAuth
4 28 (3.56%) LDAP
4 28 (3.56%) SAML
5 26 (3.31%) JSON
6 24 (3.05%) OpenID
7 18 (2.29%) Kafka
7 18 (2.29%) SOAP
8 16 (2.04%) OAuth2
9 14 (1.78%) PySpark
10 13 (1.65%) XML
11 12 (1.53%) JDBC
12 11 (1.40%) .NET
12 11 (1.40%) HTML
12 11 (1.40%) Middleware
12 11 (1.40%) SailPoint
12 11 (1.40%) XSLT
13 9 (1.15%) Gherkin
13 9 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.41%) Management Information System
2 54 (6.87%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.09%) Data Protection Act
4 39 (4.96%) Onboarding
5 37 (4.71%) Security Posture
6 31 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
7 27 (3.44%) Data Structures
8 24 (3.05%) Product Ownership
9 23 (2.93%) Freedom of Information
9 23 (2.93%) NHS
10 22 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
11 20 (2.54%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (2.04%) Marketing Technology
12 16 (2.04%) Taxonomies
13 15 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.78%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.67%) Windows
2 14 (1.78%) Linux
3 6 (0.76%) 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
1 219 (27.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 211 (26.84%) Data Protection
3 202 (25.70%) Data Governance
4 161 (20.48%) Agile
4 161 (20.48%) Analytics
5 151 (19.21%) Cybersecurity
6 150 (19.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 147 (18.70%) AI
8 138 (17.56%) Migration
9 122 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
10 121 (15.39%) Data Modelling
11 117 (14.89%) DevOps
12 116 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 110 (13.99%) CI/CD
14 109 (13.87%) Information Security
14 109 (13.87%) Roadmaps
15 104 (13.23%) Decision-Making
16 100 (12.72%) Risk Management
17 89 (11.32%) Validation
18 88 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 132 (16.79%) SQL
2 90 (11.45%) Python
3 41 (5.22%) PowerShell
4 36 (4.58%) Java
5 32 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 26 (3.31%) C#
7 12 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (1.40%) Bash
9 10 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (1.15%) Bicep
11 7 (0.89%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.89%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.76%) BeanShell
12 6 (0.76%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.38%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.38%) Go
13 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.38%) R
13 3 (0.38%) Ruby
14 2 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 149 (18.96%) Security Cleared
2 110 (13.99%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.67%) CISSP
4 65 (8.27%) Degree
5 59 (7.51%) CISM
6 29 (3.69%) DV Cleared
7 28 (3.56%) Azure Certification
8 26 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (2.42%) PMI Certification
10 19 (2.42%) PMP
11 15 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (1.27%) AWS Certification
13 10 (1.27%) ISTQB
14 9 (1.15%) CISA
15 7 (0.89%) CCSP
15 7 (0.89%) CEH
16 6 (0.76%) GCIH
16 6 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (19.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 128 (16.28%) Data Quality
3 92 (11.70%) NIST
4 58 (7.38%) PCI DSS
5 54 (6.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 35 (4.45%) Accessibility
6 35 (4.45%) GRC
6 35 (4.45%) NCSC
6 35 (4.45%) QA
7 28 (3.56%) HIPAA
8 25 (3.18%) SOC 2
8 25 (3.18%) WCAG
9 22 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (2.16%) PERC
11 15 (1.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (1.53%) PMO
12 12 (1.53%) Solvency II
13 8 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.76%) HL7
System Software
1 57 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.78%) Docker
3 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.25%) Firmware
4 2 (0.25%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (1.02%) Ansible
4 8 (1.02%) CASB
4 8 (1.02%) Grafana
5 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.64%) PingFederate
5 5 (0.64%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.51%) CA Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.38%) QRadar
8 2 (0.25%) Argo
8 2 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.25%) systemd
9 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Guardium
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.13%) Rancher
Vendors
1 214 (27.23%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.87%) Oracle
2 54 (6.87%) SAP
3 45 (5.73%) Databricks
4 44 (5.60%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.83%) Google
6 30 (3.82%) Workday
7 29 (3.69%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.29%) Adobe
8 18 (2.29%) CyberArk
9 15 (1.91%) Splunk
10 12 (1.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 11 (1.40%) IFS
12 10 (1.27%) Informatica
13 8 (1.02%) BeyondTrust
13 8 (1.02%) NEC
14 7 (0.89%) Cisco
15 6 (0.76%) Civica
15 6 (0.76%) Foundry
15 6 (0.76%) Ping Identity
854 GDPR jobs in England