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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 168 180
Rank change year-on-year +62 +12 +76
Contract jobs citing GDPR 919 416 496
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.35% 1.71% 1.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.64% 10.96% 9.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 246 257
10th Percentile £363 £315 £319
25th Percentile £450 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £530 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +3.92% -7.27%
75th Percentile £633 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 17 46
10th Percentile £13.35 £14.56 £11.42
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.25 £11.95
Median hourly rate £24.19 £27.64 £20.62
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% +34.08% -31.28%
75th Percentile £36.00 £31.76 £27.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £48.68 £32.11
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £27.50 £20.62
% change year-on-year -12.02% +33.37% -31.28%

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 6,740 3,797 5,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.23% 15.60% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,386 2,453 3,400
10th Percentile £340 £271 £304
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £610 £630 £638
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 155 337
10th Percentile £14.02 £17.45 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.00
Median hourly rate £29.04 £32.81 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% +59.23% -51.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.58 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £31.00 £32.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -3.13% +56.10% -46.05%

GDPR
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

GDPR
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

GDPR
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 11 April 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 April 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 April 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 +42 432 £550 -4.35% 175
South East +40 187 £525 - 119
North of England +18 138 £550 +4.76% 99
Midlands -12 83 £475 +3.04% 58
Yorkshire +1 66 £550 +2.80% 29
North West +6 62 £513 -0.39% 60
West Midlands -34 50 £492 +3.58% 35
South West -12 41 £500 +25.00% 29
East Midlands -14 33 £447 +29.38% 23
East of England -29 24 £625 +19.05% 41
North East -8 11 £508 +9.84% 13
GDPR
UK

GDPR
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 45 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 39 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (3.92%) Confluence
4 34 (3.70%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.83%) Apache
6 15 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.87%) TPMS
8 7 (0.76%) SAS
9 6 (0.65%) Appian
9 6 (0.65%) Camunda
10 5 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.11%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Moodle
12 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.65%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.54%) BambooHR
5 5 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.22%) Actimize
7 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.22%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) Orchard Housing
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ECC
8 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 349 (37.98%) Azure
2 271 (29.49%) AWS
3 153 (16.65%) GCP
4 123 (13.38%) Power Platform
5 84 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
6 74 (8.05%) Entra ID
7 59 (6.42%) Microsoft Purview
8 48 (5.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 41 (4.46%) SaaS
10 39 (4.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 36 (3.92%) Collibra
12 35 (3.81%) Azure Data Factory
13 33 (3.59%) Amazon S3
14 28 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
14 28 (3.05%) OneDrive
15 25 (2.72%) GitHub
16 24 (2.61%) Snowflake
17 22 (2.39%) Serverless
18 19 (2.07%) Amazon SQS
19 18 (1.96%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 64 (6.96%) Firewall
2 41 (4.46%) Network Security
3 29 (3.16%) DNS
4 25 (2.72%) DHCP
4 25 (2.72%) VPN
5 18 (1.96%) Wireless
6 15 (1.63%) Cisco IPT
6 15 (1.63%) Kerberos
6 15 (1.63%) SSL
7 12 (1.31%) WAN
8 11 (1.20%) LAN
9 10 (1.09%) SD-WAN
9 10 (1.09%) SMS
10 8 (0.87%) IPv4
10 8 (0.87%) IPv6
10 8 (0.87%) SNMP
10 8 (0.87%) SSH
10 8 (0.87%) WLAN
11 6 (0.65%) MPLS
11 6 (0.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (12.40%) Power BI
2 62 (6.75%) Data Lake
3 51 (5.55%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (5.01%) Metadata
5 27 (2.94%) BigQuery
6 24 (2.61%) Tableau
7 23 (2.50%) Amazon Athena
8 21 (2.29%) SQL Server
9 20 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (2.18%) NoSQL
10 19 (2.07%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.96%) Mixpanel
11 18 (1.96%) OLAP
11 18 (1.96%) OLTP
12 17 (1.85%) Big Data
13 12 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (0.98%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.87%) Looker
15 8 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 50 (5.44%) JIRA
2 27 (2.94%) Git
3 18 (1.96%) Burp Suite
3 18 (1.96%) GitLab
4 17 (1.85%) Metasploit
5 10 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.54%) ERwin
6 5 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.44%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (0.44%) Postman
7 4 (0.44%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.44%) 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%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.11%) TestRail
10 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 364 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 280 (30.47%) Finance
3 157 (17.08%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (15.23%) Legal
5 109 (11.86%) Public Sector
6 78 (8.49%) Documentation Skills
7 58 (6.31%) Marketing
8 53 (5.77%) Banking
9 27 (2.94%) Retail
10 22 (2.39%) Law
11 21 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.96%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.85%) Local Government
14 16 (1.74%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.20%) Electronics
18 10 (1.09%) Military
19 9 (0.98%) Billing
Job Titles
1 169 (18.39%) Architect
2 103 (11.21%) Analyst
2 103 (11.21%) Lead
3 54 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 53 (5.77%) Consultant
4 53 (5.77%) Senior
5 52 (5.66%) Business Analyst
6 51 (5.55%) Data Engineer
7 50 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (3.92%) Security Engineer
9 29 (3.16%) Data Architect
10 28 (3.05%) Security Architect
11 27 (2.94%) Data Analyst
12 25 (2.72%) Administrator
12 25 (2.72%) Microsoft 365 Architect
13 22 (2.39%) Security Manager
14 21 (2.29%) Developer
15 19 (2.07%) Principal Engineer
16 18 (1.96%) Migration Manager
17 17 (1.85%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.55%) LDAP
2 44 (4.79%) Kafka
3 36 (3.92%) REST
4 35 (3.81%) OAuth
5 33 (3.59%) Middleware
6 32 (3.48%) SAML
7 20 (2.18%) PySpark
8 19 (2.07%) Great Expectations
9 17 (1.85%) HTML
9 17 (1.85%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.85%) OpenID
10 16 (1.74%) .NET
11 15 (1.63%) CSS
12 14 (1.52%) OAuth2
12 14 (1.52%) SOAP
13 13 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
14 11 (1.20%) JSON
15 10 (1.09%) Spark Streaming
16 7 (0.76%) RESTful
16 7 (0.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 68 (7.40%) Cloud Native
2 57 (6.20%) Management Information System
3 52 (5.66%) Security Posture
4 45 (4.90%) Onboarding
5 36 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (3.81%) Data Protection Act
7 34 (3.70%) Product Ownership
8 27 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 24 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (2.50%) Data Centre
11 21 (2.29%) Data Structures
11 21 (2.29%) Marketing Technology
12 20 (2.18%) Replication
13 15 (1.63%) Freedom of Information
14 13 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.31%) AI Agents
15 12 (1.31%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (1.31%) NHS
16 11 (1.20%) BYOD
16 11 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 86 (9.36%) Windows
2 34 (3.70%) Linux
3 27 (2.94%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (25.68%) Stakeholder Management
2 235 (25.57%) Data Protection
3 197 (21.44%) Agile
4 196 (21.33%) Data Governance
5 184 (20.02%) Cybersecurity
6 169 (18.39%) CI/CD
7 167 (18.17%) Analytics
7 167 (18.17%) DevOps
8 164 (17.85%) Migration
9 151 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
10 137 (14.91%) Business Intelligence
11 133 (14.47%) Data Modelling
12 130 (14.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 127 (13.82%) AI
14 121 (13.17%) Roadmaps
15 114 (12.40%) Risk Management
16 112 (12.19%) Data Privacy
17 108 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
18 107 (11.64%) Validation
19 104 (11.32%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 177 (19.26%) SQL
2 161 (17.52%) Python
3 107 (11.64%) PowerShell
4 37 (4.03%) Java
5 34 (3.70%) C#
6 24 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.07%) Bash
8 14 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (0.87%) Bicep
9 8 (0.87%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.87%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.76%) R
11 5 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.54%) Go
11 5 (0.54%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.22%) Perl
13 2 (0.22%) PHP
13 2 (0.22%) Rust
13 2 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 158 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 129 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 109 (11.86%) CISSP
4 102 (11.10%) Degree
5 78 (8.49%) CISM
6 42 (4.57%) PMI Certification
7 39 (4.24%) PMP
8 31 (3.37%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (2.83%) AWS Certification
10 26 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 16 (1.74%) CHECK Team Member
12 16 (1.74%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.52%) CREST Certified
13 14 (1.52%) Cyber Scheme
13 14 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.41%) CCSP
15 11 (1.20%) DV Cleared
15 11 (1.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (26.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 176 (19.15%) NIST
3 121 (13.17%) Data Quality
4 113 (12.30%) PCI DSS
5 72 (7.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 47 (5.11%) QA
7 41 (4.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 36 (3.92%) GRC
9 34 (3.70%) SOC 2
10 29 (3.16%) HIPAA
11 26 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
11 26 (2.83%) PERC
12 24 (2.61%) NCSC
12 24 (2.61%) PMO
13 17 (1.85%) MiFID
14 16 (1.74%) Accessibility
15 13 (1.41%) FINRA
16 11 (1.20%) SLA
16 11 (1.20%) Solvency II
17 9 (0.98%) COBIT
System Software
1 88 (9.58%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.70%) Docker
3 12 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.44%) 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 75 (8.16%) Terraform
2 58 (6.31%) Kubernetes
3 41 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (2.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.74%) Nmap
6 15 (1.63%) Ansible
7 10 (1.09%) Grafana
8 8 (0.87%) SCCM
9 7 (0.76%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.54%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.44%) QRadar
12 3 (0.33%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.33%) Istio
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.33%) Rancher
12 3 (0.33%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 219 (23.83%) Microsoft
2 79 (8.60%) Google
3 63 (6.86%) Databricks
4 52 (5.66%) CyberArk
5 48 (5.22%) ServiceNow
6 45 (4.90%) Salesforce
7 42 (4.57%) Oracle
8 34 (3.70%) SAP
9 31 (3.37%) BeyondTrust
10 27 (2.94%) Workday
11 23 (2.50%) Adobe
12 21 (2.29%) Splunk
13 20 (2.18%) Informatica
13 20 (2.18%) Okta
14 15 (1.63%) Tealium
15 14 (1.52%) Fortinet
15 14 (1.52%) OneTrust
16 13 (1.41%) VMware
17 12 (1.31%) Cisco
18 11 (1.20%) Palo Alto