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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 136 190
Rank change year-on-year +17 +54 +51
Contract jobs citing GDPR 859 488 450
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.11% 2.02% 1.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.63% 12.58% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 299 263
10th Percentile £363 £356 £321
25th Percentile £450 £440 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £529 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% +5.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £753 £725
UK median daily rate £538 £537 £500
% change year-on-year +0.09% +7.40% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 15 46
10th Percentile £14.78 £14.20 £11.42
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.03 £11.95
Median hourly rate £25.50 £29.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.07% +20.83% +26.32%
75th Percentile £54.63 £32.96 £28.52
90th Percentile £63.93 £55.78 £34.21
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £27.64 £23.00
% change year-on-year -7.74% +20.17% +21.05%

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 6,802 3,880 5,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.70% 16.03% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,430 2,507 3,329
10th Percentile £343 £266 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £603 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 428 154 349
10th Percentile £14.02 £18.15 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.75 £13.18
Median hourly rate £33.98 £38.03 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +69.02% -43.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £79.60 £78.61 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £21.12
% change year-on-year +2.86% +65.76% -39.67%

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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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +11 414 £550 -4.35% 193
South East +15 165 £560 +6.67% 132
North of England +4 124 £550 +4.76% 88
Midlands -31 73 £492 +11.00% 70
North West -2 61 £528 +0.48% 53
Yorkshire -20 52 £554 +4.53% 25
South West -18 41 £500 +25.00% 33
West Midlands -49 41 £492 +3.58% 39
East Midlands -5 32 £484 +16.62% 31
East of England -23 30 £625 +19.05% 37
North East -9 12 £588 +27.03% 10
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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 46 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.07%) Confluence
3 34 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (3.49%) Apache Spark
5 24 (2.79%) Apache
6 16 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.81%) SAS
7 7 (0.81%) TPMS
8 5 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.58%) CMS
9 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.23%) Appian
10 2 (0.23%) Camunda
10 2 (0.23%) IIS
10 2 (0.23%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Moodle
11 1 (0.12%) R Markdown
Applications
1 32 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.05%) NEC Housing
2 9 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.58%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.58%) SAP HCM
5 4 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.35%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.23%) Actimize
7 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
8 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 318 (37.02%) Azure
2 237 (27.59%) AWS
3 133 (15.48%) GCP
4 124 (14.44%) Power Platform
5 79 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (7.68%) Entra ID
7 51 (5.94%) Microsoft Purview
8 38 (4.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 36 (4.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (4.19%) SaaS
10 35 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
11 33 (3.84%) Collibra
12 28 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (3.14%) OneDrive
14 24 (2.79%) Amazon S3
14 24 (2.79%) GitHub
15 23 (2.68%) Snowflake
16 19 (2.21%) dbt
16 19 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (2.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.17%) Firewall
2 33 (3.84%) Network Security
3 23 (2.68%) DNS
4 19 (2.21%) DHCP
4 19 (2.21%) VPN
5 15 (1.75%) Kerberos
6 14 (1.63%) SSL
6 14 (1.63%) Wireless
7 11 (1.28%) SMS
8 7 (0.81%) SNMP
8 7 (0.81%) SSH
9 6 (0.70%) Cisco IPT
9 6 (0.70%) HTTP
9 6 (0.70%) WAN
10 5 (0.58%) LAN
10 5 (0.58%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.47%) NGFW
12 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 3 (0.35%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (13.04%) Power BI
2 54 (6.29%) Data Lake
3 49 (5.70%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (5.47%) Metadata
5 25 (2.91%) BigQuery
6 23 (2.68%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.33%) NoSQL
7 20 (2.33%) Tableau
8 18 (2.10%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
10 16 (1.86%) Mixpanel
10 16 (1.86%) OLAP
10 16 (1.86%) OLTP
11 13 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.40%) Big Data
13 9 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.93%) Looker
14 8 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (5.59%) JIRA
2 28 (3.26%) Git
3 18 (2.10%) Burp Suite
4 17 (1.98%) Metasploit
5 14 (1.63%) GitLab
6 9 (1.05%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.70%) ERwin
7 6 (0.70%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.47%) Jaeger
8 4 (0.47%) Postman
8 4 (0.47%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.47%) Selenium
9 3 (0.35%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.12%) Deequ
11 1 (0.12%) TestRail
11 1 (0.12%) Vite
General
1 310 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 269 (31.32%) Finance
3 149 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (13.74%) Legal
5 101 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 73 (8.50%) Documentation Skills
7 52 (6.05%) Banking
7 52 (6.05%) Marketing
8 34 (3.96%) Retail
9 21 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.21%) Local Government
11 18 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (1.98%) Law
13 16 (1.86%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.05%) Military
17 7 (0.81%) Billing
17 7 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 143 (16.65%) Architect
2 100 (11.64%) Lead
3 94 (10.94%) Analyst
4 57 (6.64%) Project Manager
4 57 (6.64%) Senior
5 49 (5.70%) Data Engineer
6 47 (5.47%) Business Analyst
7 44 (5.12%) Consultant
8 36 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
9 34 (3.96%) Security Engineer
10 30 (3.49%) Data Analyst
11 25 (2.91%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 24 (2.79%) Security Manager
13 22 (2.56%) Developer
14 21 (2.44%) Administrator
15 20 (2.33%) Data Architect
15 20 (2.33%) Principal Engineer
15 20 (2.33%) Security Architect
16 18 (2.10%) Migration Manager
17 17 (1.98%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.47%) LDAP
2 44 (5.12%) REST
3 42 (4.89%) Kafka
4 37 (4.31%) OAuth
5 34 (3.96%) SAML
6 30 (3.49%) Middleware
7 20 (2.33%) PySpark
8 18 (2.10%) .NET
8 18 (2.10%) Great Expectations
9 17 (1.98%) JSON
9 17 (1.98%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.98%) OpenID
10 16 (1.86%) CSS
10 16 (1.86%) HTML
10 16 (1.86%) SOAP
11 11 (1.28%) OAuth2
11 11 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
12 9 (1.05%) J2EE
13 7 (0.81%) React
13 7 (0.81%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.68%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.17%) Management Information System
3 47 (5.47%) Security Posture
4 40 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (4.42%) Onboarding
6 30 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
6 30 (3.49%) Product Ownership
7 23 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 20 (2.33%) Replication
9 19 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.10%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.75%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.75%) Freedom of Information
11 15 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
12 13 (1.51%) NHS
13 12 (1.40%) Distributed Computing
14 11 (1.28%) AI Agents
15 10 (1.16%) BYOD
15 10 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (9.55%) Windows
2 29 (3.38%) Linux
3 25 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.23%) Unix
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (25.03%) Data Protection
2 207 (24.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 201 (23.40%) Agile
4 179 (20.84%) Data Governance
5 164 (19.09%) Migration
6 163 (18.98%) Cybersecurity
6 163 (18.98%) DevOps
7 159 (18.51%) Analytics
8 156 (18.16%) CI/CD
9 141 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
10 130 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
11 128 (14.90%) Data Modelling
12 117 (13.62%) Roadmaps
13 114 (13.27%) AI
14 110 (12.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 104 (12.11%) Validation
16 99 (11.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 99 (11.53%) Information Security
17 98 (11.41%) Risk Management
18 95 (11.06%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 177 (20.61%) SQL
2 150 (17.46%) Python
3 98 (11.41%) PowerShell
4 46 (5.36%) Java
5 33 (3.84%) C#
6 22 (2.56%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.44%) Bash
8 12 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.05%) Bicep
9 9 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.70%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.70%) Go
10 6 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.58%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.58%) R
12 3 (0.35%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.23%) PHP
13 2 (0.23%) Ruby
13 2 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 149 (17.35%) Security Cleared
2 126 (14.67%) SC Cleared
3 97 (11.29%) Degree
4 90 (10.48%) CISSP
5 72 (8.38%) CISM
6 40 (4.66%) PMI Certification
7 38 (4.42%) PMP
8 23 (2.68%) Azure Certification
8 23 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 16 (1.86%) CHECK Team Member
12 15 (1.75%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.63%) CREST Certified
13 14 (1.63%) Cyber Scheme
14 13 (1.51%) IIBA
15 12 (1.40%) DV Cleared
15 12 (1.40%) Postgraduate
16 11 (1.28%) AWS Certification
16 11 (1.28%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (24.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 147 (17.11%) NIST
3 116 (13.50%) Data Quality
4 104 (12.11%) PCI DSS
5 75 (8.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 40 (4.66%) QA
7 37 (4.31%) GRC
8 32 (3.73%) SOC 2
9 29 (3.38%) HIPAA
10 28 (3.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 25 (2.91%) NCSC
12 24 (2.79%) PMO
13 23 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
14 18 (2.10%) MiFID
15 17 (1.98%) PERC
16 15 (1.75%) Accessibility
17 13 (1.51%) FINRA
18 11 (1.28%) Solvency II
19 9 (1.05%) COBIT
19 9 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 78 (9.08%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.19%) Docker
3 7 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 61 (7.10%) Kubernetes
2 59 (6.87%) Terraform
3 41 (4.77%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.86%) Nmap
6 14 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (1.51%) Grafana
8 9 (1.05%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.81%) Ansible
10 6 (0.70%) SCCM
11 5 (0.58%) PingFederate
12 4 (0.47%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.47%) Istio
12 4 (0.47%) QRadar
12 4 (0.47%) Rancher
13 3 (0.35%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.23%) systemd
Vendors
1 207 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.45%) Google
3 57 (6.64%) Databricks
4 43 (5.01%) CyberArk
5 42 (4.89%) Oracle
5 42 (4.89%) Salesforce
5 42 (4.89%) SAP
5 42 (4.89%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.49%) Workday
7 23 (2.68%) BeyondTrust
8 20 (2.33%) Okta
9 19 (2.21%) Adobe
10 18 (2.10%) Splunk
11 16 (1.86%) Informatica
12 13 (1.51%) IFS
13 10 (1.16%) Tealium
14 9 (1.05%) NEC
15 8 (0.93%) Qualys
15 8 (0.93%) Varonis
15 8 (0.93%) VMware