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

 6 months to
18 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 108 227
Rank change year-on-year -65 +119 +32
Contract jobs citing GDPR 761 703 355
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.53% 1.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.26% 14.66% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 447 209
10th Percentile £306 £350 £312
25th Percentile £450 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.10% -6.76%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £678
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 36 14
10th Percentile £14.70 £15.13 -
25th Percentile £17.17 £16.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +47.83% +24.32%
75th Percentile £78.00 £70.16 £32.41
90th Percentile £80.00 £89.19 £57.43
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £17.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -26.09% +24.32%

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 8,217 4,794 4,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.80% 17.24% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,163 3,132 2,570
10th Percentile £329 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £763
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.17% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 592 226 213
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.09 £17.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +2.78% -15.68%
75th Percentile £67.50 £61.69 £64.73
90th Percentile £76.00 £82.88 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -22.82%

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 18 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in England

GDPR
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

GDPR
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GDPR in England

GDPR
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 18 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 -46 360 £570 -0.87% 896
South East -58 116 £595 +19.00% 229
North of England -50 98 £487 -3.90% 232
Midlands -46 74 £450 +0.67% 122
North West -23 59 £513 +14.59% 140
South West -25 55 £475 +18.75% 92
West Midlands -23 54 £430 -18.10% 69
East of England +1 51 £538 +2.38% 75
Yorkshire -52 29 £471 -13.27% 64
East Midlands -36 20 £537 +25.09% 53
North East -40 9 £463 -26.00% 29
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 40 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.58%) CMS
3 11 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.18%) Apache
6 8 (1.05%) IIS
7 6 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.79%) Confluence
8 3 (0.39%) WordPress
9 2 (0.26%) Drupal
9 2 (0.26%) Mendix
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
10 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 32 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 36 (4.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.31%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (1.05%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.79%) iTrent
6 5 (0.66%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.53%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.53%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.53%) Workfront
8 2 (0.26%) BambooHR
8 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 256 (33.64%) Azure
2 152 (19.97%) AWS
3 97 (12.75%) Power Platform
4 75 (9.86%) GCP
5 59 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (6.70%) Entra ID
8 46 (6.04%) SaaS
9 44 (5.78%) Dynamics 365
9 44 (5.78%) Microsoft Purview
10 38 (4.99%) Serverless
11 31 (4.07%) Snowflake
12 28 (3.68%) GitHub
12 28 (3.68%) Power Automate
13 26 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (2.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 21 (2.76%) Azure Functions
16 20 (2.63%) OCI
17 18 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
17 18 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.94%) Firewall
2 26 (3.42%) Network Security
3 18 (2.37%) Cisco IPT
4 12 (1.58%) VPN
5 8 (1.05%) SSL
6 7 (0.92%) SMS
7 5 (0.66%) DNS
7 5 (0.66%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.66%) X.509
8 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.53%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.39%) FTP
9 3 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.39%) IPsec
9 3 (0.39%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.39%) WAN
9 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.26%) HTTP
10 2 (0.26%) LAN
10 2 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (10.25%) Power BI
2 52 (6.83%) Metadata
3 35 (4.60%) SQL Server
4 34 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (4.07%) Data Lake
6 15 (1.97%) Tableau
7 13 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (1.71%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.58%) BigQuery
8 12 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (1.31%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.18%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.05%) Data Vault
11 8 (1.05%) Looker
11 8 (1.05%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (0.92%) Big Data
13 6 (0.79%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.79%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.02%) Git
2 20 (2.63%) JIRA
3 14 (1.84%) Postman
4 13 (1.71%) GitLab
5 10 (1.31%) Cypress.io
5 10 (1.31%) Selenium
5 10 (1.31%) WebDriver
6 9 (1.18%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.92%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.53%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.39%) ERwin
9 3 (0.39%) Protractor
10 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.26%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.26%) JMeter
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.26%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.13%) Newman
11 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
General
1 285 (37.45%) Social Skills
2 193 (25.36%) Finance
3 135 (17.74%) Public Sector
4 133 (17.48%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (11.17%) Legal
6 40 (5.26%) Local Government
7 39 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (4.60%) Marketing
9 34 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
11 31 (4.07%) Retail
12 30 (3.94%) Banking
13 21 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (2.50%) Military
15 17 (2.23%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.84%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.71%) Law
18 10 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.92%) Advertising
19 7 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 132 (17.35%) Architect
2 121 (15.90%) Lead
3 81 (10.64%) Analyst
4 71 (9.33%) Senior
5 37 (4.86%) Project Manager
5 37 (4.86%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (4.60%) Data Engineer
7 34 (4.47%) Administrator
8 32 (4.20%) Data Analyst
9 30 (3.94%) Consultant
10 27 (3.55%) Data Architect
11 25 (3.29%) Business Analyst
12 23 (3.02%) Security Architect
12 23 (3.02%) Security Manager
13 21 (2.76%) Developer
14 17 (2.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 17 (2.23%) Security Engineer
15 16 (2.10%) Coordinator
15 16 (2.10%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (1.84%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.78%) REST
2 43 (5.65%) Terraform
3 30 (3.94%) OAuth
4 28 (3.68%) SAML
5 27 (3.55%) JSON
5 27 (3.55%) LDAP
6 23 (3.02%) OpenID
7 18 (2.37%) SOAP
8 16 (2.10%) Kafka
9 15 (1.97%) OAuth2
9 15 (1.97%) PySpark
10 14 (1.84%) XML
11 13 (1.71%) XSLT
12 12 (1.58%) JDBC
13 11 (1.45%) .NET
13 11 (1.45%) SailPoint
14 10 (1.31%) Gherkin
14 10 (1.31%) HTML
14 10 (1.31%) Middleware
15 8 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 81 (10.64%) Management Information System
2 47 (6.18%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 38 (4.99%) Data Protection Act
5 31 (4.07%) Security Posture
6 30 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (3.29%) Data Structures
8 24 (3.15%) Product Ownership
9 23 (3.02%) Cyber Threat
10 22 (2.89%) Freedom of Information
11 21 (2.76%) NHS
12 20 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (2.37%) Taxonomies
14 15 (1.97%) Marketing Technology
15 13 (1.71%) AI Agents
15 13 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.58%) Virtual Team
17 11 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.76%) Windows
2 14 (1.84%) Linux
3 7 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) 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
1 217 (28.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 202 (26.54%) Data Protection
3 199 (26.15%) Data Governance
4 156 (20.50%) Agile
5 155 (20.37%) Analytics
6 147 (19.32%) AI
7 146 (19.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 142 (18.66%) Cybersecurity
9 133 (17.48%) Migration
10 117 (15.37%) Data Modelling
10 117 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
11 116 (15.24%) DevOps
12 113 (14.85%) Information Security
13 111 (14.59%) Roadmaps
14 110 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 105 (13.80%) CI/CD
16 103 (13.53%) Decision-Making
17 97 (12.75%) Risk Management
18 83 (10.91%) Validation
19 81 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 121 (15.90%) SQL
2 89 (11.70%) Python
3 40 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 36 (4.73%) Java
5 34 (4.47%) JavaScript
6 28 (3.68%) C#
7 12 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (1.45%) Bash
9 10 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (1.18%) Bicep
11 7 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.92%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.79%) BeanShell
12 6 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.39%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.39%) Go
13 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.39%) R
13 3 (0.39%) Ruby
14 2 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (19.32%) Security Cleared
2 111 (14.59%) SC Cleared
3 72 (9.46%) CISSP
4 69 (9.07%) Degree
5 56 (7.36%) CISM
6 30 (3.94%) Azure Certification
7 29 (3.81%) DV Cleared
8 26 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (2.50%) PMP
11 18 (2.37%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (1.45%) ISTQB
14 10 (1.31%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.31%) CISA
15 8 (1.05%) CCSP
16 7 (0.92%) CEH
16 7 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (19.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 123 (16.16%) Data Quality
3 89 (11.70%) NIST
4 57 (7.49%) PCI DSS
5 51 (6.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 37 (4.86%) Accessibility
6 37 (4.86%) NCSC
7 35 (4.60%) GRC
7 35 (4.60%) QA
8 28 (3.68%) HIPAA
8 28 (3.68%) WCAG
9 24 (3.15%) SOC 2
10 22 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (1.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 15 (1.97%) PERC
12 12 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (1.45%) PMO
14 9 (1.18%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (7.10%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.71%) Docker
3 3 (0.39%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.26%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.26%) Firmware
4 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (1.18%) CASB
3 9 (1.18%) Grafana
4 8 (1.05%) Ansible
5 7 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.66%) PingFederate
6 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.53%) CA Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.39%) QRadar
9 2 (0.26%) Argo
9 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.26%) systemd
10 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.13%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) Rancher
Vendors
1 218 (28.65%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.23%) SAP
3 53 (6.96%) Oracle
4 44 (5.78%) Databricks
5 41 (5.39%) Salesforce
6 38 (4.99%) Google
7 31 (4.07%) Workday
8 29 (3.81%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.50%) Adobe
10 16 (2.10%) Splunk
11 15 (1.97%) CyberArk
12 11 (1.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 10 (1.31%) IFS
13 10 (1.31%) Informatica
14 8 (1.05%) Cisco
14 8 (1.05%) NEC
15 7 (0.92%) BeyondTrust
15 7 (0.92%) Ping Identity
16 6 (0.79%) Civica
16 6 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
1,628 GDPR jobs in England