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

 6 months to
23 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 186 196
Rank change year-on-year +85 +10 +71
Contract jobs citing GDPR 850 373 449
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.62% 1.39% 1.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.23% 9.70% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 194 243
10th Percentile £326 £303 £343
25th Percentile £425 £381 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% -0.81% -1.87%
75th Percentile £629 £620 £675
90th Percentile £738 £703 £745
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 20
10th Percentile £16.50 - £11.00
25th Percentile £24.19 £15.50 £11.77
Median hourly rate £34.00 £16.13 £12.23
Median % change year-on-year +110.85% +31.90% -54.72%
75th Percentile £58.50 £20.19 £17.72
90th Percentile £74.88 £21.90 £25.17
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £16.25 £11.95
% change year-on-year +109.23% +35.98% -47.32%

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 5,580 3,844 5,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.19% 14.34% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,614 2,231 3,495
10th Percentile £322 £263 £316
25th Percentile £412 £377 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 151 271
10th Percentile £15.60 £14.70 £12.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £20.40 £15.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.24 £75.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.94 £29.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -10.55% +0.87% +15.00%

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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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +83 423 £550 +0.46% 147
South East +52 165 £500 -5.21% 239
North of England +1 106 £550 +15.79% 131
Midlands -5 71 £475 - 132
Yorkshire 0 64 £558 +6.29% 58
South West +22 48 £475 +111.11% 84
West Midlands -25 39 £500 +5.26% 61
North West -18 35 £457 +1.50% 57
East Midlands -4 32 £442 -11.55% 69
East of England -24 17 £513 +2.50% 107
North East -16 7 £466 +9.65% 16
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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 42 (4.94%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (3.76%) Confluence
4 18 (2.12%) Apache
4 18 (2.12%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.29%) TPMS
7 7 (0.82%) SAS
8 6 (0.71%) Appian
8 6 (0.71%) Camunda
9 5 (0.59%) CMS
10 4 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 49 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) Revit
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.24%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.12%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.12%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.12%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 330 (38.82%) Azure
2 240 (28.24%) AWS
3 134 (15.76%) GCP
4 90 (10.59%) Entra ID
4 90 (10.59%) Power Platform
5 87 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (5.76%) Microsoft Purview
7 40 (4.71%) SaaS
8 39 (4.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 33 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 31 (3.65%) Amazon S3
11 28 (3.29%) Serverless
12 27 (3.18%) OneDrive
13 26 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
14 25 (2.94%) Collibra
15 24 (2.82%) OCI
16 23 (2.71%) GitHub
17 22 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
18 17 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.29%) Firewall
2 42 (4.94%) Network Security
3 34 (4.00%) DNS
4 25 (2.94%) VPN
5 24 (2.82%) DHCP
6 18 (2.12%) Kerberos
6 18 (2.12%) SSL
7 16 (1.88%) Wireless
8 14 (1.65%) TCP/IP
9 13 (1.53%) Cisco IPT
10 11 (1.29%) SNMP
10 11 (1.29%) SSH
11 10 (1.18%) SMS
12 9 (1.06%) LAN
12 9 (1.06%) WAN
13 8 (0.94%) PABX
13 8 (0.94%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.94%) WLAN
14 6 (0.71%) BGP
14 6 (0.71%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (9.18%) Power BI
2 52 (6.12%) Data Lake
3 38 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (4.12%) Metadata
5 18 (2.12%) Relational Database
5 18 (2.12%) Tableau
6 17 (2.00%) BigQuery
7 15 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
7 15 (1.76%) SQL Server
8 14 (1.65%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.29%) Big Data
9 11 (1.29%) Mixpanel
9 11 (1.29%) OLAP
9 11 (1.29%) OLTP
9 11 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
10 10 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 8 (0.94%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (5.41%) JIRA
2 25 (2.94%) Git
3 21 (2.47%) GitLab
4 15 (1.76%) Metasploit
5 14 (1.65%) Burp Suite
6 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.59%) Postman
7 5 (0.59%) Selenium
7 5 (0.59%) Subversion
8 4 (0.47%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.24%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.24%) ERwin
9 2 (0.24%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.24%) JMeter
9 2 (0.24%) Locust
9 2 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.24%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.24%) Snyk
General
1 392 (46.12%) Social Skills
2 237 (27.88%) Finance
3 131 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (12.35%) Legal
5 94 (11.06%) Public Sector
6 76 (8.94%) Documentation Skills
7 69 (8.12%) Marketing
8 55 (6.47%) Banking
9 24 (2.82%) Law
10 20 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.12%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.76%) Electronics
13 14 (1.65%) Financial Institution
13 14 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.65%) Retail
14 10 (1.18%) Military
15 9 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.94%) Local Government
16 8 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 143 (16.82%) Architect
2 109 (12.82%) Analyst
3 98 (11.53%) Lead
4 63 (7.41%) Consultant
5 50 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 49 (5.76%) Senior
7 42 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
8 41 (4.82%) Data Engineer
9 35 (4.12%) Project Manager
10 34 (4.00%) Security Engineer
11 33 (3.88%) Security Architect
12 28 (3.29%) Developer
13 25 (2.94%) Data Analyst
14 23 (2.71%) Administrator
15 20 (2.35%) Data Architect
16 19 (2.24%) Microsoft 365 Architect
17 18 (2.12%) Security Analyst
18 15 (1.76%) QA Engineer
19 14 (1.65%) Penetration Tester
20 13 (1.53%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.35%) OAuth
2 53 (6.24%) LDAP
3 50 (5.88%) REST
4 46 (5.41%) SAML
5 27 (3.18%) Kafka
6 26 (3.06%) OpenID
7 23 (2.71%) OAuth2
8 19 (2.24%) HTML
8 19 (2.24%) SOAP
9 18 (2.12%) Middleware
10 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
10 17 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (1.88%) PySpark
12 13 (1.53%) CSS
13 11 (1.29%) .NET
13 11 (1.29%) Great Expectations
13 11 (1.29%) RESTful
14 10 (1.18%) Spark Streaming
15 8 (0.94%) SailPoint
15 8 (0.94%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 54 (6.35%) Cloud Native
3 50 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 50 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 37 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 32 (3.76%) Data Structures
6 28 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (3.06%) Replication
8 22 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
11 15 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
12 14 (1.65%) NHS
13 13 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.53%) Freedom of Information
13 13 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.29%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.06%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 90 (10.59%) Windows
2 37 (4.35%) Linux
3 21 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.29%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.71%) Solaris
8 2 (0.24%) Android
8 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.12%) Unix
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (26.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 192 (22.59%) Agile
3 178 (20.94%) Data Protection
4 175 (20.59%) Data Governance
5 162 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
6 154 (18.12%) Cybersecurity
7 147 (17.29%) CI/CD
7 147 (17.29%) DevOps
8 138 (16.24%) Analytics
9 132 (15.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 127 (14.94%) Data Privacy
11 124 (14.59%) Migration
12 121 (14.24%) Data Modelling
13 106 (12.47%) Risk Management
14 105 (12.35%) Roadmaps
15 98 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
15 98 (11.53%) Information Security
16 97 (11.41%) AI
17 95 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 95 (11.18%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 142 (16.71%) Python
2 124 (14.59%) SQL
3 117 (13.76%) PowerShell
4 30 (3.53%) Java
5 27 (3.18%) Bash
6 24 (2.82%) C#
7 23 (2.71%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (1.41%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.18%) Bicep
10 9 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.94%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.71%) Perl
12 6 (0.71%) R
13 4 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.35%) BeanShell
15 2 (0.24%) PHP
15 2 (0.24%) Rust
15 2 (0.24%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 155 (18.24%) Security Cleared
2 127 (14.94%) SC Cleared
3 119 (14.00%) CISSP
4 112 (13.18%) Degree
5 79 (9.29%) CISM
6 40 (4.71%) AWS Certification
7 39 (4.59%) Azure Certification
8 33 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (3.29%) PMI Certification
10 25 (2.94%) PMP
11 24 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.82%) Master's Degree
12 20 (2.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 19 (2.24%) CISA
14 18 (2.12%) CCSP
14 18 (2.12%) DV Cleared
15 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (1.88%) Oracle Certification
17 14 (1.65%) CHECK Team Member
18 12 (1.41%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (28.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 179 (21.06%) NIST
3 105 (12.35%) PCI DSS
4 86 (10.12%) Data Quality
5 80 (9.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 53 (6.24%) HIPAA
7 47 (5.53%) QA
8 46 (5.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 35 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (3.06%) GRC
11 22 (2.59%) SOC 2
12 20 (2.35%) NCSC
13 19 (2.24%) PERC
13 19 (2.24%) PSD2
14 16 (1.88%) MiFID
14 16 (1.88%) SLA
15 15 (1.76%) Accessibility
15 15 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 13 (1.53%) PMO
17 11 (1.29%) GLBA
System Software
1 96 (11.29%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.53%) Docker
3 22 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.47%) NFS
6 4 (0.47%) Veritas File System
6 4 (0.47%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.24%) vSphere
8 1 (0.12%) IAG
8 1 (0.12%) NDS
8 1 (0.12%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 70 (8.24%) Terraform
2 50 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
3 40 (4.71%) Kubernetes
4 25 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (2.47%) Ansible
6 19 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 19 (2.24%) SCCM
7 15 (1.76%) QRadar
8 14 (1.65%) Nmap
9 6 (0.71%) PingFederate
9 6 (0.71%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.59%) Data Guard
10 5 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.35%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.24%) Grafana
12 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 209 (24.59%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.82%) Google
3 54 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 49 (5.76%) Oracle
5 48 (5.65%) CyberArk
6 40 (4.71%) SAP
7 38 (4.47%) ServiceNow
8 36 (4.24%) Databricks
8 36 (4.24%) Splunk
9 26 (3.06%) BeyondTrust
10 25 (2.94%) VMware
11 20 (2.35%) Workday
12 19 (2.24%) Okta
13 18 (2.12%) Adobe
13 18 (2.12%) Informatica
14 16 (1.88%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.76%) OneTrust
16 13 (1.53%) Cisco
16 13 (1.53%) Citrix
16 13 (1.53%) Tealium
772 GDPR jobs in England