GDPR Contracts in England

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 249 257
Rank change year-on-year +52 +8 +28
Contract jobs citing GDPR 441 518 795
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.21% 1.08% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.64% 8.10% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 359 466
10th Percentile £318 £406 £354
25th Percentile £405 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £650
90th Percentile £712 £755 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 15 11
10th Percentile £11.42 £12.08 £16.05
25th Percentile £11.95 £15.21 £18.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £19.00 £25.09
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -24.26% +0.34%
75th Percentile £28.52 £37.27 £27.63
90th Percentile £34.21 £65.60 £28.75
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £19.00 £25.54
% change year-on-year +21.05% -25.61% +2.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,102 6,395 9,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.04% 13.35% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,271 4,330 6,348
10th Percentile £300 £300 £289
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 353 217 270
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.21 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £20.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £39.42 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.65% +38.32% +35.71%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £49.44
90th Percentile £68.85 £79.85 £69.13
UK median hourly rate £21.69 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -38.04% +16.67% +42.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDPR in England.

Daily rate trend for GDPR in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDPR in England.

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

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 22 May 2024. 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 -17 176 £525 -12.50% 194
South East +11 89 £475 -25.90% 137
North of England +51 69 £500 +11.11% 99
North West +33 53 £500 +11.11% 54
South West +44 49 £650 +34.02% 54
East of England +23 31 £410 -15.90% 43
Midlands +19 27 £475 -20.83% 108
West Midlands +17 22 £475 -20.83% 52
Yorkshire +17 12 £505 +12.22% 35
East Midlands +8 5 £450 -10.00% 55
North East +10 3 - - 12
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.08%) Confluence
2 14 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.91%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.91%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.91%) nginx
3 4 (0.91%) SAS
4 3 (0.68%) CICS
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
6 1 (0.23%) Drupal
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 38 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.95%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.36%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (2.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.91%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.91%) FastStats
3 4 (0.91%) Unica
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.68%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.45%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.45%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.23%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.23%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.23%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 78 (17.69%) Azure
2 41 (9.30%) AWS
3 30 (6.80%) Power Platform
4 26 (5.90%) GCP
5 20 (4.54%) SaaS
6 15 (3.40%) IaaS
7 13 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (2.72%) Collibra
9 9 (2.04%) PaaS
10 8 (1.81%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.81%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.59%) Serverless
12 6 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (1.36%) Rubrik
13 5 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.13%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.91%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 44 (9.98%) Firewall
2 19 (4.31%) DNS
2 19 (4.31%) Network Security
3 13 (2.95%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.49%) DHCP
5 8 (1.81%) SAN
6 6 (1.36%) Kerberos
6 6 (1.36%) NAS
6 6 (1.36%) VLAN
6 6 (1.36%) WAN
6 6 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.91%) CTI
8 4 (0.91%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.91%) Internet
8 4 (0.91%) IPsec
8 4 (0.91%) VoIP
9 3 (0.68%) Cisco IPT
9 3 (0.68%) VPN
10 2 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.67%) Power BI
2 23 (5.22%) NoSQL
3 22 (4.99%) Metadata
4 14 (3.17%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.72%) MySQL
6 8 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.36%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.13%) Tableau
9 4 (0.91%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.91%) Couchbase
9 4 (0.91%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.91%) Parquet
10 3 (0.68%) Big Data
10 3 (0.68%) DB2
10 3 (0.68%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.68%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.68%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 17 (3.85%) JIRA
2 16 (3.63%) ERwin
3 14 (3.17%) Git
4 8 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.59%) Eclipse
5 7 (1.59%) PyCharm
5 7 (1.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (1.36%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.45%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.45%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.45%) Subversion
9 1 (0.23%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 107 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 89 (20.18%) Finance
3 83 (18.82%) Legal
4 80 (18.14%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (10.43%) Manufacturing
6 42 (9.52%) Public Sector
7 41 (9.30%) Marketing
8 35 (7.94%) Law
9 29 (6.58%) Pharmaceutical
10 25 (5.67%) Telecoms
11 23 (5.22%) Retail
12 22 (4.99%) Banking
13 16 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (2.04%) Local Government
17 8 (1.81%) Police
18 7 (1.59%) Electronics
19 6 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
20 3 (0.68%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 94 (21.32%) Analyst
2 89 (20.18%) Architect
3 36 (8.16%) Senior
4 35 (7.94%) Business Analyst
5 33 (7.48%) Data Architect
6 30 (6.80%) Lead
7 29 (6.58%) Consultant
7 29 (6.58%) SOC Analyst
8 28 (6.35%) Data Analyst
9 27 (6.12%) Security Architect
10 24 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (3.63%) Data Manager
12 14 (3.17%) Security Consultant
13 13 (2.95%) Data Business Analyst
13 13 (2.95%) Developer
13 13 (2.95%) Governance Manager
14 12 (2.72%) Administrator
14 12 (2.72%) Project Manager
15 10 (2.27%) Coordinator
15 10 (2.27%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.17%) JSON
2 9 (2.04%) HTML
2 9 (2.04%) JSON Schema
3 8 (1.81%) XML
4 7 (1.59%) CSS
4 7 (1.59%) LDAP
4 7 (1.59%) YAML
5 6 (1.36%) Node.js
5 6 (1.36%) REST
6 5 (1.13%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.13%) OAuth
6 5 (1.13%) RESTful
7 4 (0.91%) .NET
7 4 (0.91%) Apache Avro
7 4 (0.91%) JWT
7 4 (0.91%) Kafka
7 4 (0.91%) Middleware
7 4 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.61%) Management Information System
2 43 (9.75%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (4.99%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (3.63%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.63%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.40%) CSOC
6 14 (3.17%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.95%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.95%) Freedom of Information
8 10 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (1.81%) CESG
9 8 (1.81%) Replication
9 8 (1.81%) Wiki
10 7 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.59%) Clustering
10 7 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.13%) Freedom of Information Act
12 5 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.52%) Linux
2 29 (6.58%) Windows
3 11 (2.49%) Mac OS X
3 11 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.81%) Solaris
5 6 (1.36%) Oracle Linux
6 5 (1.13%) Unix
6 5 (1.13%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.91%) CentOS
7 4 (0.91%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.68%) zOS
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (28.12%) Data Protection
2 89 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
3 79 (17.91%) Information Security
4 74 (16.78%) Data Governance
5 65 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (13.38%) Data Privacy
7 58 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 56 (12.70%) Data Modelling
9 52 (11.79%) Agile
10 51 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (9.98%) DevOps
12 43 (9.75%) Migration
12 43 (9.75%) Risk Management
13 41 (9.30%) Security Operations
14 40 (9.07%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (9.07%) Incident Response
15 39 (8.84%) Analytics
16 38 (8.62%) Data Management
17 37 (8.39%) Data Security
18 36 (8.16%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.71%) SQL
2 30 (6.80%) Python
3 20 (4.54%) Java
4 12 (2.72%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.72%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.04%) C#
6 8 (1.81%) Bash
7 7 (1.59%) Groovy
8 5 (1.13%) PHP
9 4 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.91%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.91%) Search Processing Language
9 4 (0.91%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.91%) VBScript
10 3 (0.68%) C++
10 3 (0.68%) COBOL
10 3 (0.68%) REXX
11 2 (0.45%) Perl
11 2 (0.45%) R
11 2 (0.45%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 59 (13.38%) Degree
3 38 (8.62%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.58%) CISSP
5 21 (4.76%) CISM
6 20 (4.54%) DV Cleared
7 15 (3.40%) CISA
7 15 (3.40%) ISACA
8 12 (2.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (2.72%) IIBA
9 9 (2.04%) CEH
9 9 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.04%) SSCP
10 8 (1.81%) CISMP
10 8 (1.81%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.59%) ISEB
12 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.13%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (16.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (15.42%) NIST
3 45 (10.20%) HIPAA
4 39 (8.84%) Data Quality
5 38 (8.62%) PCI DSS
6 25 (5.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 20 (4.54%) GxP
8 19 (4.31%) Good Clinical Practice
8 19 (4.31%) NCSC
9 15 (3.40%) QA
10 14 (3.17%) COBIT
11 10 (2.27%) GRC
11 10 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (1.36%) SOC 2
14 5 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (1.13%) SLA
15 4 (0.91%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.91%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.45%) ISA99
System Software
1 16 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.72%) Docker
4 4 (0.91%) XenApp
5 3 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.45%) vSphere
7 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.23%) Firmware
7 1 (0.23%) Snort
7 1 (0.23%) vCloud
7 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.17%) Ansible
2 14 (3.17%) Terraform
3 6 (1.36%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (1.36%) Netcool
3 6 (1.36%) SCCM
3 6 (1.36%) Tivoli
3 6 (1.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 4 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.45%) Ambari
5 2 (0.45%) CASB
5 2 (0.45%) CEMLI
5 2 (0.45%) Oozie
5 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
5 2 (0.45%) SCOrch
5 2 (0.45%) SELinux
6 1 (0.23%) Avamar
6 1 (0.23%) CA Service Virtualization
6 1 (0.23%) Kibana
6 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 90 (20.41%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.52%) Oracle
3 34 (7.71%) SAP
4 30 (6.80%) Google
5 20 (4.54%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.17%) VMware
7 13 (2.95%) Cisco
7 13 (2.95%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.72%) Splunk
9 9 (2.04%) Informatica
9 9 (2.04%) OneTrust
9 9 (2.04%) Workday
10 8 (1.81%) CyberArk
10 8 (1.81%) Qualys
10 8 (1.81%) Sparx
11 7 (1.59%) EMC
11 7 (1.59%) HP
11 7 (1.59%) IBM
12 6 (1.36%) Adobe
12 6 (1.36%) Citrix
737 GDPR jobs Nationwide