GLBA Contract Job Trends in England

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA, GLB Act)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GLBA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 511 586
Rank change year-on-year -16 +75 +178
Contract jobs citing GLBA 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.011% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.059% 0.024% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.73%
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GLBA 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 5,069 4,136 5,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.83% 13.07% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,299 2,408 3,885
10th Percentile £304 £291 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £651
90th Percentile £715 £750 £770
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 187 237
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.74 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.13 £20.50
Median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% -6.67% +54.64%
75th Percentile £60.85 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £81.24
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year +9.09% -25.17% +48.73%

GLBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GLBA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

GLBA job vacancy trend in England

GLBA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GLBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GLBA

GLBA
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 GLBA within the England region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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
North of England - 3 £675 -
Yorkshire - 3 £675 -
GLBA
UK

GLBA
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 3 (100.00%) TPMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SNMP
1 3 (100.00%) SSH
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Security
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Observability
1 3 (100.00%) OWASP
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) Thales