GDPR Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring GDPR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 55 85
Rank change year-on-year -26 +30 0
Contract jobs citing GDPR 33 25 7
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.70% 2.60% 0.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.41% 13.51% 5.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 4
10th Percentile £450 £454 £536
25th Percentile £475 £496 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £540 £638
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% -15.29% +50.00%
75th Percentile £775 £650 £731
90th Percentile £875 £654 £788
South East median daily rate £595 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +19.00% +5.26% -26.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £15.49 - -
25th Percentile £16.41 - -
Median hourly rate £18.13 - £14.44
75th Percentile £19.66 - -
90th Percentile £20.47 - -
South East median hourly rate £21.01 £17.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +23.59% -38.18% +80.80%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 246 185 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.70% 19.21% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 144 77
10th Percentile £426 £200 £250
25th Percentile £500 £383 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £684 £561 £650
90th Percentile £775 £650 £694
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £490
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 10
10th Percentile £18.25 £23.70 £14.94
25th Percentile £26.00 £37.31 £26.25
Median hourly rate £31.46 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.57% - +26.32%
75th Percentile £72.50 £64.83 £70.00
90th Percentile £96.00 £67.72 -
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £18.87 £48.89
% change year-on-year +154.36% -61.40% -2.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing GDPR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing GDPR

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Hampshire over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in Hampshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing GDPR.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing GDPR

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Portsmouth - 16 £450 - 2
Andover - 7 £800 -
Southampton -8 6 £563 -4.26% 5
Basingstoke - 3 £625 - 2
Farnborough -14 1 £600 +14.29% 1
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (3.03%) CMS
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) AWS
1 11 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 8 (24.24%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (12.12%) SaaS
4 2 (6.06%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Network Security
2 3 (9.09%) HTTP
3 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) BusinessObjects
General
1 19 (57.58%) Finance
2 12 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (33.33%) Retail
4 10 (30.30%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
6 3 (9.09%) Law
6 3 (9.09%) Legal
7 2 (6.06%) Local Government
8 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.03%) Social Housing
8 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Lead
2 9 (27.27%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Security Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Consultant
5 3 (9.09%) Security Consultant
5 3 (9.09%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.03%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) IT Support
6 1 (3.03%) IT Support Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Network Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Network Support
6 1 (3.03%) Network Support Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Support Assistant
6 1 (3.03%) Support Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) OAuth
1 6 (18.18%) SAML
2 5 (15.15%) LDAP
2 5 (15.15%) OpenID
3 4 (12.12%) .NET
4 3 (9.09%) OAuth2
4 3 (9.09%) REST
4 3 (9.09%) SOAP
5 2 (6.06%) JSON
5 2 (6.06%) Web Services
6 1 (3.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.12%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (9.09%) BYOD
4 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
4 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.03%) Digital Signage
5 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.03%) Housing Association
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Data Protection
2 17 (51.52%) Change Management
3 16 (48.48%) Migration
4 15 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (36.36%) Validation
7 11 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
7 11 (33.33%) ERP
7 11 (33.33%) Process Improvement
8 10 (30.30%) Cloud Security
8 10 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (30.30%) Requirements Gathering
8 10 (30.30%) Risk Management
8 10 (30.30%) Scenario Testing
9 8 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (21.21%) Agile
10 7 (21.21%) Architectural Patterns
10 7 (21.21%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.18%) CISM
3 6 (18.18%) CISSP
3 6 (18.18%) Degree
4 4 (12.12%) AWS Certification
4 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.03%) CEH
7 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.03%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) NCSC
2 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
3 4 (12.12%) PCI DSS
4 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (9.09%) NIST
4 3 (9.09%) QA
4 3 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.03%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.03%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) IFS
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) NEC
3 1 (3.03%) Apple
3 1 (3.03%) Meraki
3 1 (3.03%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) Sparx
3 1 (3.03%) VMware