Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in London

Data Protection Act (DPA)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 174 147
Rank change year-on-year -14 -27 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 298 216 283
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.48% 1.59% 1.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.97% 4.26% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 88 143
10th Percentile £229 £244 £207
25th Percentile £350 £355 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £619
90th Percentile £724 £690 £750
England median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £22.75 - £35.40
25th Percentile £28.00 £28.21 £46.73
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.81 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% -55.19% +10.00%
75th Percentile £33.31 £33.40 £71.88
90th Percentile £36.58 - -
England median hourly rate £30.31 £15.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year +98.77% -44.55% -26.42%

All Generic Skills
London

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,502 5,068 5,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.14% 37.37% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,696 3,340 3,813
10th Percentile £358 £334 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £750
90th Percentile £800 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 118 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% -3.61% -13.83%
75th Percentile £57.81 £45.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.56 £32.05 £47.50
% change year-on-year +35.91% -32.53% +14.46%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in London

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in London

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection Act in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection Act in London

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the London region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Central London -11 3 £625 - 6
South London -19 3 £624 - 1
West London -20 2 £200 -44.64% 2
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (1.68%) Confluence
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.01%) SAS
4 2 (0.67%) Apache
4 2 (0.67%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) Camunda
5 1 (0.34%) CICS
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Aladdin
2 3 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.67%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.34%) Actimize
4 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.34%) Endur
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle BRM
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.34%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.34%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 42 (14.09%) Azure
2 38 (12.75%) AWS
3 15 (5.03%) GCP
3 15 (5.03%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.36%) GitHub
4 10 (3.36%) SaaS
5 9 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.02%) Snowflake
6 8 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.35%) Serverless
8 5 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.34%) AWS Step Functions
9 4 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.34%) Figma
9 4 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (1.01%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (1.01%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.01%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.70%) Firewall
2 7 (2.35%) LAN
2 7 (2.35%) Network Security
3 6 (2.01%) Cisco Nexus
3 6 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.68%) DHCP
4 5 (1.68%) DNS
4 5 (1.68%) MPLS
5 4 (1.34%) Cisco IPT
5 4 (1.34%) WAN
6 3 (1.01%) BGP
6 3 (1.01%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (1.01%) EIGRP
6 3 (1.01%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (1.01%) HSRP
6 3 (1.01%) OSPF
6 3 (1.01%) VoIP
7 2 (0.67%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.67%) SAN
7 2 (0.67%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.36%) Power BI
2 10 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.68%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.01%) Tableau
5 5 (1.68%) Metadata
6 4 (1.34%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.34%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.34%) MySQL
6 4 (1.34%) Pinecone
6 4 (1.34%) Weaviate
7 3 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.01%) Db2
7 3 (1.01%) KDB
7 3 (1.01%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.67%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.67%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (5.70%) JIRA
2 12 (4.03%) Git
3 4 (1.34%) Selenium
3 4 (1.34%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.01%) Gradle
4 3 (1.01%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.67%) CMake
5 2 (0.67%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.67%) ERwin
5 2 (0.67%) Postman
5 2 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.67%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.34%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.34%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.34%) JUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Maven
6 1 (0.34%) Mocha
6 1 (0.34%) NUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (32.89%) Social Skills
2 70 (23.49%) Finance
3 43 (14.43%) Banking
4 34 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.38%) Front Office
6 14 (4.70%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.70%) Legal
7 9 (3.02%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.02%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.68%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.35%) Marketing
9 7 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.01%) Billing
10 6 (2.01%) Private Banking
10 6 (2.01%) Retail
11 5 (1.68%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.34%) Back Office
12 4 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (14.09%) Analyst
2 40 (13.42%) Architect
3 30 (10.07%) Senior
4 29 (9.73%) Developer
5 24 (8.05%) Business Analyst
6 13 (4.36%) Lead
6 13 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (3.69%) Consultant
8 10 (3.36%) Java Developer
8 10 (3.36%) Product Manager
8 10 (3.36%) Project Manager
9 8 (2.68%) Designer
9 8 (2.68%) Java Engineer
9 8 (2.68%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.01%) Data Engineer
11 5 (1.68%) Android Engineer
11 5 (1.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 5 (1.68%) Data Protection Officer
11 5 (1.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 5 (1.68%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.04%) REST
2 11 (3.69%) React
2 11 (3.69%) Spring
3 9 (3.02%) GraphQL
4 8 (2.68%) Spring Boot
5 7 (2.35%) .NET
6 6 (2.01%) Middleware
7 5 (1.68%) Kafka
7 5 (1.68%) Model Context Protocol
7 5 (1.68%) OAuth
7 5 (1.68%) Pandas
7 5 (1.68%) Playwright
7 5 (1.68%) Vue
8 4 (1.34%) CSS
8 4 (1.34%) Faiss
8 4 (1.34%) RESTful
9 3 (1.01%) HTML
9 3 (1.01%) NumPy
9 3 (1.01%) OpenID
9 3 (1.01%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.70%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.37%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (5.37%) Product Ownership
2 16 (5.37%) Virtual Team
3 12 (4.03%) Derivative
4 11 (3.69%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.02%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.01%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.68%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.34%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.34%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.34%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.01%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.01%) Equities
10 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.37%) Windows
2 11 (3.69%) Android
3 10 (3.36%) Linux
4 7 (2.35%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.35%) Unix
5 4 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.67%) zOS
7 1 (0.34%) MVS
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Rocky
7 1 (0.34%) Solaris
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 63 (21.14%) Agile
3 61 (20.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 52 (17.45%) AI
5 51 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (12.75%) Analytics
8 37 (12.42%) CI/CD
9 30 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (9.73%) Migration
11 28 (9.40%) Roadmaps
11 28 (9.40%) Test Automation
12 27 (9.06%) DevOps
13 25 (8.39%) Decision-Making
14 21 (7.05%) Data Governance
14 21 (7.05%) Data Modelling
15 20 (6.71%) Project Management
15 20 (6.71%) Risk Management
15 20 (6.71%) User Stories
16 19 (6.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.10%) Python
2 37 (12.42%) Java
3 29 (9.73%) SQL
4 14 (4.70%) TypeScript
5 10 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.02%) Kotlin
7 8 (2.68%) C#
8 6 (2.01%) C++
9 5 (1.68%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.01%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.01%) Bash
10 3 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.01%) Perl
11 2 (0.67%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.67%) C
11 2 (0.67%) R
11 2 (0.67%) REXX
12 1 (0.34%) GLSL
12 1 (0.34%) Scala
12 1 (0.34%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 20 (6.71%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.70%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.70%) Degree
4 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.34%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.34%) CISSP
5 4 (1.34%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.34%) PMP
6 3 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.67%) CCNP
7 2 (0.67%) CISA
7 2 (0.67%) CISM
7 2 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.67%) CRISC
7 2 (0.67%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.34%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.38%) QA
2 21 (7.05%) GDPR
3 11 (3.69%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.02%) PMO
5 7 (2.35%) SLA
6 6 (2.01%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.34%) NIST
8 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.01%) PERC
9 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.67%) NCSC
10 1 (0.34%) COBIT
10 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (3.02%) Active Directory
1 9 (3.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.34%) NFS
3 1 (0.34%) Varnish
3 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.35%) Ansible
2 7 (2.35%) Terraform
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.67%) Grafana
4 2 (0.67%) Packer
4 2 (0.67%) QRadar
4 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.34%) Kibana
5 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.34%) Puppet
5 1 (0.34%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 32 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.37%) Cisco
3 12 (4.03%) Oracle
4 8 (2.68%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.35%) Databricks
6 6 (2.01%) F5
6 6 (2.01%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.68%) Google
7 5 (1.68%) Workday
8 4 (1.34%) Infoblox
8 4 (1.34%) Murex
8 4 (1.34%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.01%) Adobe
9 3 (1.01%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.01%) ION Trading
9 3 (1.01%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.67%) Avaloq
10 2 (0.67%) SAP
10 2 (0.67%) Splunk