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 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 144 150
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 +36
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 282 278 336
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.00% 1.78% 1.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.11% 5.25% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 145 201
10th Percentile £289 £239 £263
25th Percentile £403 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £675
90th Percentile £675 £725 £738
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £39.97
25th Percentile - £20.75 £40.16
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £42.25
Median % change year-on-year - -49.11% -
75th Percentile - £22.25 £44.28
90th Percentile - - £44.43
England median hourly rate £15.25 £20.00 £42.19
% change year-on-year -23.75% -52.60% +149.20%

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 5,517 5,295 6,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.22% 33.85% 34.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,516 3,380 4,890
10th Percentile £335 £320 £330
25th Percentile £440 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £713 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £523 £541 £550
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.73% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 62 102
10th Percentile £17.06 £17.28 £18.59
25th Percentile £20.41 £23.98 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +19.60%
75th Percentile £44.47 £56.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £67.71
England median hourly rate £27.53 £45.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.82% +1.12% +53.45%

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 13 November 2025.

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
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 13 November 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
South London -2 6 £600 +26.32%
Central London +6 4 £513 +2.50% 5
West London - 3 £213 -
East London +3 1 £638 +19.16% 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 8 (2.84%) Confluence
2 4 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.06%) CICS
3 3 (1.06%) CMS
3 3 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.71%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Luigi
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.35%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.35%) Sketch
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.35%) SPSS
4 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) VisionPLUS
2 2 (0.71%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.71%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.71%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.35%) Endur
3 1 (0.35%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 45 (15.96%) AWS
2 30 (10.64%) Azure
3 15 (5.32%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.96%) GitHub
5 13 (4.61%) Amazon S3
6 12 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (4.26%) Serverless
7 11 (3.90%) GCP
8 10 (3.55%) Snowflake
9 8 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.84%) SaaS
10 5 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.42%) dbt
12 3 (1.06%) Datadog
12 3 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.06%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.71%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.90%) Firewall
2 4 (1.42%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (1.06%) DNS
3 3 (1.06%) NetScaler
3 3 (1.06%) Network Security
3 3 (1.06%) VPN
3 3 (1.06%) WAN
4 2 (0.71%) 4G
4 2 (0.71%) 5G
4 2 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.71%) DHCP
4 2 (0.71%) DKIM
4 2 (0.71%) DMARC
4 2 (0.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.71%) HTTP
4 2 (0.71%) LAN
4 2 (0.71%) LTE
4 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.71%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.96%) Power BI
2 11 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.84%) Tableau
5 4 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.42%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.06%) Big Data
6 3 (1.06%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.06%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.06%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
7 2 (0.71%) Metadata
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (6.03%) JIRA
2 9 (3.19%) Git
3 5 (1.77%) GitLab
4 3 (1.06%) ChangeMan
5 2 (0.71%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.71%) DBeaver
5 2 (0.71%) Gradle
5 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.71%) JUnit
5 2 (0.71%) Maven
5 2 (0.71%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.35%) AppVeyor
6 1 (0.35%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.35%) ERwin
6 1 (0.35%) gulp
6 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 84 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.79%) Finance
3 30 (10.64%) Banking
4 28 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.32%) Front Office
6 11 (3.90%) Legal
7 7 (2.48%) Back Office
7 7 (2.48%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.48%) Marketing
8 6 (2.13%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.13%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.42%) Advertising
9 4 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.06%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.06%) Publishing
11 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.71%) International Banking
11 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (14.89%) Developer
2 40 (14.18%) Analyst
3 24 (8.51%) Business Analyst
4 16 (5.67%) Architect
5 15 (5.32%) Project Manager
5 15 (5.32%) Senior
6 13 (4.61%) Lead
7 12 (4.26%) Python Engineer
7 12 (4.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 10 (3.55%) Site Engineer
9 9 (3.19%) Software Engineer
10 8 (2.84%) Python Developer
11 7 (2.48%) Junior
11 7 (2.48%) Network Engineer
11 7 (2.48%) Support Engineer
12 6 (2.13%) Consultant
12 6 (2.13%) Data Analyst
12 6 (2.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (1.77%) AWS Engineer
13 5 (1.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.19%) React
1 9 (3.19%) REST
2 6 (2.13%) RESTful
3 5 (1.77%) .NET
3 5 (1.77%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.77%) LangChain
3 5 (1.77%) Middleware
3 5 (1.77%) OAuth
4 4 (1.42%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.42%) AWS CDK
4 4 (1.42%) HTML
4 4 (1.42%) Pandas
4 4 (1.42%) PySpark
4 4 (1.42%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.06%) CSS
5 3 (1.06%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.06%) Semantic Kernel
5 3 (1.06%) Spring
5 3 (1.06%) Vue
5 3 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.55%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.19%) Derivative
3 8 (2.84%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.13%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.77%) Virtual Reality
7 4 (1.42%) Equities
7 4 (1.42%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.42%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.42%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.06%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.06%) Oculus
8 3 (1.06%) Replication
8 3 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.38%) Linux
2 14 (4.96%) Windows
3 8 (2.84%) Unix
4 4 (1.42%) Android
4 4 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.06%) zOS
6 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.71%) VMS
6 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) CentOS
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 45 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (13.83%) CI/CD
4 35 (12.41%) AI
4 35 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (11.70%) Agile
6 26 (9.22%) Migration
6 26 (9.22%) Project Management
7 25 (8.87%) DevOps
8 21 (7.45%) Business Analysis
9 20 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
9 20 (7.09%) Software Engineering
10 19 (6.74%) Analytics
10 19 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (6.74%) Generative AI
11 18 (6.38%) Machine Learning
11 18 (6.38%) User Acceptance Testing
12 17 (6.03%) Computer Science
12 17 (6.03%) Risk Management
12 17 (6.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 89 (31.56%) Python
2 52 (18.44%) SQL
3 17 (6.03%) C#
4 16 (5.67%) Bash
5 15 (5.32%) JavaScript
6 14 (4.96%) PowerShell
7 12 (4.26%) Java
8 8 (2.84%) Go
8 8 (2.84%) PromQL
9 7 (2.48%) C++
9 7 (2.48%) TypeScript
10 6 (2.13%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.77%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.42%) COBOL
13 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.71%) PHP
15 1 (0.35%) Bicep
15 1 (0.35%) JCL
15 1 (0.35%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 28 (9.93%) Degree
2 9 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.84%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.77%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 5 (1.77%) CISSP
4 5 (1.77%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.42%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.06%) MCP
7 2 (0.71%) CCIE
7 2 (0.71%) CCNP
7 2 (0.71%) CISA
7 2 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.71%) CISM
7 2 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.71%) ISEB
7 2 (0.71%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.96%) QA
2 12 (4.26%) GDPR
3 9 (3.19%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.13%) PMO
5 5 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.77%) NIST
6 3 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.71%) GRC
7 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.35%) EMIR
8 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.35%) SLA
8 1 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (2.84%) Docker
2 6 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) HDFS
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 13 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.90%) Grafana
3 10 (3.55%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.48%) Terraform
5 5 (1.77%) Ansible
6 3 (1.06%) CA Endevor
6 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.06%) SCCM
7 2 (0.71%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.35%) Nessus
8 1 (0.35%) Puppet
8 1 (0.35%) SCOM
8 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (7.80%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.90%) Databricks
3 10 (3.55%) Salesforce
3 10 (3.55%) Splunk
4 9 (3.19%) Cisco
5 8 (2.84%) Google
6 7 (2.48%) Oracle
6 7 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.13%) F5
7 6 (2.13%) ION Trading
7 6 (2.13%) Juniper
8 5 (1.77%) Citrix
8 5 (1.77%) Solace
9 3 (1.06%) Adobe
9 3 (1.06%) Avaloq
9 3 (1.06%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.06%) IBM
9 3 (1.06%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.06%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.06%) VMware