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 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 174 158
Rank change year-on-year -16 -16 -8
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 294 210 278
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.48% 1.55% 1.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.02% 4.16% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 85 144
10th Percentile £228 £236 £208
25th Percentile £350 £325 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £613
90th Percentile £708 £645 £750
England median daily rate £450 £450 £494
% change year-on-year - -8.86% -8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £22.75 - £19.90
25th Percentile £28.00 £28.21 £36.51
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.81 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% -50.71% -
75th Percentile £33.31 £33.40 £69.53
90th Percentile £36.58 - £71.88
England median hourly rate £28.00 £21.45 £27.50
% change year-on-year +30.57% -22.02% +22.22%

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 7,318 5,046 5,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.82% 37.13% 33.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,584 3,323 3,985
10th Percentile £356 £338 £325
25th Percentile £450 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £738
90th Percentile £793 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 112 106
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.84 £15.75
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.38 £21.85
Median hourly rate £36.75 £29.29 £30.14
Median % change year-on-year +25.49% -2.84% -13.89%
75th Percentile £60.63 £45.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.38 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.89 £42.50
% change year-on-year +33.66% -22.61% +2.98%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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
South London -16 4 £624 - 1
Central London -19 3 £625 - 3
West London -17 2 £200 -41.18% 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 4 (1.36%) Confluence
1 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (1.02%) SAS
3 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 2 (0.68%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Camunda
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.34%) Actimize
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.34%) Endur
2 1 (0.34%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.34%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (0.34%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.63%) Azure
2 38 (12.93%) AWS
3 16 (5.44%) GCP
4 14 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.74%) SaaS
5 11 (3.74%) Snowflake
6 10 (3.40%) GitHub
7 9 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.38%) Serverless
10 5 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.36%) AWS Step Functions
11 4 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.36%) Figma
11 4 (1.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (1.02%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (1.02%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.02%) Collibra
12 3 (1.02%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.76%) Firewall
2 7 (2.38%) LAN
2 7 (2.38%) Network Security
3 6 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.70%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (1.70%) MPLS
4 5 (1.70%) WAN
5 3 (1.02%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (1.02%) DHCP
5 3 (1.02%) DNS
5 3 (1.02%) VoIP
6 2 (0.68%) BGP
6 2 (0.68%) EIGRP
6 2 (0.68%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.68%) OSPF
6 2 (0.68%) SAN
6 2 (0.68%) SDH
6 2 (0.68%) SNMP
6 2 (0.68%) VPN
6 2 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.42%) Power BI
2 10 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.06%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.38%) Metadata
4 7 (2.38%) Tableau
5 4 (1.36%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.36%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.36%) MySQL
5 4 (1.36%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.36%) Pinecone
5 4 (1.36%) Weaviate
6 3 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.02%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.02%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.68%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.68%) Db2
7 2 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.68%) KDB
7 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (6.46%) JIRA
2 11 (3.74%) Git
3 5 (1.70%) SpecFlow
4 4 (1.36%) Selenium
5 3 (1.02%) Gradle
6 2 (0.68%) CMake
6 2 (0.68%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.68%) ERwin
6 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.68%) Postman
6 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.68%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.34%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.34%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.34%) JUnit
7 1 (0.34%) Maven
7 1 (0.34%) NUnit
7 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 72 (24.49%) Finance
3 45 (15.31%) Banking
4 33 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.14%) Front Office
6 14 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.76%) Legal
7 11 (3.74%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.06%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.72%) Marketing
9 8 (2.72%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.38%) Private Banking
11 6 (2.04%) Billing
12 5 (1.70%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.70%) Retail
13 4 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.02%) Back Office
14 3 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (14.29%) Analyst
2 37 (12.59%) Architect
3 31 (10.54%) Senior
4 29 (9.86%) Developer
5 25 (8.50%) Business Analyst
6 14 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (4.08%) Consultant
7 12 (4.08%) Lead
7 12 (4.08%) Project Manager
8 10 (3.40%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.06%) Product Manager
10 8 (2.72%) Java Engineer
10 8 (2.72%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.38%) Designer
12 6 (2.04%) Network Engineer
12 6 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (2.04%) Tester
13 5 (1.70%) Automation Tester
13 5 (1.70%) Enterprise Architect
13 5 (1.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.12%) REST
2 11 (3.74%) React
2 11 (3.74%) Spring
3 9 (3.06%) GraphQL
4 8 (2.72%) Spring Boot
5 7 (2.38%) .NET
5 7 (2.38%) Middleware
6 6 (2.04%) Kafka
6 6 (2.04%) Playwright
7 5 (1.70%) OAuth
7 5 (1.70%) Pandas
7 5 (1.70%) Vue
8 4 (1.36%) CSS
8 4 (1.36%) Faiss
8 4 (1.36%) FIX Protocol
8 4 (1.36%) RESTful
9 3 (1.02%) HTML
9 3 (1.02%) LlamaIndex
9 3 (1.02%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (1.02%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.46%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.44%) Virtual Team
3 15 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (3.74%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.74%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.40%) Derivative
7 8 (2.72%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.72%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.70%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.70%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.36%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.36%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.36%) Equities
10 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.02%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.44%) Windows
2 11 (3.74%) Android
3 7 (2.38%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.38%) Linux
4 6 (2.04%) Unix
5 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
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
7 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 61 (20.75%) Agile
3 60 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (16.67%) AI
6 42 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (13.27%) CI/CD
8 36 (12.24%) Analytics
9 31 (10.54%) Migration
10 29 (9.86%) DevOps
10 29 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (9.52%) Test Automation
12 26 (8.84%) Roadmaps
13 25 (8.50%) Decision-Making
14 22 (7.48%) Data Modelling
14 22 (7.48%) Project Management
15 20 (6.80%) Data Governance
15 20 (6.80%) Risk Management
16 19 (6.46%) User Acceptance Testing
17 18 (6.12%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.63%) Python
2 36 (12.24%) Java
3 27 (9.18%) SQL
4 15 (5.10%) TypeScript
5 9 (3.06%) C#
5 9 (3.06%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.72%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.70%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.36%) C++
9 3 (1.02%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.02%) Bash
9 3 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.68%) R
11 1 (0.34%) C
11 1 (0.34%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.34%) PHP
11 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.34%) REXX
11 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (7.48%) Security Cleared
2 19 (6.46%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.76%) Degree
4 5 (1.70%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.70%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.36%) CISSP
6 3 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.02%) PMP
7 2 (0.68%) CCNP
7 2 (0.68%) CISA
7 2 (0.68%) CISM
7 2 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.68%) CRISC
7 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.16%) QA
2 21 (7.14%) GDPR
3 10 (3.40%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.40%) PMO
4 7 (2.38%) SLA
5 6 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.36%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.68%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) NCSC
7 2 (0.68%) PERC
8 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.34%) PSD2
8 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.34%) TARGET2
System Software
1 10 (3.40%) Docker
2 7 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.34%) NFS
4 1 (0.34%) Varnish
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.72%) Ansible
2 8 (2.72%) Terraform
3 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.68%) Grafana
4 2 (0.68%) Packer
4 2 (0.68%) QRadar
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%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 28 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.44%) Cisco
3 11 (3.74%) Oracle
4 8 (2.72%) Databricks
4 8 (2.72%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.04%) Murex
5 6 (2.04%) Palo Alto
5 6 (2.04%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.70%) Google
6 5 (1.70%) Workday
7 4 (1.36%) Adobe
7 4 (1.36%) F5
8 3 (1.02%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.02%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.68%) Avaya
9 2 (0.68%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.68%) Citrix
9 2 (0.68%) Genesys
9 2 (0.68%) SAP
9 2 (0.68%) SolarWinds