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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 177 154
Rank change year-on-year +12 -23 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 296 188 297
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.55% 1.48% 1.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.26% 4.03% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 75 152
10th Percentile £185 £254 £225
25th Percentile £284 £353 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £645 £749
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile £22.75 - -
25th Percentile £28.00 £28.21 £11.95
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.81 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +10.65% -55.46%
75th Percentile £33.31 £33.40 £62.50
90th Percentile £36.58 - £71.88
England median hourly rate £28.00 £15.25 £26.25
% change year-on-year +83.61% -41.90% +16.67%

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 6,947 4,670 5,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.33% 36.78% 33.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,396 3,095 4,103
10th Percentile £356 £331 £314
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 97 142
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £19.34
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £27.42
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.41% -21.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £49.88
90th Percentile £88.75 £64.48 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +33.21% -12.00% +66.74%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -7 4 £624 - 1
Central London -19 2 - -
West London -24 2 £200 -41.18%
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 6 (2.03%) Confluence
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.01%) SAS
4 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.68%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.68%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) Camunda
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.70%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.34%) Endur
3 1 (0.34%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.34%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.34%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.34%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 42 (14.19%) Azure
2 34 (11.49%) AWS
3 15 (5.07%) GCP
3 15 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 13 (4.39%) Snowflake
5 11 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.72%) SaaS
6 8 (2.70%) GitHub
7 5 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.69%) Figma
8 4 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.35%) PaaS
8 4 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.35%) Serverless
9 3 (1.01%) AWS Step Functions
9 3 (1.01%) Collibra
9 3 (1.01%) IaaS
9 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.73%) Firewall
2 12 (4.05%) MPLS
3 7 (2.36%) Network Security
4 6 (2.03%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.35%) LAN
5 4 (1.35%) VLAN
5 4 (1.35%) WAN
5 4 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.01%) BGP
6 3 (1.01%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.01%) DHCP
6 3 (1.01%) DNS
6 3 (1.01%) VoIP
7 2 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.68%) SAN
7 2 (0.68%) SDH
7 2 (0.68%) SNMP
7 2 (0.68%) VPN
8 1 (0.34%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.73%) Power BI
2 8 (2.70%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.36%) Metadata
3 7 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.03%) Tableau
5 4 (1.35%) Pinecone
5 4 (1.35%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.35%) Weaviate
6 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.01%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.01%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.01%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.68%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.68%) KDB
7 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.68%) MySQL
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 24 (8.11%) JIRA
2 9 (3.04%) Git
3 7 (2.36%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.01%) Gradle
4 3 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.68%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.68%) ERwin
5 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.68%) Katalon Studio
5 2 (0.68%) Maven
5 2 (0.68%) Postman
5 2 (0.68%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) GitLab
6 1 (0.34%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.34%) JUnit
6 1 (0.34%) NUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.34%) webpack
6 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 90 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 69 (23.31%) Finance
3 45 (15.20%) Banking
4 30 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.77%) Front Office
6 15 (5.07%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.04%) Legal
8 9 (3.04%) Marketing
9 8 (2.70%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.36%) Private Banking
11 6 (2.03%) Billing
11 6 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.03%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.35%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.01%) Back Office
13 3 (1.01%) Publishing
13 3 (1.01%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (14.53%) Analyst
2 35 (11.82%) Architect
3 32 (10.81%) Developer
4 30 (10.14%) Senior
5 27 (9.12%) Business Analyst
6 14 (4.73%) Lead
6 14 (4.73%) Network Engineer
6 14 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (3.72%) Consultant
7 11 (3.72%) Project Manager
8 10 (3.38%) Java Developer
8 10 (3.38%) Product Manager
9 8 (2.70%) Tester
10 7 (2.36%) Automation Tester
10 7 (2.36%) Java Engineer
10 7 (2.36%) Senior Manager
11 6 (2.03%) Data Engineer
11 6 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Architect
12 5 (1.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.73%) REST
2 13 (4.39%) React
3 10 (3.38%) Spring
4 8 (2.70%) .NET
4 8 (2.70%) GraphQL
4 8 (2.70%) Middleware
5 7 (2.36%) Playwright
6 6 (2.03%) Kafka
6 6 (2.03%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.69%) Vue
8 4 (1.35%) OAuth
8 4 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.35%) RESTful
9 3 (1.01%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.01%) HTML
9 3 (1.01%) JSON
9 3 (1.01%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.01%) OpenID
9 3 (1.01%) Pandas
9 3 (1.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.74%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.41%) Virtual Team
3 14 (4.73%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (4.05%) Derivative
5 12 (4.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (3.72%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.38%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.36%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.36%) Equities
9 5 (1.69%) Equity Derivative
9 5 (1.69%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.69%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.35%) BYOD
10 4 (1.35%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.35%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.01%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.74%) Windows
2 10 (3.38%) Android
3 5 (1.69%) Linux
3 5 (1.69%) Unix
4 4 (1.35%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.01%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Rocky
7 1 (0.34%) Solaris
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 66 (22.30%) Agile
3 61 (20.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (15.54%) AI
6 41 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (12.84%) Analytics
8 32 (10.81%) CI/CD
9 31 (10.47%) Migration
10 30 (10.14%) Roadmaps
11 27 (9.12%) Test Automation
12 26 (8.78%) Decision-Making
12 26 (8.78%) DevOps
13 24 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (7.77%) Project Management
15 22 (7.43%) User Acceptance Testing
16 21 (7.09%) Data Modelling
17 19 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
17 19 (6.42%) Risk Management
18 18 (6.08%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 48 (16.22%) Python
2 38 (12.84%) Java
3 34 (11.49%) SQL
4 14 (4.73%) TypeScript
5 12 (4.05%) C#
6 10 (3.38%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.70%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.35%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.01%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.01%) Bash
10 3 (1.01%) C++
10 3 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.68%) R
12 1 (0.34%) GLSL
12 1 (0.34%) Go
12 1 (0.34%) Scala
12 1 (0.34%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 31 (10.47%) Security Cleared
2 27 (9.12%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.42%) Degree
4 5 (1.69%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.69%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.35%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.35%) PMP
6 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.01%) CISSP
6 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.68%) CCNP
7 2 (0.68%) CISM
7 2 (0.68%) CRISC
7 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.09%) QA
2 17 (5.74%) GDPR
3 11 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.38%) PMO
5 8 (2.70%) SLA
6 7 (2.36%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.35%) NIST
8 3 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.68%) Basel III
9 2 (0.68%) GAAP
9 2 (0.68%) GRC
9 2 (0.68%) IFRS
9 2 (0.68%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.68%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.68%) NCSC
10 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.34%) PSD2
10 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 8 (2.70%) Docker
2 3 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.34%) NFS
3 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (5.07%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.36%) Terraform
3 6 (2.03%) Ansible
4 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.68%) Control-M
5 2 (0.68%) Grafana
5 2 (0.68%) Packer
5 2 (0.68%) QRadar
6 1 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.73%) Cisco
2 14 (4.73%) Oracle
3 10 (3.38%) Databricks
4 9 (3.04%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.36%) ADVA
5 7 (2.36%) Nokia
5 7 (2.36%) Workday
6 6 (2.03%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.69%) Murex
7 5 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.35%) Adobe
8 4 (1.35%) F5
8 4 (1.35%) Google
9 3 (1.01%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.01%) Informatica
10 2 (0.68%) Avaloq
10 2 (0.68%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.68%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.68%) SAP