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 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 166 149
Rank change year-on-year -24 -17 -1
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 291 224 295
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.45% 1.67% 1.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.85% 4.40% 5.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 96 147
10th Percentile £215 £250 £210
25th Percentile £344 £373 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -8.35% -14.89%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £613
90th Percentile £683 £675 £750
England median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £23.63 - £35.40
25th Percentile £28.98 - £46.73
Median hourly rate £32.87 - £68.75
75th Percentile £33.53 - £71.88
90th Percentile £36.18 - -
England median hourly rate £32.63 £15.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year +113.93% -44.55% -41.92%

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 7,562 5,091 5,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.66% 37.98% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,733 3,336 3,794
10th Percentile £355 £333 £327
25th Percentile £450 £444 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £750
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 122 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.86
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £33.36 £27.81 £30.09
Median % change year-on-year +19.95% -7.57% -14.03%
75th Percentile £56.25 £46.55 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £42.40 £32.71 £48.00
% change year-on-year +29.62% -31.85% +9.50%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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
South London -8 4 £438 - 3
Central London -12 3 £625 +4.17% 5
West London -23 2 £200 -44.64% 3
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 (1.37%) Confluence
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (1.03%) SAS
3 2 (0.69%) Apache
3 2 (0.69%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) CICS
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Aladdin
2 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.69%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.34%) Actimize
4 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
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 37 (12.71%) AWS
2 36 (12.37%) Azure
3 14 (4.81%) GCP
4 13 (4.47%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.78%) GitHub
6 10 (3.44%) SaaS
7 9 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.75%) Serverless
8 8 (2.75%) Snowflake
9 6 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.37%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.37%) AWS Step Functions
11 4 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.03%) Figma
12 3 (1.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.47%) Firewall
2 7 (2.41%) LAN
2 7 (2.41%) Network Security
3 6 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (1.72%) DHCP
4 5 (1.72%) DNS
4 5 (1.72%) MPLS
5 4 (1.37%) Cisco IPT
5 4 (1.37%) WAN
6 3 (1.03%) BGP
6 3 (1.03%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (1.03%) EIGRP
6 3 (1.03%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (1.03%) HSRP
6 3 (1.03%) OSPF
6 3 (1.03%) VoIP
7 2 (0.69%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.69%) SAN
7 2 (0.69%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.78%) Power BI
2 10 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.75%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.06%) Metadata
5 5 (1.72%) Tableau
6 4 (1.37%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.37%) MySQL
6 4 (1.37%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.03%) Db2
7 3 (1.03%) KDB
7 3 (1.03%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.03%) Pinecone
7 3 (1.03%) Weaviate
8 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.69%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (5.84%) JIRA
2 12 (4.12%) Git
3 4 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.03%) Gradle
4 3 (1.03%) Selenium
5 2 (0.69%) CMake
5 2 (0.69%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.69%) ERwin
5 2 (0.69%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.69%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.34%) Appium
6 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.34%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.34%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.34%) Storybook
6 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.34%) Vite
6 1 (0.34%) XCTest
6 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (34.36%) Social Skills
2 75 (25.77%) Finance
3 48 (16.49%) Banking
4 38 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.56%) Front Office
6 18 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (4.81%) Legal
8 9 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.09%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.75%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.41%) Marketing
10 7 (2.41%) Retail
11 6 (2.06%) Billing
11 6 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.72%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.37%) Back Office
13 4 (1.37%) Private Banking
14 3 (1.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (14.78%) Analyst
2 40 (13.75%) Architect
3 29 (9.97%) Developer
3 29 (9.97%) Senior
4 25 (8.59%) Business Analyst
5 11 (3.78%) Consultant
5 11 (3.78%) Lead
5 11 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (3.44%) Project Manager
7 9 (3.09%) Java Developer
7 9 (3.09%) Product Manager
8 8 (2.75%) Senior Manager
9 7 (2.41%) Designer
10 6 (2.06%) Data Engineer
10 6 (2.06%) Java Engineer
11 5 (1.72%) Android Engineer
11 5 (1.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 5 (1.72%) Data Protection Officer
11 5 (1.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 5 (1.72%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.19%) REST
2 10 (3.44%) React
3 9 (3.09%) GraphQL
3 9 (3.09%) Spring
3 9 (3.09%) Terraform
4 7 (2.41%) .NET
4 7 (2.41%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.06%) Middleware
5 6 (2.06%) Pandas
6 5 (1.72%) Vue
7 4 (1.37%) Faiss
7 4 (1.37%) Model Context Protocol
7 4 (1.37%) OAuth
7 4 (1.37%) RESTful
8 3 (1.03%) CSS
8 3 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (1.03%) HTML
8 3 (1.03%) Kafka
8 3 (1.03%) NumPy
8 3 (1.03%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.84%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.50%) Virtual Team
3 15 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.81%) Product Ownership
5 12 (4.12%) Derivative
6 10 (3.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (3.44%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.09%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.06%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.72%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.72%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.37%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.03%) BYOD
12 3 (1.03%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.47%) Windows
2 12 (4.12%) Linux
3 11 (3.78%) Android
4 8 (2.75%) Unix
5 7 (2.41%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.69%) zOS
8 1 (0.34%) MVS
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Rocky
8 1 (0.34%) Solaris
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 66 (22.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (19.59%) Agile
4 49 (16.84%) AI
5 45 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (13.06%) Analytics
8 37 (12.71%) CI/CD
9 32 (11.00%) Migration
10 31 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (9.62%) Roadmaps
12 27 (9.28%) Decision-Making
12 27 (9.28%) DevOps
13 25 (8.59%) Test Automation
14 24 (8.25%) Data Modelling
15 23 (7.90%) Data Governance
15 23 (7.90%) Project Management
16 22 (7.56%) User Acceptance Testing
17 20 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
17 20 (6.87%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.12%) Python
2 33 (11.34%) Java
3 29 (9.97%) SQL
4 12 (4.12%) TypeScript
5 9 (3.09%) Kotlin
6 8 (2.75%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.41%) C++
8 6 (2.06%) C#
9 5 (1.72%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.37%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.37%) C
10 4 (1.37%) Perl
11 3 (1.03%) Bash
11 3 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.69%) COBOL
12 2 (0.69%) R
12 2 (0.69%) REXX
12 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.34%) PHP
13 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (6.19%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.50%) Degree
2 16 (5.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.37%) AWS Certification
3 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
3 4 (1.37%) CISSP
4 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.03%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.03%) PMP
5 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (0.69%) CCNP
5 2 (0.69%) CISA
5 2 (0.69%) CISM
5 2 (0.69%) CRISC
5 2 (0.69%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.69%) FFIEC
6 1 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.90%) GDPR
2 20 (6.87%) QA
3 12 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.75%) PMO
5 7 (2.41%) SLA
6 6 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.72%) NIST
8 3 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.03%) PERC
9 2 (0.69%) COBIT
9 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.69%) NCSC
10 1 (0.34%) EMIR
10 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.34%) MiFID
10 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.72%) Docker
3 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.34%) NFS
4 1 (0.34%) Varnish
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.41%) Ansible
3 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.69%) Packer
4 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.69%) Puppet
4 2 (0.69%) QRadar
5 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) Grafana
5 1 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 31 (10.65%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.15%) Cisco
3 11 (3.78%) Oracle
4 9 (3.09%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.06%) Databricks
6 6 (2.06%) Google
6 6 (2.06%) Murex
6 6 (2.06%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.72%) F5
7 5 (1.72%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.72%) Workday
8 3 (1.03%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.03%) Infoblox
8 3 (1.03%) ION Trading
8 3 (1.03%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.69%) Avaya
9 2 (0.69%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.69%) Calypso
9 2 (0.69%) Genesys