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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 175 157
Rank change year-on-year -1 -18 -1
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 296 204 293
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.53% 1.56% 1.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.20% 4.22% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 82 153
10th Percentile £206 £253 £225
25th Percentile £313 £356 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -12.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £613
90th Percentile £690 £650 £748
England median daily rate £450 £459 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% -8.20% -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 £17.38 £26.25
% change year-on-year +61.15% -33.81% +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 7,041 4,837 5,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.45% 36.92% 33.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,427 3,188 4,137
10th Percentile £354 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £449 £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% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 102 142
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £19.34
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.40 £27.42
Median % change year-on-year +23.35% +10.88% -21.66%
75th Percentile £63.75 £48.44 £49.88
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.39 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.95 £37.50
% change year-on-year +33.43% -12.15% +57.63%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -7 4 £624 - 1
Central London -13 2 - - 1
West London -23 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%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.01%) SAS
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
5 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.68%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.34%) Camunda
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (3.04%) 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 7 (2.36%) 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%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.34%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.34%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 42 (14.19%) Azure
2 35 (11.82%) AWS
3 15 (5.07%) GCP
4 13 (4.39%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.05%) Snowflake
6 10 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.38%) SaaS
7 9 (3.04%) GitHub
8 6 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.69%) Figma
9 5 (1.69%) Serverless
10 4 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (1.01%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (1.01%) AWS Step Functions
11 3 (1.01%) Collibra
11 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.01%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.73%) Firewall
2 10 (3.38%) MPLS
3 7 (2.36%) Network Security
4 5 (1.69%) Ethernet
4 5 (1.69%) LAN
4 5 (1.69%) WAN
5 4 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.01%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.01%) DHCP
6 3 (1.01%) DNS
6 3 (1.01%) VLAN
6 3 (1.01%) VoIP
7 2 (0.68%) BGP
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
7 2 (0.68%) Wireless
8 1 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.05%) Power BI
2 8 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.70%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.36%) Metadata
4 6 (2.03%) Tableau
5 4 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.35%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.35%) Pinecone
5 4 (1.35%) Weaviate
6 3 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.01%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.01%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.01%) MySQL
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%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (7.43%) JIRA
2 10 (3.38%) Git
3 6 (2.03%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.01%) Gradle
4 3 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.68%) CMake
5 2 (0.68%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.68%) ERwin
5 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.68%) JUnit
5 2 (0.68%) Maven
5 2 (0.68%) Postman
5 2 (0.68%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.34%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.34%) Mocha
6 1 (0.34%) NUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.34%) TestNG
6 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 91 (30.74%) Social Skills
2 69 (23.31%) Finance
3 46 (15.54%) Banking
4 33 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.11%) Front Office
6 14 (4.73%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.04%) Investment Banking
8 9 (3.04%) Legal
9 8 (2.70%) Marketing
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%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.69%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.35%) Retail
14 3 (1.01%) Games
14 3 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (14.86%) Analyst
2 36 (12.16%) Architect
3 32 (10.81%) Developer
4 31 (10.47%) Senior
5 28 (9.46%) Business Analyst
6 14 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (4.05%) Network Engineer
8 11 (3.72%) Consultant
8 11 (3.72%) Java Developer
8 11 (3.72%) Lead
8 11 (3.72%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.38%) Product Manager
10 7 (2.36%) Java Engineer
10 7 (2.36%) Senior Manager
10 7 (2.36%) Tester
11 6 (2.03%) Automation Tester
11 6 (2.03%) Data Engineer
11 6 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Architect
12 5 (1.69%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.41%) REST
2 12 (4.05%) React
3 11 (3.72%) Spring
4 9 (3.04%) GraphQL
5 8 (2.70%) .NET
6 7 (2.36%) Middleware
6 7 (2.36%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.03%) Kafka
7 6 (2.03%) Playwright
8 5 (1.69%) OAuth
8 5 (1.69%) RESTful
8 5 (1.69%) Vue
9 4 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.35%) HTML
9 4 (1.35%) Pandas
10 3 (1.01%) CSS
10 3 (1.01%) HTML5
10 3 (1.01%) JSON
10 3 (1.01%) OpenID
10 3 (1.01%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.41%) Virtual Team
3 14 (4.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 14 (4.73%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (4.05%) Derivative
6 11 (3.72%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.38%) Mobile App
8 9 (3.04%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.36%) Equities
9 7 (2.36%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.69%) Equity Derivative
10 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.69%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.35%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.35%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.01%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.01%) BYOD
12 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.41%) Windows
2 11 (3.72%) Android
3 7 (2.36%) Unix
4 6 (2.03%) Linux
5 5 (1.69%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Rocky
8 1 (0.34%) Solaris
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 63 (21.28%) Agile
3 57 (19.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (15.88%) AI
6 42 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (12.16%) Analytics
8 33 (11.15%) CI/CD
9 32 (10.81%) Migration
10 29 (9.80%) Roadmaps
11 27 (9.12%) DevOps
12 26 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (8.78%) Test Automation
13 23 (7.77%) Decision-Making
13 23 (7.77%) Project Management
14 22 (7.43%) User Acceptance Testing
15 21 (7.09%) Data Modelling
15 21 (7.09%) Risk Management
16 18 (6.08%) Business Analysis
16 18 (6.08%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 48 (16.22%) Python
2 39 (13.18%) Java
3 32 (10.81%) SQL
4 15 (5.07%) TypeScript
5 11 (3.72%) C#
6 9 (3.04%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.70%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.35%) C++
8 4 (1.35%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.01%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.01%) Bash
9 3 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.68%) R
11 1 (0.34%) GLSL
11 1 (0.34%) Go
11 1 (0.34%) Scala
11 1 (0.34%) SHACL
11 1 (0.34%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 29 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 25 (8.45%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.74%) Degree
4 5 (1.69%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.01%) CISSP
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 Certified Professional
7 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.68%) PMP
8 1 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.43%) QA
2 17 (5.74%) GDPR
3 10 (3.38%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.38%) PMO
4 7 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.36%) SLA
5 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.35%) NIST
6 3 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.68%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.34%) PSD2
8 1 (0.34%) SEPA
8 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.34%) TARGET2
System Software
1 9 (3.04%) Docker
2 7 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.34%) NFS
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.70%) Terraform
3 7 (2.36%) Ansible
4 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.68%) Grafana
5 2 (0.68%) Packer
5 2 (0.68%) QRadar
6 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
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
3 12 (4.05%) Oracle
4 9 (3.04%) Databricks
4 9 (3.04%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.03%) Murex
5 6 (2.03%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.69%) ADVA
6 5 (1.69%) Nokia
6 5 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.69%) Workday
7 4 (1.35%) Adobe
7 4 (1.35%) F5
7 4 (1.35%) Google
8 3 (1.01%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.01%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.68%) Avaya
9 2 (0.68%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.68%) Citrix
9 2 (0.68%) Genesys