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 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 146 150
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 274 295 355
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.05% 1.85% 1.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% 5.44% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 149 214
10th Percentile £305 £213 £304
25th Percentile £400 £369 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £554
Median % change year-on-year - -9.71% -3.70%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £686
90th Percentile £675 £753 £775
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £29.73 -
25th Percentile - £43.19 £39.85
Median hourly rate - £68.75 £42.19
Median % change year-on-year - +62.95% -41.40%
75th Percentile - £71.88 £44.54
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.25 £21.50 £25.12
% change year-on-year -29.07% -14.39% +19.60%

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 5,206 5,418 7,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.90% 33.99% 34.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,330 3,480 5,132
10th Percentile £341 £325 £350
25th Percentile £438 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £694 £725 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £546 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.73% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 68 92
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.43 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £29.86
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +17.21% +6.68%
75th Percentile £46.15 £57.81 £51.06
90th Percentile £74.38 £79.35 £72.13
England median hourly rate £27.36 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.90% +16.67% +73.71%

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 22 October 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 22 October 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% 1
Central London +10 3 £600 +20.00% 2
West London -3 3 £318 -
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 7 (2.55%) Confluence
2 4 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.09%) CICS
3 3 (1.09%) CMS
3 3 (1.09%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.73%) Apache
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.73%) nginx
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.36%) Luigi
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.09%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.36%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.36%) Sketch
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.36%) SPSS
5 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.09%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.36%) Endur
2 1 (0.36%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.36%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.36%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Internet Expenses
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.52%) AWS
2 29 (10.58%) Azure
3 16 (5.84%) Amazon S3
4 15 (5.47%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (5.47%) Power Platform
4 15 (5.47%) Serverless
5 12 (4.38%) GitHub
6 11 (4.01%) GCP
7 9 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.92%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.55%) SaaS
10 5 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.46%) dbt
11 4 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.09%) AWS Step Functions
12 3 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.01%) Firewall
2 5 (1.82%) DNS
3 4 (1.46%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (1.46%) DHCP
3 4 (1.46%) Network Security
3 4 (1.46%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.73%) 4G
4 2 (0.73%) 5G
4 2 (0.73%) BGP
4 2 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.73%) HTTP
4 2 (0.73%) LTE
4 2 (0.73%) OSPF
4 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.73%) SNMP
4 2 (0.73%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.36%) MPLS
5 1 (0.36%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.38%) Power BI
2 11 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.01%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.55%) Tableau
4 6 (2.19%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.46%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.09%) Big Data
6 3 (1.09%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.09%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.73%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.73%) Metadata
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (6.20%) JIRA
2 9 (3.28%) Git
3 4 (1.46%) GitLab
4 3 (1.09%) ChangeMan
5 2 (0.73%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.73%) DBeaver
5 2 (0.73%) Gradle
5 2 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.73%) JUnit
6 1 (0.36%) AppVeyor
6 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.36%) CMake
6 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.36%) ERwin
6 1 (0.36%) gulp
6 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 85 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.07%) Finance
3 32 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (10.22%) Banking
5 16 (5.84%) Front Office
6 11 (4.01%) Legal
7 8 (2.92%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.55%) Back Office
8 7 (2.55%) Marketing
9 6 (2.19%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.46%) Advertising
11 4 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.09%) Publishing
12 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.73%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (14.96%) Developer
2 38 (13.87%) Analyst
3 24 (8.76%) Business Analyst
4 17 (6.20%) Senior
5 15 (5.47%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.11%) Architect
7 12 (4.38%) Lead
7 12 (4.38%) Python Engineer
7 12 (4.38%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 10 (3.65%) Site Engineer
9 9 (3.28%) Software Engineer
10 8 (2.92%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (2.92%) Network Engineer
10 8 (2.92%) Python Developer
11 7 (2.55%) Junior
12 6 (2.19%) Consultant
12 6 (2.19%) Data Analyst
12 6 (2.19%) Support Engineer
13 5 (1.82%) Java Developer
13 5 (1.82%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.28%) React
1 9 (3.28%) REST
2 7 (2.55%) RESTful
3 6 (2.19%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (2.19%) OAuth
4 5 (1.82%) AWS CDK
4 5 (1.82%) GraphQL
4 5 (1.82%) LangChain
4 5 (1.82%) Middleware
5 4 (1.46%) .NET
5 4 (1.46%) Pandas
5 4 (1.46%) PySpark
5 4 (1.46%) scikit-learn
6 3 (1.09%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.09%) HTML
6 3 (1.09%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.09%) Semantic Kernel
6 3 (1.09%) Vue
6 3 (1.09%) XML
7 2 (0.73%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.01%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.28%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.28%) Derivative
3 7 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (1.82%) Credit Risk
4 5 (1.82%) Virtual Reality
4 5 (1.82%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.46%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.46%) Mainframe
5 4 (1.46%) Market Risk
6 3 (1.09%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.09%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.09%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.09%) Equities
6 3 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.09%) Oculus
6 3 (1.09%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.09%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.30%) Linux
2 16 (5.84%) Windows
3 8 (2.92%) Unix
4 4 (1.46%) Android
4 4 (1.46%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.09%) zOS
6 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.73%) VMS
6 2 (0.73%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.36%) CentOS
7 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 42 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (14.23%) CI/CD
4 36 (13.14%) Agile
4 36 (13.14%) AI
5 32 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (10.58%) DevOps
7 24 (8.76%) Project Management
8 22 (8.03%) Business Analysis
8 22 (8.03%) Migration
9 21 (7.66%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (7.30%) Machine Learning
10 20 (7.30%) Software Engineering
11 19 (6.93%) Generative AI
12 18 (6.57%) Analytics
13 17 (6.20%) Computer Science
13 17 (6.20%) User Acceptance Testing
14 16 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (5.84%) Risk Management
14 16 (5.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 90 (32.85%) Python
2 51 (18.61%) SQL
3 17 (6.20%) JavaScript
4 16 (5.84%) Bash
5 14 (5.11%) C#
6 13 (4.74%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.01%) Java
8 9 (3.28%) Go
9 8 (2.92%) PromQL
10 7 (2.55%) C++
10 7 (2.55%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.19%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.82%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.46%) COBOL
14 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.73%) Perl
15 2 (0.73%) PHP
16 1 (0.36%) VB
16 1 (0.36%) VBA
16 1 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (11.68%) Degree
2 9 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.92%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.55%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (1.82%) CISSP
6 3 (1.09%) MCP
6 3 (1.09%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.73%) CCIE
7 2 (0.73%) CCNP
7 2 (0.73%) CISA
7 2 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.73%) CISM
7 2 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.73%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.73%) PMP
7 2 (0.73%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.36%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.01%) QA
2 10 (3.65%) GDPR
3 8 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.55%) PMO
5 5 (1.82%) NIST
6 4 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.09%) GRC
7 3 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.36%) COBIT
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.36%) EMIR
9 1 (0.36%) SLA
9 1 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (2.55%) Docker
2 5 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) Firmware
3 1 (0.36%) HDFS
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.38%) Grafana
3 11 (4.01%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.55%) Terraform
5 5 (1.82%) Ansible
6 3 (1.09%) CA Endevor
6 3 (1.09%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.09%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (1.09%) SCCM
7 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.36%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.36%) Kibana
8 1 (0.36%) Nessus
8 1 (0.36%) Puppet
8 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (7.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.65%) Cisco
2 10 (3.65%) Databricks
2 10 (3.65%) Splunk
3 9 (3.28%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.92%) Google
4 8 (2.92%) Oracle
4 8 (2.92%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.55%) Juniper
6 5 (1.82%) F5
6 5 (1.82%) ION Trading
6 5 (1.82%) Solace
7 3 (1.09%) Adobe
7 3 (1.09%) Citrix
7 3 (1.09%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.09%) IBM
7 3 (1.09%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.09%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.73%) Informatica
8 2 (0.73%) SAP