Data Protection Act Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 157 152
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 +55
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 211 293 436
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.59% 1.66% 1.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.31% 4.98% 4.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 152 281
10th Percentile £253 £225 £373
25th Percentile £353 £375 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £575 £616 £738
90th Percentile £650 £749 £825
England median daily rate £455 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -9.10% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 2
10th Percentile - - £53.00
25th Percentile £28.21 £11.95 £55.63
Median hourly rate £30.81 £27.84 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.65% -55.46% +35.87%
75th Percentile £33.40 £62.50 £70.63
90th Percentile - £71.88 £74.00
England median hourly rate £15.25 £26.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -41.90% +16.67% +12.50%

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 4,897 5,884 9,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.87% 33.39% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,225 4,129 6,620
10th Percentile £331 £315 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £738 £738 £743
90th Percentile £838 £850 £838
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 141 98
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £17.93
25th Percentile £22.50 £21.00 £22.49
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -20.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £47.81 £50.25 £58.44
90th Percentile £65.03 £71.25 £85.99
England median hourly rate £32.72 £37.50 £25.58
% change year-on-year -12.74% +46.60% -3.47%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in London

Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in London.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Act in London

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in London

Data Protection Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 5 July 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 +1 7 - - 2
West London +12 5 £340 +36.00% 1
Central London +8 4 - - 4
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.74%) Confluence
2 8 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.95%) JBoss
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Coherence
3 2 (0.95%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.95%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.47%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.95%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.47%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.47%) SPSS
5 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) BASE24
1 2 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (0.95%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.47%) Endur
2 1 (0.47%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 36 (17.06%) AWS
2 23 (10.90%) Azure
3 11 (5.21%) Power Platform
3 11 (5.21%) SaaS
4 9 (4.27%) Amazon S3
5 8 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (3.79%) Serverless
6 7 (3.32%) GCP
6 7 (3.32%) GitHub
7 6 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.90%) PaaS
9 3 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.42%) AWS Step Functions
9 3 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.42%) IaaS
9 3 (1.42%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.42%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.21%) DNS
2 10 (4.74%) Firewall
3 8 (3.79%) DHCP
4 5 (2.37%) VLAN
5 4 (1.90%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.90%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.42%) HTTP
6 3 (1.42%) Network Security
6 3 (1.42%) SSL
6 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.95%) ATM
7 2 (0.95%) BGP
7 2 (0.95%) LTE
7 2 (0.95%) OSPF
7 2 (0.95%) SNMP
7 2 (0.95%) SSH
7 2 (0.95%) VPN
7 2 (0.95%) WAN
7 2 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.32%) Power BI
3 6 (2.84%) Tableau
4 5 (2.37%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.95%) DB2
6 2 (0.95%) Hazelcast
6 2 (0.95%) IMS/DB
6 2 (0.95%) Metadata
6 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.95%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.95%) Redis
6 2 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.47%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (8.06%) JIRA
2 5 (2.37%) GitLab
3 4 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.42%) Git
4 3 (1.42%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.95%) ERwin
5 2 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.47%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.47%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 64 (30.33%) Social Skills
2 49 (23.22%) Finance
3 30 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.69%) Banking
4 12 (5.69%) Front Office
5 10 (4.74%) Back Office
6 8 (3.79%) Legal
7 5 (2.37%) Marketing
7 5 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.90%) Advertising
9 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.42%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.95%) Dutch Language
10 2 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.47%) French Language
11 1 (0.47%) German Language
11 1 (0.47%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.47%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 27 (12.80%) Analyst
2 23 (10.90%) Developer
3 17 (8.06%) Senior
4 14 (6.64%) Business Analyst
5 12 (5.69%) Architect
5 12 (5.69%) Site Engineer
5 12 (5.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 11 (5.21%) Lead
7 9 (4.27%) Project Manager
8 8 (3.79%) Consultant
8 8 (3.79%) Junior
9 7 (3.32%) Administrator
9 7 (3.32%) AWS Engineer
10 6 (2.84%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.84%) Data Analyst
10 6 (2.84%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.84%) Network Engineer
10 6 (2.84%) Python Developer
10 6 (2.84%) Python Engineer
10 6 (2.84%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.84%) RESTful
2 5 (2.37%) React
3 4 (1.90%) GraphQL
3 4 (1.90%) XML
4 3 (1.42%) AWS CDK
4 3 (1.42%) Spring
5 2 (0.95%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.95%) EJB
5 2 (0.95%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.95%) JDBC
5 2 (0.95%) Kafka
5 2 (0.95%) Middleware
5 2 (0.95%) Murex MxML
5 2 (0.95%) Pandas
5 2 (0.95%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.95%) PySpark
5 2 (0.95%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.95%) Swagger
5 2 (0.95%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (0.95%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.69%) Onboarding
2 7 (3.32%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.32%) Derivative
3 4 (1.90%) Cloud Native
3 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.90%) Video\Live Streaming
3 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.42%) Fixed Income
4 3 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.42%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.42%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.42%) Oculus
4 3 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
4 3 (1.42%) Wiki
5 2 (0.95%) Blockchain
5 2 (0.95%) Credit Derivative
5 2 (0.95%) e-Learning
5 2 (0.95%) Grid Computing
5 2 (0.95%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.43%) Windows
2 17 (8.06%) Linux
3 11 (5.21%) Unix
4 5 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.42%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) CentOS
7 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Solaris
7 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 36 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (14.22%) CI/CD
4 27 (12.80%) Agile
4 27 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (10.90%) Migration
6 22 (10.43%) DevOps
7 19 (9.00%) Project Management
8 17 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (7.11%) Artificial Intelligence
9 15 (7.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 14 (6.64%) Analytics
10 14 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (6.64%) Risk Management
11 13 (6.16%) Data Analysis
11 13 (6.16%) Machine Learning
12 12 (5.69%) Computer Science
12 12 (5.69%) ETRM
12 12 (5.69%) Observability
12 12 (5.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 54 (25.59%) Python
2 34 (16.11%) SQL
3 17 (8.06%) PowerShell
4 12 (5.69%) Java
5 11 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 9 (4.27%) C#
7 8 (3.79%) Go
7 8 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.32%) Bash
9 4 (1.90%) C++
9 4 (1.90%) PHP
10 3 (1.42%) COBOL
10 3 (1.42%) Perl
10 3 (1.42%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.42%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.95%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.95%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.95%) REXX
11 2 (0.95%) VBA
11 2 (0.95%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (13.27%) Degree
2 8 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (3.79%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.32%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.84%) AWS Certification
4 6 (2.84%) CCNP
4 6 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.42%) CCIE
7 2 (0.95%) CCNA
7 2 (0.95%) CISSP
8 1 (0.47%) CISA
8 1 (0.47%) CISM
8 1 (0.47%) CWDP
8 1 (0.47%) CWNA
8 1 (0.47%) ISEB
8 1 (0.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.27%) QA
2 8 (3.79%) GDPR
3 6 (2.84%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.90%) NIST
4 4 (1.90%) PMO
5 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.95%) PERC
7 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.47%) COBIT
7 1 (0.47%) GRC
7 1 (0.47%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.47%) SLA
7 1 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.90%) Docker
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.27%) Terraform
3 8 (3.79%) Grafana
4 7 (3.32%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.37%) Ansible
6 3 (1.42%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.42%) SCCM
7 2 (0.95%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.47%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.47%) Kibana
8 1 (0.47%) Nessus
8 1 (0.47%) Netcool
8 1 (0.47%) Puppet
8 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.47%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.47%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (6.16%) Cisco
1 13 (6.16%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.74%) Oracle
2 10 (4.74%) ServiceNow
2 10 (4.74%) Splunk
3 9 (4.27%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.79%) IBM
5 6 (2.84%) SAP
5 6 (2.84%) VMware
6 5 (2.37%) Google
6 5 (2.37%) Juniper
7 3 (1.42%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.42%) Databricks
7 3 (1.42%) F5
7 3 (1.42%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.42%) HP
7 3 (1.42%) IBM Sterling
7 3 (1.42%) Murex
7 3 (1.42%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.42%) Sybase