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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 146 144
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +37
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 277 283 338
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.01% 1.81% 1.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.14% 5.37% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 144 203
10th Percentile £288 £220 £265
25th Percentile £400 £367 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £675
90th Percentile £675 £725 £770
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.75 £39.85
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £42.19
Median % change year-on-year - -49.04% -
75th Percentile - £22.25 £44.54
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.25 £20.00 £33.65
% change year-on-year -23.75% -40.57% +77.45%

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 5,385 5,266 6,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.08% 33.72% 34.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,440 3,362 4,942
10th Percentile £335 £325 £340
25th Percentile £441 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 63 99
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.30 £18.46
25th Percentile £21.24 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.77% +15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £45.06 £57.38 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £68.15
England median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% +5.56% +66.79%

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 6 £600 +26.32% 1
Central London -3 3 £600 +20.00% 4
West London -10 3 £213 -
East London +5 1 £638 +19.16% 1
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 8 (2.89%) Confluence
2 4 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.08%) CICS
3 3 (1.08%) CMS
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.72%) nginx
4 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Luigi
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
5 1 (0.36%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.36%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.36%) Sketch
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) SPSS
4 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) VisionPLUS
2 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.72%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.72%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.36%) Endur
3 1 (0.36%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.36%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (16.61%) AWS
2 30 (10.83%) Azure
3 16 (5.78%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.05%) Amazon S3
4 14 (5.05%) GitHub
5 13 (4.69%) AWS Lambda
5 13 (4.69%) Serverless
6 11 (3.97%) GCP
7 10 (3.61%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.89%) SaaS
9 5 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.44%) dbt
11 3 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.08%) Datadog
11 3 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.61%) Firewall
2 4 (1.44%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (1.08%) DNS
3 3 (1.08%) Network Security
3 3 (1.08%) VPN
4 2 (0.72%) 4G
4 2 (0.72%) 5G
4 2 (0.72%) BGP
4 2 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.72%) DHCP
4 2 (0.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.72%) HTTP
4 2 (0.72%) LTE
4 2 (0.72%) NetScaler
4 2 (0.72%) OSPF
4 2 (0.72%) SAN
4 2 (0.72%) SNMP
5 1 (0.36%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.05%) Power BI
2 11 (3.97%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.89%) Tableau
5 4 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.44%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.44%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.08%) Big Data
6 3 (1.08%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.72%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (6.50%) JIRA
2 9 (3.25%) Git
3 5 (1.81%) GitLab
4 3 (1.08%) ChangeMan
5 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.72%) DBeaver
5 2 (0.72%) Gradle
5 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.72%) JUnit
5 2 (0.72%) Maven
5 2 (0.72%) SpecFlow
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%) gulp
6 1 (0.36%) MSTest
6 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 80 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 53 (19.13%) Finance
3 29 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (10.47%) Banking
4 15 (5.42%) Front Office
5 12 (4.33%) Legal
6 7 (2.53%) Back Office
6 7 (2.53%) Financial Institution
6 7 (2.53%) Marketing
7 6 (2.17%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.44%) Advertising
8 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.08%) Publishing
9 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (14.80%) Developer
2 40 (14.44%) Analyst
3 23 (8.30%) Business Analyst
4 15 (5.42%) Project Manager
5 14 (5.05%) Architect
5 14 (5.05%) Senior
6 12 (4.33%) Lead
6 12 (4.33%) Python Engineer
6 12 (4.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 10 (3.61%) Site Engineer
8 9 (3.25%) Software Engineer
9 8 (2.89%) Python Developer
10 7 (2.53%) Junior
10 7 (2.53%) Network Engineer
10 7 (2.53%) Support Engineer
11 6 (2.17%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (2.17%) Consultant
11 6 (2.17%) Data Analyst
11 6 (2.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (1.81%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.25%) React
1 9 (3.25%) REST
2 6 (2.17%) RESTful
3 5 (1.81%) .NET
3 5 (1.81%) AWS CDK
3 5 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.81%) LangChain
3 5 (1.81%) Middleware
3 5 (1.81%) OAuth
4 4 (1.44%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.44%) HTML
4 4 (1.44%) Pandas
4 4 (1.44%) PySpark
4 4 (1.44%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.08%) CSS
5 3 (1.08%) Playwright
5 3 (1.08%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.08%) Spring
5 3 (1.08%) Vue
5 3 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.61%) Onboarding
2 8 (2.89%) Cloud Native
2 8 (2.89%) Derivative
3 7 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.17%) Credit Risk
4 6 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (1.81%) Virtual Reality
6 4 (1.44%) Equities
6 4 (1.44%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.44%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.44%) Market Risk
6 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.08%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.08%) Oculus
7 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.08%) Replication
7 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.08%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.50%) Linux
2 15 (5.42%) Windows
3 8 (2.89%) Unix
4 4 (1.44%) Android
4 4 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.08%) zOS
6 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.72%) VMS
6 2 (0.72%) 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
1 277 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 42 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (14.08%) CI/CD
4 35 (12.64%) AI
5 34 (12.27%) Agile
6 33 (11.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (9.39%) DevOps
8 24 (8.66%) Migration
8 24 (8.66%) Project Management
9 21 (7.58%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (7.22%) Business Analysis
10 20 (7.22%) Software Engineering
11 19 (6.86%) Analytics
11 19 (6.86%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (6.86%) Generative AI
12 18 (6.50%) Machine Learning
12 18 (6.50%) User Acceptance Testing
13 17 (6.14%) Risk Management
14 16 (5.78%) Business Intelligence
14 16 (5.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 90 (32.49%) Python
2 52 (18.77%) SQL
3 17 (6.14%) C#
4 16 (5.78%) Bash
4 16 (5.78%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.69%) PowerShell
6 11 (3.97%) Java
7 8 (2.89%) Go
7 8 (2.89%) PromQL
8 7 (2.53%) C++
8 7 (2.53%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.17%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.81%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.44%) COBOL
12 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.72%) PHP
14 1 (0.36%) Perl
14 1 (0.36%) VB
14 1 (0.36%) VBA
14 1 (0.36%) VC++
Qualifications
1 28 (10.11%) Degree
2 8 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (2.89%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.81%) AWS Certification
3 5 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 5 (1.81%) CISSP
4 4 (1.44%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.08%) MCP
5 3 (1.08%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.72%) CCIE
6 2 (0.72%) CCNP
6 2 (0.72%) CISA
6 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.72%) CISM
6 2 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.72%) ISEB
6 2 (0.72%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (0.72%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.72%) PMP
7 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.69%) QA
2 12 (4.33%) GDPR
3 9 (3.25%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.17%) PMO
5 5 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.81%) NIST
6 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.72%) GRC
7 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.36%) EMIR
8 1 (0.36%) SLA
8 1 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (2.89%) Docker
2 5 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.36%) Firmware
5 1 (0.36%) HDFS
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 13 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.97%) Grafana
3 10 (3.61%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.53%) Terraform
5 5 (1.81%) Ansible
6 3 (1.08%) CA Endevor
6 3 (1.08%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.08%) SCCM
7 2 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.36%) Nessus
8 1 (0.36%) Puppet
8 1 (0.36%) SCOM
8 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (7.58%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.97%) Databricks
3 10 (3.61%) Splunk
4 9 (3.25%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.89%) Google
6 7 (2.53%) Cisco
6 7 (2.53%) Oracle
6 7 (2.53%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.17%) ION Trading
7 6 (2.17%) Juniper
8 5 (1.81%) F5
8 5 (1.81%) Solace
9 4 (1.44%) Citrix
10 3 (1.08%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.08%) IBM
10 3 (1.08%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.08%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.08%) VMware
11 2 (0.72%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.72%) Rapid7