Data Protection Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Data Protection/Privacy Manager
England > London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Manager daily rate in London is £508, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 367 400
Rank change year-on-year 0 +33 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Manager 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.013% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.014% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £408 £468 £713
25th Percentile £442 £475 £714
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £725
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -31.03% +56.76%
75th Percentile £577 £525 £763
90th Percentile £613 £533 £778
England median daily rate £465 £600 £705
% change year-on-year -22.50% -14.89% +65.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,187 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,735 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £759 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.38 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £57.13 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%

Data Protection Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Protection Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Protection Manager job vacancy trend in London

Data Protection Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Protection Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Protection Manager job vacancies in London

Data Protection Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Manager in London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Manager in London

Data Protection Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Protection Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Protection Manager job vacancies in London

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Data Protection Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Data Protection Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) PMO