Data Protection Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

Data Protection/Privacy Specialist
England > London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Specialist daily rate in London is £651, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 - 378
Rank change year-on-year - - +70
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Specialist 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.015% - 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% - 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £278
25th Percentile £650 - £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £651 - £340
75th Percentile £651 - £420
90th Percentile - - £468
England median daily rate £651 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,988 12,399 15,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 92.71% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,280 8,291 10,016
10th Percentile £363 £331 £343
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -1.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £672 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 204 178
10th Percentile £17.32 £17.00 £17.43
25th Percentile £22.25 £22.98 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £29.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.76% -17.04% -6.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 £57.13
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.40 £75.38
England median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +2.62%

Data Protection Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Protection Specialist job vacancy trend in London

Data Protection Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Protection Specialist
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 Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
Central London - 2 - - 1
Data Protection Specialist
England

Data Protection Specialist Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Data Protection Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Sharing
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment

Data Protection Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Sharing
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR