Data Protection Contract Job Trends in London

Data Protection
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 107 101
Rank change year-on-year +30 -6 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 589 319 417
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.44% 2.52% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.86% 2.75% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 162 254
10th Percentile £300 £263 £263
25th Percentile £413 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £610 £675
90th Percentile £763 £744 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 14
10th Percentile £20.04 £19.10 £11.95
25th Percentile £22.43 £24.88 £12.32
Median hourly rate £30.06 £30.40 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +25.37% -66.55%
75th Percentile £33.26 £34.17 £42.63
90th Percentile £36.03 £36.64 £57.11
England median hourly rate £20.71 £29.23 £19.50
% change year-on-year -29.15% +49.90% -71.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,277 11,605 15,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.33% 91.50% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,260 7,873 11,316
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 169 332
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in London

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in London over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in London over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 6 April 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 -12 40 £600 +17.07% 34
South London -27 12 £556 -7.33% 4
East London +5 6 £535 - 6
West London -21 3 £200 -40.96% 19
North London - 2 £625 - 2
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
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 19 (3.23%) Confluence
2 14 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.51%) Apache
6 3 (0.51%) CMS
7 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.34%) Drupal
7 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.17%) Mule
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.04%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Endur
5 1 (0.17%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 142 (24.11%) Azure
2 88 (14.94%) AWS
3 50 (8.49%) GCP
4 33 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (5.43%) SaaS
6 31 (5.26%) Entra ID
7 29 (4.92%) Power Platform
8 27 (4.58%) Snowflake
9 23 (3.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 22 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.74%) Serverless
11 17 (2.89%) GitHub
12 15 (2.55%) PaaS
13 14 (2.38%) Azure AKS
14 13 (2.21%) Amazon S3
14 13 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (2.21%) IaaS
15 12 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.90%) Network Security
2 14 (2.38%) Firewall
3 13 (2.21%) MPLS
4 12 (2.04%) Cisco IPT
5 9 (1.53%) SAN
6 6 (1.02%) VLAN
6 6 (1.02%) VPN
6 6 (1.02%) WAN
7 5 (0.85%) LAN
7 5 (0.85%) NAS
7 5 (0.85%) SSL
8 4 (0.68%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.68%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.68%) Wireless
9 3 (0.51%) BGP
9 3 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.51%) IPv4
9 3 (0.51%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.24%) Power BI
2 20 (3.40%) Metadata
3 15 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.21%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.70%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.36%) Big Data
7 8 (1.36%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.36%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.19%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.19%) MySQL
8 7 (1.19%) Tableau
9 6 (1.02%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.51%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 39 (6.62%) JIRA
2 25 (4.24%) Git
3 12 (2.04%) GitLab
3 12 (2.04%) SpecFlow
4 9 (1.53%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.51%) Gradle
6 3 (0.51%) JUnit
6 3 (0.51%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (0.51%) Maven
7 2 (0.34%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.34%) ERwin
7 2 (0.34%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.34%) NUnit
7 2 (0.34%) Postman
7 2 (0.34%) Selenium
7 2 (0.34%) Storybook
7 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 161 (27.33%) Social Skills
2 159 (26.99%) Finance
3 72 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (11.38%) Banking
5 48 (8.15%) Legal
6 40 (6.79%) Public Sector
7 30 (5.09%) Front Office
8 21 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.40%) Marketing
10 15 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.70%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.70%) Local Government
13 8 (1.36%) Billing
13 8 (1.36%) Retail
14 6 (1.02%) Electronics
15 5 (0.85%) Back Office
15 5 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (15.28%) Architect
2 71 (12.05%) Analyst
3 53 (9.00%) Developer
4 47 (7.98%) Lead
4 47 (7.98%) Senior
5 38 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 36 (6.11%) Consultant
7 29 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (4.07%) Project Manager
9 19 (3.23%) Security Engineer
10 17 (2.89%) Security Architect
11 16 (2.72%) Network Engineer
11 16 (2.72%) Technical Architect
12 15 (2.55%) Java Developer
13 13 (2.21%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.21%) Data Engineer
13 13 (2.21%) Tester
14 12 (2.04%) Technical Analyst
15 10 (1.70%) Product Manager
15 10 (1.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.74%) .NET
2 19 (3.23%) React
2 19 (3.23%) Spring
3 17 (2.89%) REST
4 14 (2.38%) Middleware
5 13 (2.21%) Spring Boot
6 12 (2.04%) Kafka
7 11 (1.87%) Playwright
7 11 (1.87%) RESTful
8 9 (1.53%) HTML
8 9 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.19%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.19%) Node.js
10 6 (1.02%) CSS
10 6 (1.02%) OAuth
10 6 (1.02%) XML
11 5 (0.85%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.85%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (0.85%) JSON
11 5 (0.85%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 302 (51.27%) Data Protection Act
2 41 (6.96%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 24 (4.07%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (3.06%) Security Posture
7 16 (2.72%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.38%) Derivative
9 12 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.04%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.87%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.70%) Equities
11 10 (1.70%) Freedom of Information
11 10 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.70%) NHS
12 9 (1.53%) Fixed Income
13 6 (1.02%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.58%) Windows
2 21 (3.57%) Linux
3 9 (1.53%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.53%) Unix
4 6 (1.02%) Android
5 4 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.51%) VMS
7 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.34%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) CentOS
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Rocky
8 1 (0.17%) Solaris
8 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (19.69%) Agile
2 102 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 82 (13.92%) DevOps
5 78 (13.24%) CI/CD
6 75 (12.73%) Migration
7 70 (11.88%) Analytics
8 66 (11.21%) AI
9 61 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
10 58 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (9.85%) Roadmaps
11 56 (9.51%) Risk Management
12 53 (9.00%) Decision-Making
13 51 (8.66%) Data Governance
14 47 (7.98%) Cloud Security
15 46 (7.81%) Test Automation
16 45 (7.64%) Microservices
17 44 (7.47%) Infrastructure as Code
17 44 (7.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 40 (6.79%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 96 (16.30%) Python
2 91 (15.45%) SQL
3 62 (10.53%) Java
4 35 (5.94%) C#
5 27 (4.58%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.23%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.55%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.36%) Bash
8 8 (1.36%) C++
9 6 (1.02%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.02%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.85%) Bicep
11 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.51%) PHP
12 3 (0.51%) Scala
12 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.34%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (13.24%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.38%) SC Cleared
3 53 (9.00%) Degree
4 34 (5.77%) CISSP
5 20 (3.40%) CISM
6 19 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.55%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.38%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.04%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.04%) PMP
10 11 (1.87%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.36%) CCSP
14 7 (1.19%) CRISC
14 7 (1.19%) DV Cleared
15 6 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 5 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (15.79%) GDPR
2 45 (7.64%) NIST
3 36 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (5.43%) QA
5 29 (4.92%) Data Quality
6 15 (2.55%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.21%) GRC
8 12 (2.04%) SLA
9 9 (1.53%) PERC
10 8 (1.36%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.36%) PMO
11 6 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.85%) NCSC
12 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.68%) COBIT
13 4 (0.68%) GAAP
13 4 (0.68%) IFRS
14 3 (0.51%) Basel III
14 3 (0.51%) HL7
System Software
1 33 (5.60%) Docker
2 25 (4.24%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 41 (6.96%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.77%) Terraform
3 15 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (2.38%) Ansible
5 10 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.53%) SCCM
7 7 (1.19%) Grafana
8 5 (0.85%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.68%) Kibana
9 4 (0.68%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.51%) Puppet
11 2 (0.34%) Avamar
11 2 (0.34%) Control-M
11 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 94 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.24%) Oracle
3 23 (3.90%) Google
4 21 (3.57%) Databricks
4 21 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.06%) SAP
6 16 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.04%) Cisco
8 11 (1.87%) Citrix
9 10 (1.70%) Adobe
10 9 (1.53%) F5
10 9 (1.53%) Nokia
10 9 (1.53%) Workday
11 8 (1.36%) VMware
12 7 (1.19%) ADVA
13 6 (1.02%) Apple
13 6 (1.02%) IBM
13 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.02%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.02%) Splunk