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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 90 98
Rank change year-on-year +16 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 522 374 421
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.65% 2.68% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 2.97% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 209 256
10th Percentile £321 £285 £236
25th Percentile £414 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -8.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £641 £613 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £16.36 £19.77
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.01 £24.13
Median hourly rate £22.27 £21.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% -14.00% -
75th Percentile £23.71 £33.17 £41.75
90th Percentile - £39.71 £43.92
England median hourly rate £20.71 £24.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -15.47% +2.08% -65.71%

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 13,078 12,600 15,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.33% 90.28% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,638 8,043 11,412
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 153 257
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.60 £16.48
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.60 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

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 14 January 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
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 14 January 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 -9 32 £531 +8.97% 21
South London -20 4 £538 -10.42% 8
West London -19 3 £250 -41.18% 4
East London - 3 £675 - 6
North London - 1 £700 -
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 (3.64%) Confluence
2 11 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.92%) CMS
4 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.57%) Apache
6 3 (0.57%) CICS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.38%) Drupal
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.38%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.19%) Luigi
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 23 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.19%) Sketch
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.53%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.77%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.57%) VisionPLUS
5 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.38%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.19%) Endur
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.19%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 108 (20.69%) Azure
2 58 (11.11%) AWS
3 48 (9.20%) Power Platform
4 34 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (5.36%) Serverless
7 27 (5.17%) SaaS
8 25 (4.79%) GCP
9 23 (4.41%) Snowflake
10 19 (3.64%) Entra ID
10 19 (3.64%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.87%) PowerApps
12 14 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (2.49%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.49%) Azure Functions
13 13 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (2.30%) Azure AKS
15 11 (2.11%) GitHub
16 10 (1.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.07%) Network Security
2 11 (2.11%) Firewall
3 10 (1.92%) MPLS
4 9 (1.72%) Cisco IPT
5 5 (0.96%) VPN
6 4 (0.77%) LAN
6 4 (0.77%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.77%) WAN
7 3 (0.57%) BGP
7 3 (0.57%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.57%) HTTP
7 3 (0.57%) SAN
7 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.38%) DNS
8 2 (0.38%) Internet
8 2 (0.38%) SDH
8 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.38%) VLAN
8 2 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.51%) Power BI
2 17 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.11%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.92%) Metadata
7 9 (1.72%) Tableau
8 8 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.34%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.96%) Big Data
10 5 (0.96%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.57%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.57%) MySQL
12 3 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (8.43%) JIRA
2 16 (3.07%) Git
3 10 (1.92%) SpecFlow
4 7 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.77%) GitLab
6 3 (0.57%) ChangeMan
6 3 (0.57%) JUnit
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.38%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.38%) Gradle
7 2 (0.38%) Katalon Studio
7 2 (0.38%) Maven
7 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.19%) AppVeyor
8 1 (0.19%) GCC
8 1 (0.19%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.19%) Storybook
8 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 153 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 128 (24.52%) Finance
3 67 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.92%) Banking
5 46 (8.81%) Public Sector
6 41 (7.85%) Legal
7 19 (3.64%) Marketing
8 15 (2.87%) Front Office
8 15 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.72%) Investment Banking
12 8 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.34%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.15%) Electronics
14 6 (1.15%) Law
14 6 (1.15%) Local Government
14 6 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Publishing
14 6 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (15.71%) Developer
2 67 (12.84%) Analyst
3 52 (9.96%) Architect
4 46 (8.81%) Lead
5 32 (6.13%) Senior
6 30 (5.75%) Business Analyst
7 29 (5.56%) Consultant
8 24 (4.60%) Project Manager
9 16 (3.07%) Data Analyst
10 14 (2.68%) Security Engineer
11 12 (2.30%) Network Engineer
11 12 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.30%) Technical Architect
12 11 (2.11%) Administrator
12 11 (2.11%) ServiceNow Developer
12 11 (2.11%) Software Engineer
13 10 (1.92%) Tester
14 9 (1.72%) DBA
14 9 (1.72%) Security Architect
14 9 (1.72%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.79%) REST
2 16 (3.07%) .NET
3 15 (2.87%) SOAP
4 12 (2.30%) React
5 10 (1.92%) HTML
6 9 (1.72%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.72%) Middleware
6 9 (1.72%) Playwright
6 9 (1.72%) RESTful
6 9 (1.72%) Spring
7 8 (1.53%) Node.js
8 7 (1.34%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.34%) Kafka
8 7 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.15%) OAuth
9 6 (1.15%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.15%) XML
10 5 (0.96%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.96%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.96%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 291 (55.75%) Data Protection Act
2 23 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.26%) CMDB
5 14 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 14 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.49%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.11%) Derivative
8 9 (1.72%) NHS
9 8 (1.53%) Equities
9 8 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.53%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.15%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.15%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.15%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.15%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.15%) Freedom of Information
10 6 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.98%) Linux
2 23 (4.41%) Windows
3 11 (2.11%) Unix
4 5 (0.96%) Android
4 5 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.96%) zOS
5 3 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.57%) VMS
6 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (22.41%) Agile
2 106 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 71 (13.60%) DevOps
5 63 (12.07%) Analytics
6 61 (11.69%) CI/CD
7 57 (10.92%) Migration
8 56 (10.73%) AI
9 49 (9.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (8.81%) Roadmaps
11 43 (8.24%) Risk Management
12 41 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
12 41 (7.85%) Scrum
13 38 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
13 38 (7.28%) Data Governance
14 37 (7.09%) Project Management
15 36 (6.90%) Decision-Making
16 34 (6.51%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (6.13%) Incident Response
18 31 (5.94%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 101 (19.35%) Python
2 97 (18.58%) SQL
3 39 (7.47%) JavaScript
4 37 (7.09%) C#
5 25 (4.79%) Java
6 20 (3.83%) PowerShell
7 17 (3.26%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.68%) C++
9 11 (2.11%) Bash
10 7 (1.34%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.96%) Bicep
11 5 (0.96%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.96%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.77%) COBOL
13 3 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.57%) PHP
13 3 (0.57%) R
13 3 (0.57%) VBA
14 2 (0.38%) Scala
14 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (13.22%) Security Cleared
2 57 (10.92%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.66%) Degree
4 16 (3.07%) CISSP
4 16 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.49%) CISM
5 13 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.30%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.11%) PMP
8 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.96%) CRISC
9 5 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.77%) MCP
10 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.57%) CCSP
11 3 (0.57%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (13.98%) GDPR
2 27 (5.17%) NIST
3 24 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (3.64%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.26%) QA
6 11 (2.11%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.53%) GRC
9 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.15%) PERC
10 5 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.77%) IFRS
11 4 (0.77%) NCSC
11 4 (0.77%) SLA
12 3 (0.57%) Basel III
12 3 (0.57%) COBIT
12 3 (0.57%) GAAP
12 3 (0.57%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.07%) Docker
3 8 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) HDFS
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (4.02%) Terraform
2 18 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.30%) Ansible
4 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.53%) SCCM
6 3 (0.57%) CA Endevor
6 3 (0.57%) Grafana
6 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.57%) Kibana
6 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.38%) Control-M
7 2 (0.38%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.38%) Puppet
8 1 (0.19%) Foglight
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.19%) SCOM
8 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 78 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.02%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.64%) SAP
4 18 (3.45%) Databricks
4 18 (3.45%) Google
4 18 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.07%) Oracle
6 9 (1.72%) Cisco
6 9 (1.72%) Citrix
7 8 (1.53%) Workday
8 7 (1.34%) Adobe
8 7 (1.34%) IBM
9 6 (1.15%) Informatica
9 6 (1.15%) ION Trading
9 6 (1.15%) Nokia
10 5 (0.96%) ADVA
10 5 (0.96%) F5
10 5 (0.96%) VMware
11 4 (0.77%) Foundry
11 4 (0.77%) Veeam