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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 88 97
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 526 437 491
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.72% 2.78% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 3.11% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 255 293
10th Percentile £324 £297 £263
25th Percentile £414 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £650 £614 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £749
England median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £23.08 £28.75
25th Percentile - £26.58 £35.88
Median hourly rate - £32.79 £41.62
Median % change year-on-year - -21.21% +4.04%
75th Percentile - £38.62 £43.76
90th Percentile - £41.90 £44.23
England median hourly rate £20.71 £22.50 £24.56
% change year-on-year -7.96% -8.38% -61.44%

All Process and 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 13,053 14,033 17,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.33% 89.24% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,585 9,054 12,730
10th Percentile £335 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.21% -3.69%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 246
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.13 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +3.21% -6.54%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.56 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 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
Central London +7 35 £551 +10.25% 90
South London -22 7 £600 - 4
West London -14 5 £300 -33.33% 13
East London +6 1 £638 +19.16% 9
North London - 1 £700 - 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 (3.61%) Confluence
2 11 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.90%) CMS
4 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.57%) CICS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.38%) nginx
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%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.19%) SAS
8 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 23 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
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
6 1 (0.19%) SPSS
6 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.57%) VisionPLUS
3 2 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.38%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.38%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.19%) BambooHR
4 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.19%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.19%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 118 (22.43%) Azure
2 88 (16.73%) AWS
3 49 (9.32%) Power Platform
4 38 (7.22%) GCP
5 33 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (4.94%) GitHub
8 21 (3.99%) Power Automate
8 21 (3.99%) SaaS
8 21 (3.99%) Serverless
9 17 (3.23%) Entra ID
9 17 (3.23%) PowerApps
10 14 (2.66%) Amazon S3
10 14 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.66%) Snowflake
11 12 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.71%) Azure AKS
12 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.61%) Firewall
2 14 (2.66%) Network Security
3 9 (1.71%) Cisco IPT
4 8 (1.52%) DNS
5 7 (1.33%) VPN
6 5 (0.95%) WAN
7 4 (0.76%) DHCP
7 4 (0.76%) DMARC
7 4 (0.76%) HTTP
7 4 (0.76%) MPLS
7 4 (0.76%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.57%) 5G
8 3 (0.57%) BGP
8 3 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.57%) Internet
8 3 (0.57%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.57%) SAN
8 3 (0.57%) SMTP
9 2 (0.38%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.27%) Power BI
2 17 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.09%) Tableau
5 9 (1.71%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.52%) Metadata
7 7 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.33%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.57%) Big Data
11 3 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.57%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.57%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.57%) Power Query
12 2 (0.38%) Apache Iceberg
12 2 (0.38%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 48 (9.13%) JIRA
2 16 (3.04%) Git
3 9 (1.71%) Metasploit
4 8 (1.52%) Burp Suite
4 8 (1.52%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.14%) GitLab
5 6 (1.14%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.57%) ChangeMan
6 3 (0.57%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.38%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.38%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.38%) Gradle
7 2 (0.38%) JUnit
7 2 (0.38%) Maven
8 1 (0.19%) AppVeyor
8 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.19%) MLflow
8 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 165 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 120 (22.81%) Finance
3 65 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.32%) Banking
5 47 (8.94%) Public Sector
6 42 (7.98%) Legal
7 20 (3.80%) Marketing
8 19 (3.61%) Front Office
9 11 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.52%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.52%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.52%) Law
12 7 (1.33%) Back Office
12 7 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.33%) Retail
13 6 (1.14%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 72 (13.69%) Developer
2 68 (12.93%) Analyst
3 44 (8.37%) Architect
3 44 (8.37%) Lead
4 36 (6.84%) Business Analyst
5 28 (5.32%) Senior
6 26 (4.94%) Consultant
7 25 (4.75%) Security Engineer
8 20 (3.80%) Project Manager
9 18 (3.42%) Data Analyst
10 13 (2.47%) Python Engineer
10 13 (2.47%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 11 (2.09%) ServiceNow Developer
11 11 (2.09%) Site Engineer
11 11 (2.09%) Software Engineer
11 11 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (1.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 10 (1.90%) Network Engineer
12 10 (1.90%) Python Developer
13 9 (1.71%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.13%) REST
2 16 (3.04%) SOAP
3 11 (2.09%) React
4 10 (1.90%) .NET
4 10 (1.90%) HTML
5 9 (1.71%) Middleware
5 9 (1.71%) RESTful
6 8 (1.52%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.33%) OAuth
8 6 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (1.14%) Spring
9 5 (0.95%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.95%) LangChain
9 5 (0.95%) Node.js
10 4 (0.76%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.76%) Pandas
10 4 (0.76%) PySpark
10 4 (0.76%) scikit-learn
11 3 (0.57%) CSS
11 3 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 280 (53.23%) Data Protection Act
2 21 (3.99%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.04%) CMDB
4 15 (2.85%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.66%) Virtual Team
6 13 (2.47%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.90%) Derivative
7 10 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.71%) NHS
9 8 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.33%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.33%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.33%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.14%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (0.95%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.32%) Linux
2 24 (4.56%) Windows
3 10 (1.90%) Unix
4 6 (1.14%) Android
5 4 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.57%) VMS
6 3 (0.57%) zOS
7 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.38%) CentOS
7 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (18.44%) Agile
2 94 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (15.21%) CI/CD
4 68 (12.93%) DevOps
5 61 (11.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 60 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 58 (11.03%) AI
8 54 (10.27%) Analytics
9 50 (9.51%) Cybersecurity
10 49 (9.32%) Migration
11 44 (8.37%) Infrastructure as Code
12 40 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 40 (7.60%) Data Governance
12 40 (7.60%) Roadmaps
13 39 (7.41%) Project Management
14 38 (7.22%) Risk Management
15 37 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
16 33 (6.27%) Requirements Gathering
17 31 (5.89%) Cloud Security
17 31 (5.89%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 123 (23.38%) Python
2 78 (14.83%) SQL
3 34 (6.46%) JavaScript
4 32 (6.08%) Bash
5 26 (4.94%) PowerShell
6 25 (4.75%) C#
7 18 (3.42%) Java
8 12 (2.28%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.52%) C++
9 8 (1.52%) Go
9 8 (1.52%) PromQL
10 7 (1.33%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.14%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.76%) COBOL
13 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.57%) R
13 3 (0.57%) VBA
14 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 60 (11.41%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.51%) SC Cleared
3 37 (7.03%) Degree
4 17 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.66%) CISSP
6 10 (1.90%) CISM
6 10 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.71%) OSCP
8 8 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.52%) CHECK Team Member
8 8 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.52%) CREST Certified
8 8 (1.52%) Tigerscheme
9 6 (1.14%) CISA
9 6 (1.14%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.14%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (13.69%) GDPR
2 29 (5.51%) NIST
3 23 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.23%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.23%) QA
5 12 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.90%) NCSC
7 9 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.52%) GRC
9 7 (1.33%) PERC
9 7 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (1.14%) COBIT
10 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.14%) PMO
11 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.38%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.38%) MiFID
System Software
1 21 (3.99%) Docker
2 18 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.38%) vSphere
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) HDFS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 22 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.99%) Terraform
3 13 (2.47%) Grafana
4 12 (2.28%) Ansible
5 10 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.90%) SCCM
6 8 (1.52%) Nmap
7 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.95%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.57%) CA Endevor
9 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.57%) Kibana
9 3 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.38%) Puppet
10 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 78 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.18%) ServiceNow
3 21 (3.99%) Google
4 20 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.66%) Databricks
6 13 (2.47%) SAP
7 12 (2.28%) Cisco
7 12 (2.28%) Splunk
7 12 (2.28%) VMware
8 11 (2.09%) Oracle
9 9 (1.71%) IBM
9 9 (1.71%) Veracode
10 8 (1.52%) F5
10 8 (1.52%) Juniper
11 7 (1.33%) Citrix
12 6 (1.14%) Adobe
12 6 (1.14%) ION Trading
12 6 (1.14%) Veeam
13 5 (0.95%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.95%) Solace