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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 86 100
Rank change year-on-year -17 +14 -7
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 605 443 432
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.02% 3.34% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 3.61% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 220 245
10th Percentile £300 £289 £236
25th Percentile £375 £384 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £635
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
England median daily rate £500 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 5
10th Percentile £14.25 £27.05 £27.14
25th Percentile £16.93 £28.62 £27.84
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.74 £44.08
Median % change year-on-year -11.78% -27.99% -16.04%
75th Percentile £33.60 £34.36 £71.88
90th Percentile £36.96 £35.63 -
England median hourly rate £17.85 £19.00 £26.68
% change year-on-year -6.05% -28.79% -35.89%

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 17,877 12,261 14,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.14% 92.47% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,701 8,147 9,784
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 256 190
10th Percentile £17.46 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.94 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.75 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -11.19% -10.63%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.63 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 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 -5 46 £551 +3.14% 52
South London -13 9 £438 -40.37% 8
West London -14 8 £475 +23.38% 19
East London - 4 £410 - 4
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 16 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.32%) Confluence
5 7 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.99%) Apache
6 6 (0.99%) IIS
7 3 (0.50%) CMS
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.50%) SAS
8 2 (0.33%) CICS
8 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.33%) WordPress
9 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) Luigi
9 1 (0.17%) Moodle
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 20 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.66%) UserZoom
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.16%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.33%) Endur
5 2 (0.33%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.17%) Actimize
6 1 (0.17%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.17%) Magento
6 1 (0.17%) Maximo
6 1 (0.17%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.17%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 140 (23.14%) Azure
2 114 (18.84%) AWS
3 54 (8.93%) GCP
4 37 (6.12%) SaaS
5 34 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (4.79%) Entra ID
7 28 (4.63%) Microsoft Purview
8 24 (3.97%) Power Platform
9 23 (3.80%) GitHub
10 22 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.14%) Serverless
12 15 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (1.98%) Snowflake
15 11 (1.82%) Amazon S3
15 11 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.82%) OneDrive
15 11 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (1.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.11%) Network Security
2 22 (3.64%) Firewall
3 13 (2.15%) Cisco IPT
4 11 (1.82%) DNS
5 10 (1.65%) VPN
5 10 (1.65%) Wireless
6 9 (1.49%) DHCP
7 8 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.16%) LAN
8 7 (1.16%) SSL
8 7 (1.16%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.16%) WAN
9 5 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (0.83%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.83%) MPLS
10 4 (0.66%) HTTP
10 4 (0.66%) SAN
11 3 (0.50%) DMZ
11 3 (0.50%) OSPF
11 3 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.47%) Metadata
2 19 (3.14%) Power BI
3 17 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.31%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.82%) MySQL
6 10 (1.65%) Big Data
6 10 (1.65%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.99%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.99%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.83%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.83%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.83%) Tableau
10 4 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.66%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (0.66%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.66%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.50%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 33 (5.45%) JIRA
2 20 (3.31%) Git
3 14 (2.31%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.32%) GitLab
5 4 (0.66%) ERwin
5 4 (0.66%) Selenium
6 3 (0.50%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.50%) Gradle
7 2 (0.33%) CMake
7 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.33%) JUnit
7 2 (0.33%) Maven
7 2 (0.33%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.33%) Vite
7 2 (0.33%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.17%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 214 (35.37%) Social Skills
2 161 (26.61%) Finance
3 67 (11.07%) Banking
3 67 (11.07%) Public Sector
4 66 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (9.92%) Legal
6 37 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (5.12%) Front Office
8 17 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.31%) Marketing
10 14 (2.31%) Retail
11 13 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.98%) Billing
13 11 (1.82%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.65%) Local Government
14 10 (1.65%) Police
15 9 (1.49%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 108 (17.85%) Architect
2 74 (12.23%) Analyst
3 46 (7.60%) Developer
3 46 (7.60%) Senior
4 42 (6.94%) Lead
5 34 (5.62%) Business Analyst
5 34 (5.62%) Security Architect
6 33 (5.45%) Consultant
7 29 (4.79%) Project Manager
8 28 (4.63%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (2.31%) Security Engineer
10 13 (2.15%) Data Engineer
10 13 (2.15%) Product Manager
11 12 (1.98%) Java Developer
11 12 (1.98%) Junior
12 11 (1.82%) Data Protection Officer
12 11 (1.82%) Network Engineer
13 10 (1.65%) Data Analyst
13 10 (1.65%) Enterprise Architect
14 9 (1.49%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.96%) REST
2 24 (3.97%) Terraform
3 15 (2.48%) OAuth
4 13 (2.15%) Middleware
4 13 (2.15%) React
4 13 (2.15%) RESTful
5 12 (1.98%) Spring
6 10 (1.65%) CSS
6 10 (1.65%) GraphQL
6 10 (1.65%) HTML
7 9 (1.49%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.32%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (1.32%) OAuth2
8 8 (1.32%) OpenID
9 7 (1.16%) JSON
9 7 (1.16%) Kafka
9 7 (1.16%) Pandas
9 7 (1.16%) SAML
10 6 (0.99%) Playwright
10 6 (0.99%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 279 (46.12%) Data Protection Act
2 41 (6.78%) Cloud Native
3 37 (6.12%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.95%) Onboarding
5 29 (4.79%) Management Information System
6 26 (4.30%) Security Posture
7 19 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (2.98%) Virtual Team
9 14 (2.31%) Data Centre
9 14 (2.31%) Derivative
10 10 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.65%) NHS
11 9 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.32%) Fixed Income
12 8 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.32%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.16%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.16%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.11%) Windows
2 21 (3.47%) Linux
3 13 (2.15%) Android
4 12 (1.98%) Unix
5 10 (1.65%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.49%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.16%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.66%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.33%) zOS
11 1 (0.17%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) MVS
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.17%) Rocky
11 1 (0.17%) Solaris
11 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 110 (18.18%) Agile
3 99 (16.36%) AI
4 95 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (14.71%) CI/CD
5 89 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
6 81 (13.39%) DevOps
7 79 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (12.89%) Migration
8 78 (12.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 76 (12.56%) Data Governance
10 69 (11.40%) Roadmaps
11 64 (10.58%) Information Security
12 63 (10.41%) Analytics
13 60 (9.92%) Decision-Making
13 60 (9.92%) Risk Management
14 50 (8.26%) Cloud Security
15 46 (7.60%) Data Modelling
16 44 (7.27%) Validation
17 42 (6.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 70 (11.57%) Python
2 58 (9.59%) SQL
3 44 (7.27%) Java
4 21 (3.47%) PowerShell
5 16 (2.64%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.98%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.65%) Apex Code
8 9 (1.49%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.16%) Bash
9 7 (1.16%) C++
10 6 (0.99%) C#
10 6 (0.99%) Scala
11 4 (0.66%) C
11 4 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.66%) Perl
12 3 (0.50%) COBOL
12 3 (0.50%) VBScript
13 2 (0.33%) PHP
13 2 (0.33%) REXX
13 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 78 (12.89%) Security Cleared
2 58 (9.59%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.26%) Degree
4 45 (7.44%) CISSP
5 28 (4.63%) CISM
6 18 (2.98%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.15%) PMP
9 12 (1.98%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.65%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.99%) CISA
14 5 (0.83%) CRISC
14 5 (0.83%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.66%) CCNP
15 4 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (16.53%) GDPR
2 45 (7.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (6.28%) Data Quality
4 34 (5.62%) NIST
5 33 (5.45%) QA
6 19 (3.14%) Accessibility
6 19 (3.14%) GRC
7 14 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.98%) PMO
9 9 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.32%) Government Security Classifications
10 8 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.32%) PERC
11 6 (0.99%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.99%) SLA
12 5 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.83%) NCSC
13 4 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.66%) COBIT
System Software
1 32 (5.29%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.47%) Docker
3 4 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.33%) Firmware
5 2 (0.33%) Varnish
6 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.17%) NFS
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.82%) SCCM
4 10 (1.65%) Ansible
4 10 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.49%) Grafana
6 5 (0.83%) CA Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.66%) PingFederate
7 4 (0.66%) Puppet
8 3 (0.50%) Kibana
8 3 (0.50%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.50%) QRadar
9 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.33%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.33%) Packer
9 2 (0.33%) SCOM
10 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.17%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 117 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.12%) ServiceNow
3 26 (4.30%) Oracle
4 22 (3.64%) Cisco
5 19 (3.14%) Google
5 19 (3.14%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.48%) Databricks
7 13 (2.15%) Splunk
7 13 (2.15%) Zscaler
8 7 (1.16%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.99%) CyberArk
9 6 (0.99%) Murex
10 5 (0.83%) Aruba
10 5 (0.83%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.83%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.83%) IBM
10 5 (0.83%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.83%) Ping Identity
10 5 (0.83%) Workday