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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 105 91
Rank change year-on-year +25 -14 +24
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 592 326 452
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.34% 2.59% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 2.81% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 153 272
10th Percentile £282 £253 £240
25th Percentile £406 £338 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £544
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -8.05% -5.43%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £663
90th Percentile £775 £749 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 14
10th Percentile £20.19 £22.78 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.86 £26.19 £12.32
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.40 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +22.84% -60.40%
75th Percentile £33.22 £34.17 £42.63
90th Percentile £35.49 £36.64 £62.50
England median hourly rate £20.65 £29.23 £21.00
% change year-on-year -29.37% +39.19% -60.00%

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 15,708 11,595 15,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.55% 92.16% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,519 7,858 11,305
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 168 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +19.30% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £46.77
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.55% -4.13%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -15 36 £588 +17.50% 55
South London -19 13 £475 -20.83% 3
East London +1 5 £432 - 6
West London -27 3 £275 -19.12% 4
North London - 1 £550 - 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 18 (3.04%) Confluence
2 13 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.68%) CMS
5 4 (0.68%) SAS
6 3 (0.51%) Apache
6 3 (0.51%) Drupal
7 2 (0.34%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.17%) Camunda
8 1 (0.17%) Mule
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (2.03%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.34%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Endur
5 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 134 (22.64%) Azure
2 91 (15.37%) AWS
3 48 (8.11%) GCP
4 33 (5.57%) SaaS
5 32 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 32 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (4.73%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
8 23 (3.89%) Snowflake
9 19 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (3.21%) GitHub
9 19 (3.21%) Serverless
10 14 (2.36%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (2.03%) Azure AKS
12 12 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (2.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.22%) Network Security
2 17 (2.87%) Firewall
3 14 (2.36%) MPLS
4 9 (1.52%) Cisco IPT
4 9 (1.52%) WAN
5 8 (1.35%) SAN
6 7 (1.18%) VLAN
7 6 (1.01%) LAN
7 6 (1.01%) VPN
7 6 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.84%) Ethernet
8 5 (0.84%) NAS
8 5 (0.84%) Wireless
9 4 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (0.68%) NetScaler
9 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.68%) SSL
10 3 (0.51%) IPv4
10 3 (0.51%) IPv6
10 3 (0.51%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.05%) Power BI
2 18 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (2.87%) Metadata
4 12 (2.03%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.86%) Big Data
5 11 (1.86%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.86%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.86%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (1.35%) Tableau
8 7 (1.18%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.01%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.84%) MySQL
10 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.68%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.68%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 38 (6.42%) JIRA
2 25 (4.22%) Git
3 12 (2.03%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.86%) GitLab
4 11 (1.86%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.51%) JUnit
6 3 (0.51%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (0.51%) Maven
7 2 (0.34%) ERwin
7 2 (0.34%) Gradle
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
8 1 (0.17%) MLflow
General
1 166 (28.04%) Social Skills
2 163 (27.53%) Finance
3 72 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (11.99%) Banking
5 48 (8.11%) Legal
6 35 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.90%) Front Office
8 24 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.89%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.21%) Marketing
11 15 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.03%) Local Government
13 11 (1.86%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.35%) Retail
15 7 (1.18%) Billing
16 6 (1.01%) Electronics
16 6 (1.01%) Private Banking
17 5 (0.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 83 (14.02%) Architect
2 73 (12.33%) Analyst
3 57 (9.63%) Developer
4 50 (8.45%) Senior
5 42 (7.09%) Business Analyst
5 42 (7.09%) Lead
6 36 (6.08%) Consultant
7 30 (5.07%) Project Manager
8 26 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (3.72%) Security Engineer
10 20 (3.38%) Network Engineer
11 18 (3.04%) Data Engineer
11 18 (3.04%) Security Architect
12 16 (2.70%) Java Developer
13 13 (2.20%) Technical Architect
13 13 (2.20%) Tester
14 12 (2.03%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.03%) Senior Manager
15 11 (1.86%) Product Manager
15 11 (1.86%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.72%) .NET
1 22 (3.72%) REST
2 20 (3.38%) React
3 19 (3.21%) Spring
4 14 (2.36%) RESTful
5 13 (2.20%) HTML
5 13 (2.20%) Spring Boot
6 12 (2.03%) Kafka
6 12 (2.03%) Middleware
7 11 (1.86%) Playwright
8 9 (1.52%) CSS
8 9 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.35%) OAuth
10 7 (1.18%) .NET Core
10 7 (1.18%) GraphQL
10 7 (1.18%) JSON
10 7 (1.18%) Node.js
11 6 (1.01%) OAuth2
11 6 (1.01%) OpenID
12 5 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 312 (52.70%) Data Protection Act
2 43 (7.26%) Cloud Native
3 29 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 27 (4.56%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.38%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (3.04%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.53%) Derivative
9 14 (2.36%) Virtual Team
10 13 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (2.03%) Data Centre
11 12 (2.03%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.69%) Equities
12 10 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.69%) NHS
13 9 (1.52%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (1.01%) BYOD
15 6 (1.01%) Equity Derivative
15 6 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.90%) Windows
2 20 (3.38%) Linux
3 11 (1.86%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.86%) Unix
4 8 (1.35%) Android
5 5 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.34%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Rocky
8 1 (0.17%) Solaris
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (20.61%) Agile
2 100 (16.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (13.68%) CI/CD
4 81 (13.68%) DevOps
5 72 (12.16%) Analytics
6 70 (11.82%) AI
6 70 (11.82%) Migration
7 68 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (9.80%) Roadmaps
9 56 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
10 54 (9.12%) Decision-Making
10 54 (9.12%) Risk Management
11 50 (8.45%) Test Automation
12 49 (8.28%) Cloud Security
13 48 (8.11%) Data Governance
14 46 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 45 (7.60%) Information Security
16 44 (7.43%) Infrastructure as Code
16 44 (7.43%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 100 (16.89%) Python
2 87 (14.70%) SQL
3 66 (11.15%) Java
4 32 (5.41%) C#
5 29 (4.90%) JavaScript
6 21 (3.55%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.20%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.69%) C++
9 8 (1.35%) Bash
10 7 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.18%) Scala
11 6 (1.01%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.84%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.51%) Bicep
13 3 (0.51%) PHP
13 3 (0.51%) R
13 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.34%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (12.84%) Security Cleared
2 63 (10.64%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.46%) Degree
4 33 (5.57%) CISSP
5 18 (3.04%) CISM
6 17 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.36%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.36%) PMP
8 13 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.86%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.35%) CCSP
11 8 (1.35%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.18%) CRISC
13 6 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.70%) GDPR
2 43 (7.26%) NIST
3 35 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (5.24%) QA
5 28 (4.73%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.70%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.20%) SLA
8 12 (2.03%) GRC
9 9 (1.52%) PERC
9 9 (1.52%) PMO
10 8 (1.35%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.84%) NCSC
11 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.68%) COBIT
12 4 (0.68%) GAAP
12 4 (0.68%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.68%) IFRS
13 3 (0.51%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 33 (5.57%) Docker
2 29 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 39 (6.59%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.74%) Terraform
3 15 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.20%) Ansible
5 10 (1.69%) Grafana
5 10 (1.69%) SCCM
6 9 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.18%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.68%) Kibana
8 4 (0.68%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.34%) Avamar
10 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.34%) Packer
10 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.34%) Puppet
10 2 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 98 (16.55%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.56%) Oracle
3 24 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.55%) Google
5 18 (3.04%) Databricks
6 17 (2.87%) Cisco
7 13 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.20%) SAP
8 11 (1.86%) Adobe
8 11 (1.86%) Citrix
9 10 (1.69%) Workday
10 9 (1.52%) Nokia
10 9 (1.52%) Splunk
11 7 (1.18%) ADVA
11 7 (1.18%) Apple
11 7 (1.18%) F5
12 6 (1.01%) IBM
12 6 (1.01%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.01%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.84%) Informatica