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

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 91 101
Rank change year-on-year +21 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 515 433 504
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.75% 2.79% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 3.13% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 251 301
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -12.61% -
75th Percentile £650 £613 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £23.08 £27.17
25th Percentile - £26.58 £31.92
Median hourly rate - £32.79 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year - -20.10% +2.60%
75th Percentile - £38.62 £42.79
90th Percentile - £41.90 £43.84
England median hourly rate £20.40 £22.75 £24.00
% change year-on-year -10.33% -5.21% -54.29%

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 12,709 13,828 18,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.42% 89.13% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,364 8,905 13,142
10th Percentile £331 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £799 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 162 248
10th Percentile £17.74 £17.28 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.94 £24.63 £21.44
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +1.65% -0.88%
75th Percentile £46.81 £55.94 £60.44
90th Percentile £64.88 £80.68 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%

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 10 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 10 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 +6 33 £558 +11.50% 65
South London -21 6 £600 - 3
West London -12 4 £250 -44.44% 10
East London +3 1 £638 +19.16% 7
North London - 1 £700 - 3
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 (3.50%) Confluence
2 11 (2.14%) CMS
2 11 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.58%) CICS
6 2 (0.39%) Apache
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.39%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.19%) Luigi
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
7 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
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 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.58%) VisionPLUS
3 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.39%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.39%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 115 (22.33%) Azure
2 89 (17.28%) AWS
3 47 (9.13%) Power Platform
4 36 (6.99%) GCP
4 36 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.85%) GitHub
7 23 (4.47%) Serverless
8 20 (3.88%) Power Automate
8 20 (3.88%) SaaS
9 18 (3.50%) Entra ID
10 16 (3.11%) Amazon S3
10 16 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (3.11%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.72%) Snowflake
12 12 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.69%) Firewall
2 14 (2.72%) Network Security
3 8 (1.55%) Cisco IPT
3 8 (1.55%) DNS
3 8 (1.55%) VPN
4 4 (0.78%) DHCP
4 4 (0.78%) DMARC
4 4 (0.78%) HTTP
4 4 (0.78%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.58%) BGP
5 3 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.58%) Internet
5 3 (0.58%) NetScaler
5 3 (0.58%) SAN
5 3 (0.58%) SMTP
5 3 (0.58%) WAN
6 2 (0.39%) 4G
6 2 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.39%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.02%) Power BI
2 16 (3.11%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.14%) Tableau
5 9 (1.75%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.55%) Metadata
7 7 (1.36%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.97%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.78%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.58%) Big Data
11 3 (0.58%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.58%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.58%) Power Query
12 2 (0.39%) Apache Iceberg
12 2 (0.39%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 46 (8.93%) JIRA
2 14 (2.72%) Git
3 9 (1.75%) Metasploit
4 8 (1.55%) Burp Suite
4 8 (1.55%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.17%) GitLab
5 6 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.58%) ChangeMan
6 3 (0.58%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.39%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.39%) Gradle
7 2 (0.39%) JUnit
7 2 (0.39%) 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%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 159 (30.87%) Social Skills
2 118 (22.91%) Finance
3 65 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.32%) Banking
5 41 (7.96%) Public Sector
6 37 (7.18%) Legal
7 20 (3.88%) Front Office
8 19 (3.69%) Marketing
9 11 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.55%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.55%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.55%) Law
12 7 (1.36%) Back Office
12 7 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.36%) Retail
13 6 (1.17%) Local Government
13 6 (1.17%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 73 (14.17%) Developer
2 65 (12.62%) Analyst
3 40 (7.77%) Architect
3 40 (7.77%) Lead
4 34 (6.60%) Business Analyst
5 27 (5.24%) Consultant
6 26 (5.05%) Senior
7 24 (4.66%) Security Engineer
8 23 (4.47%) Project Manager
9 18 (3.50%) Data Analyst
10 13 (2.52%) Python Engineer
11 12 (2.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow Developer
12 11 (2.14%) Software Engineer
13 10 (1.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 10 (1.94%) Python Developer
13 10 (1.94%) Site Engineer
13 10 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (1.75%) Network Engineer
14 9 (1.75%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.05%) REST
2 16 (3.11%) SOAP
3 11 (2.14%) React
4 9 (1.75%) .NET
4 9 (1.75%) HTML
4 9 (1.75%) Middleware
4 9 (1.75%) RESTful
5 7 (1.36%) OAuth
6 6 (1.17%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.97%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.97%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.97%) AWS CDK
7 5 (0.97%) LangChain
7 5 (0.97%) Node.js
8 4 (0.78%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.78%) Pandas
8 4 (0.78%) PySpark
8 4 (0.78%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.58%) CSS
9 3 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 279 (54.17%) Data Protection Act
2 20 (3.88%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.11%) CMDB
4 15 (2.91%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.72%) Virtual Team
6 11 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.75%) Credit Risk
8 9 (1.75%) Derivative
9 8 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.55%) NHS
9 8 (1.55%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.36%) Market Risk
11 6 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.17%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.97%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.97%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.44%) Linux
2 22 (4.27%) Windows
3 10 (1.94%) Unix
4 6 (1.17%) Android
5 5 (0.97%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.78%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.58%) VMS
7 3 (0.58%) zOS
8 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.39%) CentOS
8 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.39%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (18.45%) Agile
3 75 (14.56%) CI/CD
4 67 (13.01%) DevOps
5 59 (11.46%) AI
5 59 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 55 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 51 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
8 50 (9.71%) Analytics
8 50 (9.71%) Migration
9 42 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
10 41 (7.96%) Project Management
11 39 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 38 (7.38%) Risk Management
12 38 (7.38%) Roadmaps
13 36 (6.99%) Data Governance
14 35 (6.80%) Business Intelligence
15 32 (6.21%) Machine Learning
16 31 (6.02%) Cloud Security
16 31 (6.02%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 122 (23.69%) Python
2 74 (14.37%) SQL
3 35 (6.80%) JavaScript
4 31 (6.02%) Bash
5 26 (5.05%) PowerShell
6 25 (4.85%) C#
7 14 (2.72%) Java
8 9 (1.75%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.55%) C++
9 8 (1.55%) Go
9 8 (1.55%) PromQL
10 7 (1.36%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.17%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.78%) COBOL
13 3 (0.58%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.39%) PHP
14 2 (0.39%) R
14 2 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (9.90%) Security Cleared
2 44 (8.54%) SC Cleared
3 39 (7.57%) Degree
4 18 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.52%) CISSP
6 10 (1.94%) CISM
6 10 (1.94%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.55%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.55%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (1.55%) CREST Certified
7 8 (1.55%) OSCP
7 8 (1.55%) Tigerscheme
8 7 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.17%) CISA
9 6 (1.17%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.97%) PMP
11 4 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (13.79%) GDPR
2 31 (6.02%) NIST
3 23 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.30%) QA
5 16 (3.11%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.94%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (1.75%) NCSC
9 8 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.36%) GRC
11 6 (1.17%) COBIT
11 6 (1.17%) PERC
11 6 (1.17%) PMO
12 5 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.97%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.39%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.39%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.11%) Docker
3 12 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.39%) 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 18 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.30%) Terraform
3 12 (2.33%) Grafana
4 11 (2.14%) Ansible
5 10 (1.94%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.94%) SCCM
6 8 (1.55%) Nmap
7 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.97%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.58%) CA Endevor
9 3 (0.58%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.58%) Kibana
9 3 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) Puppet
11 1 (0.19%) vRealize
11 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.27%) ServiceNow
3 21 (4.08%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.69%) Google
5 14 (2.72%) Databricks
6 13 (2.52%) SAP
7 12 (2.33%) Splunk
7 12 (2.33%) VMware
8 11 (2.14%) Oracle
9 9 (1.75%) Cisco
9 9 (1.75%) Veracode
10 7 (1.36%) Juniper
11 6 (1.17%) Citrix
11 6 (1.17%) F5
11 6 (1.17%) IBM
11 6 (1.17%) ION Trading
12 5 (0.97%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.97%) Solace
12 5 (0.97%) Veritas
12 5 (0.97%) Workday