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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 106 92
Rank change year-on-year +28 -14 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 588 330 434
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.38% 2.60% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 2.82% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 163 266
10th Percentile £283 £258 £243
25th Percentile £413 £361 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £624 £663
90th Percentile £775 £749 £763
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 12
10th Percentile £20.19 £22.78 -
25th Percentile £20.86 £26.19 £11.95
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +41.41% -70.34%
75th Percentile £33.22 £34.17 £40.88
90th Percentile £35.49 £36.64 £60.60
England median hourly rate £20.79 £29.23 £19.50
% change year-on-year -28.87% +49.90% -70.45%

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 15,467 11,685 15,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 91.96% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,357 7,937 11,324
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £429 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £675
90th Percentile £758 £803 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 333
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.64 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.83%
75th Percentile £56.98 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.60 £63.50 £66.70
England median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.29% -9.60% -6.17%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 19 April 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 £600 +14.29% 42
South London -27 12 £556 -7.33% 3
East London +2 6 £535 - 6
West London -25 4 £200 -40.96% 14
North London - 2 £625 - 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 19 (3.23%) Confluence
2 14 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.68%) SAS
7 3 (0.51%) Apache
7 3 (0.51%) CMS
7 3 (0.51%) Drupal
8 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Mule
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.38%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.34%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.17%) Endur
5 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 135 (22.96%) Azure
2 89 (15.14%) AWS
3 49 (8.33%) GCP
4 33 (5.61%) SaaS
5 31 (5.27%) Entra ID
5 31 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (4.59%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.42%) Snowflake
8 23 (3.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 20 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (3.23%) Serverless
11 17 (2.89%) GitHub
12 14 (2.38%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.38%) PaaS
13 13 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (2.21%) Azure AKS
14 12 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.74%) Network Security
2 14 (2.38%) Firewall
3 13 (2.21%) MPLS
4 12 (2.04%) Cisco IPT
5 9 (1.53%) SAN
5 9 (1.53%) WAN
6 7 (1.19%) VLAN
7 6 (1.02%) LAN
7 6 (1.02%) VPN
8 5 (0.85%) Ethernet
8 5 (0.85%) NAS
8 5 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.85%) 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%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.08%) Power BI
2 19 (3.23%) Metadata
3 16 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.38%) NoSQL
5 12 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.04%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.87%) Big Data
6 11 (1.87%) MongoDB
6 11 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.19%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.19%) Tableau
10 6 (1.02%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.02%) MySQL
11 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.68%) Oracle ODI
12 4 (0.68%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 39 (6.63%) JIRA
2 25 (4.25%) Git
3 14 (2.38%) SpecFlow
4 12 (2.04%) GitLab
5 10 (1.70%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.51%) JUnit
7 3 (0.51%) Katalon Studio
7 3 (0.51%) Maven
8 2 (0.34%) ERwin
8 2 (0.34%) Gradle
8 2 (0.34%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.34%) NUnit
8 2 (0.34%) Postman
8 2 (0.34%) Selenium
8 2 (0.34%) Storybook
8 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
General
1 158 (26.87%) Finance
1 158 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 74 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (11.73%) Banking
4 49 (8.33%) Legal
5 40 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.76%) Front Office
7 23 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.74%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.40%) Marketing
10 16 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.04%) Local Government
13 9 (1.53%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.19%) Billing
14 7 (1.19%) Retail
15 6 (1.02%) Electronics
15 6 (1.02%) Private Banking
16 5 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (14.80%) Architect
2 73 (12.41%) Analyst
3 56 (9.52%) Developer
4 50 (8.50%) Senior
5 46 (7.82%) Lead
6 40 (6.80%) Business Analyst
7 39 (6.63%) Consultant
8 28 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
9 23 (3.91%) Project Manager
10 20 (3.40%) Security Engineer
11 18 (3.06%) Network Engineer
12 16 (2.72%) Data Engineer
12 16 (2.72%) Java Developer
12 16 (2.72%) Security Architect
13 15 (2.55%) Technical Architect
14 13 (2.21%) Tester
15 12 (2.04%) Automation Tester
15 12 (2.04%) Data Analyst
16 11 (1.87%) Senior Manager
16 11 (1.87%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.74%) .NET
2 20 (3.40%) REST
3 19 (3.23%) React
3 19 (3.23%) Spring
4 14 (2.38%) Middleware
4 14 (2.38%) RESTful
5 13 (2.21%) HTML
5 13 (2.21%) Playwright
5 13 (2.21%) Spring Boot
6 12 (2.04%) Kafka
7 9 (1.53%) CSS
7 9 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.19%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.19%) GraphQL
8 7 (1.19%) Node.js
9 6 (1.02%) OAuth
9 6 (1.02%) XML
10 5 (0.85%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (0.85%) JSON
10 5 (0.85%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 303 (51.53%) Data Protection Act
2 40 (6.80%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.59%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.42%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (3.06%) Security Posture
7 15 (2.55%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.38%) Derivative
9 13 (2.21%) Virtual Team
10 12 (2.04%) Data Centre
10 12 (2.04%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.70%) NHS
13 9 (1.53%) Equities
13 9 (1.53%) Freedom of Information
13 9 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (1.02%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
14 6 (1.02%) Fixed Income
14 6 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.76%) Windows
2 20 (3.40%) Linux
3 11 (1.87%) Unix
4 10 (1.70%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.02%) Android
6 5 (0.85%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.34%) zOS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
10 1 (0.17%) VMS
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (19.90%) Agile
2 99 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 96 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (13.27%) CI/CD
5 77 (13.10%) DevOps
6 72 (12.24%) Migration
7 70 (11.90%) Analytics
8 66 (11.22%) AI
9 58 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
10 57 (9.69%) Risk Management
11 55 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (9.35%) Roadmaps
12 52 (8.84%) Decision-Making
13 51 (8.67%) Data Governance
13 51 (8.67%) Test Automation
14 46 (7.82%) Cloud Security
15 45 (7.65%) Microservices
16 44 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
17 42 (7.14%) Information Security
18 41 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 100 (17.01%) Python
2 91 (15.48%) SQL
3 65 (11.05%) Java
4 35 (5.95%) C#
5 31 (5.27%) JavaScript
6 23 (3.91%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.21%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.36%) C++
9 6 (1.02%) Bash
9 6 (1.02%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.02%) Scala
9 6 (1.02%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.51%) Bicep
11 3 (0.51%) PHP
11 3 (0.51%) R
11 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.34%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (13.44%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 53 (9.01%) Degree
4 33 (5.61%) CISSP
5 19 (3.23%) CISM
6 18 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.38%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.04%) PMI Certification
8 12 (2.04%) PMP
9 11 (1.87%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.36%) CCSP
12 8 (1.36%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.19%) CRISC
14 6 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (15.14%) GDPR
2 45 (7.65%) NIST
3 34 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (5.27%) QA
5 28 (4.76%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.38%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.21%) GRC
8 12 (2.04%) SLA
9 9 (1.53%) PERC
9 9 (1.53%) PMO
10 7 (1.19%) Accessibility
11 6 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.85%) NCSC
12 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.68%) COBIT
13 4 (0.68%) GAAP
13 4 (0.68%) IFRS
14 3 (0.51%) Basel III
14 3 (0.51%) HL7
System Software
1 34 (5.78%) Docker
2 27 (4.59%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.02%) 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 38 (6.46%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.78%) Terraform
3 15 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.04%) Ansible
5 11 (1.87%) SCCM
6 9 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.53%) Grafana
6 9 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.02%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.85%) Kibana
9 4 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.68%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.34%) Control-M
11 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.34%) Puppet
11 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 94 (15.99%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.42%) Oracle
3 23 (3.91%) ServiceNow
4 22 (3.74%) Databricks
4 22 (3.74%) Google
5 17 (2.89%) SAP
6 16 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.55%) Cisco
8 11 (1.87%) Adobe
8 11 (1.87%) Citrix
9 9 (1.53%) Nokia
9 9 (1.53%) Splunk
9 9 (1.53%) Workday
10 7 (1.19%) ADVA
10 7 (1.19%) Apple
10 7 (1.19%) F5
10 7 (1.19%) VMware
11 6 (1.02%) IBM
11 6 (1.02%) Rapid7
11 6 (1.02%) Red Hat