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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 107 100
Rank change year-on-year +33 -7 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 569 320 417
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.50% 2.48% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 2.72% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 174 247
10th Percentile £313 £265 £263
25th Percentile £413 £361 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -7.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £600 £675
90th Percentile £749 £742 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 14
10th Percentile £19.56 £18.55 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.04 £23.50 £12.32
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% +23.71% -66.55%
75th Percentile £25.73 £32.95 £42.63
90th Percentile £26.94 £34.84 £57.11
England median hourly rate £20.71 £30.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.97% +53.85% -71.32%

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 14,581 11,761 16,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.81% 91.05% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,791 7,833 11,491
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.06%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 158 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.32 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.98% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £69.87 £77.77 £69.05
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -9.72%

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 13 March 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
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 13 March 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 -9 37 £600 +20.00% 33
South London -22 13 £600 - 3
East London +3 3 £675 - 6
West London -20 3 £200 -45.95% 12
North London - 2 £625 - 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 (3.16%) Confluence
2 12 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.53%) CMS
6 2 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) Drupal
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.18%) Mule
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (3.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.76%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.53%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.35%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 131 (23.02%) Azure
2 76 (13.36%) AWS
3 42 (7.38%) GCP
4 34 (5.98%) SaaS
5 33 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (5.45%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.75%) Snowflake
8 26 (4.57%) Entra ID
9 24 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (4.22%) Serverless
10 19 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
11 16 (2.81%) GitHub
12 15 (2.64%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.64%) PaaS
13 14 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (2.46%) Azure AKS
14 13 (2.28%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (2.28%) IaaS
15 11 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.51%) Network Security
2 15 (2.64%) Firewall
3 13 (2.28%) Cisco IPT
4 12 (2.11%) MPLS
5 9 (1.58%) SAN
6 6 (1.05%) VPN
7 5 (0.88%) LAN
7 5 (0.88%) NAS
7 5 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.88%) WAN
8 4 (0.70%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.70%) HTTP
8 4 (0.70%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.70%) VLAN
8 4 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.53%) BGP
9 3 (0.53%) IPv4
9 3 (0.53%) IPv6
9 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.35%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.75%) Power BI
2 16 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.64%) Metadata
3 15 (2.64%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.76%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.41%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.41%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.41%) Tableau
7 7 (1.23%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.05%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.88%) Big Data
9 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.53%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.53%) MySQL
10 3 (0.53%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 40 (7.03%) JIRA
2 25 (4.39%) Git
3 12 (2.11%) SpecFlow
4 10 (1.76%) GitLab
5 9 (1.58%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.70%) Gradle
7 4 (0.70%) JUnit
7 4 (0.70%) Maven
8 3 (0.53%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.35%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.35%) NUnit
9 2 (0.35%) Postman
9 2 (0.35%) Selenium
9 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.35%) webpack
10 1 (0.18%) gulp
General
1 152 (26.71%) Social Skills
2 149 (26.19%) Finance
3 75 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.25%) Banking
5 48 (8.44%) Legal
6 36 (6.33%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.87%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.69%) Front Office
9 16 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.64%) Marketing
11 13 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.11%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.23%) Local Government
16 6 (1.05%) Electronics
16 6 (1.05%) Law
17 5 (0.88%) Publishing
17 5 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (14.76%) Architect
2 71 (12.48%) Analyst
3 54 (9.49%) Developer
4 50 (8.79%) Lead
5 39 (6.85%) Business Analyst
6 37 (6.50%) Senior
7 31 (5.45%) Consultant
8 26 (4.57%) Project Manager
9 25 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.51%) Security Engineer
11 16 (2.81%) Network Engineer
12 15 (2.64%) Technical Architect
13 14 (2.46%) Security Architect
14 13 (2.28%) Tester
15 12 (2.11%) Data Analyst
15 12 (2.11%) Data Engineer
16 11 (1.93%) Technical Analyst
17 10 (1.76%) Automation Tester
17 10 (1.76%) Java Developer
17 10 (1.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.69%) .NET
2 18 (3.16%) React
3 16 (2.81%) REST
4 14 (2.46%) Spring
5 13 (2.28%) Middleware
6 12 (2.11%) Playwright
7 11 (1.93%) Kafka
8 10 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
8 10 (1.76%) RESTful
9 8 (1.41%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.41%) HTML
9 8 (1.41%) Node.js
9 8 (1.41%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.05%) SOAP
11 5 (0.88%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.88%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.88%) XML
12 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
12 4 (0.70%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 299 (52.55%) Data Protection Act
2 38 (6.68%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.69%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.69%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.99%) Security Posture
6 12 (2.11%) Derivative
7 11 (1.93%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.76%) CMDB
8 10 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.76%) Equities
8 10 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.58%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.41%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
10 8 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.23%) NHS
12 6 (1.05%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.92%) Windows
2 21 (3.69%) Linux
3 8 (1.41%) Unix
4 7 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.88%) Android
5 5 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.35%) VMS
7 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.35%) zOS
8 1 (0.18%) CentOS
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (19.86%) Agile
2 105 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (16.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 71 (12.48%) Migration
5 70 (12.30%) CI/CD
6 69 (12.13%) DevOps
7 66 (11.60%) AI
7 66 (11.60%) Analytics
8 55 (9.67%) Cybersecurity
8 55 (9.67%) Roadmaps
9 54 (9.49%) Risk Management
10 53 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (8.44%) Data Governance
12 47 (8.26%) Decision-Making
13 44 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 41 (7.21%) Test Automation
15 40 (7.03%) Cloud Security
15 40 (7.03%) Microservices
16 38 (6.68%) Information Security
17 37 (6.50%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 104 (18.28%) Python
2 92 (16.17%) SQL
3 49 (8.61%) Java
4 36 (6.33%) C#
5 35 (6.15%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.51%) PowerShell
6 20 (3.51%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.41%) C++
8 7 (1.23%) Bash
9 6 (1.05%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.05%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.88%) Bicep
11 4 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.53%) PHP
12 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.35%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.35%) R
13 2 (0.35%) Scala
13 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.60%) SC Cleared
3 53 (9.31%) Degree
4 26 (4.57%) CISSP
5 20 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.81%) CISM
7 15 (2.64%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.28%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.11%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.93%) PMP
11 9 (1.58%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.23%) CCSP
13 7 (1.23%) CRISC
13 7 (1.23%) DV Cleared
14 6 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.88%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (14.94%) GDPR
2 40 (7.03%) NIST
3 33 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (4.92%) Data Quality
5 26 (4.57%) QA
6 13 (2.28%) GRC
6 13 (2.28%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.93%) SLA
8 8 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.41%) PERC
8 8 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.23%) PMO
10 5 (0.88%) NCSC
10 5 (0.88%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.70%) COBIT
11 4 (0.70%) GAAP
11 4 (0.70%) IFRS
12 3 (0.53%) Basel III
12 3 (0.53%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 30 (5.27%) Docker
2 23 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.18%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 37 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.27%) Terraform
3 17 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (2.64%) Ansible
5 9 (1.58%) SCCM
6 7 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.88%) Grafana
8 5 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.70%) Kibana
9 4 (0.70%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.53%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.35%) Avamar
11 2 (0.35%) Control-M
11 2 (0.35%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.35%) Puppet
11 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.18%) CASB
12 1 (0.18%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 88 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.04%) Google
2 23 (4.04%) Oracle
2 23 (4.04%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.87%) Databricks
4 20 (3.51%) SAP
5 14 (2.46%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.93%) Cisco
6 11 (1.93%) Citrix
7 9 (1.58%) Adobe
7 9 (1.58%) Nokia
7 9 (1.58%) VMware
7 9 (1.58%) Workday
8 8 (1.41%) F5
9 7 (1.23%) ADVA
10 6 (1.05%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.05%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.88%) Apple
11 5 (0.88%) IBM
11 5 (0.88%) Informatica