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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 108 94
Rank change year-on-year +26 -14 +22
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 595 311 451
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.33% 2.51% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 2.72% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 141 262
10th Percentile £260 £263 £232
25th Percentile £375 £368 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £544
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -8.05% -5.43%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £672
90th Percentile £785 £763 £773
England median daily rate £494 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.20% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 15
10th Percentile £20.35 £22.78 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.87 £26.19 £12.69
Median hourly rate £30.06 £30.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +21.61% -60.00%
75th Percentile £34.30 £34.17 £51.25
90th Percentile £37.70 £36.64 £68.13
England median hourly rate £21.86 £29.62 £21.00
% change year-on-year -26.19% +41.02% -56.71%

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 15,783 11,435 15,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.26% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,560 7,742 11,125
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 176 311
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -28.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -8 35 £575 +9.52% 46
South London -4 14 £500 -31.86% 4
East London -1 5 £432 - 9
West London -24 3 £275 -19.12% 3
North London - 1 £550 -
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 (2.69%) Confluence
2 14 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.67%) CMS
6 4 (0.67%) SAS
7 3 (0.50%) Apache
7 3 (0.50%) Drupal
8 2 (0.34%) IIS
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%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.50%) UserZoom
5 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.02%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.17%) Endur
5 1 (0.17%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.17%) ION MarketView
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 Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 125 (21.01%) Azure
2 92 (15.46%) AWS
3 49 (8.24%) GCP
4 34 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (5.71%) SaaS
5 32 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 25 (4.20%) Microsoft Purview
6 25 (4.20%) Power Platform
7 20 (3.36%) Snowflake
8 19 (3.19%) Serverless
9 18 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (3.03%) GitHub
10 14 (2.35%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (2.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.54%) Network Security
2 17 (2.86%) Firewall
3 15 (2.52%) MPLS
4 7 (1.18%) VLAN
4 7 (1.18%) WAN
4 7 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.01%) SAN
5 6 (1.01%) VPN
5 6 (1.01%) Wireless
6 5 (0.84%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.84%) LAN
6 5 (0.84%) NAS
6 5 (0.84%) SSL
7 4 (0.67%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (0.67%) SDH
7 4 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.50%) IPv4
8 3 (0.50%) IPv6
8 3 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.53%) Power BI
2 18 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (2.86%) Metadata
4 12 (2.02%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.85%) Big Data
5 11 (1.85%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.68%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.18%) Tableau
9 6 (1.01%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.84%) MySQL
10 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.67%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 37 (6.22%) JIRA
2 25 (4.20%) Git
3 12 (2.02%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.85%) GitLab
4 11 (1.85%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.50%) JUnit
6 3 (0.50%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (0.50%) Selenium
7 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.34%) ERwin
7 2 (0.34%) Gradle
7 2 (0.34%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.34%) Maven
7 2 (0.34%) NUnit
7 2 (0.34%) Postman
7 2 (0.34%) Storybook
7 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 165 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 164 (27.56%) Finance
3 71 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (11.60%) Banking
5 46 (7.73%) Legal
6 38 (6.39%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.87%) Front Office
8 27 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (3.36%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.35%) Marketing
13 12 (2.02%) Local Government
13 12 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.68%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.34%) Retail
16 7 (1.18%) Billing
16 7 (1.18%) Private Banking
17 5 (0.84%) Law
18 4 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (15.13%) Architect
2 69 (11.60%) Analyst
3 57 (9.58%) Developer
4 48 (8.07%) Senior
5 39 (6.55%) Business Analyst
5 39 (6.55%) Lead
6 34 (5.71%) Consultant
7 32 (5.38%) Project Manager
8 27 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
9 23 (3.87%) Security Engineer
10 22 (3.70%) Security Architect
11 21 (3.53%) Network Engineer
12 16 (2.69%) Java Developer
13 15 (2.52%) Data Engineer
14 13 (2.18%) Tester
15 12 (2.02%) Senior Manager
16 11 (1.85%) Automation Tester
16 11 (1.85%) Data Analyst
16 11 (1.85%) Product Manager
17 10 (1.68%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.70%) .NET
1 22 (3.70%) REST
2 20 (3.36%) React
3 15 (2.52%) Spring
4 14 (2.35%) RESTful
5 13 (2.18%) Kafka
5 13 (2.18%) Middleware
6 12 (2.02%) Playwright
7 11 (1.85%) HTML
8 10 (1.68%) Spring Boot
9 9 (1.51%) CSS
9 9 (1.51%) OAuth
9 9 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.34%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.18%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.18%) JSON
11 7 (1.18%) Node.js
11 7 (1.18%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.18%) OpenID
12 6 (1.01%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 316 (53.11%) Data Protection Act
2 46 (7.73%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.71%) Onboarding
4 24 (4.03%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (3.19%) Security Posture
6 16 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.52%) Derivative
7 15 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.52%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.85%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.68%) Equities
10 10 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.68%) NHS
11 9 (1.51%) Freedom of Information
12 8 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.01%) Equity Derivative
13 6 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.21%) Windows
2 21 (3.53%) Linux
3 12 (2.02%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.68%) Android
4 10 (1.68%) Unix
5 6 (1.01%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.34%) zOS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Rocky
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (21.18%) Agile
2 100 (16.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 89 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (13.45%) CI/CD
4 80 (13.45%) DevOps
5 75 (12.61%) AI
5 75 (12.61%) Migration
6 70 (11.76%) Analytics
7 69 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 60 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
9 57 (9.58%) Roadmaps
10 54 (9.08%) Decision-Making
10 54 (9.08%) Risk Management
11 48 (8.07%) Cloud Security
12 47 (7.90%) Information Security
12 47 (7.90%) Test Automation
13 45 (7.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 43 (7.23%) Data Governance
15 42 (7.06%) Infrastructure as Code
16 41 (6.89%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 92 (15.46%) Python
2 77 (12.94%) SQL
3 63 (10.59%) Java
4 31 (5.21%) C#
5 27 (4.54%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.03%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.18%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.68%) C++
9 8 (1.34%) Bash
10 7 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.18%) Scala
11 6 (1.01%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.84%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.67%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.50%) Bicep
14 3 (0.50%) PHP
14 3 (0.50%) R
14 3 (0.50%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.34%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 80 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 65 (10.92%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.58%) Degree
4 34 (5.71%) CISSP
5 16 (2.69%) CISM
6 15 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.52%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.35%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (2.18%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.18%) PMP
9 12 (2.02%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.85%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (1.34%) CCSP
12 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.18%) CRISC
14 6 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 4 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (13.95%) GDPR
2 43 (7.23%) NIST
3 35 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (5.38%) QA
5 25 (4.20%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.86%) PCI DSS
7 12 (2.02%) GRC
7 12 (2.02%) SLA
8 11 (1.85%) Accessibility
9 10 (1.68%) PMO
10 8 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.84%) NCSC
11 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.67%) COBIT
12 4 (0.67%) GAAP
12 4 (0.67%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.67%) IFRS
12 4 (0.67%) PERC
13 3 (0.50%) Basel III
System Software
1 30 (5.04%) Docker
2 29 (4.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 36 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.21%) Terraform
3 16 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.18%) Ansible
5 10 (1.68%) Grafana
5 10 (1.68%) SCCM
5 10 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (1.18%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.67%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.67%) Kibana
8 4 (0.67%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.34%) Control-M
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
10 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 95 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.37%) Oracle
3 25 (4.20%) ServiceNow
4 20 (3.36%) Google
5 18 (3.03%) Cisco
5 18 (3.03%) Databricks
6 13 (2.18%) SAP
7 11 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.85%) Workday
8 9 (1.51%) Citrix
8 9 (1.51%) Splunk
9 8 (1.34%) Adobe
9 8 (1.34%) Apple
9 8 (1.34%) Nokia
10 7 (1.18%) ADVA
10 7 (1.18%) Zscaler
11 6 (1.01%) Aruba
11 6 (1.01%) F5
11 6 (1.01%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.01%) Red Hat