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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 98 88
Rank change year-on-year +25 -10 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 552 358 448
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.74% 2.59% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 2.86% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 194 276
10th Percentile £313 £290 £225
25th Percentile £413 £386 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -4.42% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £610 £650
90th Percentile £719 £718 £744
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 12
10th Percentile - £16.36 -
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.01 £11.95
Median hourly rate £22.27 £21.50 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% -11.34% -
75th Percentile £23.71 £33.17 £40.88
90th Percentile - £39.71 £44.43
England median hourly rate £20.71 £24.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -15.47% +13.95% -69.29%

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 13,441 12,496 16,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.45% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,906 7,945 11,669
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 155 323
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.11 £24.66 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.14 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +16.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £56.13 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £79.50 £72.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 -6 35 £575 +15.00% 18
South London -21 7 £320 -46.67% 7
West London -21 3 £250 -37.50% 9
East London - 3 £675 - 5
North London - 2 £625 - 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 21 (3.80%) Confluence
2 14 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.63%) CMS
4 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.54%) Apache
6 3 (0.54%) CICS
7 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.36%) Drupal
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.36%) SAS
7 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) Luigi
8 1 (0.18%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.18%) Sketch
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.63%) Aladdin
1 9 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.54%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.54%) VisionPLUS
4 2 (0.36%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.18%) BambooHR
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Endur
5 1 (0.18%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 115 (20.83%) Azure
2 63 (11.41%) AWS
3 46 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 35 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (5.43%) GCP
7 29 (5.25%) SaaS
8 28 (5.07%) Serverless
9 24 (4.35%) Snowflake
10 21 (3.80%) Entra ID
11 18 (3.26%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.90%) GitHub
13 15 (2.72%) Amazon S3
13 15 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (2.54%) Azure AKS
14 14 (2.54%) PaaS
14 14 (2.54%) PowerApps
15 13 (2.36%) Azure Functions
15 13 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.90%) Network Security
2 12 (2.17%) MPLS
3 10 (1.81%) Cisco IPT
3 10 (1.81%) Firewall
4 6 (1.09%) SAN
5 5 (0.91%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.91%) VPN
6 4 (0.72%) LAN
6 4 (0.72%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.72%) VLAN
6 4 (0.72%) WAN
7 3 (0.54%) BGP
7 3 (0.54%) HTTP
7 3 (0.54%) Internet
7 3 (0.54%) NAS
7 3 (0.54%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.36%) Multicast
8 2 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.98%) Power BI
2 16 (2.90%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.99%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.81%) Metadata
7 9 (1.63%) Tableau
8 8 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.45%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.91%) Big Data
10 5 (0.91%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.72%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.54%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.54%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.54%) MySQL
12 3 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (8.70%) JIRA
2 23 (4.17%) Git
3 11 (1.99%) SpecFlow
4 7 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.09%) GitLab
6 5 (0.91%) JUnit
7 4 (0.72%) Maven
8 3 (0.54%) ChangeMan
8 3 (0.54%) Gradle
9 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.36%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.36%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.18%) MSI
10 1 (0.18%) NUnit
10 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 155 (28.08%) Social Skills
2 135 (24.46%) Finance
3 72 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.51%) Banking
5 50 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.88%) Legal
7 19 (3.44%) Front Office
7 19 (3.44%) Marketing
8 17 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.63%) Investment Banking
12 8 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.27%) Retail
14 6 (1.09%) Electronics
14 6 (1.09%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.09%) Local Government
14 6 (1.09%) Publishing
15 5 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 85 (15.40%) Developer
2 69 (12.50%) Analyst
3 54 (9.78%) Architect
4 47 (8.51%) Lead
5 34 (6.16%) Senior
6 32 (5.80%) Business Analyst
7 30 (5.43%) Consultant
8 26 (4.71%) Project Manager
9 18 (3.26%) Security Engineer
10 14 (2.54%) Data Analyst
10 14 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.36%) Network Engineer
12 12 (2.17%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (2.17%) Technical Architect
13 11 (1.99%) Administrator
13 11 (1.99%) ServiceNow Developer
13 11 (1.99%) Tester
14 10 (1.81%) Python Developer
14 10 (1.81%) Technical Analyst
15 9 (1.63%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.53%) REST
2 21 (3.80%) .NET
3 16 (2.90%) React
4 14 (2.54%) SOAP
5 13 (2.36%) RESTful
6 11 (1.99%) HTML
6 11 (1.99%) Spring
7 10 (1.81%) Playwright
8 9 (1.63%) .NET Core
8 9 (1.63%) Middleware
8 9 (1.63%) Node.js
9 8 (1.45%) Kafka
10 7 (1.27%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.27%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.27%) XML
11 6 (1.09%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (1.09%) OAuth
12 5 (0.91%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.91%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 305 (55.25%) Data Protection Act
2 26 (4.71%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.44%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.08%) CMDB
5 16 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 15 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.36%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.17%) Derivative
9 11 (1.99%) Equities
10 10 (1.81%) NHS
11 9 (1.63%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.45%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.27%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.27%) Freedom of Information
14 6 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.09%) Credit Risk
14 6 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.43%) Linux
2 25 (4.53%) Windows
3 13 (2.36%) Unix
4 5 (0.91%) Android
4 5 (0.91%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.91%) zOS
5 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.54%) VMS
7 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.18%) CentOS
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (22.64%) Agile
2 109 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (15.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 71 (12.86%) DevOps
5 65 (11.78%) Analytics
6 64 (11.59%) AI
6 64 (11.59%) CI/CD
7 59 (10.69%) Migration
8 51 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 50 (9.06%) Roadmaps
10 48 (8.70%) Risk Management
11 42 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
11 42 (7.61%) Scrum
12 41 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
13 40 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 39 (7.07%) Project Management
15 38 (6.88%) Data Governance
15 38 (6.88%) Decision-Making
16 35 (6.34%) Test Automation
17 34 (6.16%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 112 (20.29%) Python
2 100 (18.12%) SQL
3 41 (7.43%) JavaScript
4 36 (6.52%) C#
5 34 (6.16%) Java
6 20 (3.62%) PowerShell
7 18 (3.26%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.36%) Bash
9 11 (1.99%) C++
10 8 (1.45%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.09%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.91%) Bicep
13 4 (0.72%) COBOL
13 4 (0.72%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.54%) PHP
14 3 (0.54%) R
14 3 (0.54%) VBA
15 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 73 (13.22%) Security Cleared
2 61 (11.05%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.51%) Degree
4 20 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.26%) CISSP
6 16 (2.90%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.36%) CISM
8 12 (2.17%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.99%) PMP
10 6 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.09%) CRISC
10 6 (1.09%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.91%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.91%) CCSP
11 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.72%) MCP
12 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (13.59%) GDPR
2 32 (5.80%) NIST
3 27 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (3.80%) Data Quality
5 19 (3.44%) QA
6 11 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.99%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.63%) GRC
8 8 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.09%) PERC
10 5 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.72%) GAAP
11 4 (0.72%) IFRS
11 4 (0.72%) NCSC
11 4 (0.72%) SLA
12 3 (0.54%) Basel III
12 3 (0.54%) COBIT
12 3 (0.54%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (3.99%) Docker
2 20 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 25 (4.53%) Terraform
2 24 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.90%) Ansible
4 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.81%) SCCM
6 4 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.54%) CA Endevor
7 3 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.54%) Kibana
7 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.36%) Control-M
8 2 (0.36%) Grafana
8 2 (0.36%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.36%) Puppet
8 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.18%) Foglight
9 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 85 (15.40%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.35%) Google
3 21 (3.80%) SAP
3 21 (3.80%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.44%) Databricks
5 18 (3.26%) Oracle
6 16 (2.90%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.81%) Citrix
8 9 (1.63%) Cisco
9 8 (1.45%) Nokia
9 8 (1.45%) Workday
10 7 (1.27%) Adobe
10 7 (1.27%) ADVA
10 7 (1.27%) F5
10 7 (1.27%) IBM
10 7 (1.27%) VMware
11 6 (1.09%) Informatica
11 6 (1.09%) Rapid7
11 6 (1.09%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.91%) ION Trading