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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 104 98
Rank change year-on-year +22 -6 +19
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 593 330 434
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.39% 2.60% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 2.82% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 161 264
10th Percentile £285 £253 £243
25th Percentile £413 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £663
90th Percentile £775 £744 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 13
10th Percentile £20.19 £22.78 -
25th Percentile £20.86 £26.19 £11.95
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.40 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +24.09% -60.80%
75th Percentile £33.22 £34.17 £40.00
90th Percentile £35.49 £36.64 £58.70
England median hourly rate £20.79 £29.23 £20.25
% change year-on-year -28.87% +44.35% -61.43%

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 15,531 11,694 15,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.87% 91.98% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,392 7,939 11,222
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £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 £755 £806 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 167 333
10th Percentile £18.70 £16.39 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.55 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% +15.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.56
90th Percentile £73.08 £63.75 £66.95
England median hourly rate £42.00 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.74% -9.60% -9.09%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -17 36 £600 +14.29% 44
South London -28 13 £475 -20.83% 2
East London +3 6 £535 - 4
West London -27 4 £200 -40.96% 10
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 (3.04%) Confluence
2 14 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.35%) 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 (0.51%) Apache
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 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.19%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
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
1 134 (22.60%) Azure
2 88 (14.84%) AWS
3 49 (8.26%) GCP
4 33 (5.56%) SaaS
5 31 (5.23%) Entra ID
5 31 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (4.89%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.38%) Snowflake
8 24 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
9 19 (3.20%) Serverless
10 18 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (2.87%) GitHub
12 14 (2.36%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.36%) PaaS
13 13 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (2.02%) Azure AKS
14 12 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (2.02%) IaaS
14 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.71%) Network Security
2 13 (2.19%) Firewall
2 13 (2.19%) MPLS
3 12 (2.02%) Cisco IPT
4 9 (1.52%) SAN
4 9 (1.52%) WAN
5 7 (1.18%) VLAN
5 7 (1.18%) VPN
6 6 (1.01%) LAN
7 5 (0.84%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.84%) NAS
7 5 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.84%) Wireless
8 4 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (0.67%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.67%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.67%) SSL
9 3 (0.51%) IPv4
9 3 (0.51%) IPv6
9 3 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.22%) Power BI
2 19 (3.20%) Metadata
3 16 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.36%) NoSQL
5 12 (2.02%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.85%) Big Data
6 11 (1.85%) MongoDB
6 11 (1.85%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.18%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.18%) Tableau
10 5 (0.84%) 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%) Apache Hudi
11 4 (0.67%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.67%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 38 (6.41%) JIRA
2 24 (4.05%) Git
3 13 (2.19%) SpecFlow
4 12 (2.02%) GitLab
5 9 (1.52%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.84%) 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%) TestNG
General
1 162 (27.32%) Finance
2 160 (26.98%) Social Skills
3 75 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (11.97%) Banking
5 51 (8.60%) Legal
6 42 (7.08%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.89%) Front Office
8 23 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (3.71%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.20%) Marketing
11 15 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.36%) Local Government
13 10 (1.69%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.18%) Billing
14 7 (1.18%) Retail
15 6 (1.01%) Electronics
15 6 (1.01%) Private Banking
16 5 (0.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 88 (14.84%) Architect
2 73 (12.31%) Analyst
3 58 (9.78%) Developer
4 48 (8.09%) Senior
5 45 (7.59%) Lead
6 40 (6.75%) Business Analyst
7 38 (6.41%) Consultant
8 29 (4.89%) Solutions Architect
9 25 (4.22%) Project Manager
10 21 (3.54%) Security Engineer
11 19 (3.20%) Network Engineer
12 16 (2.70%) Data Engineer
12 16 (2.70%) Java Developer
12 16 (2.70%) Security Architect
13 15 (2.53%) Technical Architect
14 13 (2.19%) Tester
15 12 (2.02%) Automation Tester
15 12 (2.02%) Data Analyst
16 11 (1.85%) Senior Manager
17 10 (1.69%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.88%) .NET
2 21 (3.54%) REST
3 20 (3.37%) React
4 19 (3.20%) Spring
5 14 (2.36%) HTML
5 14 (2.36%) Middleware
5 14 (2.36%) RESTful
6 13 (2.19%) Spring Boot
7 12 (2.02%) Kafka
7 12 (2.02%) Playwright
8 10 (1.69%) CSS
9 9 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.18%) .NET Core
10 7 (1.18%) GraphQL
10 7 (1.18%) Node.js
10 7 (1.18%) OAuth
11 6 (1.01%) JSON
12 5 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
12 5 (0.84%) Vue
12 5 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 305 (51.43%) Data Protection Act
2 40 (6.75%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.38%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (3.04%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.04%) Security Posture
7 15 (2.53%) Derivative
8 14 (2.36%) Virtual Team
9 12 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (2.02%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.85%) NHS
11 10 (1.69%) Equities
11 10 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
11 10 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.01%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.01%) Equity Derivative
12 6 (1.01%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.72%) Windows
2 20 (3.37%) Linux
3 11 (1.85%) Unix
4 10 (1.69%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.01%) Android
6 5 (0.84%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.67%) 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
1 119 (20.07%) Agile
2 100 (16.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 96 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (12.98%) CI/CD
5 76 (12.82%) DevOps
6 73 (12.31%) Migration
7 71 (11.97%) Analytics
8 69 (11.64%) AI
9 60 (10.12%) Risk Management
10 58 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (9.78%) Cybersecurity
11 56 (9.44%) Roadmaps
12 52 (8.77%) Data Governance
13 51 (8.60%) Decision-Making
14 50 (8.43%) Test Automation
15 46 (7.76%) Cloud Security
16 45 (7.59%) Microservices
17 44 (7.42%) Information Security
18 43 (7.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 42 (7.08%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 101 (17.03%) Python
2 88 (14.84%) SQL
3 65 (10.96%) Java
4 34 (5.73%) C#
5 30 (5.06%) JavaScript
6 23 (3.88%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.19%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.35%) C++
9 7 (1.18%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.18%) Scala
10 6 (1.01%) Bash
10 6 (1.01%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.67%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.51%) Bicep
12 3 (0.51%) PHP
12 3 (0.51%) R
12 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.34%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.30%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.77%) Degree
4 33 (5.56%) CISSP
5 18 (3.04%) CISM
6 17 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.36%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.02%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.02%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.02%) PMP
10 11 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.35%) CCSP
12 8 (1.35%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.18%) CRISC
14 6 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (15.01%) GDPR
2 44 (7.42%) NIST
3 33 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (5.23%) QA
5 26 (4.38%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.19%) GRC
6 13 (2.19%) PCI DSS
7 12 (2.02%) SLA
8 9 (1.52%) PERC
8 9 (1.52%) PMO
9 7 (1.18%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
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%) IFRS
13 3 (0.51%) Basel III
13 3 (0.51%) HL7
System Software
1 34 (5.73%) Docker
2 27 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.01%) 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 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.40%) Terraform
3 15 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.85%) Ansible
4 11 (1.85%) SCCM
5 9 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (1.52%) Grafana
5 9 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.67%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.67%) Kibana
7 4 (0.67%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.34%) Control-M
9 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.34%) Puppet
9 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 95 (16.02%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.55%) Oracle
3 23 (3.88%) ServiceNow
4 22 (3.71%) Google
5 21 (3.54%) Databricks
6 16 (2.70%) Cisco
6 16 (2.70%) SAP
7 15 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.85%) Adobe
8 11 (1.85%) Citrix
9 9 (1.52%) Nokia
9 9 (1.52%) Splunk
9 9 (1.52%) Workday
10 7 (1.18%) ADVA
10 7 (1.18%) Apple
10 7 (1.18%) F5
10 7 (1.18%) VMware
11 6 (1.01%) IBM
11 6 (1.01%) Rapid7
11 6 (1.01%) Red Hat