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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 110 99
Rank change year-on-year +33 -11 +17
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 582 310 412
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.44% 2.46% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 2.69% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 157 249
10th Percentile £313 £260 £263
25th Percentile £413 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -5.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £675
90th Percentile £761 £746 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 14
10th Percentile £19.88 £19.10 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.88 £12.32
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.40 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +25.37% -66.55%
75th Percentile £33.12 £34.17 £42.63
90th Percentile £36.50 £36.64 £57.11
England median hourly rate £20.71 £29.23 £19.50
% change year-on-year -29.15% +49.90% -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 15,153 11,521 15,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.47% 91.42% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,178 7,819 11,391
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £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 232 167 332
10th Percentile £18.09 £18.65 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.10 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £65.00 £67.90
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -4 40 £600 +14.29% 34
South London -23 12 £556 -7.33% 4
East London +5 6 £535 - 6
West London -20 3 £200 -40.96% 19
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 19 (3.26%) Confluence
2 14 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.52%) Apache
6 3 (0.52%) CMS
7 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.34%) Drupal
7 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.17%) Mule
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.06%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
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
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 141 (24.23%) Azure
2 87 (14.95%) AWS
3 51 (8.76%) GCP
4 32 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (5.50%) SaaS
5 30 (5.15%) Entra ID
6 29 (4.98%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.64%) Snowflake
8 22 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (3.78%) Serverless
9 21 (3.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (2.58%) GitHub
10 15 (2.58%) PaaS
11 14 (2.41%) Azure AKS
12 13 (2.23%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (2.23%) IaaS
13 12 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.95%) Network Security
2 14 (2.41%) Firewall
3 13 (2.23%) MPLS
4 12 (2.06%) Cisco IPT
5 9 (1.55%) SAN
6 6 (1.03%) VLAN
6 6 (1.03%) VPN
6 6 (1.03%) WAN
7 5 (0.86%) LAN
7 5 (0.86%) NAS
7 5 (0.86%) SSL
8 4 (0.69%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.69%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.69%) Wireless
9 3 (0.52%) BGP
9 3 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.52%) IPv4
9 3 (0.52%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.30%) Power BI
2 20 (3.44%) Metadata
3 15 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.23%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.72%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.37%) Big Data
7 8 (1.37%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.37%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.37%) Tableau
8 7 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.20%) MySQL
9 6 (1.03%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.52%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.52%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 39 (6.70%) JIRA
2 25 (4.30%) Git
3 12 (2.06%) GitLab
3 12 (2.06%) SpecFlow
4 9 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.52%) Gradle
6 3 (0.52%) JUnit
6 3 (0.52%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (0.52%) Maven
7 2 (0.34%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.34%) ERwin
7 2 (0.34%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.34%) NUnit
7 2 (0.34%) Postman
7 2 (0.34%) Selenium
7 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 162 (27.84%) Social Skills
2 157 (26.98%) Finance
3 70 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (11.34%) Banking
5 48 (8.25%) Legal
6 41 (7.04%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.47%) Front Office
8 21 (3.61%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (3.26%) Marketing
11 14 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.72%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.72%) Local Government
15 8 (1.37%) Billing
16 7 (1.20%) Retail
17 6 (1.03%) Electronics
18 5 (0.86%) Back Office
18 5 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 91 (15.64%) Architect
2 70 (12.03%) Analyst
3 55 (9.45%) Developer
4 46 (7.90%) Lead
5 44 (7.56%) Senior
6 37 (6.36%) Business Analyst
7 34 (5.84%) Consultant
8 28 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (4.12%) Project Manager
10 19 (3.26%) Security Engineer
11 18 (3.09%) Technical Architect
12 17 (2.92%) Security Architect
13 16 (2.75%) Network Engineer
14 15 (2.58%) Java Developer
15 13 (2.23%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.23%) Data Engineer
15 13 (2.23%) Tester
16 11 (1.89%) Technical Analyst
17 10 (1.72%) Administrator
17 10 (1.72%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.61%) .NET
2 19 (3.26%) Spring
3 18 (3.09%) React
3 18 (3.09%) REST
4 14 (2.41%) Middleware
5 13 (2.23%) Spring Boot
6 12 (2.06%) Kafka
7 11 (1.89%) Playwright
7 11 (1.89%) RESTful
8 9 (1.55%) HTML
8 9 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.20%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.20%) Node.js
10 6 (1.03%) CSS
10 6 (1.03%) OAuth
10 6 (1.03%) XML
11 5 (0.86%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.86%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (0.86%) JSON
11 5 (0.86%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 293 (50.34%) Data Protection Act
2 40 (6.87%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.64%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.78%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (2.92%) Security Posture
7 16 (2.75%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.41%) Derivative
9 12 (2.06%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.72%) Equities
11 10 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
11 10 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.72%) NHS
12 9 (1.55%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.55%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.20%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
15 6 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.81%) Windows
2 21 (3.61%) Linux
3 9 (1.55%) Unix
4 8 (1.37%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.69%) Android
5 4 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.52%) VMS
6 3 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.34%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) CentOS
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Rocky
8 1 (0.17%) Solaris
8 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (19.42%) Agile
2 101 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
3 98 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 81 (13.92%) DevOps
5 76 (13.06%) CI/CD
6 75 (12.89%) Migration
7 69 (11.86%) Analytics
8 63 (10.82%) AI
9 60 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
10 58 (9.97%) Roadmaps
11 57 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 57 (9.79%) Risk Management
12 51 (8.76%) Decision-Making
13 50 (8.59%) Data Governance
14 47 (8.08%) Cloud Security
15 46 (7.90%) Microservices
16 45 (7.73%) Test Automation
17 44 (7.56%) Infrastructure as Code
17 44 (7.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 39 (6.70%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 94 (16.15%) Python
2 93 (15.98%) SQL
3 61 (10.48%) Java
4 35 (6.01%) C#
5 28 (4.81%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.26%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.58%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.37%) Bash
8 8 (1.37%) C++
9 6 (1.03%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.03%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.86%) Bicep
11 4 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.52%) PHP
12 3 (0.52%) Scala
12 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.34%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.34%) Groovy
13 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 79 (13.57%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.51%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.28%) Degree
4 33 (5.67%) CISSP
5 20 (3.44%) CISM
6 19 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.41%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.23%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.89%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.89%) PMP
10 10 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.37%) CCSP
13 7 (1.20%) CRISC
13 7 (1.20%) DV Cleared
14 6 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (15.81%) GDPR
2 44 (7.56%) NIST
3 36 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (5.15%) QA
5 29 (4.98%) Data Quality
6 15 (2.58%) PCI DSS
7 12 (2.06%) GRC
7 12 (2.06%) SLA
8 9 (1.55%) PERC
9 8 (1.37%) PMO
10 7 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (1.03%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.86%) NCSC
12 5 (0.86%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.69%) COBIT
13 4 (0.69%) GAAP
13 4 (0.69%) IFRS
14 3 (0.52%) Basel III
14 3 (0.52%) HL7
System Software
1 33 (5.67%) Docker
2 25 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 41 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.84%) Terraform
3 15 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (2.41%) Ansible
5 10 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.55%) SCCM
7 7 (1.20%) Grafana
8 5 (0.86%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.69%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.69%) Kibana
9 4 (0.69%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.52%) Puppet
11 2 (0.34%) Avamar
11 2 (0.34%) Control-M
11 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 92 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.30%) Oracle
3 23 (3.95%) Google
3 23 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.61%) Databricks
5 18 (3.09%) SAP
6 16 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.06%) Cisco
7 12 (2.06%) Citrix
8 10 (1.72%) Adobe
9 9 (1.55%) F5
9 9 (1.55%) Nokia
9 9 (1.55%) Workday
10 8 (1.37%) VMware
11 7 (1.20%) ADVA
12 6 (1.03%) Apple
12 6 (1.03%) IBM
12 6 (1.03%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.03%) Rapid7
12 6 (1.03%) Red Hat