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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 76 88
Rank change year-on-year -27 +12 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 594 489 460
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.92% 3.62% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 3.91% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 250 254
10th Percentile £277 £289 £243
25th Percentile £382 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 5
10th Percentile £14.25 - £27.14
25th Percentile £17.71 £26.00 £27.84
Median hourly rate £22.64 £27.00 £44.08
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -38.75% -5.75%
75th Percentile £30.66 £28.00 £71.88
90th Percentile £34.93 - -
England median hourly rate £17.85 £18.03 £26.68
% change year-on-year -0.97% -32.44% +14.80%

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 18,082 12,492 14,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.60% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,829 8,233 9,474
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 246 181
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.12% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 47 £550 +4.27% 73
West London -21 9 £475 +23.38% 25
South London -12 6 £338 -54.00% 8
East London - 4 £600 - 6
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 17 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.35%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.18%) IIS
6 6 (1.01%) SAS
7 5 (0.84%) Apache
8 4 (0.67%) CMS
8 4 (0.67%) Confluence
9 2 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.34%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.17%) Drupal
10 1 (0.17%) Luigi
10 1 (0.17%) Moodle
10 1 (0.17%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.67%) UserZoom
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Aladdin
1 5 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.34%) Endur
4 2 (0.34%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.34%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) Actimize
5 1 (0.17%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.17%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.17%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 132 (22.22%) Azure
2 110 (18.52%) AWS
3 48 (8.08%) GCP
4 39 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (5.72%) SaaS
6 26 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (4.21%) Power Platform
8 23 (3.87%) Entra ID
9 22 (3.70%) GitHub
10 20 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (2.19%) Serverless
12 13 (2.19%) Snowflake
13 12 (2.02%) OneDrive
14 10 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (1.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (1.35%) Power Automate
15 8 (1.35%) PowerApps
15 8 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.40%) Network Security
2 20 (3.37%) Firewall
3 15 (2.53%) Cisco IPT
4 11 (1.85%) DNS
5 10 (1.68%) VPN
6 9 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.35%) LAN
7 8 (1.35%) WAN
7 8 (1.35%) Wireless
8 7 (1.18%) DHCP
8 7 (1.18%) MPLS
8 7 (1.18%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (0.84%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.84%) SAN
9 5 (0.84%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.67%) NAS
10 4 (0.67%) SDH
11 3 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.54%) Metadata
2 20 (3.37%) Power BI
3 19 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.36%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.52%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.35%) MySQL
7 7 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.18%) Big Data
7 7 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.01%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.84%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.84%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.51%) Apache Hudi
11 3 (0.51%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.51%) Power Query
11 3 (0.51%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 26 (4.38%) JIRA
2 21 (3.54%) Git
3 19 (3.20%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.84%) GitLab
5 4 (0.67%) Selenium
6 3 (0.51%) Gradle
6 3 (0.51%) JUnit
6 3 (0.51%) Maven
6 3 (0.51%) Postman
7 2 (0.34%) CMake
7 2 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.34%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.34%) ERwin
7 2 (0.34%) Mockito
7 2 (0.34%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.34%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
General
1 217 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 161 (27.10%) Finance
3 73 (12.29%) Public Sector
4 71 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (11.95%) Legal
5 69 (11.62%) Banking
6 33 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (4.38%) Front Office
8 21 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.02%) Local Government
12 12 (2.02%) Retail
12 12 (2.02%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.85%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.85%) Law
13 11 (1.85%) Marketing
14 10 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 93 (15.66%) Architect
2 78 (13.13%) Analyst
3 47 (7.91%) Senior
4 42 (7.07%) Lead
5 36 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 36 (6.06%) Developer
6 32 (5.39%) Consultant
7 31 (5.22%) Project Manager
8 28 (4.71%) Security Architect
9 25 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.53%) Security Engineer
11 12 (2.02%) Data Engineer
11 12 (2.02%) Security Analyst
12 11 (1.85%) Data Protection Officer
12 11 (1.85%) Network Engineer
13 10 (1.68%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (1.68%) Enterprise Architect
13 10 (1.68%) Product Manager
13 10 (1.68%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (1.52%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.22%) REST
2 27 (4.55%) Terraform
3 15 (2.53%) OAuth
4 10 (1.68%) Middleware
4 10 (1.68%) RESTful
5 9 (1.52%) Kafka
5 9 (1.52%) Pandas
5 9 (1.52%) React
6 8 (1.35%) GraphQL
6 8 (1.35%) HTML
6 8 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
7 7 (1.18%) .NET
7 7 (1.18%) CSS
7 7 (1.18%) JSON
7 7 (1.18%) OAuth2
7 7 (1.18%) Play Framework
7 7 (1.18%) Spring
8 6 (1.01%) Playwright
8 6 (1.01%) Spring Boot
9 5 (0.84%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 264 (44.44%) Data Protection Act
2 42 (7.07%) Product Ownership
3 39 (6.57%) Onboarding
4 38 (6.40%) Management Information System
5 35 (5.89%) Cloud Native
6 22 (3.70%) Security Posture
7 18 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (3.03%) Virtual Team
8 16 (2.69%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.85%) Derivative
10 10 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.52%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.35%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.35%) Fixed Income
12 8 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.35%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.24%) Windows
2 23 (3.87%) Linux
3 13 (2.19%) Android
4 11 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.68%) Unix
6 9 (1.52%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.01%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.67%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.34%) zOS
11 1 (0.17%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) MVS
11 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 112 (18.86%) Agile
2 112 (18.86%) AI
3 91 (15.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 91 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
4 85 (14.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 81 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 81 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (13.13%) Migration
7 77 (12.96%) Data Governance
8 72 (12.12%) Risk Management
9 69 (11.62%) Roadmaps
10 67 (11.28%) Information Security
11 65 (10.94%) DevOps
12 63 (10.61%) Analytics
13 59 (9.93%) Decision-Making
14 52 (8.75%) Data Modelling
15 44 (7.41%) Impact Assessments
16 43 (7.24%) Test Automation
16 43 (7.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 70 (11.78%) Python
2 64 (10.77%) SQL
3 31 (5.22%) Java
4 24 (4.04%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.36%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.36%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.85%) Scala
7 8 (1.35%) Apex Code
7 8 (1.35%) C#
7 8 (1.35%) Kotlin
8 6 (1.01%) Bash
8 6 (1.01%) C++
9 5 (0.84%) C
10 4 (0.67%) COBOL
10 4 (0.67%) Go
10 4 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.67%) Perl
11 3 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.51%) VBScript
12 2 (0.34%) RPG
Qualifications
1 76 (12.79%) Security Cleared
2 59 (9.93%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.42%) Degree
4 37 (6.23%) CISSP
5 25 (4.21%) CISM
6 17 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.86%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.69%) PMP
8 12 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.18%) CRISC
11 6 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.01%) CCNP
11 6 (1.01%) CISA
11 6 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.67%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (16.33%) GDPR
2 43 (7.24%) Data Quality
3 42 (7.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (5.05%) NIST
5 26 (4.38%) QA
6 21 (3.54%) GRC
7 19 (3.20%) Accessibility
8 16 (2.69%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.52%) PMO
9 9 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.35%) Government Security Classifications
10 8 (1.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (1.18%) NCSC
11 7 (1.18%) PERC
12 5 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.84%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.67%) COBIT
14 3 (0.51%) MiFID
14 3 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.70%) Docker
3 8 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.51%) vSphere
5 2 (0.34%) IAG
6 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.17%) NFS
6 1 (0.17%) Varnish
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.19%) Grafana
3 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.68%) Ansible
4 10 (1.68%) SCCM
5 9 (1.52%) Kibana
6 7 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.67%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.51%) Puppet
8 3 (0.51%) QRadar
9 2 (0.34%) Control-M
9 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.34%) Packer
9 2 (0.34%) SCOM
10 1 (0.17%) CA Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.17%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 126 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.40%) ServiceNow
3 27 (4.55%) Cisco
4 25 (4.21%) Oracle
5 24 (4.04%) Google
6 18 (3.03%) Databricks
7 16 (2.69%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.53%) Zscaler
9 14 (2.36%) Splunk
10 10 (1.68%) SAP
11 9 (1.52%) VMware
12 8 (1.35%) Murex
12 8 (1.35%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (1.01%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.01%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.01%) SolarWinds
14 5 (0.84%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.84%) IBM
14 5 (0.84%) OneTrust