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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 79 98
Rank change year-on-year -25 +19 -6
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 612 465 437
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.01% 3.44% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 3.72% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 222 242
10th Percentile £284 £289 £243
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -16.49%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £637
90th Percentile £733 £724 £738
England median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 5
10th Percentile £14.25 £27.05 £27.14
25th Percentile £17.71 £28.62 £27.84
Median hourly rate £25.00 £31.74 £44.08
Median % change year-on-year -21.24% -27.99% -5.75%
75th Percentile £33.46 £34.36 £71.88
90th Percentile £36.68 £35.63 -
England median hourly rate £17.85 £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.05% -24.00% -16.67%

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 18,096 12,500 14,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.57% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,259 9,770
10th Percentile £358 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 257 182
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -9 47 £550 +3.09% 45
West London -17 8 £475 +31.49% 14
South London -8 7 £338 -54.00% 5
East London - 5 £410 - 4
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 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.47%) Confluence
4 7 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.98%) Apache
5 6 (0.98%) IIS
6 5 (0.82%) SAS
7 3 (0.49%) CMS
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.33%) CICS
8 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.33%) WordPress
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) Luigi
9 1 (0.16%) Moodle
9 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 20 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.65%) UserZoom
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.14%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.33%) Endur
5 2 (0.33%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.16%) Actimize
6 1 (0.16%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.16%) Magento
6 1 (0.16%) Maximo
6 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 142 (23.20%) Azure
2 115 (18.79%) AWS
3 55 (8.99%) GCP
4 37 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (5.72%) SaaS
6 28 (4.58%) Entra ID
6 28 (4.58%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (3.92%) GitHub
7 24 (3.92%) Power Platform
8 21 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (2.61%) Serverless
10 12 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (1.80%) OneDrive
11 11 (1.80%) Snowflake
11 11 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (1.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 9 (1.47%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.03%) Network Security
2 22 (3.59%) Firewall
3 15 (2.45%) Cisco IPT
4 11 (1.80%) DNS
5 10 (1.63%) VPN
5 10 (1.63%) Wireless
6 9 (1.47%) DHCP
7 8 (1.31%) WAN
7 8 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.14%) LAN
8 7 (1.14%) SSL
8 7 (1.14%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (0.82%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.82%) MPLS
10 4 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.65%) HTTP
10 4 (0.65%) SAN
11 3 (0.49%) DMZ
11 3 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.43%) Metadata
2 19 (3.10%) Power BI
3 17 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.29%) NoSQL
6 11 (1.80%) MySQL
7 10 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.47%) Big Data
9 8 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.14%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.98%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.98%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.82%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.82%) Tableau
13 4 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.65%) Apache Hudi
13 4 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.65%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.49%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 33 (5.39%) JIRA
2 21 (3.43%) Git
3 14 (2.29%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.14%) GitLab
5 4 (0.65%) ERwin
5 4 (0.65%) Selenium
6 3 (0.49%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.49%) Gradle
7 2 (0.33%) CMake
7 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.33%) JUnit
7 2 (0.33%) Maven
7 2 (0.33%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.33%) Vite
7 2 (0.33%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.16%) Appium
8 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.16%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
General
1 217 (35.46%) Social Skills
2 172 (28.10%) Finance
3 71 (11.60%) Banking
4 69 (11.27%) Public Sector
5 63 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (10.29%) Legal
6 36 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (4.90%) Front Office
8 18 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.29%) Marketing
11 14 (2.29%) Retail
12 13 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.80%) Billing
14 10 (1.63%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.63%) Local Government
14 10 (1.63%) Police
15 9 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.31%) Law
Job Titles
1 104 (16.99%) Architect
2 75 (12.25%) Analyst
3 47 (7.68%) Developer
4 45 (7.35%) Senior
5 43 (7.03%) Lead
6 36 (5.88%) Consultant
7 35 (5.72%) Security Architect
8 34 (5.56%) Business Analyst
9 30 (4.90%) Project Manager
10 26 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.12%) Data Engineer
11 13 (2.12%) Product Manager
11 13 (2.12%) Security Engineer
12 12 (1.96%) Java Developer
13 11 (1.80%) Data Analyst
13 11 (1.80%) Data Protection Officer
13 11 (1.80%) Network Engineer
14 10 (1.63%) Enterprise Architect
14 10 (1.63%) Junior
15 9 (1.47%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.07%) REST
2 27 (4.41%) Terraform
3 15 (2.45%) OAuth
4 13 (2.12%) React
4 13 (2.12%) RESTful
5 12 (1.96%) Spring
6 11 (1.80%) Middleware
7 10 (1.63%) CSS
7 10 (1.63%) GraphQL
7 10 (1.63%) HTML
7 10 (1.63%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.31%) Kafka
8 8 (1.31%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (1.31%) OAuth2
8 8 (1.31%) OpenID
8 8 (1.31%) Pandas
9 7 (1.14%) JSON
9 7 (1.14%) SAML
10 6 (0.98%) .NET
10 6 (0.98%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 284 (46.41%) Data Protection Act
2 39 (6.37%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.37%) Onboarding
3 37 (6.05%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 26 (4.25%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.10%) Virtual Team
7 18 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.12%) Derivative
9 10 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.63%) NHS
10 9 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.31%) Fixed Income
11 8 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.14%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.14%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.19%) Windows
2 23 (3.76%) Linux
3 13 (2.12%) Android
4 11 (1.80%) Unix
5 10 (1.63%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.63%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.14%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.65%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.33%) zOS
10 1 (0.16%) CentOS
10 1 (0.16%) MVS
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.16%) Rocky
10 1 (0.16%) Solaris
10 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (22.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 110 (17.97%) Agile
3 99 (16.18%) AI
4 94 (15.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (14.54%) Cybersecurity
6 88 (14.38%) CI/CD
7 82 (13.40%) DevOps
7 82 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 79 (12.91%) Migration
8 79 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (11.93%) Data Governance
10 69 (11.27%) Roadmaps
11 67 (10.95%) Risk Management
12 64 (10.46%) Analytics
13 62 (10.13%) Information Security
14 60 (9.80%) Decision-Making
15 50 (8.17%) Cloud Security
16 47 (7.68%) Data Modelling
16 47 (7.68%) Validation
17 43 (7.03%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 71 (11.60%) Python
2 60 (9.80%) SQL
3 42 (6.86%) Java
4 21 (3.43%) PowerShell
5 16 (2.61%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.96%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.63%) Apex Code
8 8 (1.31%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.14%) Bash
9 7 (1.14%) C++
10 6 (0.98%) C#
10 6 (0.98%) Scala
11 5 (0.82%) C
12 4 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.65%) Perl
13 3 (0.49%) COBOL
13 3 (0.49%) Go
13 3 (0.49%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.49%) VBScript
14 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 74 (12.09%) Security Cleared
2 54 (8.82%) SC Cleared
3 48 (7.84%) Degree
4 44 (7.19%) CISSP
5 28 (4.58%) CISM
6 18 (2.94%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (2.45%) PMI Certification
9 14 (2.29%) PMP
10 13 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.80%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (1.14%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.82%) CCNP
14 5 (0.82%) CISA
14 5 (0.82%) CRISC
14 5 (0.82%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (16.50%) GDPR
2 43 (7.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (6.54%) Data Quality
4 33 (5.39%) QA
5 30 (4.90%) NIST
6 19 (3.10%) Accessibility
7 18 (2.94%) GRC
8 15 (2.45%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.96%) PMO
10 9 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.31%) Government Security Classifications
11 8 (1.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (1.31%) PERC
12 6 (0.98%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.98%) SLA
13 5 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.82%) NCSC
14 4 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.65%) COBIT
System Software
1 32 (5.23%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.27%) Docker
3 5 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.33%) Firmware
5 2 (0.33%) Varnish
5 2 (0.33%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) IAG
6 1 (0.16%) NFS
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.96%) SCCM
3 11 (1.80%) Ansible
4 10 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.14%) Grafana
6 5 (0.82%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.65%) PingFederate
7 4 (0.65%) Puppet
8 3 (0.49%) Kibana
8 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.49%) QRadar
9 2 (0.33%) Control-M
9 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.33%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.33%) Packer
9 2 (0.33%) SCOM
10 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 118 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.21%) ServiceNow
3 28 (4.58%) Oracle
4 24 (3.92%) Cisco
5 20 (3.27%) Google
6 19 (3.10%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.45%) Zscaler
8 14 (2.29%) Databricks
9 13 (2.12%) Splunk
10 8 (1.31%) Murex
10 8 (1.31%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.98%) CyberArk
11 6 (0.98%) VMware
12 5 (0.82%) Aruba
12 5 (0.82%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.82%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.82%) IBM
12 5 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.82%) SAP
12 5 (0.82%) Workday