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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 106 91
Rank change year-on-year +29 -15 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 597 325 453
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.37% 2.59% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 2.81% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 152 272
10th Percentile £284 £253 £243
25th Percentile £406 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £516 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -3.95% -6.52%
75th Percentile £647 £625 £663
90th Percentile £775 £749 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 14
10th Percentile £20.19 £22.78 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.86 £26.19 £12.32
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.40 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +22.84% -60.40%
75th Percentile £33.22 £34.17 £42.63
90th Percentile £35.49 £36.64 £62.50
England median hourly rate £20.79 £29.23 £21.00
% change year-on-year -28.87% +39.19% -60.00%

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 15,684 11,567 15,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.64% 92.16% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,506 7,851 11,317
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 172 325
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -25.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £46.86
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.70 £66.30
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -10 37 £588 +17.50% 27
South London -18 13 £475 -20.83% 2
East London +2 6 £535 - 5
West London -25 3 £275 -19.12% 5
North London - 1 £550 - 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 18 (3.02%) Confluence
2 14 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.34%) 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 (0.50%) Apache
7 3 (0.50%) Drupal
8 2 (0.34%) IIS
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 Workflow
9 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (2.01%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.34%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.17%) Endur
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 Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 135 (22.61%) Azure
2 92 (15.41%) AWS
3 49 (8.21%) GCP
4 32 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (5.36%) SaaS
5 31 (5.19%) Entra ID
6 29 (4.86%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
8 23 (3.85%) Snowflake
9 19 (3.18%) GitHub
9 19 (3.18%) Serverless
10 18 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (2.35%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (2.01%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (2.01%) Azure AKS
13 12 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (2.01%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.19%) Network Security
2 16 (2.68%) Firewall
3 14 (2.35%) MPLS
4 12 (2.01%) Cisco IPT
5 10 (1.68%) WAN
6 9 (1.51%) SAN
7 7 (1.17%) LAN
7 7 (1.17%) VLAN
7 7 (1.17%) VPN
8 6 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.84%) Ethernet
9 5 (0.84%) NAS
9 5 (0.84%) Wireless
10 4 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.67%) NetScaler
10 4 (0.67%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.67%) SSL
11 3 (0.50%) IPv4
11 3 (0.50%) IPv6
11 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.19%) Power BI
2 17 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (2.85%) Metadata
3 12 (2.01%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.01%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.84%) Big Data
4 11 (1.84%) MongoDB
4 11 (1.84%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.17%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.17%) Tableau
8 6 (1.01%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.84%) MySQL
9 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.67%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 38 (6.37%) JIRA
2 25 (4.19%) Git
3 12 (2.01%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.84%) GitLab
4 11 (1.84%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.50%) JUnit
6 3 (0.50%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (0.50%) Maven
7 2 (0.34%) ERwin
7 2 (0.34%) Gradle
7 2 (0.34%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.34%) NUnit
7 2 (0.34%) Postman
7 2 (0.34%) Selenium
7 2 (0.34%) Storybook
7 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.17%) TestNG
General
1 166 (27.81%) Social Skills
2 164 (27.47%) Finance
3 72 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (11.56%) Banking
5 49 (8.21%) Legal
6 38 (6.37%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.86%) Front Office
8 24 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.85%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.02%) Marketing
11 15 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.01%) Local Government
13 11 (1.84%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.34%) Retail
15 7 (1.17%) Billing
16 6 (1.01%) Electronics
16 6 (1.01%) Private Banking
17 5 (0.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 83 (13.90%) Architect
2 73 (12.23%) Analyst
3 58 (9.72%) Developer
4 50 (8.38%) Senior
5 45 (7.54%) Lead
6 42 (7.04%) Business Analyst
7 37 (6.20%) Consultant
8 30 (5.03%) Project Manager
9 27 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (3.52%) Security Engineer
11 20 (3.35%) Network Engineer
12 18 (3.02%) Security Architect
13 17 (2.85%) Data Engineer
14 16 (2.68%) Java Developer
15 13 (2.18%) Technical Architect
15 13 (2.18%) Tester
16 12 (2.01%) Data Analyst
16 12 (2.01%) Senior Manager
17 11 (1.84%) Product Manager
17 11 (1.84%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.85%) .NET
1 23 (3.85%) REST
2 20 (3.35%) React
3 19 (3.18%) Spring
4 14 (2.35%) HTML
4 14 (2.35%) RESTful
5 13 (2.18%) Spring Boot
6 12 (2.01%) Kafka
6 12 (2.01%) Middleware
7 11 (1.84%) Playwright
8 10 (1.68%) CSS
9 9 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.34%) OAuth
11 7 (1.17%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.17%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.17%) Node.js
12 6 (1.01%) JSON
12 6 (1.01%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.01%) OpenID
13 5 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 313 (52.43%) Data Protection Act
2 42 (7.04%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.36%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.35%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (3.02%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.51%) Derivative
9 14 (2.35%) Virtual Team
10 13 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (2.01%) Data Centre
11 12 (2.01%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.68%) Equities
12 10 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.68%) NHS
13 9 (1.51%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (1.01%) Equity Derivative
15 6 (1.01%) Fixed Income
15 6 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.03%) Windows
2 20 (3.35%) Linux
3 11 (1.84%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.84%) Unix
4 7 (1.17%) Android
5 5 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.34%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Rocky
8 1 (0.17%) Solaris
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (20.44%) Agile
2 100 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (13.23%) CI/CD
4 79 (13.23%) DevOps
5 73 (12.23%) AI
6 72 (12.06%) Migration
7 71 (11.89%) Analytics
8 67 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (9.38%) Roadmaps
10 55 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
10 55 (9.21%) Risk Management
11 54 (9.05%) Decision-Making
12 51 (8.54%) Data Governance
13 50 (8.38%) Test Automation
14 48 (8.04%) Cloud Security
15 45 (7.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 44 (7.37%) Information Security
16 44 (7.37%) Microservices
17 43 (7.20%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 98 (16.42%) Python
2 86 (14.41%) SQL
3 66 (11.06%) Java
4 33 (5.53%) C#
5 29 (4.86%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.69%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.18%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.68%) C++
9 7 (1.17%) Bash
9 7 (1.17%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.17%) Scala
10 6 (1.01%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.67%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.50%) Bicep
12 3 (0.50%) PHP
12 3 (0.50%) R
12 3 (0.50%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.34%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (13.40%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.38%) Degree
4 33 (5.53%) CISSP
5 18 (3.02%) CISM
6 17 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.35%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.35%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.35%) PMP
8 13 (2.18%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.84%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.34%) CCSP
11 8 (1.34%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.17%) CRISC
13 6 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (15.08%) GDPR
2 41 (6.87%) NIST
3 34 (5.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (5.19%) QA
5 27 (4.52%) Data Quality
6 15 (2.51%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.18%) SLA
8 12 (2.01%) GRC
9 9 (1.51%) PERC
9 9 (1.51%) PMO
10 8 (1.34%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
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%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.67%) IFRS
13 3 (0.50%) Basel III
System Software
1 33 (5.53%) Docker
2 28 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.34%) 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 39 (6.53%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.53%) Terraform
3 16 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.18%) Ansible
5 11 (1.84%) SCCM
6 10 (1.68%) Grafana
7 9 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.17%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.67%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.67%) Kibana
9 4 (0.67%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.34%) Packer
11 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.34%) Puppet
11 2 (0.34%) QRadar
11 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 97 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.52%) Oracle
3 23 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 22 (3.69%) Google
5 18 (3.02%) Databricks
6 17 (2.85%) Cisco
7 13 (2.18%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.18%) SAP
8 11 (1.84%) Adobe
8 11 (1.84%) Citrix
9 10 (1.68%) Workday
10 9 (1.51%) Nokia
11 8 (1.34%) Splunk
12 7 (1.17%) ADVA
12 7 (1.17%) Apple
12 7 (1.17%) F5
12 7 (1.17%) VMware
13 6 (1.01%) IBM
13 6 (1.01%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.01%) Red Hat