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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 107 101
Rank change year-on-year +30 -6 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 577 323 414
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.48% 2.51% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 2.75% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 171 251
10th Percentile £313 £257 £263
25th Percentile £413 £358 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £601 £675
90th Percentile £748 £744 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 14
10th Percentile £19.88 £18.55 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.50 £12.32
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.71% -66.55%
75th Percentile £33.12 £32.95 £42.63
90th Percentile £36.50 £34.84 £57.11
England median hourly rate £20.71 £30.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.97% +53.85% -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 14,871 11,726 15,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.70% 91.30% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,969 7,878 11,440
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £677 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.52 £15.98
25th Percentile £21.73 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.89 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +17.67% -21.54%
75th Percentile £56.98 £52.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.15 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 38 £600 +14.29% 37
South London -24 13 £600 - 3
East London +1 5 £638 - 6
West London -19 3 £200 -45.95% 22
North London - 2 £625 -
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 16 (2.77%) Confluence
2 12 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.52%) CMS
6 2 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.35%) Drupal
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.17%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.08%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.35%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 137 (23.74%) Azure
2 79 (13.69%) AWS
3 44 (7.63%) GCP
4 33 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (5.55%) SaaS
6 30 (5.20%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.68%) Snowflake
8 26 (4.51%) Entra ID
9 24 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.81%) Serverless
11 21 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (2.95%) GitHub
13 15 (2.60%) PaaS
14 14 (2.43%) Amazon S3
14 14 (2.43%) Azure AKS
15 13 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
15 13 (2.25%) IaaS
16 12 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.99%) Network Security
2 16 (2.77%) Firewall
3 13 (2.25%) MPLS
4 12 (2.08%) Cisco IPT
5 9 (1.56%) SAN
6 5 (0.87%) LAN
6 5 (0.87%) NAS
6 5 (0.87%) VPN
6 5 (0.87%) WAN
7 4 (0.69%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.69%) NetScaler
7 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.69%) VLAN
7 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.52%) BGP
8 3 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.52%) HTTP
8 3 (0.52%) IPv4
8 3 (0.52%) IPv6
8 3 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.51%) Power BI
2 16 (2.77%) Metadata
2 16 (2.77%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.73%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.39%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.39%) Tableau
7 7 (1.21%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.04%) Big Data
8 6 (1.04%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.04%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.52%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.52%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 38 (6.59%) JIRA
2 25 (4.33%) Git
3 12 (2.08%) GitLab
3 12 (2.08%) SpecFlow
4 10 (1.73%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.69%) Gradle
6 4 (0.69%) JUnit
7 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.52%) Katalon Studio
7 3 (0.52%) Maven
8 2 (0.35%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.35%) ERwin
8 2 (0.35%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.35%) NUnit
8 2 (0.35%) Postman
8 2 (0.35%) Selenium
8 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.17%) QADirector
General
1 157 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 153 (26.52%) Finance
3 71 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.09%) Banking
5 48 (8.32%) Legal
6 38 (6.59%) Public Sector
7 25 (4.33%) Front Office
8 22 (3.81%) Telecoms
9 18 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.95%) Marketing
11 13 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.91%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.56%) Local Government
15 7 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.04%) Electronics
17 5 (0.87%) Back Office
17 5 (0.87%) International Banking
17 5 (0.87%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (15.08%) Architect
2 72 (12.48%) Analyst
3 54 (9.36%) Developer
4 49 (8.49%) Lead
5 41 (7.11%) Senior
6 38 (6.59%) Business Analyst
7 32 (5.55%) Consultant
8 28 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (4.68%) Project Manager
10 19 (3.29%) Security Engineer
11 17 (2.95%) Network Engineer
12 16 (2.77%) Technical Architect
13 15 (2.60%) Security Architect
14 14 (2.43%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.25%) Tester
16 12 (2.08%) Data Engineer
17 11 (1.91%) Java Developer
17 11 (1.91%) Technical Analyst
18 10 (1.73%) Administrator
18 10 (1.73%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.81%) .NET
2 16 (2.77%) React
2 16 (2.77%) REST
3 14 (2.43%) Middleware
3 14 (2.43%) Spring
4 12 (2.08%) Playwright
5 11 (1.91%) Kafka
6 9 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (1.56%) RESTful
7 8 (1.39%) .NET Core
7 8 (1.39%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.21%) HTML
8 7 (1.21%) Node.js
9 6 (1.04%) XML
10 5 (0.87%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.87%) JSON
10 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.69%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
11 4 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 301 (52.17%) Data Protection Act
2 40 (6.93%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.81%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (2.95%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.95%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.43%) Derivative
8 12 (2.08%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.73%) Equities
10 10 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.56%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.56%) Freedom of Information
11 9 (1.56%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.21%) CMDB
12 7 (1.21%) NHS
12 7 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.04%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.20%) Windows
2 23 (3.99%) Linux
3 9 (1.56%) Unix
4 7 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.87%) Android
5 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.69%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
8 2 (0.35%) zOS
9 1 (0.17%) CentOS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Rocky
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (18.72%) Agile
2 101 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (16.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 74 (12.82%) CI/CD
4 74 (12.82%) DevOps
4 74 (12.82%) Migration
5 67 (11.61%) Analytics
6 64 (11.09%) AI
7 59 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 57 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
9 55 (9.53%) Roadmaps
10 54 (9.36%) Risk Management
11 50 (8.67%) Decision-Making
12 49 (8.49%) Data Governance
13 44 (7.63%) Cloud Security
13 44 (7.63%) Test Automation
14 43 (7.45%) Infrastructure as Code
14 43 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 41 (7.11%) Microservices
16 37 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 100 (17.33%) Python
2 92 (15.94%) SQL
3 52 (9.01%) Java
4 36 (6.24%) C#
5 29 (5.03%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.47%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.95%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.56%) Bash
8 9 (1.56%) C++
9 7 (1.21%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.04%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.87%) Bicep
12 4 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.35%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.35%) Groovy
14 2 (0.35%) PHP
14 2 (0.35%) Scala
14 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (13.69%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.44%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.36%) Degree
4 27 (4.68%) CISSP
5 20 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.95%) CISM
7 14 (2.43%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.43%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.25%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.91%) PMP
10 9 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.39%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (1.21%) CCSP
12 7 (1.21%) CRISC
13 6 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.87%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (14.90%) GDPR
2 42 (7.28%) NIST
3 35 (6.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (5.37%) QA
5 29 (5.03%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.25%) GRC
7 13 (2.25%) SLA
8 9 (1.56%) PERC
9 8 (1.39%) PMO
10 7 (1.21%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.87%) NCSC
11 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.69%) COBIT
12 4 (0.69%) GAAP
12 4 (0.69%) IFRS
13 3 (0.52%) Basel III
13 3 (0.52%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 32 (5.55%) Docker
2 21 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.89%) Terraform
3 17 (2.95%) Ansible
3 17 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.56%) SCCM
5 7 (1.21%) Grafana
6 6 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.87%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.69%) Kibana
9 3 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.52%) Puppet
10 2 (0.35%) Avamar
10 2 (0.35%) Control-M
10 2 (0.35%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.17%) CASB
11 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 91 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.99%) Google
3 22 (3.81%) Oracle
4 20 (3.47%) Databricks
4 20 (3.47%) ServiceNow
5 19 (3.29%) SAP
6 15 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.25%) Cisco
8 12 (2.08%) Citrix
9 10 (1.73%) Workday
10 9 (1.56%) F5
10 9 (1.56%) Nokia
11 8 (1.39%) Adobe
11 8 (1.39%) VMware
12 7 (1.21%) ADVA
12 7 (1.21%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.04%) IBM
13 6 (1.04%) Rapid7
14 5 (0.87%) Murex
14 5 (0.87%) Palo Alto