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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 85 93
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 629 424 421
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.12% 3.10% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.36% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 202 238
10th Percentile £300 £264 £239
25th Percentile £400 £375 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £751 £736 £745
England median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 4
10th Percentile £14.25 £26.15 £27.03
25th Percentile £16.26 £26.88 £27.55
Median hourly rate £25.32 £30.81 £48.30
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% -36.21% -8.01%
75th Percentile £33.94 £34.94 £71.88
90th Percentile £37.11 £36.69 -
England median hourly rate £20.50 £23.70 £20.50
% change year-on-year -13.50% +15.61% -43.48%

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 17,940 12,624 14,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.32% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,801 8,441 10,113
10th Percentile £363 £325 £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 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 251 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -14.20%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.00 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.19%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -14 45 £557 -0.18% 69
South London -16 8 £680 -7.36% 10
West London -16 8 £475 +23.38% 12
East London +4 3 £410 - 3
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 12 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (1.75%) Confluence
2 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.43%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.95%) Apache
5 5 (0.79%) IIS
6 3 (0.48%) CMS
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.48%) SAS
7 2 (0.32%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.32%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Camunda
8 1 (0.16%) CICS
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) Luigi
8 1 (0.16%) Moodle
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.64%) UserZoom
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.32%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.16%) Actimize
6 1 (0.16%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.16%) Magento
6 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 153 (24.32%) Azure
2 115 (18.28%) AWS
3 57 (9.06%) GCP
4 36 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (5.41%) SaaS
6 33 (5.25%) Entra ID
7 29 (4.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 28 (4.45%) Power Platform
9 22 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (3.02%) GitHub
11 18 (2.86%) Serverless
12 15 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (2.07%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
16 10 (1.59%) Amazon S3
17 9 (1.43%) OneDrive
17 9 (1.43%) Power Automate
17 9 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (7.47%) Network Security
2 24 (3.82%) Firewall
3 10 (1.59%) Cisco IPT
3 10 (1.59%) DNS
3 10 (1.59%) Wireless
4 8 (1.27%) DHCP
4 8 (1.27%) VPN
4 8 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (1.11%) LAN
5 7 (1.11%) SSL
5 7 (1.11%) WAN
6 6 (0.95%) SAN
6 6 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.79%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.79%) MPLS
8 4 (0.64%) HTTP
8 4 (0.64%) NAS
9 3 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (0.48%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.50%) Power BI
2 18 (2.86%) Metadata
3 17 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (2.54%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.59%) Big Data
5 10 (1.59%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.43%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.43%) MySQL
7 7 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.11%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.95%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.95%) Tableau
9 4 (0.64%) Apache Hudi
9 4 (0.64%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.64%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.64%) Pinecone
9 4 (0.64%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.64%) Weaviate
10 3 (0.48%) Db2
Development Applications
1 33 (5.25%) JIRA
2 22 (3.50%) Git
3 13 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.75%) GitLab
5 5 (0.79%) Selenium
6 4 (0.64%) ERwin
6 4 (0.64%) Gradle
6 4 (0.64%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.48%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.32%) CMake
8 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.32%) JUnit
8 2 (0.32%) Maven
8 2 (0.32%) Postman
8 2 (0.32%) Vite
8 2 (0.32%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.16%) Mockito
9 1 (0.16%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.16%) RSpec
General
1 207 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 165 (26.23%) Finance
3 65 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.17%) Banking
5 63 (10.02%) Public Sector
6 57 (9.06%) Legal
7 30 (4.77%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (4.13%) Front Office
9 16 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.07%) Billing
11 13 (2.07%) Marketing
11 13 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.07%) Retail
12 12 (1.91%) Local Government
12 12 (1.91%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.59%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.59%) Law
14 9 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 112 (17.81%) Architect
2 75 (11.92%) Analyst
3 47 (7.47%) Developer
3 47 (7.47%) Senior
4 40 (6.36%) Lead
5 34 (5.41%) Business Analyst
6 32 (5.09%) Consultant
6 32 (5.09%) Security Architect
7 31 (4.93%) Project Manager
8 26 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (3.18%) Security Engineer
10 18 (2.86%) Data Engineer
11 12 (1.91%) Data Analyst
11 12 (1.91%) Java Developer
11 12 (1.91%) Junior
11 12 (1.91%) Network Engineer
12 11 (1.75%) Data Protection Officer
12 11 (1.75%) Product Manager
13 10 (1.59%) IT Support
14 9 (1.43%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.09%) REST
2 16 (2.54%) React
3 14 (2.23%) Middleware
3 14 (2.23%) Spring
4 13 (2.07%) OAuth
5 11 (1.75%) CSS
5 11 (1.75%) GraphQL
5 11 (1.75%) RESTful
6 10 (1.59%) .NET
6 10 (1.59%) HTML
6 10 (1.59%) Spring Boot
7 8 (1.27%) JSON
7 8 (1.27%) Kafka
7 8 (1.27%) Playwright
8 7 (1.11%) OAuth2
8 7 (1.11%) OpenID
8 7 (1.11%) SAML
9 6 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.95%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 297 (47.22%) Data Protection Act
2 46 (7.31%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.72%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.72%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.29%) Security Posture
5 22 (3.50%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.18%) Virtual Team
7 17 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.38%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.91%) Derivative
10 11 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.43%) NHS
12 9 (1.43%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.27%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.27%) BYOD
14 7 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.84%) Windows
2 20 (3.18%) Linux
3 15 (2.38%) Android
4 12 (1.91%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.75%) Unix
6 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.79%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.32%) zOS
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%) VMS
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (19.40%) Agile
2 114 (18.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 100 (15.90%) AI
4 95 (15.10%) CI/CD
5 91 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (14.15%) DevOps
7 86 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
9 77 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 73 (11.61%) Analytics
11 72 (11.45%) Data Governance
12 70 (11.13%) Migration
13 65 (10.33%) Roadmaps
14 59 (9.38%) Information Security
15 57 (9.06%) Decision-Making
16 56 (8.90%) Risk Management
17 49 (7.79%) Cloud Security
18 48 (7.63%) Data Modelling
19 47 (7.47%) Test Automation
20 41 (6.52%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 79 (12.56%) Python
2 64 (10.17%) SQL
3 55 (8.74%) Java
4 21 (3.34%) PowerShell
5 19 (3.02%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.38%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.07%) C#
8 10 (1.59%) Kotlin
9 8 (1.27%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.95%) Bash
10 6 (0.95%) C++
10 6 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.95%) Scala
11 3 (0.48%) Perl
12 2 (0.32%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.32%) C
12 2 (0.32%) COBOL
12 2 (0.32%) PHP
12 2 (0.32%) Ruby
12 2 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 80 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 63 (10.02%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.27%) Degree
4 47 (7.47%) CISSP
5 25 (3.97%) CISM
6 17 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.23%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.23%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.07%) PMP
10 12 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.75%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 8 (1.27%) CISA
14 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.95%) CCSP
15 6 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 5 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (15.74%) GDPR
2 41 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (6.20%) NIST
4 35 (5.56%) Data Quality
5 34 (5.41%) QA
6 18 (2.86%) Accessibility
6 18 (2.86%) GRC
7 16 (2.54%) PCI DSS
8 15 (2.38%) PMO
9 11 (1.75%) SLA
10 9 (1.43%) PERC
10 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (1.11%) Government Security Classifications
11 7 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 6 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.95%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.95%) NCSC
13 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.82%) Docker
3 4 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.32%) Varnish
6 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.16%) NFS
Systems Management
1 35 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.97%) Terraform
3 15 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.75%) SCCM
6 10 (1.59%) Ansible
6 10 (1.59%) Grafana
7 5 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.79%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.64%) Kibana
8 4 (0.64%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.48%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.48%) QRadar
10 2 (0.32%) Avamar
10 2 (0.32%) Packer
10 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 117 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.36%) ServiceNow
3 27 (4.29%) Oracle
4 23 (3.66%) Cisco
5 18 (2.86%) Google
5 18 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.54%) Databricks
7 13 (2.07%) Splunk
7 13 (2.07%) Zscaler
8 7 (1.11%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.11%) Workday
9 6 (0.95%) CyberArk
9 6 (0.95%) F5
9 6 (0.95%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.95%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.95%) SAP
10 5 (0.79%) Aruba
10 5 (0.79%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.79%) Ping Identity
11 4 (0.64%) Refinitiv