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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 112 98
Rank change year-on-year +35 -14 +17
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 563 314 425
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.49% 2.42% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 2.66% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 171 253
10th Percentile £313 £270 £263
25th Percentile £413 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £607 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 14
10th Percentile £21.47 £18.55 £11.95
25th Percentile £22.43 £23.50 £12.32
Median hourly rate £24.88 £30.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.06% +23.71% -
75th Percentile £26.74 £32.95 £42.63
90th Percentile £27.35 £34.84 £57.11
England median hourly rate £20.71 £30.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.97% +53.85% -70.45%

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 14,486 11,803 16,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.91% 91.01% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,750 7,835 11,536
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 158 354
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.32 £16.01
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.25 £35.25 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year - +17.19% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.62 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.77 £69.85
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%

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 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
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 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 -12 35 £600 +20.00% 19
South London -21 13 £600 - 2
East London +3 3 £675 - 4
West London -20 3 £200 -50.00% 10
North London - 2 £625 - 5
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 (3.20%) Confluence
2 12 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.53%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Apache
7 2 (0.36%) Drupal
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) Mule
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) SAS
8 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.18%) Sketch
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.78%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.71%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.53%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.36%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.18%) BambooHR
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 125 (22.20%) Azure
2 76 (13.50%) AWS
3 40 (7.10%) GCP
4 32 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (5.68%) Power Platform
4 32 (5.68%) SaaS
5 27 (4.80%) Snowflake
6 24 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.26%) Entra ID
6 24 (4.26%) Serverless
7 18 (3.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (2.84%) Amazon S3
9 15 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (2.66%) GitHub
9 15 (2.66%) PaaS
10 14 (2.49%) Azure AKS
11 13 (2.31%) IaaS
12 12 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.02%) Network Security
2 14 (2.49%) Firewall
3 13 (2.31%) Cisco IPT
4 12 (2.13%) MPLS
5 8 (1.42%) SAN
6 6 (1.07%) VPN
7 5 (0.89%) LAN
7 5 (0.89%) NAS
7 5 (0.89%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.89%) WAN
8 4 (0.71%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.71%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.71%) VLAN
8 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.53%) BGP
9 3 (0.53%) HTTP
9 3 (0.53%) IPv4
9 3 (0.53%) IPv6
9 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.36%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.97%) Power BI
2 15 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.66%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.49%) Metadata
3 14 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.78%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.60%) Tableau
6 8 (1.42%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.24%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.24%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.07%) Big Data
8 6 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.53%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.53%) MySQL
10 3 (0.53%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 40 (7.10%) JIRA
2 26 (4.62%) Git
3 12 (2.13%) SpecFlow
4 10 (1.78%) GitLab
5 9 (1.60%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.71%) Gradle
7 4 (0.71%) JUnit
7 4 (0.71%) Maven
8 3 (0.53%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.36%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.36%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.36%) NUnit
9 2 (0.36%) Postman
9 2 (0.36%) Selenium
9 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.36%) webpack
10 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
General
1 153 (27.18%) Social Skills
2 146 (25.93%) Finance
3 72 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.19%) Banking
5 47 (8.35%) Legal
6 37 (6.57%) Public Sector
7 21 (3.73%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.55%) Front Office
9 16 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.66%) Marketing
11 13 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.13%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.07%) Law
15 6 (1.07%) Local Government
16 5 (0.89%) Electronics
16 5 (0.89%) Publishing
16 5 (0.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 81 (14.39%) Architect
2 72 (12.79%) Analyst
3 55 (9.77%) Developer
4 49 (8.70%) Lead
5 39 (6.93%) Business Analyst
6 36 (6.39%) Senior
7 31 (5.51%) Consultant
8 26 (4.62%) Project Manager
9 24 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.55%) Security Engineer
11 16 (2.84%) Network Engineer
12 15 (2.66%) Technical Architect
13 13 (2.31%) Tester
14 12 (2.13%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.13%) Data Engineer
14 12 (2.13%) Security Architect
15 11 (1.95%) Technical Analyst
16 10 (1.78%) Automation Tester
16 10 (1.78%) Cloud Engineer
16 10 (1.78%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.73%) .NET
2 19 (3.37%) React
3 16 (2.84%) REST
4 14 (2.49%) Spring
5 12 (2.13%) Kafka
5 12 (2.13%) Middleware
5 12 (2.13%) Playwright
6 10 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (1.60%) RESTful
8 8 (1.42%) .NET Core
8 8 (1.42%) HTML
8 8 (1.42%) Node.js
8 8 (1.42%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.07%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.07%) SOAP
10 5 (0.89%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.89%) PySpark
10 5 (0.89%) XML
11 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.71%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 300 (53.29%) Data Protection Act
2 33 (5.86%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.73%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.73%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (3.02%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.49%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.95%) Derivative
8 10 (1.78%) CMDB
8 10 (1.78%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.78%) Equities
9 9 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.60%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.42%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.24%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.24%) NHS
12 6 (1.07%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.07%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.80%) Windows
2 21 (3.73%) Linux
3 8 (1.42%) Unix
4 7 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.89%) Android
5 5 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.36%) VMS
7 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.36%) zOS
8 1 (0.18%) CentOS
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (20.07%) Agile
2 104 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 70 (12.43%) CI/CD
4 70 (12.43%) Migration
5 68 (12.08%) AI
5 68 (12.08%) DevOps
6 66 (11.72%) Analytics
7 54 (9.59%) Roadmaps
8 53 (9.41%) Risk Management
9 50 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
10 47 (8.35%) Decision-Making
10 47 (8.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 46 (8.17%) Data Governance
12 41 (7.28%) Test Automation
13 40 (7.10%) Microservices
14 36 (6.39%) Business Intelligence
14 36 (6.39%) Identity Access Management
14 36 (6.39%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 106 (18.83%) Python
2 91 (16.16%) SQL
3 49 (8.70%) Java
4 36 (6.39%) C#
5 35 (6.22%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.55%) PowerShell
6 20 (3.55%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.42%) Bash
7 8 (1.42%) C++
8 6 (1.07%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.07%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.89%) Bicep
10 3 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.53%) PHP
10 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.36%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.36%) Groovy
11 2 (0.36%) R
11 2 (0.36%) Scala
11 2 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (13.32%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.55%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.24%) Degree
4 24 (4.26%) CISSP
5 20 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.66%) CISM
8 12 (2.13%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.13%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.95%) PMP
10 9 (1.60%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.42%) CRISC
12 7 (1.24%) CCSP
12 7 (1.24%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.89%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (14.56%) GDPR
2 40 (7.10%) NIST
3 34 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (4.80%) Data Quality
5 26 (4.62%) QA
6 13 (2.31%) GRC
6 13 (2.31%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.60%) SLA
8 8 (1.42%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.24%) PERC
9 7 (1.24%) PMO
10 5 (0.89%) NCSC
10 5 (0.89%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.71%) COBIT
11 4 (0.71%) GAAP
11 4 (0.71%) IFRS
12 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.53%) Basel III
12 3 (0.53%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 29 (5.15%) Docker
2 22 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.18%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 36 (6.39%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.33%) Terraform
3 17 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (2.66%) Ansible
5 9 (1.60%) SCCM
6 6 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.89%) Grafana
7 5 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.71%) Kibana
8 4 (0.71%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.53%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.36%) Avamar
10 2 (0.36%) Control-M
10 2 (0.36%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.36%) Puppet
10 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.18%) CASB
11 1 (0.18%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 85 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.09%) Databricks
2 23 (4.09%) Google
2 23 (4.09%) Oracle
2 23 (4.09%) ServiceNow
3 20 (3.55%) SAP
4 14 (2.49%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.95%) Cisco
5 11 (1.95%) Citrix
6 10 (1.78%) Adobe
7 9 (1.60%) VMware
7 9 (1.60%) Workday
8 8 (1.42%) F5
8 8 (1.42%) Nokia
9 7 (1.24%) ADVA
10 6 (1.07%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.07%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.89%) Apple
11 5 (0.89%) IBM
11 5 (0.89%) Informatica