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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 100 93
Rank change year-on-year +21 -7 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 528 347 440
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.48% 2.55% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 2.82% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 189 266
10th Percentile £313 £294 £236
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -8.70%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £650
90th Percentile £726 £728 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 14
10th Percentile £21.47 £16.36 £11.95
25th Percentile £22.43 £18.01 £12.32
Median hourly rate £24.88 £21.50 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.73% -11.34% -
75th Percentile £26.74 £33.17 £42.63
90th Percentile £27.35 £39.71 £57.11
England median hourly rate £20.71 £26.87 £21.00
% change year-on-year -22.91% +27.93% -70.00%

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 13,766 12,313 16,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.57% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,152 7,857 11,594
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% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.40 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.75 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +25.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £56.62 £55.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £69.94 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -7 32 £600 +20.00% 20
South London -20 11 £475 -20.83% 9
West London -18 3 £250 -37.50% 10
East London - 3 £675 - 3
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 21 (3.98%) Confluence
2 13 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.76%) CMS
6 3 (0.57%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.38%) Drupal
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.38%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.19%) Luigi
8 1 (0.19%) Mule
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.19%) Sketch
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.70%) Aladdin
1 9 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.57%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.38%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.19%) BambooHR
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.19%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 1 (0.19%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 113 (21.40%) Azure
2 67 (12.69%) AWS
3 33 (6.25%) GCP
4 30 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (5.68%) Power Platform
4 30 (5.68%) SaaS
5 25 (4.73%) Serverless
6 24 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (4.55%) Snowflake
7 19 (3.60%) Entra ID
8 16 (3.03%) GitHub
9 15 (2.84%) Amazon S3
9 15 (2.84%) PaaS
10 14 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.65%) Azure AKS
11 13 (2.46%) IaaS
12 11 (2.08%) Azure Functions
12 11 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.84%) Network Security
2 12 (2.27%) MPLS
3 10 (1.89%) Cisco IPT
3 10 (1.89%) Firewall
4 6 (1.14%) SAN
4 6 (1.14%) VPN
5 5 (0.95%) LAN
5 5 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.95%) WAN
6 4 (0.76%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.76%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.76%) VLAN
6 4 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.57%) BGP
7 3 (0.57%) HTTP
7 3 (0.57%) Internet
7 3 (0.57%) NAS
7 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.38%) DKIM
8 2 (0.38%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.11%) Power BI
2 15 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.27%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.08%) Metadata
5 10 (1.89%) Tableau
6 9 (1.70%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.95%) Big Data
9 5 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.57%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (0.57%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.57%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.57%) MySQL
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 45 (8.52%) JIRA
2 24 (4.55%) Git
3 11 (2.08%) SpecFlow
4 7 (1.33%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.14%) GitLab
6 5 (0.95%) JUnit
7 4 (0.76%) Maven
8 3 (0.57%) Gradle
9 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.38%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.38%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.38%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.19%) AppVeyor
10 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.19%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.19%) Storybook
10 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 145 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 138 (26.14%) Finance
3 67 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.93%) Banking
5 40 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 39 (7.39%) Legal
7 19 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.41%) Front Office
8 18 (3.41%) Marketing
9 16 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.89%) Investment Banking
12 8 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.33%) Retail
14 6 (1.14%) Electronics
14 6 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.14%) Publishing
15 5 (0.95%) International Banking
16 4 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 68 (12.88%) Analyst
2 67 (12.69%) Developer
3 66 (12.50%) Architect
4 49 (9.28%) Lead
5 35 (6.63%) Business Analyst
6 34 (6.44%) Senior
7 30 (5.68%) Consultant
8 28 (5.30%) Project Manager
9 21 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (2.65%) Data Analyst
10 14 (2.65%) Network Engineer
10 14 (2.65%) Security Engineer
11 13 (2.46%) Security Architect
12 12 (2.27%) Technical Architect
13 11 (2.08%) Technical Analyst
13 11 (2.08%) Tester
14 10 (1.89%) Administrator
14 10 (1.89%) Cloud Engineer
14 10 (1.89%) Python Developer
15 9 (1.70%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.98%) .NET
1 21 (3.98%) REST
2 17 (3.22%) React
3 12 (2.27%) RESTful
4 11 (2.08%) Spring
5 10 (1.89%) Playwright
5 10 (1.89%) SOAP
6 9 (1.70%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.70%) HTML
6 9 (1.70%) Kafka
6 9 (1.70%) Node.js
7 8 (1.52%) Middleware
8 7 (1.33%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.33%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.14%) XML
10 5 (0.95%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.95%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.95%) OAuth
11 4 (0.76%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 300 (56.82%) Data Protection Act
2 28 (5.30%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.60%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (3.22%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.27%) CMDB
8 11 (2.08%) Derivative
8 11 (2.08%) Equities
9 10 (1.89%) NHS
10 9 (1.70%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.70%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.33%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.33%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.33%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.95%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.73%) Windows
2 24 (4.55%) Linux
3 10 (1.89%) Unix
4 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.95%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.76%) Android
5 4 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) VMS
6 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.38%) zOS
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (21.40%) Agile
2 95 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 66 (12.50%) AI
5 65 (12.31%) Migration
6 64 (12.12%) DevOps
7 60 (11.36%) CI/CD
8 59 (11.17%) Analytics
9 50 (9.47%) Roadmaps
9 50 (9.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 48 (9.09%) Risk Management
11 41 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (7.77%) Decision-Making
12 39 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
13 38 (7.20%) Project Management
13 38 (7.20%) Scrum
14 37 (7.01%) Microservices
14 37 (7.01%) Test Automation
15 36 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
16 35 (6.63%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 102 (19.32%) Python
2 95 (17.99%) SQL
3 38 (7.20%) JavaScript
4 37 (7.01%) C#
5 36 (6.82%) Java
6 18 (3.41%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.84%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.89%) C++
9 9 (1.70%) Bash
10 8 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.33%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.95%) Bicep
13 3 (0.57%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.57%) PHP
13 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.57%) VBA
14 2 (0.38%) COBOL
14 2 (0.38%) Groovy
14 2 (0.38%) R
14 2 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 56 (10.61%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.28%) Degree
4 20 (3.79%) CISSP
5 19 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.03%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.46%) CISM
8 12 (2.27%) PMI Certification
9 11 (2.08%) PMP
10 7 (1.33%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.14%) CRISC
11 6 (1.14%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.95%) CCSP
12 5 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (14.20%) GDPR
2 30 (5.68%) NIST
3 26 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (3.98%) Data Quality
4 21 (3.98%) QA
5 11 (2.08%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.70%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.70%) GRC
7 7 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.14%) PERC
9 5 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.76%) GAAP
10 4 (0.76%) IFRS
10 4 (0.76%) NCSC
10 4 (0.76%) PMO
10 4 (0.76%) SLA
11 3 (0.57%) Basel III
11 3 (0.57%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.57%) Solvency II
System Software
1 24 (4.55%) Docker
2 17 (3.22%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.19%) Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) HDFS
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 29 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.55%) Terraform
3 13 (2.46%) Ansible
3 13 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.70%) SCCM
5 5 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.57%) Kibana
8 2 (0.38%) Control-M
8 2 (0.38%) Grafana
8 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) Puppet
8 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) Foglight
9 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 70 (13.26%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.17%) Google
2 22 (4.17%) SAP
3 21 (3.98%) Databricks
4 19 (3.60%) Oracle
5 17 (3.22%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.65%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.89%) Cisco
7 10 (1.89%) Citrix
8 9 (1.70%) Adobe
9 8 (1.52%) Nokia
10 7 (1.33%) ADVA
10 7 (1.33%) Informatica
10 7 (1.33%) VMware
10 7 (1.33%) Workday
11 6 (1.14%) F5
11 6 (1.14%) IBM
11 6 (1.14%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.95%) Foundry
12 5 (0.95%) Red Hat