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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 83 94
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 621 440 428
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.09% 3.24% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 3.51% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 213 243
10th Percentile £293 £278 £243
25th Percentile £391 £379 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -15.36%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £749
England median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 4
10th Percentile £14.25 £26.10 £27.03
25th Percentile £16.26 £26.25 £27.55
Median hourly rate £25.32 £30.00 £48.30
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% -37.88% -8.01%
75th Percentile £33.94 £32.50 £71.88
90th Percentile £37.11 £34.89 -
England median hourly rate £18.18 £19.70 £20.50
% change year-on-year -7.74% -3.90% -50.74%

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 17,904 12,525 14,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.14% 92.35% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,336 10,048
10th Percentile £360 £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 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.40% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 255 197
10th Percentile £16.95 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 0 46 £557 +3.06% 62
West London -15 8 £475 +23.38% 9
South London -12 6 £581 -20.82% 13
East London - 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 14 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.45%) Confluence
5 6 (0.97%) Apache
6 5 (0.81%) IIS
7 3 (0.48%) CMS
7 3 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.48%) SAS
8 2 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.32%) WordPress
9 1 (0.16%) CICS
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) Luigi
9 1 (0.16%) Moodle
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.64%) UserZoom
5 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.64%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.32%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.16%) Actimize
5 1 (0.16%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.16%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.16%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.16%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 149 (23.99%) Azure
2 112 (18.04%) AWS
3 52 (8.37%) GCP
4 37 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (5.96%) SaaS
5 32 (5.15%) Entra ID
6 30 (4.83%) Microsoft Purview
7 27 (4.35%) Power Platform
8 23 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.54%) GitHub
10 20 (3.22%) Serverless
11 16 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.93%) Snowflake
15 11 (1.77%) Amazon S3
15 11 (1.77%) OneDrive
16 10 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
17 9 (1.45%) Power Automate
17 9 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.41%) Network Security
2 23 (3.70%) Firewall
3 11 (1.77%) Cisco IPT
3 11 (1.77%) DNS
3 11 (1.77%) Wireless
4 10 (1.61%) VPN
5 9 (1.45%) DHCP
6 8 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.13%) LAN
7 7 (1.13%) SSL
7 7 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.13%) WAN
8 6 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.97%) SAN
9 5 (0.81%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.81%) MPLS
10 4 (0.64%) HTTP
10 4 (0.64%) NAS
11 3 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (0.48%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.54%) Metadata
2 21 (3.38%) Power BI
3 17 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (2.58%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.61%) Big Data
6 10 (1.61%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.45%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.45%) MySQL
8 8 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.13%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.81%) Tableau
11 4 (0.64%) Apache Hudi
11 4 (0.64%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.64%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.64%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.64%) SQL Server
12 3 (0.48%) Db2
12 3 (0.48%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.48%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 32 (5.15%) JIRA
2 21 (3.38%) Git
3 12 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.29%) GitLab
5 4 (0.64%) ERwin
5 4 (0.64%) Gradle
5 4 (0.64%) Selenium
6 3 (0.48%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.32%) CMake
7 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.32%) JUnit
7 2 (0.32%) Maven
7 2 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.32%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.32%) Vite
7 2 (0.32%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.16%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 209 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 165 (26.57%) Finance
3 68 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (10.47%) Banking
5 64 (10.31%) Public Sector
6 62 (9.98%) Legal
7 35 (5.64%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (4.19%) Front Office
9 18 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (2.25%) Marketing
11 14 (2.25%) Retail
12 13 (2.09%) Billing
12 13 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.93%) Local Government
14 10 (1.61%) Law
14 10 (1.61%) Police
15 8 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 107 (17.23%) Architect
2 75 (12.08%) Analyst
3 48 (7.73%) Developer
4 45 (7.25%) Senior
5 39 (6.28%) Lead
6 34 (5.48%) Business Analyst
7 33 (5.31%) Consultant
8 30 (4.83%) Project Manager
8 30 (4.83%) Security Architect
9 25 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.22%) Security Engineer
11 16 (2.58%) Data Engineer
12 12 (1.93%) Java Developer
12 12 (1.93%) Junior
12 12 (1.93%) Network Engineer
13 11 (1.77%) Data Protection Officer
13 11 (1.77%) Product Manager
14 10 (1.61%) Data Analyst
14 10 (1.61%) IT Support
15 9 (1.45%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.99%) REST
2 14 (2.25%) Middleware
2 14 (2.25%) React
3 13 (2.09%) Spring
4 12 (1.93%) OAuth
5 11 (1.77%) CSS
5 11 (1.77%) GraphQL
5 11 (1.77%) RESTful
6 10 (1.61%) .NET
6 10 (1.61%) HTML
7 9 (1.45%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.29%) Kafka
9 7 (1.13%) JSON
9 7 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (1.13%) OAuth2
9 7 (1.13%) SAML
10 6 (0.97%) OpenID
10 6 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.97%) Playwright
10 6 (0.97%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 293 (47.18%) Data Protection Act
2 42 (6.76%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.80%) Product Ownership
4 35 (5.64%) Onboarding
5 27 (4.35%) Security Posture
6 25 (4.03%) Management Information System
7 21 (3.38%) Virtual Team
8 17 (2.74%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.93%) Derivative
10 11 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.77%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.61%) NHS
12 9 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.45%) Operational Technology
12 9 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.29%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.92%) Windows
2 22 (3.54%) Linux
3 15 (2.42%) Android
4 12 (1.93%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.93%) Unix
5 7 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.13%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.97%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.32%) zOS
9 1 (0.16%) MVS
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Rocky
9 1 (0.16%) Solaris
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (19.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 116 (18.68%) Agile
3 101 (16.26%) AI
4 96 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 92 (14.81%) CI/CD
6 88 (14.17%) DevOps
7 86 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
8 84 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
9 77 (12.40%) Data Governance
9 77 (12.40%) Migration
9 77 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 71 (11.43%) Analytics
11 67 (10.79%) Roadmaps
12 61 (9.82%) Information Security
13 60 (9.66%) Decision-Making
14 55 (8.86%) Risk Management
15 49 (7.89%) Data Modelling
16 46 (7.41%) Cloud Security
17 43 (6.92%) Test Automation
18 38 (6.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 73 (11.76%) Python
2 62 (9.98%) SQL
3 51 (8.21%) Java
4 22 (3.54%) PowerShell
5 18 (2.90%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.25%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.61%) C#
7 10 (1.61%) Kotlin
8 9 (1.45%) Apex Code
9 7 (1.13%) C++
10 6 (0.97%) Bash
10 6 (0.97%) Scala
11 5 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.64%) Perl
13 3 (0.48%) C
13 3 (0.48%) VBScript
14 2 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.32%) R
14 2 (0.32%) Ruby
14 2 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 77 (12.40%) Security Cleared
2 58 (9.34%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.37%) Degree
4 43 (6.92%) CISSP
5 26 (4.19%) CISM
6 18 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.25%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.25%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.09%) PMP
10 11 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.61%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.97%) CISA
13 5 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.81%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (16.10%) GDPR
2 42 (6.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (6.12%) Data Quality
3 38 (6.12%) NIST
4 33 (5.31%) QA
5 20 (3.22%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.74%) GRC
7 14 (2.25%) PCI DSS
8 13 (2.09%) PMO
9 9 (1.45%) PERC
9 9 (1.45%) SLA
10 8 (1.29%) Government Security Classifications
10 8 (1.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.97%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.97%) NCSC
13 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.22%) Docker
3 5 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.32%) Varnish
5 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.16%) NFS
Systems Management
1 29 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.19%) Terraform
3 15 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.93%) SCCM
4 12 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.61%) Ansible
6 9 (1.45%) Grafana
7 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.81%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.81%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.64%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.48%) Kibana
9 3 (0.48%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.48%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.48%) Puppet
9 3 (0.48%) QRadar
10 2 (0.32%) Avamar
10 2 (0.32%) Packer
Vendors
1 123 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.76%) ServiceNow
3 27 (4.35%) Oracle
4 23 (3.70%) Cisco
5 19 (3.06%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.74%) Google
7 16 (2.58%) Databricks
8 12 (1.93%) Splunk
8 12 (1.93%) Zscaler
9 8 (1.29%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.13%) Workday
11 6 (0.97%) CyberArk
11 6 (0.97%) Murex
11 6 (0.97%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.97%) SAP
12 5 (0.81%) Aruba
12 5 (0.81%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.81%) F5
12 5 (0.81%) NetApp
12 5 (0.81%) Ping Identity