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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 89 99
Rank change year-on-year +20 +10 +19
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 541 439 482
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.77% 2.79% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 3.11% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 252 287
10th Percentile £325 £270 £250
25th Percentile £413 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £613 £650
90th Percentile £700 £736 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £16.36 £28.75
25th Percentile - £18.01 £35.88
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £41.62
Median % change year-on-year - -48.34% +14.80%
75th Percentile - £33.17 £43.76
90th Percentile - £39.71 £44.23
England median hourly rate £20.71 £23.00 £23.62
% change year-on-year -9.96% -2.62% -63.66%

All Process and 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 13,187 14,116 17,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.78% 89.82% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,698 9,124 12,474
10th Percentile £339 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £503 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 164 235
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.65
25th Percentile £24.56 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +5.25% -10.93%
75th Percentile £47.63 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 -3 36 £563 +12.50% 17
South London -20 7 £600 - 8
West London -15 5 £300 -29.41% 6
East London +4 1 £638 +19.16% 7
North London - 1 £700 - 1
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 20 (3.70%) Confluence
2 13 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.48%) CMS
4 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.55%) CICS
7 2 (0.37%) Apache
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.37%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.18%) Luigi
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) SAS
8 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) SPSS
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.74%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.55%) VisionPLUS
4 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.37%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.37%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.18%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 121 (22.37%) Azure
2 87 (16.08%) AWS
3 51 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 37 (6.84%) GCP
5 33 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (4.62%) Serverless
8 24 (4.44%) SaaS
9 21 (3.88%) Power Automate
10 20 (3.70%) GitHub
11 18 (3.33%) Snowflake
12 17 (3.14%) Entra ID
12 17 (3.14%) PowerApps
13 15 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (2.77%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (2.59%) Amazon S3
15 12 (2.22%) Azure AKS
16 11 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
17 10 (1.85%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.51%) Firewall
2 15 (2.77%) Network Security
3 9 (1.66%) Cisco IPT
4 7 (1.29%) DNS
5 6 (1.11%) VPN
6 5 (0.92%) MPLS
6 5 (0.92%) WAN
7 4 (0.74%) DHCP
7 4 (0.74%) HTTP
7 4 (0.74%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.55%) 5G
8 3 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.55%) DMARC
8 3 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.55%) Internet
8 3 (0.55%) LAN
8 3 (0.55%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.55%) SAN
9 2 (0.37%) DKIM
9 2 (0.37%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.47%) Power BI
2 18 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.22%) NoSQL
4 12 (2.22%) Tableau
5 9 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.66%) Metadata
5 9 (1.66%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.29%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.11%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.92%) Big Data
8 5 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.74%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.55%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.55%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 49 (9.06%) JIRA
2 17 (3.14%) Git
3 8 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.11%) GitLab
4 6 (1.11%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.74%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.55%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.55%) ChangeMan
6 3 (0.55%) JUnit
6 3 (0.55%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.37%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.37%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.37%) Gradle
7 2 (0.37%) Maven
7 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.18%) CMake
8 1 (0.18%) gulp
8 1 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 160 (29.57%) Social Skills
2 124 (22.92%) Finance
3 69 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.24%) Banking
5 45 (8.32%) Public Sector
6 43 (7.95%) Legal
7 19 (3.51%) Marketing
8 17 (3.14%) Front Office
9 12 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.48%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.29%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.29%) Law
13 7 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.11%) Local Government
14 6 (1.11%) Publishing
14 6 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 79 (14.60%) Developer
2 74 (13.68%) Analyst
3 48 (8.87%) Architect
4 41 (7.58%) Lead
5 37 (6.84%) Business Analyst
6 31 (5.73%) Senior
7 29 (5.36%) Consultant
8 21 (3.88%) Project Manager
9 20 (3.70%) Data Analyst
9 20 (3.70%) Security Engineer
10 14 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.40%) Python Engineer
12 12 (2.22%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 11 (2.03%) Administrator
13 11 (2.03%) ServiceNow Developer
13 11 (2.03%) Software Engineer
14 10 (1.85%) Site Engineer
15 9 (1.66%) Python Developer
15 9 (1.66%) Software Developer
15 9 (1.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.81%) REST
2 15 (2.77%) SOAP
3 13 (2.40%) .NET
4 12 (2.22%) React
5 11 (2.03%) RESTful
6 10 (1.85%) HTML
7 9 (1.66%) Middleware
7 9 (1.66%) Spring
8 8 (1.48%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.48%) Node.js
8 8 (1.48%) OAuth
9 7 (1.29%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.29%) Kafka
10 6 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.11%) Spring Boot
11 5 (0.92%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.92%) LangChain
11 5 (0.92%) Playwright
12 4 (0.74%) JSON
12 4 (0.74%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 295 (54.53%) Data Protection Act
2 24 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.96%) CMDB
5 15 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (2.77%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.59%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.22%) Derivative
8 10 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.66%) NHS
10 8 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.48%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.29%) Equities
11 7 (1.29%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.29%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.29%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.11%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.11%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.81%) Linux
2 23 (4.25%) Windows
3 9 (1.66%) Unix
4 5 (0.92%) Android
5 4 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.74%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.55%) VMS
6 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.55%) zOS
7 2 (0.37%) CentOS
7 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.18%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (20.33%) Agile
2 101 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (14.60%) CI/CD
4 74 (13.68%) DevOps
5 68 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 60 (11.09%) Analytics
7 59 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 56 (10.35%) Migration
9 55 (10.17%) AI
10 45 (8.32%) Roadmaps
11 43 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
12 42 (7.76%) Data Governance
13 41 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
13 41 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (7.39%) Project Management
15 39 (7.21%) Risk Management
16 38 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
17 34 (6.28%) Decision-Making
18 33 (6.10%) Requirements Gathering
18 33 (6.10%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 118 (21.81%) Python
2 93 (17.19%) SQL
3 38 (7.02%) JavaScript
4 27 (4.99%) C#
4 27 (4.99%) PowerShell
5 26 (4.81%) Bash
6 22 (4.07%) Java
7 14 (2.59%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.66%) C++
9 8 (1.48%) Go
9 8 (1.48%) PromQL
10 5 (0.92%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.74%) COBOL
11 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.55%) PHP
12 3 (0.55%) R
12 3 (0.55%) VBA
13 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (10.91%) Security Cleared
2 49 (9.06%) SC Cleared
3 36 (6.65%) Degree
4 15 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.59%) CISSP
6 10 (1.85%) CISM
7 9 (1.66%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.29%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.11%) CISA
9 6 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.11%) PMP
10 5 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.74%) CCSP
11 4 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (14.05%) GDPR
2 30 (5.55%) NIST
3 23 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (4.07%) QA
5 18 (3.33%) Data Quality
6 11 (2.03%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.48%) GRC
7 8 (1.48%) PERC
8 7 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.11%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.11%) PMO
9 6 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.92%) COBIT
10 5 (0.92%) NCSC
11 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.37%) HL7
13 2 (0.37%) MiFID
13 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 23 (4.25%) Docker
2 18 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.37%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.37%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 24 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.70%) Terraform
3 13 (2.40%) Grafana
4 11 (2.03%) Ansible
4 11 (2.03%) SCCM
5 10 (1.85%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.92%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.55%) CA Endevor
8 3 (0.55%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.55%) Kibana
8 3 (0.55%) Nmap
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.37%) Puppet
10 1 (0.18%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 80 (14.79%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.25%) Google
2 23 (4.25%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 16 (2.96%) Databricks
5 14 (2.59%) Oracle
5 14 (2.59%) SAP
6 12 (2.22%) VMware
7 11 (2.03%) Cisco
7 11 (2.03%) Splunk
8 8 (1.48%) F5
8 8 (1.48%) IBM
9 7 (1.29%) Adobe
9 7 (1.29%) Citrix
9 7 (1.29%) Juniper
10 6 (1.11%) ION Trading
10 6 (1.11%) Workday
11 5 (0.92%) OneTrust
11 5 (0.92%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.92%) Solace