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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 113 92
Rank change year-on-year +31 -21 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 595 309 441
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.24% 2.52% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 2.73% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 147 253
10th Percentile £256 £255 £244
25th Percentile £375 £365 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% -8.90%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £663
90th Percentile £800 £741 £775
England median daily rate £497 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.64% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 15
10th Percentile £20.35 £26.15 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.87 £26.88 £12.69
Median hourly rate £30.06 £30.81 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.41% +23.22% -60.00%
75th Percentile £34.30 £34.94 £51.25
90th Percentile £37.70 £36.69 £68.13
England median hourly rate £21.72 £29.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -26.39% +40.48% -52.84%

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 16,293 11,314 15,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 92.27% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,880 7,585 11,084
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £433 £431 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 194 320
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.24 £24.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +15.18% -28.59%
75th Percentile £58.94 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.57 £63.60 £68.08
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% -

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -4 34 £550 -4.30% 21
South London -1 13 £500 -31.86% 2
East London -1 5 £432 - 6
West London -22 3 £200 -41.18% 8
North London - 1 £550 -
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 13 (2.18%) Confluence
1 13 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.84%) Apache
5 5 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.67%) CMS
6 4 (0.67%) SAS
7 3 (0.50%) Drupal
7 3 (0.50%) IIS
8 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.17%) Mule
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.67%) UserZoom
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.68%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.17%) Endur
5 1 (0.17%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 133 (22.35%) Azure
2 97 (16.30%) AWS
3 49 (8.24%) GCP
4 38 (6.39%) Entra ID
4 38 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (5.55%) SaaS
6 25 (4.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 23 (3.87%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.03%) Snowflake
9 17 (2.86%) GitHub
10 16 (2.69%) Serverless
11 14 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (2.02%) Amazon S3
13 12 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.71%) Network Security
2 18 (3.03%) Firewall
3 12 (2.02%) MPLS
4 7 (1.18%) SSL
4 7 (1.18%) VLAN
4 7 (1.18%) WAN
4 7 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.01%) SAN
5 6 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.01%) VPN
5 6 (1.01%) Wireless
6 5 (0.84%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.84%) NAS
7 4 (0.67%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (0.67%) HTTP
7 4 (0.67%) LAN
8 3 (0.50%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.50%) IPv4
8 3 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.53%) Metadata
2 19 (3.19%) Power BI
3 14 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.02%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.51%) Big Data
6 9 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.51%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.18%) Tableau
9 6 (1.01%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.01%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.67%) Apache Hudi
11 4 (0.67%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.67%) MySQL
11 4 (0.67%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.67%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 33 (5.55%) JIRA
2 22 (3.70%) Git
3 9 (1.51%) GitLab
3 9 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.51%) SpecFlow
4 4 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.50%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.50%) ERwin
5 3 (0.50%) Gradle
5 3 (0.50%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.34%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.34%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.34%) JUnit
6 2 (0.34%) Maven
6 2 (0.34%) Postman
6 2 (0.34%) Selenium
6 2 (0.34%) Storybook
7 1 (0.17%) Mockito
7 1 (0.17%) PHPUnit
General
1 171 (28.74%) Finance
2 167 (28.07%) Social Skills
3 73 (12.27%) Banking
4 65 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (8.07%) Legal
6 42 (7.06%) Public Sector
7 34 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (4.87%) Front Office
9 18 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.52%) Marketing
11 14 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.02%) Local Government
12 12 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.85%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.85%) Retail
14 9 (1.51%) Billing
15 8 (1.34%) Law
15 8 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.18%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (16.30%) Architect
2 66 (11.09%) Analyst
3 53 (8.91%) Developer
4 46 (7.73%) Senior
5 41 (6.89%) Lead
6 37 (6.22%) Business Analyst
7 34 (5.71%) Project Manager
8 32 (5.38%) Consultant
9 27 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
10 24 (4.03%) Security Engineer
11 23 (3.87%) Security Architect
12 22 (3.70%) Network Engineer
13 15 (2.52%) Data Engineer
13 15 (2.52%) Java Developer
14 11 (1.85%) Cloud Engineer
15 10 (1.68%) Data Analyst
15 10 (1.68%) IT Support
15 10 (1.68%) Product Manager
15 10 (1.68%) Senior Manager
15 10 (1.68%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.87%) REST
2 19 (3.19%) React
3 18 (3.03%) .NET
4 15 (2.52%) Middleware
5 13 (2.18%) Spring
6 11 (1.85%) HTML
6 11 (1.85%) RESTful
7 10 (1.68%) Playwright
8 9 (1.51%) CSS
8 9 (1.51%) GraphQL
8 9 (1.51%) OAuth
8 9 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.34%) Kafka
9 8 (1.34%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.18%) JSON
10 7 (1.18%) OAuth2
10 7 (1.18%) OpenID
11 6 (1.01%) .NET Core
11 6 (1.01%) SAML
12 5 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 303 (50.92%) Data Protection Act
2 46 (7.73%) Cloud Native
3 30 (5.04%) Onboarding
4 27 (4.54%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (3.19%) Security Posture
6 17 (2.86%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.52%) Derivative
7 15 (2.52%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.85%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.68%) Equities
10 10 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.68%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (1.18%) NHS
12 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.01%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.01%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.55%) Windows
2 19 (3.19%) Linux
3 12 (2.02%) Android
4 11 (1.85%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.68%) Unix
6 7 (1.18%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.34%) zOS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
10 1 (0.17%) VMS
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (20.17%) Agile
2 97 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (13.78%) CI/CD
5 79 (13.28%) DevOps
6 78 (13.11%) Migration
7 77 (12.94%) AI
8 73 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (11.43%) Analytics
10 66 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
11 61 (10.25%) Roadmaps
12 58 (9.75%) Risk Management
13 52 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 51 (8.57%) Decision-Making
15 50 (8.40%) Cloud Security
16 49 (8.24%) Information Security
17 46 (7.73%) Data Governance
18 44 (7.39%) Test Automation
19 40 (6.72%) Infrastructure as Code
20 39 (6.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 91 (15.29%) Python
2 68 (11.43%) SQL
3 65 (10.92%) Java
4 26 (4.37%) C#
5 22 (3.70%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.69%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.35%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.51%) C++
9 7 (1.18%) Bash
9 7 (1.18%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (1.01%) Apex Code
10 6 (1.01%) Scala
11 5 (0.84%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.84%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.50%) Bicep
13 2 (0.34%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.34%) R
14 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.17%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 79 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.09%) SC Cleared
3 62 (10.42%) Degree
4 40 (6.72%) CISSP
5 20 (3.36%) CISM
6 17 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.69%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.52%) Azure Certification
9 13 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (2.18%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.18%) PMP
10 12 (2.02%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (1.51%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.34%) CRISC
12 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.18%) CCSP
14 6 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.62%) GDPR
2 43 (7.23%) NIST
3 35 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (4.71%) QA
5 27 (4.54%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.86%) PCI DSS
7 15 (2.52%) GRC
8 12 (2.02%) SLA
9 11 (1.85%) Accessibility
10 10 (1.68%) PMO
11 9 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.84%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.67%) COBIT
13 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.67%) GAAP
13 4 (0.67%) IFRS
13 4 (0.67%) NCSC
14 3 (0.50%) Basel III
System Software
1 32 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.37%) Docker
3 4 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 35 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.87%) Terraform
3 18 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.02%) Ansible
5 11 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.68%) SCCM
7 9 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (1.51%) Grafana
8 7 (1.18%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.67%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.67%) Kibana
9 4 (0.67%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.50%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.34%) Avamar
11 2 (0.34%) Control-M
11 2 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.34%) Packer
11 2 (0.34%) QRadar
11 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 99 (16.64%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.20%) Oracle
2 25 (4.20%) ServiceNow
3 20 (3.36%) Google
4 19 (3.19%) Databricks
5 18 (3.03%) Cisco
6 13 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.18%) SAP
7 12 (2.02%) Zscaler
8 10 (1.68%) Splunk
8 10 (1.68%) Workday
9 8 (1.34%) Citrix
9 8 (1.34%) Nokia
10 7 (1.18%) ADVA
10 7 (1.18%) Apple
10 7 (1.18%) Aruba
11 6 (1.01%) Adobe
11 6 (1.01%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.01%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.01%) Red Hat