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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 101 93
Rank change year-on-year +23 -8 +24
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 547 333 438
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.52% 2.47% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 2.72% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 181 263
10th Percentile £313 £288 £242
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 £656
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 14
10th Percentile £21.47 £17.46 £11.95
25th Percentile £22.43 £20.75 £12.32
Median hourly rate £24.88 £30.81 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +27.03% -
75th Percentile £26.74 £37.00 £42.63
90th Percentile £27.35 £41.25 £57.11
England median hourly rate £20.71 £30.02 £21.00
% change year-on-year -31.01% +42.94% -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 14,067 12,226 16,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.56% 90.66% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,398 7,826 11,604
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 221 153 343
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.00 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +24.34% -17.37%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.68 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.04% - -

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 18 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 18 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 -14 32 £600 +20.00% 23
South London -22 11 £475 -20.83% 6
East London +1 3 £675 - 3
West London -21 3 £250 -37.50% 11
North London - 2 £625 - 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 23 (4.20%) Confluence
2 12 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.73%) CMS
6 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.37%) Apache
6 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.37%) Drupal
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.37%) SAS
6 2 (0.37%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.18%) Camunda
7 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.18%) Mule
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 19 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.37%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.18%) Sketch
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.83%) Aladdin
2 8 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.55%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.37%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.37%) 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 Financials
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 115 (21.02%) Azure
2 71 (12.98%) AWS
3 37 (6.76%) GCP
4 32 (5.85%) Power Platform
5 31 (5.67%) SaaS
6 25 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (4.57%) Snowflake
7 23 (4.20%) Serverless
8 20 (3.66%) Entra ID
9 17 (3.11%) GitHub
10 15 (2.74%) Amazon S3
10 15 (2.74%) PaaS
11 14 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.38%) IaaS
13 12 (2.19%) Azure AKS
13 12 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.65%) Azure Functions
15 9 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.93%) Network Security
2 12 (2.19%) Firewall
2 12 (2.19%) MPLS
3 10 (1.83%) Cisco IPT
4 6 (1.10%) SAN
4 6 (1.10%) VPN
5 5 (0.91%) LAN
5 5 (0.91%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.91%) WAN
6 4 (0.73%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.73%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.73%) VLAN
6 4 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.55%) BGP
7 3 (0.55%) HTTP
7 3 (0.55%) NAS
7 3 (0.55%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.37%) DKIM
8 2 (0.37%) DMARC
8 2 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.30%) Power BI
2 15 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.01%) Metadata
5 11 (2.01%) Tableau
6 10 (1.83%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.28%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.10%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.91%) Big Data
10 5 (0.91%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.55%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.55%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.55%) MySQL
11 3 (0.55%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 44 (8.04%) JIRA
2 23 (4.20%) Git
3 13 (2.38%) SpecFlow
4 8 (1.46%) GitLab
4 8 (1.46%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.91%) JUnit
6 4 (0.73%) Maven
7 3 (0.55%) Gradle
7 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.37%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.37%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.37%) NUnit
8 2 (0.37%) Postman
8 2 (0.37%) Selenium
8 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.18%) MSI
General
1 152 (27.79%) Social Skills
2 145 (26.51%) Finance
3 70 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.52%) Banking
5 40 (7.31%) Legal
5 40 (7.31%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.66%) Front Office
7 18 (3.29%) Marketing
7 18 (3.29%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.19%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.28%) Retail
13 6 (1.10%) Electronics
13 6 (1.10%) Publishing
14 5 (0.91%) International Banking
14 5 (0.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 72 (13.16%) Analyst
2 69 (12.61%) Architect
3 61 (11.15%) Developer
4 51 (9.32%) Lead
5 39 (7.13%) Business Analyst
6 36 (6.58%) Senior
7 31 (5.67%) Consultant
8 29 (5.30%) Project Manager
9 21 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.74%) Data Analyst
10 15 (2.74%) Network Engineer
10 15 (2.74%) Security Engineer
11 14 (2.56%) Security Architect
12 13 (2.38%) Technical Architect
12 13 (2.38%) Tester
13 11 (2.01%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (2.01%) Technical Analyst
14 10 (1.83%) Automation Tester
14 10 (1.83%) Python Developer
14 10 (1.83%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.47%) .NET
2 18 (3.29%) React
2 18 (3.29%) REST
3 12 (2.19%) Playwright
3 12 (2.19%) RESTful
3 12 (2.19%) Spring
4 10 (1.83%) Kafka
5 9 (1.65%) HTML
5 9 (1.65%) Middleware
5 9 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
6 8 (1.46%) Spring Boot
7 7 (1.28%) .NET Core
7 7 (1.28%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.28%) Node.js
8 6 (1.10%) SOAP
8 6 (1.10%) XML
9 5 (0.91%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.73%) LangChain
10 4 (0.73%) Model Context Protocol
10 4 (0.73%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 309 (56.49%) Data Protection Act
2 29 (5.30%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.66%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.47%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.19%) Derivative
7 12 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.01%) Equities
8 11 (2.01%) Security Posture
9 10 (1.83%) NHS
10 9 (1.65%) CMDB
10 9 (1.65%) Fixed Income
11 8 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.28%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.28%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.28%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.10%) AI Agents
14 5 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
14 5 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.75%) Windows
2 24 (4.39%) Linux
3 10 (1.83%) Unix
4 5 (0.91%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.91%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.73%) Android
5 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.37%) VMS
6 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.37%) zOS
7 1 (0.18%) CentOS
7 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (20.48%) Agile
2 97 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (17.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 66 (12.07%) Migration
5 65 (11.88%) AI
6 64 (11.70%) Analytics
7 63 (11.52%) CI/CD
7 63 (11.52%) DevOps
8 53 (9.69%) Risk Management
9 49 (8.96%) Roadmaps
10 48 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 47 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
13 43 (7.86%) Decision-Making
14 39 (7.13%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (7.13%) Test Automation
15 38 (6.95%) Data Governance
16 37 (6.76%) Microservices
17 36 (6.58%) Project Management
18 35 (6.40%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 107 (19.56%) Python
2 98 (17.92%) SQL
3 40 (7.31%) Java
4 37 (6.76%) C#
5 36 (6.58%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.47%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.93%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.83%) C++
9 9 (1.65%) Bash
10 8 (1.46%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.28%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.91%) Bicep
13 3 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.55%) PHP
13 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.55%) VBA
14 2 (0.37%) COBOL
14 2 (0.37%) Groovy
14 2 (0.37%) R
14 2 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 68 (12.43%) Security Cleared
2 58 (10.60%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.96%) Degree
4 22 (4.02%) CISSP
5 18 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.93%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.38%) CISM
8 12 (2.19%) PMI Certification
9 11 (2.01%) PMP
10 8 (1.46%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.46%) CRISC
11 7 (1.28%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.28%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.10%) CCSP
13 5 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.73%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (14.08%) GDPR
2 32 (5.85%) NIST
3 28 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (4.20%) Data Quality
4 23 (4.20%) QA
5 13 (2.38%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.19%) GRC
7 9 (1.65%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.10%) PERC
9 6 (1.10%) PMO
9 6 (1.10%) SLA
10 4 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.73%) COBIT
10 4 (0.73%) GAAP
10 4 (0.73%) IFRS
10 4 (0.73%) NCSC
11 3 (0.55%) Basel III
11 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.55%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 26 (4.75%) Docker
2 17 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (6.03%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.94%) Terraform
3 14 (2.56%) Ansible
3 14 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.46%) SCCM
5 6 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.73%) Kibana
8 3 (0.55%) Grafana
9 2 (0.37%) Control-M
9 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.37%) Puppet
9 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.18%) CASB
10 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.18%) Foglight
10 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 72 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.20%) Google
3 22 (4.02%) Databricks
3 22 (4.02%) Oracle
3 22 (4.02%) SAP
4 17 (3.11%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.74%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.01%) Citrix
7 10 (1.83%) Cisco
8 9 (1.65%) Adobe
9 8 (1.46%) Nokia
9 8 (1.46%) Workday
10 7 (1.28%) ADVA
10 7 (1.28%) F5
10 7 (1.28%) VMware
11 6 (1.10%) IBM
11 6 (1.10%) Informatica
11 6 (1.10%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.91%) Foundry
12 5 (0.91%) Red Hat