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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 91 100
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 492 426 513
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.67% 2.72% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.05% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 235 306
10th Percentile £294 £270 £350
25th Percentile £413 £394 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £650 £630 £700
90th Percentile £700 £733 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £22.53 £27.17
25th Percentile - £25.20 £31.92
Median hourly rate - £35.38 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year - -13.79% +2.60%
75th Percentile - £51.03 £42.79
90th Percentile - £63.54 £43.84
England median hourly rate £20.40 £24.00 £22.12
% change year-on-year -15.00% +8.50% -60.68%

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 12,407 13,954 18,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.43% 89.21% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,152 8,992 13,332
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 168 235
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.43 £18.23
25th Percentile £25.01 £24.42 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £37.79 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% -2.49% +2.15%
75th Percentile £47.50 £57.81 £62.75
90th Percentile £64.83 £79.13 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

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 27 October 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 27 October 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 31 £575 +15.00% 87
South London -8 6 £600 +11.63% 5
West London -8 4 £250 -44.44% 9
North London - 1 £700 -
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 16 (3.25%) Confluence
2 13 (2.64%) CMS
3 9 (1.83%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.61%) Apache
6 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.61%) CICS
7 2 (0.41%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Luigi
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.81%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.20%) Sketch
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) SPSS
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.61%) VisionPLUS
3 2 (0.41%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.41%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.20%) BambooHR
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Endur
4 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.20%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 105 (21.34%) Azure
2 86 (17.48%) AWS
3 44 (8.94%) Power Platform
4 35 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (6.91%) GCP
6 29 (5.89%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (5.08%) GitHub
8 24 (4.88%) Serverless
9 20 (4.07%) Power Automate
10 18 (3.66%) Entra ID
11 17 (3.46%) Amazon S3
11 17 (3.46%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (3.46%) PowerApps
12 16 (3.25%) SaaS
13 14 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.83%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.47%) Firewall
2 13 (2.64%) Network Security
3 9 (1.83%) VPN
4 8 (1.63%) DNS
5 4 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (0.81%) DHCP
5 4 (0.81%) HTTP
5 4 (0.81%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.61%) BGP
6 3 (0.61%) DMARC
6 3 (0.61%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.61%) Internet
6 3 (0.61%) SMTP
7 2 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.41%) MPLS
7 2 (0.41%) OSPF
7 2 (0.41%) SNMP
7 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.41%) VLAN
7 2 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.49%) Power BI
2 15 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.03%) Tableau
5 7 (1.42%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.42%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.22%) Metadata
6 6 (1.22%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.02%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.61%) Big Data
8 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.61%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.61%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.61%) MySQL
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.61%) Power Query
8 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (9.15%) JIRA
2 14 (2.85%) Git
3 9 (1.83%) Metasploit
4 8 (1.63%) Burp Suite
4 8 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.63%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.02%) GitLab
6 3 (0.61%) ChangeMan
6 3 (0.61%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.41%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.41%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.41%) Gradle
7 2 (0.41%) JUnit
8 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.20%) CMake
8 1 (0.20%) gulp
8 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.20%) webpack
General
1 153 (31.10%) Social Skills
2 114 (23.17%) Finance
3 60 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.74%) Banking
5 38 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 31 (6.30%) Legal
7 20 (4.07%) Front Office
8 16 (3.25%) Marketing
9 12 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.03%) Law
11 9 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.63%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.42%) Back Office
13 7 (1.42%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.42%) Retail
14 6 (1.22%) Local Government
15 5 (1.02%) Multimedia
15 5 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 72 (14.63%) Developer
2 57 (11.59%) Analyst
3 38 (7.72%) Architect
4 33 (6.71%) Lead
5 31 (6.30%) Business Analyst
6 28 (5.69%) Senior
7 24 (4.88%) Consultant
7 24 (4.88%) Security Engineer
8 22 (4.47%) Project Manager
9 16 (3.25%) Data Analyst
10 13 (2.64%) Python Engineer
11 12 (2.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 11 (2.24%) ServiceNow Developer
12 11 (2.24%) Software Engineer
13 10 (2.03%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 10 (2.03%) Network Engineer
13 10 (2.03%) Python Developer
13 10 (2.03%) Site Engineer
13 10 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (1.83%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.88%) REST
2 15 (3.05%) SOAP
3 11 (2.24%) React
4 10 (2.03%) RESTful
5 9 (1.83%) Middleware
6 8 (1.63%) .NET
6 8 (1.63%) OAuth
7 7 (1.42%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (1.42%) HTML
8 5 (1.02%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.02%) AWS CDK
8 5 (1.02%) LangChain
8 5 (1.02%) Node.js
9 4 (0.81%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.81%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.81%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.81%) Pandas
9 4 (0.81%) PySpark
9 4 (0.81%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 271 (55.08%) Data Protection Act
2 19 (3.86%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.25%) CMDB
4 15 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 15 (3.05%) Virtual Team
5 11 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.03%) Derivative
6 10 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.63%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.63%) NHS
8 8 (1.63%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.42%) Market Risk
10 6 (1.22%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.71%) Linux
2 24 (4.88%) Windows
3 10 (2.03%) Unix
4 6 (1.22%) Android
5 5 (1.02%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.61%) VMS
7 3 (0.61%) zOS
8 2 (0.41%) AIX
8 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.41%) CentOS
8 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) HPUX
9 1 (0.20%) Solaris
9 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.50%) Agile
2 87 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (15.24%) CI/CD
4 72 (14.63%) DevOps
5 56 (11.38%) AI
6 53 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (10.37%) Migration
9 49 (9.96%) Cybersecurity
10 46 (9.35%) Analytics
11 43 (8.74%) Infrastructure as Code
12 41 (8.33%) Project Management
13 38 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (7.11%) Roadmaps
15 34 (6.91%) Risk Management
16 32 (6.50%) Information Security
17 31 (6.30%) Data Governance
18 30 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
18 30 (6.10%) Machine Learning
18 30 (6.10%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 114 (23.17%) Python
2 66 (13.41%) SQL
3 35 (7.11%) JavaScript
4 31 (6.30%) Bash
5 23 (4.67%) C#
5 23 (4.67%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.85%) Java
7 9 (1.83%) Go
7 9 (1.83%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.63%) C++
8 8 (1.63%) PromQL
9 6 (1.22%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.22%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.81%) COBOL
11 3 (0.61%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.41%) PHP
12 2 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 46 (9.35%) Security Cleared
2 43 (8.74%) Degree
3 39 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.24%) CISSP
6 9 (1.83%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.63%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.63%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (1.63%) CISM
7 8 (1.63%) CREST Certified
7 8 (1.63%) OSCP
7 8 (1.63%) Tigerscheme
8 7 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.02%) CISA
9 5 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.02%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.81%) PMP
11 3 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (13.62%) GDPR
2 30 (6.10%) NIST
3 21 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.85%) QA
5 13 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.03%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.83%) NCSC
8 8 (1.63%) COBIT
8 8 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.42%) GRC
9 7 (1.42%) PMO
10 5 (1.02%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.41%) SLA
13 2 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.85%) Docker
3 10 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.41%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 18 (3.66%) Terraform
2 17 (3.46%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.64%) Grafana
4 11 (2.24%) Ansible
4 11 (2.24%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.83%) SCCM
6 8 (1.63%) Nmap
7 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.02%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.81%) Kibana
9 3 (0.61%) CA Endevor
9 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.41%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.20%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) vRealize
11 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.88%) ServiceNow
3 17 (3.46%) Google
4 16 (3.25%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.85%) SAP
6 13 (2.64%) Oracle
7 12 (2.44%) Databricks
8 11 (2.24%) Splunk
9 10 (2.03%) VMware
10 9 (1.83%) Cisco
10 9 (1.83%) Veracode
11 7 (1.42%) Juniper
12 6 (1.22%) F5
13 5 (1.02%) IBM
13 5 (1.02%) ION Trading
13 5 (1.02%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.02%) Solace
13 5 (1.02%) Veritas
13 5 (1.02%) Workday
14 4 (0.81%) Zscaler