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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 107 98
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 578 323 415
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.50% 2.53% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 2.77% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 170 251
10th Percentile £313 £257 £263
25th Percentile £413 £357 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.14%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £675
90th Percentile £748 £744 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 14
10th Percentile £19.88 £18.55 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.50 £12.32
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.71% -66.55%
75th Percentile £33.12 £32.95 £42.63
90th Percentile £36.50 £34.84 £57.11
England median hourly rate £20.71 £30.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.97% +53.85% -71.32%

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 14,808 11,647 16,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.77% 91.28% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,938 7,820 11,448
10th Percentile £351 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £446 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 164 341
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £76.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -13 38 £600 +14.29% 39
South London -24 13 £600 - 2
East London 0 4 £656 - 5
West London -19 3 £200 -45.95% 19
North London - 2 £625 -
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 17 (2.94%) Confluence
2 12 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.52%) CMS
6 2 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.35%) Drupal
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.17%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.08%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.35%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 138 (23.88%) Azure
2 79 (13.67%) AWS
3 44 (7.61%) GCP
4 34 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (5.54%) SaaS
6 30 (5.19%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.67%) Entra ID
7 27 (4.67%) Snowflake
8 25 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (3.98%) Serverless
10 21 (3.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (2.94%) GitHub
12 15 (2.60%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.60%) PaaS
13 14 (2.42%) Azure AKS
14 13 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (2.25%) IaaS
15 12 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.81%) Network Security
2 15 (2.60%) Firewall
3 12 (2.08%) Cisco IPT
3 12 (2.08%) MPLS
4 9 (1.56%) SAN
5 5 (0.87%) LAN
5 5 (0.87%) NAS
5 5 (0.87%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.87%) VPN
5 5 (0.87%) WAN
6 4 (0.69%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.69%) HTTP
6 4 (0.69%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.69%) VLAN
6 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.52%) BGP
7 3 (0.52%) DNS
7 3 (0.52%) IPv4
7 3 (0.52%) IPv6
7 3 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.50%) Power BI
2 16 (2.77%) Metadata
2 16 (2.77%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.73%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.38%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.21%) Tableau
8 6 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.04%) Big Data
8 6 (1.04%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.04%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.52%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.52%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (7.09%) JIRA
2 25 (4.33%) Git
3 12 (2.08%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.90%) GitLab
5 10 (1.73%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.69%) Gradle
7 4 (0.69%) JUnit
7 4 (0.69%) Maven
8 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.52%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.35%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.35%) ERwin
9 2 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.35%) NUnit
9 2 (0.35%) Postman
9 2 (0.35%) Selenium
9 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 160 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 152 (26.30%) Finance
3 73 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.07%) Banking
5 48 (8.30%) Legal
6 38 (6.57%) Public Sector
7 25 (4.33%) Front Office
8 22 (3.81%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.77%) Marketing
11 14 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.90%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.56%) Local Government
16 7 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (1.04%) Electronics
18 5 (0.87%) Back Office
18 5 (0.87%) Law
18 5 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 86 (14.88%) Architect
2 71 (12.28%) Analyst
3 57 (9.86%) Developer
4 49 (8.48%) Lead
5 39 (6.75%) Senior
6 38 (6.57%) Business Analyst
7 32 (5.54%) Consultant
8 27 (4.67%) Project Manager
8 27 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (3.29%) Security Engineer
10 17 (2.94%) Network Engineer
11 16 (2.77%) Technical Architect
12 15 (2.60%) Security Architect
13 13 (2.25%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.25%) Tester
14 12 (2.08%) Data Engineer
15 11 (1.90%) Java Developer
15 11 (1.90%) Technical Analyst
16 10 (1.73%) Administrator
16 10 (1.73%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.81%) .NET
2 19 (3.29%) REST
3 17 (2.94%) React
4 14 (2.42%) Middleware
4 14 (2.42%) Spring
5 12 (2.08%) Playwright
6 11 (1.90%) Kafka
7 10 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.56%) RESTful
9 8 (1.38%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.38%) HTML
9 8 (1.38%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.21%) Node.js
11 6 (1.04%) SOAP
11 6 (1.04%) XML
12 5 (0.87%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.87%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.87%) CSS
12 5 (0.87%) JSON
12 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 300 (51.90%) Data Protection Act
2 40 (6.92%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.81%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.42%) Derivative
8 12 (2.08%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.73%) Equities
10 10 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.56%) CMDB
11 9 (1.56%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.56%) Freedom of Information
11 9 (1.56%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.21%) NHS
12 7 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.19%) Windows
2 23 (3.98%) Linux
3 9 (1.56%) Unix
4 7 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.87%) Android
5 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.69%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
8 2 (0.35%) zOS
9 1 (0.17%) CentOS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Rocky
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (19.20%) Agile
2 103 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (16.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 75 (12.98%) DevOps
5 74 (12.80%) CI/CD
6 73 (12.63%) Migration
7 68 (11.76%) Analytics
8 65 (11.25%) AI
9 59 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 57 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (9.34%) Risk Management
11 54 (9.34%) Roadmaps
12 49 (8.48%) Data Governance
12 49 (8.48%) Decision-Making
13 45 (7.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 44 (7.61%) Cloud Security
14 44 (7.61%) Test Automation
15 42 (7.27%) Infrastructure as Code
16 40 (6.92%) Microservices
17 37 (6.40%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 99 (17.13%) Python
2 92 (15.92%) SQL
3 52 (9.00%) Java
4 36 (6.23%) C#
5 32 (5.54%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.46%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.11%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.56%) C++
9 8 (1.38%) Bash
10 7 (1.21%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.87%) Bicep
13 4 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.35%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.35%) Groovy
15 2 (0.35%) PHP
15 2 (0.35%) Scala
15 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (13.84%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.42%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.34%) Degree
4 27 (4.67%) CISSP
5 20 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.94%) CISM
7 14 (2.42%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.25%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.25%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.90%) PMP
10 10 (1.73%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.38%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (1.21%) CCSP
13 7 (1.21%) CRISC
14 6 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.87%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (14.88%) GDPR
2 42 (7.27%) NIST
3 35 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (5.19%) QA
5 29 (5.02%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.25%) GRC
8 12 (2.08%) SLA
9 9 (1.56%) PERC
10 8 (1.38%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.38%) PMO
11 7 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.87%) NCSC
12 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.69%) COBIT
13 4 (0.69%) GAAP
13 4 (0.69%) IFRS
14 3 (0.52%) Basel III
14 3 (0.52%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 31 (5.36%) Docker
2 22 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 38 (6.57%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.71%) Terraform
3 18 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (2.77%) Ansible
5 10 (1.73%) SCCM
6 7 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (1.04%) Grafana
8 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.69%) Kibana
9 4 (0.69%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.35%) Avamar
11 2 (0.35%) Control-M
11 2 (0.35%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.35%) Puppet
11 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.17%) CASB
12 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 92 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.98%) Google
2 23 (3.98%) Oracle
3 22 (3.81%) ServiceNow
4 20 (3.46%) Databricks
5 19 (3.29%) SAP
6 15 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.08%) Cisco
7 12 (2.08%) Citrix
8 9 (1.56%) Adobe
8 9 (1.56%) Nokia
8 9 (1.56%) Workday
9 8 (1.38%) F5
9 8 (1.38%) VMware
10 7 (1.21%) ADVA
10 7 (1.21%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.04%) IBM
11 6 (1.04%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.87%) Murex
12 5 (0.87%) Palo Alto