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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 109 98
Rank change year-on-year +37 -11 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 573 323 417
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.50% 2.51% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 2.75% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 177 248
10th Percentile £313 £267 £263
25th Percentile £413 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -5.91% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £678
90th Percentile £738 £746 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 14
10th Percentile £19.72 £18.55 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.43 £23.50 £12.32
Median hourly rate £24.88 £30.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.06% +23.71% -66.55%
75th Percentile £30.50 £32.95 £42.63
90th Percentile £35.45 £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 14,705 11,729 16,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.75% 91.08% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,877 7,847 11,501
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 163 342
10th Percentile £18.11 £20.09 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.89 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +19.00% -17.37%
75th Percentile £57.00 £53.75 £49.97
90th Percentile £72.00 £77.00 £69.43
England median hourly rate £30.79 £34.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -9.73% +4.95% -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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -3 38 £600 +17.07% 36
South London -23 14 £600 - 3
East London +3 3 £675 - 5
West London -21 3 £200 -45.95% 12
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 19 (3.32%) Confluence
2 12 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.05%) 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 18 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.09%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.70%) 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
1 133 (23.21%) Azure
2 77 (13.44%) AWS
3 41 (7.16%) GCP
4 34 (5.93%) SaaS
5 33 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (5.24%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.71%) Snowflake
8 26 (4.54%) Entra ID
9 25 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (4.19%) Serverless
11 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (2.97%) GitHub
13 16 (2.79%) Amazon S3
14 15 (2.62%) PaaS
15 14 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (2.44%) Azure AKS
16 13 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
16 13 (2.27%) IaaS
17 12 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
18 11 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.01%) Network Security
2 15 (2.62%) Firewall
3 12 (2.09%) Cisco IPT
3 12 (2.09%) MPLS
4 9 (1.57%) 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 (0.70%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.70%) HTTP
6 4 (0.70%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.70%) VLAN
6 4 (0.70%) 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 (4.54%) Power BI
2 16 (2.79%) Metadata
3 15 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.62%) SQL Server
4 13 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.75%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.40%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.40%) Tableau
7 7 (1.22%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.22%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.05%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.70%) Big Data
11 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.52%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.52%) MySQL
11 3 (0.52%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 42 (7.33%) JIRA
2 25 (4.36%) Git
3 12 (2.09%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.92%) GitLab
5 10 (1.75%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.70%) Gradle
7 4 (0.70%) JUnit
7 4 (0.70%) Maven
8 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.52%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.35%) DBeaver
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
10 1 (0.17%) QADirector
General
1 154 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 151 (26.35%) Finance
3 75 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.17%) Banking
5 47 (8.20%) Legal
6 38 (6.63%) Public Sector
7 23 (4.01%) Front Office
8 22 (3.84%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.62%) Marketing
11 13 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.09%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.22%) Local Government
16 6 (1.05%) Electronics
17 5 (0.87%) Back Office
17 5 (0.87%) Law
17 5 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 85 (14.83%) Architect
2 70 (12.22%) Analyst
3 55 (9.60%) Developer
4 48 (8.38%) Lead
5 38 (6.63%) Business Analyst
6 37 (6.46%) Senior
7 30 (5.24%) Consultant
8 28 (4.89%) Project Manager
9 26 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.49%) Security Engineer
11 17 (2.97%) Network Engineer
12 15 (2.62%) Technical Architect
13 14 (2.44%) Security Architect
14 13 (2.27%) Tester
15 12 (2.09%) Data Analyst
15 12 (2.09%) Data Engineer
16 11 (1.92%) Technical Analyst
17 10 (1.75%) Automation Tester
17 10 (1.75%) Java Developer
17 10 (1.75%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.84%) .NET
2 18 (3.14%) React
2 18 (3.14%) REST
3 14 (2.44%) Spring
4 13 (2.27%) Middleware
5 12 (2.09%) Playwright
6 11 (1.92%) Kafka
7 10 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.57%) RESTful
9 8 (1.40%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.40%) HTML
9 8 (1.40%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.22%) Node.js
11 6 (1.05%) SOAP
12 5 (0.87%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.87%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.87%) XML
13 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
13 4 (0.70%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 299 (52.18%) Data Protection Act
2 39 (6.81%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.84%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (3.14%) Security Posture
6 17 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.09%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.09%) Derivative
8 10 (1.75%) CMDB
8 10 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.75%) Equities
8 10 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.57%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.40%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.40%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.22%) NHS
11 7 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.06%) Windows
2 21 (3.66%) Linux
3 8 (1.40%) Unix
4 7 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.87%) Android
5 5 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (19.55%) Agile
2 103 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (16.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 73 (12.74%) CI/CD
4 73 (12.74%) Migration
5 72 (12.57%) DevOps
6 67 (11.69%) Analytics
7 63 (10.99%) AI
8 56 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 55 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
9 55 (9.60%) Roadmaps
10 54 (9.42%) Risk Management
11 47 (8.20%) Data Governance
11 47 (8.20%) Decision-Making
12 44 (7.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 43 (7.50%) Test Automation
14 42 (7.33%) Cloud Security
15 40 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
15 40 (6.98%) Microservices
16 37 (6.46%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 100 (17.45%) Python
2 90 (15.71%) SQL
3 51 (8.90%) Java
4 36 (6.28%) C#
5 33 (5.76%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.49%) PowerShell
6 20 (3.49%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.40%) C++
8 7 (1.22%) Bash
9 6 (1.05%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.05%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.87%) Bicep
11 4 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.35%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.35%) PHP
13 2 (0.35%) R
13 2 (0.35%) Scala
13 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.52%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.42%) Degree
4 27 (4.71%) CISSP
5 20 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.97%) CISM
7 15 (2.62%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.27%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.09%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.92%) PMP
11 10 (1.75%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (1.40%) DV Cleared
14 7 (1.22%) CCSP
14 7 (1.22%) CRISC
15 6 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 5 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.87%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (15.01%) GDPR
2 41 (7.16%) NIST
3 33 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (4.89%) Data Quality
4 28 (4.89%) QA
5 13 (2.27%) GRC
5 13 (2.27%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.09%) SLA
7 8 (1.40%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.40%) PERC
7 8 (1.40%) PMO
7 8 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.87%) NCSC
8 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.70%) COBIT
9 4 (0.70%) GAAP
9 4 (0.70%) IFRS
10 3 (0.52%) Basel III
10 3 (0.52%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 31 (5.41%) Docker
2 22 (3.84%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 38 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.76%) Terraform
3 17 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (2.62%) Ansible
5 10 (1.75%) SCCM
6 7 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.87%) Grafana
8 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.70%) Kibana
9 4 (0.70%) 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 87 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.01%) Oracle
2 23 (4.01%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.84%) Google
4 20 (3.49%) SAP
5 19 (3.32%) Databricks
6 14 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.09%) Cisco
8 11 (1.92%) Citrix
9 9 (1.57%) Adobe
9 9 (1.57%) Nokia
9 9 (1.57%) VMware
9 9 (1.57%) Workday
10 8 (1.40%) F5
11 7 (1.22%) ADVA
12 6 (1.05%) IBM
12 6 (1.05%) Rapid7
12 6 (1.05%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.87%) Apple
13 5 (0.87%) Informatica