GDPR Contracts in London

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 230 216
Rank change year-on-year +98 -14 +50
Contract jobs citing GDPR 255 173 299
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.08% 0.99% 1.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.89% 7.08% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 112 208
10th Percentile £423 £364 £412
25th Percentile £500 £428 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +2.13%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £700
90th Percentile £820 £738 £800
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.95 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £12.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year - -80.47% +132.73%
75th Percentile - £17.00 £66.00
90th Percentile - £28.66 -
England median hourly rate £28.32 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +13.28% +31.58% -24.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,978 2,442 3,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.13% 13.99% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,313 1,725 2,460
10th Percentile £321 £350 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £798
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 63 37
10th Percentile £20.75 £12.90 £20.40
25th Percentile £22.51 £17.94 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £24.18 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.68% -8.75% -40.45%
75th Percentile £47.00 £46.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.36 £56.75 £81.00
England median hourly rate £34.50 £23.80 £42.50
% change year-on-year +44.96% -44.00% +53.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDPR in London.

Daily rate trend for GDPR in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDPR in London.

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in London

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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 GDPR within the London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +19 32 £641 +6.75% 47
West London +11 4 £512 +156.00% 11
South London +4 4 £488 +2.63% 7
East London +14 1 £600 +50.00% 10
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.71%) Confluence
1 12 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.92%) Apache
2 10 (3.92%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.35%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.78%) SAS
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.18%) SAP GRC
1 3 (1.18%) SAP HR
2 2 (0.78%) iTrent
2 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.39%) Actimize
3 1 (0.39%) Magento
3 1 (0.39%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 102 (40.00%) Azure
2 71 (27.84%) AWS
3 46 (18.04%) GCP
4 24 (9.41%) Power Platform
5 22 (8.63%) SaaS
6 17 (6.67%) Entra ID
7 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (5.49%) GitHub
9 13 (5.10%) IaaS
9 13 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (4.71%) Serverless
11 11 (4.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (3.92%) Snowflake
13 9 (3.53%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (3.53%) PaaS
14 8 (3.14%) Collibra
14 8 (3.14%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.67%) Firewall
2 13 (5.10%) Network Security
3 10 (3.92%) DNS
4 9 (3.53%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.35%) SSH
6 4 (1.57%) HTTP
7 3 (1.18%) Kerberos
7 3 (1.18%) NAS
7 3 (1.18%) SAN
7 3 (1.18%) VPN
8 2 (0.78%) SMTP
9 1 (0.39%) Broadband
9 1 (0.39%) DHCP
9 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.39%) VLAN
9 1 (0.39%) VSAN
9 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.02%) Power BI
2 17 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 14 (5.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (4.71%) Metadata
5 10 (3.92%) Big Data
6 9 (3.53%) Data Lake
6 9 (3.53%) Tableau
7 8 (3.14%) Apache Hive
7 8 (3.14%) Delta Lake
8 6 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.96%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.57%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.18%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.18%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.78%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 20 (7.84%) JIRA
2 15 (5.88%) Git
3 8 (3.14%) TeamCity
4 7 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.75%) Subversion
5 6 (2.35%) RStudio
6 5 (1.96%) ERwin
7 4 (1.57%) GitLab
8 2 (0.78%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.39%) JMeter
9 1 (0.39%) Maven
9 1 (0.39%) Postman
9 1 (0.39%) Selenium
9 1 (0.39%) Serena SBM
9 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (38.04%) Social Skills
2 65 (25.49%) Finance
3 41 (16.08%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (12.94%) Banking
5 26 (10.20%) Legal
6 21 (8.24%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.88%) Marketing
8 8 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.75%) Law
10 6 (2.35%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.96%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.96%) Police
12 4 (1.57%) Advertising
12 4 (1.57%) Music Industry
12 4 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.57%) Retail
12 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.78%) Local Government
13 2 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (22.35%) Architect
2 45 (17.65%) Analyst
3 29 (11.37%) Lead
4 25 (9.80%) Senior
5 23 (9.02%) Security Architect
6 17 (6.67%) Business Analyst
7 16 (6.27%) Consultant
8 13 (5.10%) Data Architect
9 11 (4.31%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (4.31%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.92%) Azure Architect
10 10 (3.92%) Senior Architect
11 9 (3.53%) Data Analyst
11 9 (3.53%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 8 (3.14%) Security Analyst
13 7 (2.75%) Administrator
13 7 (2.75%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.35%) Developer
14 6 (2.35%) Linux Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.49%) SailPoint
2 10 (3.92%) PySpark
2 10 (3.92%) REST
3 9 (3.53%) Kafka
4 8 (3.14%) JSON
5 7 (2.75%) OAuth
5 7 (2.75%) pydantic
5 7 (2.75%) YAML
6 5 (1.96%) LDAP
6 5 (1.96%) Middleware
6 5 (1.96%) SAML
7 4 (1.57%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.18%) .NET
8 3 (1.18%) Azure Blueprints
8 3 (1.18%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.18%) Node.js
8 3 (1.18%) OpenID
8 3 (1.18%) Web Services
9 2 (0.78%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.27%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.49%) Data Structures
4 13 (5.10%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.31%) Reference Data
5 11 (4.31%) Replication
6 10 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.92%) Insider Threat
6 10 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (3.53%) Clustering
8 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.75%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.75%) Freedom of Information
10 5 (1.96%) Social Media
11 4 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.18%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.18%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.18%) Reinsurance
12 3 (1.18%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.98%) Linux
2 17 (6.67%) Windows
3 10 (3.92%) Solaris
4 9 (3.53%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.18%) AIX
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.39%) Unix
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 51 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 50 (19.61%) Cybersecurity
4 49 (19.22%) Analytics
5 44 (17.25%) DevOps
6 42 (16.47%) Data Security
7 40 (15.69%) Agile
7 40 (15.69%) Data Protection
8 37 (14.51%) Information Security
8 37 (14.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (14.12%) Incident Response
10 35 (13.73%) Data Privacy
10 35 (13.73%) Project Management
11 34 (13.33%) Cloud Security
12 32 (12.55%) Migration
13 31 (12.16%) CI/CD
14 29 (11.37%) Data Modelling
14 29 (11.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 28 (10.98%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 53 (20.78%) Python
2 41 (16.08%) SQL
3 27 (10.59%) Bash
3 27 (10.59%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.53%) Java
5 8 (3.14%) Perl
5 8 (3.14%) Scala
6 6 (2.35%) Bicep
6 6 (2.35%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.96%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.57%) R
9 3 (1.18%) BeanShell
9 3 (1.18%) C#
9 3 (1.18%) Go
9 3 (1.18%) Groovy
9 3 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.78%) ABAP
10 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.78%) PHP
10 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (15.29%) CISSP
2 35 (13.73%) Security Cleared
3 32 (12.55%) SC Cleared
4 29 (11.37%) CISM
5 25 (9.80%) Degree
6 11 (4.31%) AWS Certification
6 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (3.14%) CEH
9 7 (2.75%) CISA
10 6 (2.35%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.35%) FFIEC
10 6 (2.35%) PMP
11 5 (1.96%) CRISC
11 5 (1.96%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.18%) CBAP
12 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (27.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (24.31%) NIST
3 47 (18.43%) HIPAA
4 37 (14.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 29 (11.37%) PCI DSS
6 26 (10.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 19 (7.45%) SOC 2
8 18 (7.06%) Data Quality
9 9 (3.53%) Accessibility
10 8 (3.14%) GRC
11 7 (2.75%) EU AI Act
12 6 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (1.96%) PMO
14 4 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (1.18%) Dodd-Frank
15 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (1.18%) NIST 800
15 3 (1.18%) PSD2
16 2 (0.78%) HL7
16 2 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 21 (8.24%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.31%) Docker
3 9 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.78%) NFS
6 2 (0.78%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.78%) Veritas File System
6 2 (0.78%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.78%) vSphere
7 1 (0.39%) HDFS
7 1 (0.39%) IAG
7 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (9.02%) Terraform
2 13 (5.10%) Ansible
2 13 (5.10%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.31%) CASB
4 7 (2.75%) Grafana
4 7 (2.75%) QRadar
5 6 (2.35%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (2.35%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.35%) Tivoli
5 6 (2.35%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (1.96%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.78%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.78%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.78%) Kibana
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.78%) Nessus
8 1 (0.39%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.39%) Puppet
Vendors
1 57 (22.35%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.63%) Google
3 20 (7.84%) CyberArk
4 17 (6.67%) ServiceNow
5 15 (5.88%) Oracle
5 15 (5.88%) SAP
6 13 (5.10%) VMware
7 12 (4.71%) Qualys
8 11 (4.31%) Informatica
8 11 (4.31%) Splunk
9 10 (3.92%) Databricks
10 8 (3.14%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.75%) BeyondTrust
11 7 (2.75%) EMC
11 7 (2.75%) IBM
11 7 (2.75%) Okta
12 6 (2.35%) SaltStack
13 5 (1.96%) Adobe
14 4 (1.57%) Cisco
14 4 (1.57%) ForgeRock