GDPR Contracts in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 111 170
Rank change year-on-year -6 +59 -24
Contract jobs citing GDPR 49 75 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.49% 1.57% 0.86%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.40% 10.07% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 40 33
10th Percentile £428 £385 £300
25th Percentile £458 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £609 £550 £525
90th Percentile £671 £639 £620
England median daily rate £529 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.80% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 0
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.00 -
25th Percentile £16.06 £11.77 -
Median hourly rate £31.76 £15.64 -
Median % change year-on-year +103.13% - -
75th Percentile £34.46 £26.66 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £34.21 -
England median hourly rate £27.64 £24.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year +15.17% -2.04% -4.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 471 745 813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.29% 15.63% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 418 493
10th Percentile £235 £320 £288
25th Percentile £371 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £698 £672 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 85 40
10th Percentile £14.27 - £13.47
25th Percentile £22.14 £10.95 £29.30
Median hourly rate £24.67 £12.84 £38.55
Median % change year-on-year +92.15% -66.69% +106.15%
75th Percentile £39.69 £26.66 £49.08
90th Percentile £79.39 £48.75 £58.45
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for GDPR in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GDPR in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for GDPR in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West -10 32 £525 - 223
Yorkshire +11 15 £525 +23.53% 158
North East -1 2 £463 - 35
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.08%) CMS
2 2 (4.08%) Confluence
2 2 (4.08%) SAS
3 1 (2.04%) Apache
3 1 (2.04%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (2.04%) Umbraco
3 1 (2.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.04%) SAP PP
1 1 (2.04%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 14 (28.57%) Azure
2 11 (22.45%) AWS
3 7 (14.29%) GCP
4 5 (10.20%) Google Workspace
5 3 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.04%) Azure API Management
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.04%) Cloudflare
7 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.04%) Google Ads
7 1 (2.04%) Serverless
7 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.04%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) Wireless
2 4 (8.16%) Ethernet
2 4 (8.16%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.08%) Firewall
3 2 (4.08%) Network Security
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.04%) DHCP
4 1 (2.04%) DNS
4 1 (2.04%) GPRS
4 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.12%) Big Data
2 3 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.08%) Hadoop
3 2 (4.08%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.08%) Power BI
3 2 (4.08%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (4.08%) QlikView
3 2 (4.08%) Tableau
4 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.04%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.04%) EDRMS
4 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.04%) SAP HANA
4 1 (2.04%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.04%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) ERwin
2 1 (2.04%) Git
2 1 (2.04%) Postman
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.53%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (24.49%) Finance
4 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 6 (12.24%) Automotive
6 5 (10.20%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (8.16%) Banking
8 3 (6.12%) Legal
8 3 (6.12%) Marketing
9 2 (4.08%) Law
9 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
10 1 (2.04%) Advertising
10 1 (2.04%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Architect
2 8 (16.33%) Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Business Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (10.20%) Support Technician
4 4 (8.16%) Administrator
4 4 (8.16%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Security Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Senior
6 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Data Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) Data Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Procurement Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) SAS Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) AWS CDK
1 2 (4.08%) Spring
1 2 (4.08%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.04%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (2.04%) LDAP
2 1 (2.04%) Node.js
2 1 (2.04%) REST
2 1 (2.04%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.04%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.04%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.12%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.04%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.04%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.04%) NHS
4 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
1 5 (10.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.45%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (20.41%) Customer Service
4 9 (18.37%) Data Protection
5 8 (16.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.29%) Data Privacy
6 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (12.24%) Data Governance
7 6 (12.24%) Mentoring
7 6 (12.24%) Migration
8 5 (10.20%) Agile
8 5 (10.20%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (10.20%) Proactive Monitoring
8 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (8.16%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.16%) Key Management
9 4 (8.16%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.16%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) SQL
2 3 (6.12%) Python
3 2 (4.08%) Java
3 2 (4.08%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.04%) C#
4 1 (2.04%) Go
4 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) DBS Check
3 4 (8.16%) CISSP
4 2 (4.08%) CCA
4 2 (4.08%) CISM
4 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.04%) CBAP
5 1 (2.04%) CCNA
5 1 (2.04%) CISA
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.04%) ISEB
5 1 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.04%) PMP
5 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 5 (10.20%) PCI DSS
2 5 (10.20%) SLA
3 4 (8.16%) Data Quality
3 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (8.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (6.12%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (6.12%) NIST
5 2 (4.08%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.04%) GMP
6 1 (2.04%) GRC
6 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
6 1 (2.04%) PMO
6 1 (2.04%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) SmoothWall
2 1 (2.04%) Ansible
2 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Nessus
2 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Google
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Cisco
2 2 (4.08%) SAP
3 1 (2.04%) Apple
3 1 (2.04%) Aruba
3 1 (2.04%) Centrify
3 1 (2.04%) Criteo
3 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.04%) Databricks
3 1 (2.04%) IBM
3 1 (2.04%) Okta
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle
3 1 (2.04%) Qualys
3 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.04%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (2.04%) Sitecore
3 1 (2.04%) Thycotic
3 1 (2.04%) Virgin Media
3 1 (2.04%) Workday