GDPR Contracts in Scotland

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 93 112
Rank change year-on-year +1 +19 +53
Contract jobs citing GDPR 33 21 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.93% 1.13% 1.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.87% 6.12% 7.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 31
10th Percentile £298 £210 £413
25th Percentile £422 £479 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% +4.70% -16.67%
75th Percentile £535 £550 £590
90th Percentile £625 £553 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £15.27 - -
25th Percentile £15.55 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £22.19 - -
90th Percentile £25.90 - -
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £26.25 £18.95
% change year-on-year -35.24% +38.52% -31.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 278 343 523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 16.30% 18.39% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 215 402
10th Percentile £200 £179 £178
25th Percentile £368 £281 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £470
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -9.62% +3.24%
75th Percentile £529 £500 £538
90th Percentile £575 £600 £590
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -1.57% -3.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 20 5
10th Percentile £14.23 - £13.70
25th Percentile £15.77 £13.52 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.94 £14.98 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.42% -31.13% -1.14%
75th Percentile £36.60 £18.07 £47.73
90th Percentile £64.63 £19.20 £56.59
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £26.56 £36.75
% change year-on-year +6.10% -27.73% +47.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for GDPR in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Edinburgh +12 15 £461 -16.27% 23
Glasgow -9 15 £500 -4.49% 15
Perthshire - 1 £600 - 1
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.03%) GitHub
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) Power BI
2 3 (9.09%) Power Query
2 3 (9.09%) Tableau
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 18 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 17 (51.52%) Public Sector
3 8 (24.24%) Finance
4 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 17 (51.52%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Data Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
5 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Data Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Power BI Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Data Manager
6 2 (6.06%) HR Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) HR Data Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Oracle Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Oracle HRMS Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Data Visualisation Specialist
7 1 (3.03%) Information Governance Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) .NET
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.03%) LDAP
2 1 (3.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (12.12%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Agile
2 10 (30.30%) Data Protection
3 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (21.21%) Data Privacy
5 6 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.18%) Validation
6 5 (15.15%) Business Analysis
6 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (15.15%) Data Governance
6 5 (15.15%) Data Modelling
6 5 (15.15%) Information Governance
6 5 (15.15%) Mentoring
6 5 (15.15%) Migration
6 5 (15.15%) Project Management
6 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.12%) Coaching
7 4 (12.12%) Data Architecture
7 4 (12.12%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) SQL
2 3 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (6.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) HND
3 2 (6.06%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (3.03%) HNC
4 1 (3.03%) ISEB
4 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 4 (12.12%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (6.06%) QA
4 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.03%) PERC
4 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.03%) Okta
3 1 (3.03%) Teradata