GDPR Contracts in the South East

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

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 117 128
Rank change year-on-year +34 +11 -25
Contract jobs citing GDPR 72 91 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.29% 1.60% 1.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.36% 12.38% 10.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 46 72
10th Percentile £339 £263 £461
25th Percentile £450 £304 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £475 £650
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% -26.92% +36.84%
75th Percentile £550 £555 £719
90th Percentile £636 £650 £838
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 3
10th Percentile - £18.20 -
25th Percentile £15.13 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £15.25 £27.50 £15.21
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% +80.80% -17.81%
75th Percentile £18.34 £28.75 £15.86
90th Percentile £40.12 £60.00 £16.24
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
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 539 735 828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.14% 12.95% 14.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 367 511
10th Percentile £200 £256 £240
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £640 £677 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 71 48
10th Percentile £15.12 £10.82 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.13 £16.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £27.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% -40.54% +131.25%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £53.30
90th Percentile £70.16 £70.00 £66.97
England median hourly rate £32.25 £24.18 £41.77
% change year-on-year +33.37% -42.11% +54.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the South East.

Daily rate trend for GDPR in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the South East over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GDPR in the South East over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for GDPR in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Thames Valley +14 48 £504 -2.18% 258
Berkshire +8 33 £550 -0.90% 157
Hampshire +36 17 £540 +13.98% 83
Buckinghamshire +7 11 £350 -30.69% 48
Oxfordshire +5 6 £393 -17.37% 55
West Sussex +9 4 £510 +7.37% 54
Surrey +16 3 £475 +54.47% 62
Kent - 3 £275 - 45
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.39%) CMS
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.39%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 30 (41.67%) Azure
2 17 (23.61%) AWS
3 15 (20.83%) GCP
4 7 (9.72%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (8.33%) Snowflake
6 4 (5.56%) Azure Storage
7 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.39%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (1.39%) Azure AI
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (19.44%) Firewall
2 4 (5.56%) NAS
2 4 (5.56%) SAN
3 3 (4.17%) DNS
3 3 (4.17%) Network Security
4 2 (2.78%) DHCP
4 2 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.78%) VPN
5 1 (1.39%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (6.94%) Data Lake
2 5 (6.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (4.17%) Metadata
3 3 (4.17%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (4.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.78%) Big Data
4 2 (2.78%) NewSQL
4 2 (2.78%) Power BI
4 2 (2.78%) Tableau
5 1 (1.39%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Git
1 3 (4.17%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) Subversion
3 1 (1.39%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.39%) Metasploit
General
1 29 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Finance
3 7 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (5.56%) Marketing
4 4 (5.56%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.78%) Billing
6 2 (2.78%) Law
6 2 (2.78%) Legal
6 2 (2.78%) Local Government
6 2 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Advertising
7 1 (1.39%) Automotive
7 1 (1.39%) Aviation
7 1 (1.39%) Banking
7 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 15 (20.83%) Analyst
2 13 (18.06%) Administrator
3 11 (15.28%) Architect
4 7 (9.72%) Consultant
5 6 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (6.94%) Data Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Data Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Snowflake Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Data Architect
8 3 (4.17%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Business Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Change Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Enterprise Architect
9 2 (2.78%) Junior
9 2 (2.78%) Linux Administrator
9 2 (2.78%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.78%) Security Architect
9 2 (2.78%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) Web Services
2 1 (1.39%) FHIR
2 1 (1.39%) Hugging Face
2 1 (1.39%) Middleware
2 1 (1.39%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.56%) Data Structures
3 4 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.78%) CCTV
5 2 (2.78%) NHS
5 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.78%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.78%) Replication
6 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.39%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.39%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.39%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Windows
2 3 (4.17%) Linux
2 3 (4.17%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.78%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.78%) Solaris
3 2 (2.78%) Unix
3 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.17%) Data Protection
2 20 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (18.06%) Cloud Security
5 12 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (15.28%) Analytics
7 10 (13.89%) Data Security
7 10 (13.89%) Information Security
7 10 (13.89%) ITIL
7 10 (13.89%) Project Management
8 9 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 9 (12.50%) Data Management
8 9 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 8 (11.11%) Agile
9 8 (11.11%) CRM
9 8 (11.11%) Migration
9 8 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
10 7 (9.72%) Service Delivery
10 7 (9.72%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.22%) Python
2 14 (19.44%) SQL
3 11 (15.28%) Bash
4 7 (9.72%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.17%) Java
5 3 (4.17%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.78%) Perl
6 2 (2.78%) Scala
7 1 (1.39%) C
7 1 (1.39%) C++
7 1 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.39%) R
7 1 (1.39%) Ruby
7 1 (1.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (12.50%) CISSP
1 9 (12.50%) Degree
2 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 6 (8.33%) CISMP
3 6 (8.33%) GSEC
3 6 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.56%) AWS Certification
5 4 (5.56%) CISM
6 3 (4.17%) CISA
7 2 (2.78%) CEH
7 2 (2.78%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.78%) GCIH
7 2 (2.78%) GIAC
7 2 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (19.44%) HIPAA
3 8 (11.11%) NIST
4 5 (6.94%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (2.78%) GRC
6 2 (2.78%) QA
7 1 (1.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.39%) COBIT
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.39%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.39%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.39%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.78%) vSphere
4 1 (1.39%) Docker
4 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.39%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Ansible
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.78%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (2.78%) SCCM
1 2 (2.78%) SELinux
2 1 (1.39%) CASB
2 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.39%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.94%) VMware
3 4 (5.56%) EMC
3 4 (5.56%) NetApp
3 4 (5.56%) Oracle
3 4 (5.56%) Pure Storage
3 4 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.17%) Citrix
5 2 (2.78%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.78%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.78%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.78%) Symantec
5 2 (2.78%) Veritas
6 1 (1.39%) Criteo
6 1 (1.39%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.39%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.39%) Facebook
6 1 (1.39%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.39%) Splunk
6 1 (1.39%) Talend