Data Protection Contract Job Trends in South London

Data Protection
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 15 43
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 6 19 3
As % of all contract jobs in South London 3.28% 9.22% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 10.56% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 17 2
10th Percentile - £423 £354
25th Percentile - - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile - - £691
90th Percentile - - £741
London median daily rate £525 £503 £575
% change year-on-year +4.48% -12.61% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 164 180 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 89.62% 87.38% 83.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 119 167
10th Percentile £263 £221 £197
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £508 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% -2.40% -5.45%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £588
90th Percentile £720 £728 £655
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.11% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 17
10th Percentile - - £15.24
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -60.91% +13.08%
75th Percentile £40.54 £35.91 £55.00
90th Percentile £54.08 £61.41 £69.50
London median hourly rate £30.25 £38.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +1.32% +1.33%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Data Protection job vacancy trend in South London

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Bromley -7 6 £600 +26.32% 1
Data Protection
London

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) 4G
1 2 (33.33%) 5G
1 2 (33.33%) BGP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) LTE
1 2 (33.33%) OSPF
1 2 (33.33%) SNMP
1 2 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Designer
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Network Designer
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Python Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Radio Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) RF Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) RF Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 4G Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) LTE Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Collateral Management
1 2 (33.33%) High Availability
1 2 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) F5
1 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 2 (33.33%) Juniper
1 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (16.67%) Agilent
2 1 (16.67%) Keysight