GDPR Contract Job Trends in Surrey

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring GDPR skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 45 59
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -16
Contract jobs citing GDPR 5 12 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.44% 2.31% 2.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.15% 14.46% 11.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 18
10th Percentile £388 £255 -
25th Percentile £406 £292 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £361 £825
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -56.21% +57.14%
75th Percentile £469 £438 £838
90th Percentile £488 £470 -
South East median daily rate £500 £528 £700
% change year-on-year -5.21% -24.64% +36.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.16 - -
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £67.59 £15.21
% change year-on-year -74.85% +344.38% -13.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 33 83 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 9.51% 15.96% 20.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 58 125
10th Percentile £243 £256 £173
25th Percentile £325 £359 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £420 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -25.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £675
90th Percentile £661 £711 £783
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £34.15 £52.60 £43.85
25th Percentile £47.66 £52.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £70.16 £55.00 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year +27.56% -24.98% -
75th Percentile - £60.00 £76.53
90th Percentile - £61.50 £76.90
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £54.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -68.52% +8.00% +163.16%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Surrey

GDPR
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GDPR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GDPR

GDPR
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Surrey over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in Surrey

GDPR
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GDPR.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GDPR

GDPR
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Camberley - 1 - - 1
Staines - 1 £375 -
GDPR
South East

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Digital
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Networks
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
2 2 (40.00%) Product Management
2 2 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (40.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) OCA
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle