GDPR Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 56 68 103
Rank change year-on-year +12 +35 +24
Contract jobs citing GDPR 46 78 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.04% 2.90% 1.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.18% 16.74% 11.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 32
10th Percentile £344 £270 £427
25th Percentile £403 £315 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £486
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -1.29% -11.59%
75th Percentile £558 £555 £541
90th Percentile £638 £590 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £581
% change year-on-year +10.53% -18.28% +16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £27.50 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 303 466 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.05% 17.35% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 246 261
10th Percentile £300 £180 £252
25th Percentile £412 £315 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £614 £575 £550
90th Percentile £688 £600 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 25 15
10th Percentile £29.62 £18.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £46.30 £22.50 £19.75
Median hourly rate £61.50 £27.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.62% +19.57% +9.52%
75th Percentile £66.56 £65.00 £38.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £66.50 £65.66
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for GDPR in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +3 37 £550 +14.58% 75
Oxfordshire +10 6 £525 +16.67% 35
Buckinghamshire +9 5 £350 -24.73% 31
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (4.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Chatbot
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 15 (32.61%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) AWS
2 8 (17.39%) GCP
3 6 (13.04%) Snowflake
4 3 (6.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.17%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (2.17%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.57%) Network Security
2 6 (13.04%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (2.17%) Firewall
4 1 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (10.87%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.52%) Data Lake
4 2 (4.35%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (4.35%) Tableau
5 1 (2.17%) Metadata
5 1 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
1 2 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Finance
4 6 (13.04%) Telecoms
5 5 (10.87%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Legal
6 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.17%) Automotive
7 1 (2.17%) Law
7 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (15.22%) Analyst
1 7 (15.22%) Architect
1 7 (15.22%) Consultant
2 6 (13.04%) Head of Architecture
2 6 (13.04%) Head of Security
3 5 (10.87%) Administrator
3 5 (10.87%) Head of Strategy
3 5 (10.87%) Security Architect
4 4 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (8.70%) Data Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Snowflake Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Change Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Security Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Penetration Tester
6 2 (4.35%) SOC Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) Web Services
2 1 (2.17%) FHIR
2 1 (2.17%) Hugging Face
2 1 (2.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.17%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.17%) Data Fabric
4 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) PKI
4 1 (2.17%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (26.09%) Information Security
4 11 (23.91%) Data Protection
5 10 (21.74%) Data Management
5 10 (21.74%) OWASP
5 10 (21.74%) Risk Management
6 9 (19.57%) Regulatory Compliance
7 8 (17.39%) CI/CD
7 8 (17.39%) Cloud Security
7 8 (17.39%) Data Security
7 8 (17.39%) ITIL
7 8 (17.39%) Roadmaps
8 7 (15.22%) Project Management
9 6 (13.04%) Agile
9 6 (13.04%) Continuous Deployment
9 6 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (13.04%) Data Migration
9 6 (13.04%) Migration
9 6 (13.04%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) Python
2 9 (19.57%) SQL
3 6 (13.04%) Bash
4 2 (4.35%) C
4 2 (4.35%) C++
4 2 (4.35%) Java
4 2 (4.35%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.35%) Ruby
5 1 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) CISSP
3 4 (8.70%) Degree
3 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.52%) CISM
4 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.52%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.35%) CISA
5 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) GCIH
5 2 (4.35%) GIAC
5 2 (4.35%) GPEN
5 2 (4.35%) GWAPT
5 2 (4.35%) ISACA
5 2 (4.35%) OSCE
5 2 (4.35%) OSCP
6 1 (2.17%) CEH
6 1 (2.17%) GCFA
6 1 (2.17%) GCIA
6 1 (2.17%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (32.61%) NIST
2 9 (19.57%) HIPAA
3 8 (17.39%) COBIT
4 7 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (8.70%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.17%) GRC
7 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) CASB
1 1 (2.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.35%) OpenAI
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle
3 1 (2.17%) Adobe
3 1 (2.17%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.17%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.17%) Forcepoint
3 1 (2.17%) Google
3 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.17%) Splunk
3 1 (2.17%) Talend