GDPR Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 229 211
Rank change year-on-year +80 -18 +40
Contract jobs citing GDPR 274 251 377
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.34% 1.07% 1.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.04% 7.19% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 178 226
10th Percentile £270 £400 £331
25th Percentile £405 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.31%
75th Percentile £555 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £729 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +11.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 12 7
10th Percentile £11.04 £11.27 £15.44
25th Percentile £11.77 £14.83 £16.15
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.95 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +31.93% -21.82% -4.00%
75th Percentile £28.75 £23.63 £26.50
90th Percentile £34.21 £43.08 £33.71
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +21.05% -26.92% +2.97%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,030 3,490 4,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.87% 14.85% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,774 2,350 3,075
10th Percentile £250 £218 £204
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 186 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.63 £18.02 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £32.94 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -45.36% +56.57% +0.07%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.82 £44.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £64.19
UK median hourly rate £20.55 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -41.28% +27.27% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GDPR in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GDPR in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
South East +15 89 £475 -20.83% 136
North of England +45 72 £525 +16.67% 114
North West +39 56 £525 +16.67% 57
South West +47 48 £650 +35.42% 49
East of England +12 32 £410 -18.00% 58
Midlands +31 29 £475 -20.83% 99
West Midlands +22 24 £475 -20.83% 52
Yorkshire +27 12 £425 -8.11% 46
Scotland +14 10 £404 -19.20% 36
East Midlands +21 5 £450 -2.70% 46
North East +14 3 - - 13
Wales +20 2 £375 +63.04% 18
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.92%) Confluence
3 4 (1.46%) Apache Solr
3 4 (1.46%) nginx
3 4 (1.46%) SAS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.36%) GeoServer
Applications
1 23 (8.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.46%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (1.46%) FastStats
3 4 (1.46%) Unica
4 3 (1.09%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.73%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.73%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.93%) Power Platform
2 16 (5.84%) Azure
3 11 (4.01%) AWS
4 7 (2.55%) Serverless
5 6 (2.19%) Collibra
6 5 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.82%) GCP
6 5 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.46%) Azure Functions
7 4 (1.46%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.09%) OCI
8 3 (1.09%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.09%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.09%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.09%) ShareGate
8 3 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.73%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.03%) Firewall
2 16 (5.84%) Network Security
3 12 (4.38%) DNS
4 6 (2.19%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.82%) DHCP
6 4 (1.46%) HTTPS
6 4 (1.46%) IPsec
7 3 (1.09%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (1.09%) Internet
7 3 (1.09%) Intranet
7 3 (1.09%) VPN
7 3 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.73%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.73%) SAN
8 2 (0.73%) WAN
9 1 (0.36%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.47%) Metadata
2 13 (4.74%) Power BI
3 6 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.19%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.46%) Couchbase
4 4 (1.46%) MySQL
4 4 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.73%) Apache Hive
5 2 (0.73%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.73%) GIS
5 2 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.36%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.36%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.55%) JIRA
2 6 (2.19%) Eclipse
2 6 (2.19%) PyCharm
3 4 (1.46%) ERwin
4 3 (1.09%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.73%) Git
5 2 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.73%) Subversion
6 1 (0.36%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 65 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 53 (19.34%) Legal
3 43 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (15.33%) Manufacturing
5 38 (13.87%) Public Sector
6 32 (11.68%) Finance
7 27 (9.85%) Marketing
8 25 (9.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 20 (7.30%) Law
10 17 (6.20%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (5.84%) Telecoms
12 14 (5.11%) Police
13 9 (3.28%) Retail
14 6 (2.19%) Local Government
15 4 (1.46%) Electronics
15 4 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (1.09%) Back Office
16 3 (1.09%) Banking
16 3 (1.09%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 68 (24.82%) Analyst
2 32 (11.68%) Consultant
3 27 (9.85%) Architect
4 26 (9.49%) Business Analyst
4 26 (9.49%) SOC Analyst
5 23 (8.39%) Lead
6 20 (7.30%) Data Analyst
7 19 (6.93%) Senior
8 13 (4.74%) Data Consultant
9 12 (4.38%) Data Protection Consultant
9 12 (4.38%) Developer
10 11 (4.01%) Data Business Analyst
10 11 (4.01%) Data Manager
11 10 (3.65%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.65%) Coordinator
11 10 (3.65%) Security Architect
11 10 (3.65%) Security Consultant
12 9 (3.28%) Business Development Manager
12 9 (3.28%) Development Manager
13 8 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.28%) HTML
2 8 (2.92%) CSS
3 7 (2.55%) XML
4 5 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.82%) JSON
4 5 (1.82%) Node.js
5 4 (1.46%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.46%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (1.46%) YAML
6 3 (1.09%) .NET
6 3 (1.09%) jQuery
6 3 (1.09%) SOAP
6 3 (1.09%) SPFx
7 2 (0.73%) PostGIS
8 1 (0.36%) Kafka
8 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.36%) React
8 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.60%) Management Information System
2 29 (10.58%) Data Protection Act
3 17 (6.20%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (5.47%) CSOC
5 13 (4.74%) Product Ownership
6 11 (4.01%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.92%) CESG
8 7 (2.55%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.19%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.46%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.46%) Smart Meter
11 4 (1.46%) Wiki
12 3 (1.09%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.09%) Freedom of Information
12 3 (1.09%) IoT
12 3 (1.09%) SCADA
13 2 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.22%) Linux
2 16 (5.84%) Windows
3 10 (3.65%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.82%) Unix
4 5 (1.82%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.46%) CentOS
5 4 (1.46%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.73%) Solaris
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.85%) Data Protection
2 67 (24.45%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (22.63%) Information Security
4 44 (16.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (13.14%) Data Governance
6 36 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (10.95%) Data Privacy
7 30 (10.95%) Risk Management
8 29 (10.58%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 29 (10.58%) Security Operations
9 27 (9.85%) ITIL
10 24 (8.76%) Data Modelling
10 24 (8.76%) Incident Response
11 23 (8.39%) Project Management
12 21 (7.66%) Analytics
12 21 (7.66%) Vulnerability Management
13 19 (6.93%) Threat Intelligence
14 18 (6.57%) Lean Six Sigma
14 18 (6.57%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.84%) Python
2 14 (5.11%) SQL
3 12 (4.38%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.28%) Java
5 7 (2.55%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.19%) Groovy
7 4 (1.46%) PHP
7 4 (1.46%) VBScript
8 3 (1.09%) C#
9 2 (0.73%) Bash
9 2 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.73%) Perl
9 2 (0.73%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.36%) ABAP
10 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.36%) R
10 1 (0.36%) Scala
10 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.36%) VB
10 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (22.26%) Security Cleared
2 44 (16.06%) Degree
3 28 (10.22%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.30%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.93%) CISSP
6 18 (6.57%) CISM
7 15 (5.47%) ISACA
8 12 (4.38%) CISA
8 12 (4.38%) IIBA
9 10 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (3.28%) SSCP
11 8 (2.92%) CEH
11 8 (2.92%) CISMP
12 7 (2.55%) ISEB
13 6 (2.19%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (1.09%) DBS Check
15 3 (1.09%) HNC
15 3 (1.09%) NVQ Level 4
15 3 (1.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (15.69%) NIST
2 38 (13.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (10.58%) HIPAA
4 19 (6.93%) GxP
5 18 (6.57%) Good Clinical Practice
6 17 (6.20%) NCSC
6 17 (6.20%) PCI DSS
7 14 (5.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 11 (4.01%) COBIT
8 11 (4.01%) Data Quality
9 8 (2.92%) QA
10 4 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (1.09%) GRC
11 3 (1.09%) PMO
12 2 (0.73%) SLA
13 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.36%) COSO
13 1 (0.36%) ISA99
System Software
1 10 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.46%) XenApp
4 2 (0.73%) Docker
4 2 (0.73%) vSphere
5 1 (0.36%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.36%) Snort
5 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.19%) Ansible
1 6 (2.19%) Kubernetes
1 6 (2.19%) Terraform
2 4 (1.46%) SCCM
3 2 (0.73%) CEMLI
3 2 (0.73%) Grafana
3 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (0.73%) SELinux
4 1 (0.36%) CA Service Virtualization
4 1 (0.36%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.36%) Kibana
4 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.49%) SAP
3 14 (5.11%) Google
4 13 (4.74%) Oracle
5 8 (2.92%) OneTrust
6 6 (2.19%) Ariba
6 6 (2.19%) Facebook
6 6 (2.19%) VMware
7 5 (1.82%) Citrix
7 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.82%) Symantec
8 4 (1.46%) Ab Initio
8 4 (1.46%) Adobe
8 4 (1.46%) Ivanti
8 4 (1.46%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.46%) Snapchat
8 4 (1.46%) Sparx
8 4 (1.46%) Workday
9 3 (1.09%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.09%) Splunk