Data Privacy Contracts

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Data Privacy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Privacy over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 449 526
Rank change year-on-year +74 +77 +97
Contract jobs citing Data Privacy 146 152 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.35% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.40% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 93 115
10th Percentile £414 £288 £425
25th Percentile £476 £400 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £600 £700 £700
90th Percentile £673 £775 £808
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £557 £575
% change year-on-year -12.03% -3.13% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 1
10th Percentile £19.73 £21.34 -
25th Percentile - £22.37 £18.70
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £18.90
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +21.69% -72.00%
75th Percentile £28.38 £61.08 £19.10
90th Percentile - £76.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.35 £23.00 £18.90
% change year-on-year +18.91% +21.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Privacy 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Privacy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Privacy.

Daily rate trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Privacy.

Hourly rate trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Privacy within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +55 124 £553 -0.27% 1,104
London +55 79 £575 +12.75% 255
Work from Home +42 55 £570 +14.05% 938
UK excluding London +30 47 £490 -12.03% 877
South East +35 14 £613 +126.85% 267
North of England +12 13 £487 -25.02% 259
North West +3 7 £455 -30.00% 109
Yorkshire +8 6 £520 -17.17% 125
Midlands +21 5 £491 -24.31% 308
Scotland +8 5 £475 +29.69% 17
Wales - 5 £475 - 8
East of England +34 4 £520 +6.67% 15
East Midlands +10 4 £550 -54.17% 175
South West +42 2 £475 - 10
West Midlands +14 1 £431 +81.47% 133

Data Privacy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.74%) Confluence
3 3 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.68%) Apache
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.74%) CA PPM
1 4 (2.74%) Teamcenter
2 3 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.37%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.37%) SAP SRM
3 2 (1.37%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.68%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.68%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.68%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.68%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.68%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.68%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.68%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 36 (24.66%) Azure
2 26 (17.81%) AWS
3 19 (13.01%) GCP
4 15 (10.27%) Power Platform
5 10 (6.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (4.11%) Amazon S3
6 6 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.11%) Serverless
6 6 (4.11%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.42%) Collibra
7 5 (3.42%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.74%) GitHub
9 3 (2.05%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (2.05%) Alation
9 3 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.05%) Figma
9 3 (2.05%) SaaS
9 3 (2.05%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.42%) Network Security
2 4 (2.74%) DNS
2 4 (2.74%) VPN
3 3 (2.05%) 4G
3 3 (2.05%) DHCP
3 3 (2.05%) Firewall
3 3 (2.05%) LAN
3 3 (2.05%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.05%) WAN
3 3 (2.05%) Wireless
4 1 (0.68%) GPRS
4 1 (0.68%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.27%) Power BI
2 12 (8.22%) Tableau
3 10 (6.85%) Big Data
4 6 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.42%) Data Lake
5 5 (3.42%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.74%) Metadata
6 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.05%) Data Mining
7 3 (2.05%) DynamoDB
7 3 (2.05%) Hadoop
7 3 (2.05%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.37%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.37%) Looker
8 2 (1.37%) MySQL
8 2 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.68%) Power Query
9 1 (0.68%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 11 (7.53%) Git
2 5 (3.42%) JIRA
3 4 (2.74%) Cucumber
3 4 (2.74%) ERwin
3 4 (2.74%) Gradle
3 4 (2.74%) HP UFT
3 4 (2.74%) IntelliJ
3 4 (2.74%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.74%) JUnit
3 4 (2.74%) Maven
3 4 (2.74%) Selenium
4 2 (1.37%) GitLab
4 2 (1.37%) Storybook
4 2 (1.37%) Vite
4 2 (1.37%) webpack
5 1 (0.68%) LSMW
General
1 54 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.97%) Finance
3 32 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.01%) Marketing
5 14 (9.59%) Legal
5 14 (9.59%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.53%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.85%) Banking
8 9 (6.16%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.42%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (2.74%) Arabic Language
11 4 (2.74%) Czech Language
11 4 (2.74%) Law
12 3 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.37%) Automotive
13 2 (1.37%) Digital Health
13 2 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (19.86%) Analyst
2 21 (14.38%) Architect
3 16 (10.96%) Lead
4 15 (10.27%) Data Analyst
5 13 (8.90%) Senior
6 12 (8.22%) Consultant
7 10 (6.85%) Developer
7 10 (6.85%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.79%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.79%) Data Engineer
9 6 (4.11%) Data Consultant
9 6 (4.11%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.42%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (3.42%) Data Architect
10 5 (3.42%) Data Protection Officer
11 4 (2.74%) Data Scientist
11 4 (2.74%) Salesforce Administrator
11 4 (2.74%) Salesforce Developer
11 4 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.48%) Kafka
2 5 (3.42%) CSS
2 5 (3.42%) HTML
2 5 (3.42%) PyTorch
2 5 (3.42%) TensorFlow
3 4 (2.74%) RESTful
4 3 (2.05%) Flutter
4 3 (2.05%) JSON
4 3 (2.05%) REST
5 2 (1.37%) Hugging Face
5 2 (1.37%) OAuth
5 2 (1.37%) PySpark
5 2 (1.37%) React
5 2 (1.37%) Redux
5 2 (1.37%) SAP PI
5 2 (1.37%) SpaCy
6 1 (0.68%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.68%) Visualforce
6 1 (0.68%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.16%) Cloud Native
3 8 (5.48%) Insider Threat
4 7 (4.79%) Algorithms
4 7 (4.79%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.42%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.05%) Data Fabric
7 3 (2.05%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.05%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.37%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.37%) FMCG
8 2 (1.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.74%) Windows
2 3 (2.05%) Android
2 3 (2.05%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (24.66%) Analytics
3 35 (23.97%) Data Governance
4 30 (20.55%) Data Management
5 28 (19.18%) Data Security
6 26 (17.81%) Artificial Intelligence
7 24 (16.44%) Agile
8 21 (14.38%) Data Protection
9 20 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (12.33%) Data Analysis
10 18 (12.33%) Data Modelling
10 18 (12.33%) Roadmaps
11 17 (11.64%) Migration
12 16 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (10.96%) Decision-Making
12 16 (10.96%) Project Management
12 16 (10.96%) Risk Management
12 16 (10.96%) Validation
13 15 (10.27%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.96%) Python
1 16 (10.96%) SQL
2 7 (4.79%) Java
2 7 (4.79%) R
3 6 (4.11%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.05%) Bash
4 3 (2.05%) Dart
5 2 (1.37%) Scala
6 1 (0.68%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.68%) C
6 1 (0.68%) C#
6 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (15.75%) Degree
2 16 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.59%) CISSP
3 14 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.22%) CISM
5 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.11%) AWS Certification
7 6 (4.11%) ISEB
8 5 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.42%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.74%) CITP
10 3 (2.05%) CCNA
10 3 (2.05%) CCNP
10 3 (2.05%) CISA
10 3 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.37%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.37%) PMP
11 2 (1.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (32.88%) GDPR
2 20 (13.70%) Accessibility
2 20 (13.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 20 (13.70%) Data Quality
3 11 (7.53%) HIPAA
4 8 (5.48%) QA
4 8 (5.48%) SOC 2
5 6 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (4.11%) NIST
6 4 (2.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.37%) COBIT
7 2 (1.37%) COSO
7 2 (1.37%) GxP
7 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.37%) PMO
7 2 (1.37%) WCAG
8 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.05%) Docker
3 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (6.16%) CASB
2 4 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.74%) Terraform
3 3 (2.05%) Ansible
3 3 (2.05%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.05%) Grafana
4 2 (1.37%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.37%) Puppet
5 1 (0.68%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 35 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.90%) Google
3 12 (8.22%) SAP
4 8 (5.48%) Oracle
4 8 (5.48%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.74%) Broadcom
5 4 (2.74%) Databricks
5 4 (2.74%) Siemens
6 3 (2.05%) Adobe
6 3 (2.05%) Informatica
6 3 (2.05%) OneTrust
6 3 (2.05%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.37%) Marketo
7 2 (1.37%) Pega
7 2 (1.37%) Splunk
7 2 (1.37%) Workday
8 1 (0.68%) Concur
8 1 (0.68%) Delphix
8 1 (0.68%) Okta
8 1 (0.68%) Sparx