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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 408 507
Rank change year-on-year +29 +99 +105
Contract jobs citing Data Privacy 146 171 196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.40% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.47% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 103 127
10th Percentile £425 £288 £450
25th Percentile £485 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £700
90th Percentile £675 £775 £835
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -5.50% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
10th Percentile £16.34 £21.34 £18.88
25th Percentile £18.22 £22.37 £19.15
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.29% -51.93%
75th Percentile - £61.08 £20.90
90th Percentile £25.83 £76.50 £21.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.22 £23.00 £19.95
% change year-on-year -20.78% +15.29% -

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 26,783 36,704 51,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.97% 86.15% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,188 23,629 35,390
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,099 2,440 1,690
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.99 £15.99
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +1.11% +38.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

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 18 May 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 18 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
England +32 125 £575 +4.55% 526
London +58 80 £575 +15.00% 301
Work from Home +26 61 £575 +15.00% 279
UK excluding London +15 48 £520 -5.50% 303
North of England +4 14 £520 -20.04% 86
South East +30 12 £613 +126.85% 111
North West +5 9 £671 -2.40% 37
Midlands +13 6 £491 +3.26% 38
East of England +27 5 £538 +26.47% 19
East Midlands +13 5 £550 -54.17% 20
Yorkshire +7 5 £520 -8.82% 38
Scotland +5 5 £471 +28.61% 23
Wales - 5 £475 - 7
South West +34 2 £475 -1.30% 20
West Midlands 0 1 £431 +20.98% 17

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%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.74%) Confluence
3 2 (1.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.74%) CA PPM
1 4 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (2.74%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.37%) SAP PLM
2 2 (1.37%) SAP SRM
2 2 (1.37%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.68%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.68%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.68%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.68%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.68%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.68%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.68%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.68%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.68%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.68%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 38 (26.03%) Azure
2 32 (21.92%) AWS
3 23 (15.75%) GCP
4 11 (7.53%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.11%) Amazon S3
7 6 (4.11%) Snowflake
8 5 (3.42%) Collibra
8 5 (3.42%) GitHub
8 5 (3.42%) Serverless
9 3 (2.05%) Alation
9 3 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.05%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.05%) Figma
9 3 (2.05%) SaaS
9 3 (2.05%) Veeva
10 2 (1.37%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.42%) DNS
1 5 (3.42%) Network Security
1 5 (3.42%) VPN
2 4 (2.74%) 4G
2 4 (2.74%) DHCP
2 4 (2.74%) Firewall
2 4 (2.74%) LAN
2 4 (2.74%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.74%) WAN
2 4 (2.74%) Wireless
3 1 (0.68%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.68%) GPRS
3 1 (0.68%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.22%) Big Data
2 11 (7.53%) Power BI
3 9 (6.16%) Tableau
4 7 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.11%) Data Lake
6 5 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.74%) Metadata
7 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.74%) SQL Server
8 3 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (2.05%) DynamoDB
8 3 (2.05%) Hadoop
8 3 (2.05%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.37%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.37%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.37%) Looker
9 2 (1.37%) MySQL
9 2 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.68%) DB2
10 1 (0.68%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Git
2 6 (4.11%) 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 53 (36.30%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.97%) Finance
3 28 (19.18%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.27%) Marketing
5 13 (8.90%) Legal
5 13 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.22%) Banking
7 9 (6.16%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (6.16%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.42%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.74%) Arabic Language
9 4 (2.74%) Czech Language
9 4 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.05%) Law
11 2 (1.37%) Automotive
11 2 (1.37%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (18.49%) Analyst
2 25 (17.12%) Architect
3 18 (12.33%) Lead
4 15 (10.27%) Senior
5 13 (8.90%) Data Analyst
6 12 (8.22%) Consultant
7 10 (6.85%) Developer
7 10 (6.85%) Project Manager
8 9 (6.16%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.79%) Business Analyst
11 6 (4.11%) Data Consultant
11 6 (4.11%) Data Engineer
12 5 (3.42%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (3.42%) Data Architect
13 4 (2.74%) Administrator
13 4 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 4 (2.74%) IT Manager
13 4 (2.74%) Solutions Analyst
13 4 (2.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.48%) Kafka
2 6 (4.11%) RESTful
3 4 (2.74%) OAuth
4 3 (2.05%) Flutter
4 3 (2.05%) JSON
4 3 (2.05%) PyTorch
4 3 (2.05%) REST
4 3 (2.05%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.37%) CSS
5 2 (1.37%) GraphQL
5 2 (1.37%) HTML
5 2 (1.37%) JWT
5 2 (1.37%) PySpark
5 2 (1.37%) React
5 2 (1.37%) Redux
5 2 (1.37%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.37%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.68%) Laravel
6 1 (0.68%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.53%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.16%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.48%) Insider Threat
4 7 (4.79%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.11%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.42%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.42%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.42%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.05%) Data Fabric
8 3 (2.05%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.37%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.37%) FMCG
9 2 (1.37%) IoT
9 2 (1.37%) LIMS
9 2 (1.37%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.42%) Windows
2 3 (2.05%) Android
2 3 (2.05%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (24.66%) Analytics
3 34 (23.29%) Data Governance
4 28 (19.18%) Data Management
5 27 (18.49%) Agile
6 26 (17.81%) Artificial Intelligence
7 24 (16.44%) Data Security
8 20 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (13.70%) Data Modelling
8 20 (13.70%) Data Protection
9 19 (13.01%) Data Analysis
9 19 (13.01%) Machine Learning
10 18 (12.33%) Roadmaps
11 17 (11.64%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (11.64%) ETL
11 17 (11.64%) Migration
12 16 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (10.96%) Risk Management
13 15 (10.27%) Validation
14 14 (9.59%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.96%) SQL
2 14 (9.59%) Python
3 7 (4.79%) Java
4 6 (4.11%) R
5 3 (2.05%) Bash
5 3 (2.05%) Dart
6 2 (1.37%) Go
6 2 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.37%) Scala
7 1 (0.68%) ABAP
7 1 (0.68%) C
7 1 (0.68%) C#
7 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (13.70%) Degree
2 16 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.22%) CISSP
5 11 (7.53%) CISM
6 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.11%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.42%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.42%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.74%) CITP
10 4 (2.74%) ISEB
11 3 (2.05%) CCNA
11 3 (2.05%) CCNP
11 3 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (1.37%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.37%) PMP
12 2 (1.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (36.30%) GDPR
2 21 (14.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 19 (13.01%) Accessibility
4 18 (12.33%) Data Quality
5 12 (8.22%) HIPAA
6 8 (5.48%) SOC 2
7 7 (4.79%) QA
8 6 (4.11%) NIST
9 5 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (1.37%) COBIT
10 2 (1.37%) COSO
10 2 (1.37%) GRC
10 2 (1.37%) GxP
10 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.37%) PMO
10 2 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (1.37%) WCAG
11 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.68%) ITGC
11 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (2.05%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (5.48%) CASB
2 6 (4.11%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.42%) Grafana
4 4 (2.74%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.74%) Terraform
5 3 (2.05%) Ansible
5 3 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.37%) Kibana
6 2 (1.37%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.37%) Puppet
7 1 (0.68%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 34 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.59%) Google
3 13 (8.90%) SAP
4 8 (5.48%) Oracle
5 5 (3.42%) OneTrust
5 5 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.74%) Broadcom
6 4 (2.74%) Databricks
6 4 (2.74%) Siemens
7 3 (2.05%) Informatica
8 2 (1.37%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.37%) Pega
8 2 (1.37%) Splunk
8 2 (1.37%) Workday
9 1 (0.68%) Concur
9 1 (0.68%) Delphix
9 1 (0.68%) LabWare
9 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.68%) Sparx
9 1 (0.68%) Talend