Data Privacy Contracts

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Privacy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Privacy over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 512 626
Rank change year-on-year +94 +114 -66
Contract jobs citing Data Privacy 168 196 235
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.35% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.39% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 122 141
10th Percentile £288 £450 £400
25th Percentile £400 £511 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £835 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £552 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £21.34 £18.88 £23.03
25th Percentile £22.37 £19.15 £30.73
Median hourly rate £23.00 £19.95 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% -47.84% +91.25%
75th Percentile £61.08 £20.90 £56.13
90th Percentile £76.50 £21.26 £82.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £19.95 £18.90
% change year-on-year +15.29% +5.56% -45.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Privacy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,645 50,890 79,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.73% 89.71% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,625 35,239 56,102
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,484 1,674 1,897
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% +41.73% +9.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

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 27 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Privacy over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 27 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
England +80 146 £560 -6.67% 235
UK excluding London +63 77 £552 -8.00% 164
Work from Home +99 70 £504 -22.54% 106
London +50 66 £550 -4.35% 125
North of England +49 33 £675 +17.39% 29
South East +30 23 £270 -32.50% 69
North West +41 17 £675 +22.73% 21
Yorkshire +21 15 £570 -0.87% 6
Midlands +31 10 £475 -24.00% 20
West Midlands +19 6 £356 -43.00% 11
South West -4 6 £481 -39.56% 17
Scotland +42 5 £366 -47.68% 15
East Midlands - 4 £1,200 - 9
East of England +11 2 - - 9
North East - 1 - - 2

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 11 (6.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.79%) Apache
3 3 (1.79%) Confluence
4 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.19%) SAS
5 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (7.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (5.95%) Chatbot
4 8 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.79%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.79%) SAP MDG
2 2 (1.19%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.19%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 28 (16.67%) Azure
2 26 (15.48%) AWS
3 18 (10.71%) GCP
4 13 (7.74%) Power Platform
5 12 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (4.76%) Twilio
7 6 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.57%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.38%) Collibra
8 4 (2.38%) GitHub
8 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.79%) Boomi
9 3 (1.79%) SaaS
10 2 (1.19%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (1.19%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (1.19%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.19%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.76%) CTI
1 8 (4.76%) VoIP
2 3 (1.79%) Firewall
3 2 (1.19%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (1.19%) Network Security
3 2 (1.19%) WAN
4 1 (0.60%) Internet
4 1 (0.60%) Intranet
4 1 (0.60%) LAN
4 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.93%) Metadata
2 13 (7.74%) Power BI
3 10 (5.95%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.76%) Data Lake
5 7 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (3.57%) Big Data
7 5 (2.98%) Data Mining
7 5 (2.98%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (2.38%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.79%) Apache Hive
9 3 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.79%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.19%) DB2
10 2 (1.19%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.19%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Git
2 3 (1.79%) JIRA
3 2 (1.19%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.19%) Liquibase
General
1 54 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 47 (27.98%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (22.62%) Finance
4 25 (14.88%) Legal
5 13 (7.74%) Telecoms
6 12 (7.14%) Marketing
7 10 (5.95%) Banking
7 10 (5.95%) Retail
8 8 (4.76%) Law
9 7 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (4.17%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.79%) Publishing
13 2 (1.19%) Agriculture
13 2 (1.19%) Automotive
13 2 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.60%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 37 (22.02%) Architect
2 27 (16.07%) Solutions Architect
3 18 (10.71%) Consultant
4 14 (8.33%) Lead
5 13 (7.74%) Analyst
6 10 (5.95%) Data Manager
7 9 (5.36%) Data Consultant
8 8 (4.76%) Data Architect
8 8 (4.76%) Senior
9 6 (3.57%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.57%) Data Engineer
10 5 (2.98%) Analytics Manager
10 5 (2.98%) Data Protection Consultant
10 5 (2.98%) Data Protection Officer
10 5 (2.98%) Data Scientist
10 5 (2.98%) Telephony Architect
11 4 (2.38%) Data Governance Manager
11 4 (2.38%) Data Protection Manager
11 4 (2.38%) Governance Manager
11 4 (2.38%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.76%) Middleware
1 8 (4.76%) Web Services
2 5 (2.98%) RESTful
3 4 (2.38%) GraphQL
3 4 (2.38%) gRPC
3 4 (2.38%) JWT
3 4 (2.38%) OAuth
3 4 (2.38%) OpenAPI
3 4 (2.38%) SOAP
3 4 (2.38%) Swagger
4 3 (1.79%) Kafka
4 3 (1.79%) RAML
4 3 (1.79%) REST
5 2 (1.19%) Apache Avro
5 2 (1.19%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (1.19%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.19%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.19%) XML
6 1 (0.60%) CSS
6 1 (0.60%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.12%) Management Information System
2 15 (8.93%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (4.76%) IVR
4 7 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.79%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.19%) Life Science
6 2 (1.19%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.19%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.19%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.60%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.79%) Windows
2 2 (1.19%) Linux
2 2 (1.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.60%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.21%) Data Protection
2 36 (21.43%) Data Governance
3 33 (19.64%) Analytics
4 32 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 32 (19.05%) Data Management
5 27 (16.07%) Data Modelling
5 27 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (15.48%) Data Security
7 25 (14.88%) Impact Assessments
7 25 (14.88%) Project Management
7 25 (14.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (13.69%) Information Security
9 21 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 19 (11.31%) Agile
10 19 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (11.31%) Risk Management
11 18 (10.71%) Migration
12 17 (10.12%) Roadmaps
13 14 (8.33%) CRM
13 14 (8.33%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.74%) Python
2 12 (7.14%) SQL
3 9 (5.36%) Java
4 5 (2.98%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.38%) R
6 3 (1.79%) C#
6 3 (1.79%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.79%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.19%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.19%) U-SQL
8 1 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 44 (26.19%) Degree
2 22 (13.10%) Computer Science Degree
2 22 (13.10%) Master's Degree
3 11 (6.55%) CISSP
4 9 (5.36%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.76%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (4.76%) CISM
5 8 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.17%) ISEB
7 6 (3.57%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.38%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.38%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.79%) CRISC
10 2 (1.19%) CCNA
10 2 (1.19%) CCNP
10 2 (1.19%) CIPD
10 2 (1.19%) CISA
10 2 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (42.26%) GDPR
2 18 (10.71%) Data Quality
3 17 (10.12%) HIPAA
4 16 (9.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (7.14%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.95%) NIST
7 8 (4.76%) Accessibility
7 8 (4.76%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.98%) NIST 800
9 4 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (1.19%) COBIT
10 2 (1.19%) GRC
10 2 (1.19%) NCSC
10 2 (1.19%) QA
10 2 (1.19%) SLA
11 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.38%) Docker
2 2 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.60%) vCloud
3 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.19%) Ambari
2 2 (1.19%) Ansible
2 2 (1.19%) Oozie
3 1 (0.60%) Avamar
3 1 (0.60%) CASB
3 1 (0.60%) SCCM
3 1 (0.60%) SCOrch
3 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.33%) Google
3 11 (6.55%) OneTrust
4 10 (5.95%) Cisco
4 10 (5.95%) Oracle
5 9 (5.36%) SAP
6 8 (4.76%) Avaya
6 8 (4.76%) Genesys
6 8 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 7 (4.17%) Workday
8 5 (2.98%) Databricks
9 4 (2.38%) Pega
9 4 (2.38%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.19%) Ab Initio
10 2 (1.19%) Adobe
10 2 (1.19%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.19%) IBM
10 2 (1.19%) Mitel
10 2 (1.19%) Remedy
10 2 (1.19%) VMware