Data Protection Consultant Contract Job Trends

Data Protection/Privacy Consultant
UK

As of 18 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Protection/Privacy Consultant daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 555 647
Rank change year-on-year -12 +92 +196
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Consultant 1 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.010% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.011% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £440
Median % change year-on-year - -14.77% -43.23%
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,003 35,798 46,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 92.95% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,960 22,064 31,748
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,684 1,483
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +95.45%

Data Protection Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Protection Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Consultant in the UK

Data Protection Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Protection Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Protection Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Data Protection Consultant Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Data Protection Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Protection Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act

Data Protection Consultant Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR