Data Protection Consultant Contract Job Trends

Data Protection/Privacy Consultant
UK

The median Data Protection/Privacy Consultant daily rate in the UK is £458, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 530 588
Rank change year-on-year -56 +58 +196
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Consultant 4 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.012% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.013% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile £374 £353 -
25th Percentile £399 £356 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year +22.00% -28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £524 £406 £538
90th Percentile £555 £418 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 33,741 30,870 40,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.72% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,345 18,959 27,051
10th Percentile £298 £300 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,972 954 1,548
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.51 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +40.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.41 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +77.62%

Data Protection Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Protection Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Protection Consultant job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Consultant over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Consultant in the UK

Data Protection Consultant
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 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 -47 3 £458 +22.00% 6
UK excluding London -54 2 £550 - 5
North of England - 2 £550 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £550 -
Work from Home -6 1 £365 -
London -19 1 £365 -2.67%

Data Protection Consultant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Data Protection Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Protection Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 4 (100.00%) GDPR
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (25.00%) Data Discovery
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Observability
4 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS

Data Protection Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Discovery
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Observability
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft