Data Protection Contracts

Data Protection
UK

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 95 107
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 +199
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 1,118 1,501 2,281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.58% 2.51% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 2.79% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 963 1,640
10th Percentile £225 £288 £322
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 16 37
10th Percentile £12.43 £19.98 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.06 £24.28 £17.00
Median hourly rate £20.25 £52.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.43% +162.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £27.59 £64.88 £48.76
90th Percentile £41.05 £66.00 £72.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.50 £52.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -62.86% +162.50% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Protection 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 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +17 926 £500 -4.76% 335
UK excluding London +5 599 £475 -1.04% 228
London +30 451 £538 -6.52% 116
Work from Home +23 315 £513 - 138
North of England -4 161 £525 +16.67% 53
South East +13 130 £425 -17.07% 66
Scotland -4 123 £475 -2.56% 19
North West -12 113 £525 +23.53% 34
South West +52 74 £525 -11.95% 31
Midlands -25 55 £425 -5.56% 35
East of England +35 49 £430 -16.10% 22
West Midlands -4 48 £425 -10.53% 23
Yorkshire +9 43 £525 +5.00% 16
Wales +5 12 £288 -36.11% 3
North East +20 9 - - 4
East Midlands 0 7 £538 +65.38% 12
Northern Ireland +11 4 £513 +28.13% 4

Data Protection
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 29 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 29 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.97%) Confluence
3 8 (0.72%) Apache
4 6 (0.54%) SAS
5 5 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.36%) govService
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.18%) CMS
8 2 (0.18%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.089%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.089%) Mule
9 1 (0.089%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.089%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
4 13 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.18%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.18%) Lectora
7 2 (0.18%) Mingle
8 1 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.089%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.089%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (1.52%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.36%) Endur
3 4 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.27%) Shopify
4 3 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.18%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.18%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.089%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.089%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.089%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.089%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.089%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.089%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.089%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.089%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.089%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 146 (13.06%) Azure
2 96 (8.59%) AWS
3 53 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (3.40%) Power Platform
5 27 (2.42%) GCP
6 26 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (2.06%) SaaS
8 20 (1.79%) Taleo
9 19 (1.70%) Amazon S3
9 19 (1.70%) Entra ID
10 18 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (1.52%) Azure Stack
12 13 (1.16%) PaaS
13 12 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.07%) GitHub
13 12 (1.07%) OneDrive
13 12 (1.07%) OpenShift
14 11 (0.98%) IaaS
14 11 (0.98%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.77%) DNS
1 31 (2.77%) SAN
1 31 (2.77%) WAN
2 30 (2.68%) Firewall
3 25 (2.24%) LAN
4 22 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (1.88%) DHCP
5 21 (1.88%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.43%) Network Security
7 15 (1.34%) VoIP
8 14 (1.25%) HTTP
8 14 (1.25%) MPLS
9 13 (1.16%) NAS
9 13 (1.16%) PBX
9 13 (1.16%) VPN
10 12 (1.07%) VLAN
11 11 (0.98%) Wireless
12 7 (0.63%) 5G
12 7 (0.63%) VSAN
13 6 (0.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
1 45 (4.03%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.77%) Power BI
3 24 (2.15%) Metadata
4 19 (1.70%) Big Data
5 18 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
6 16 (1.43%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.43%) Oracle Database
7 14 (1.25%) Tableau
8 13 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (0.98%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.81%) MySQL
11 8 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.72%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.63%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.54%) Apache Hive
13 6 (0.54%) Star Schema
14 5 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 52 (4.65%) Git
2 50 (4.47%) JIRA
3 35 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.43%) ERwin
5 13 (1.16%) Postman
6 9 (0.81%) Artifactory
6 9 (0.81%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.81%) JUnit
7 7 (0.63%) GitLab
8 6 (0.54%) Selenium
8 6 (0.54%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.45%) Maven
9 5 (0.45%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.45%) XCTest
10 4 (0.36%) IDA Disassembler
10 4 (0.36%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 250 (22.36%) Social Skills
2 151 (13.51%) Finance
3 125 (11.18%) Legal
4 118 (10.55%) Public Sector
5 114 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
6 64 (5.72%) Banking
7 56 (5.01%) Telecoms
8 43 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (3.40%) Manufacturing
10 37 (3.31%) Marketing
11 30 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (2.50%) Law
12 28 (2.50%) Police
13 21 (1.88%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.61%) Local Government
15 17 (1.52%) Retail
16 16 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.07%) Electronics
18 9 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
19 8 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 161 (14.40%) Architect
2 119 (10.64%) Analyst
3 102 (9.12%) Developer
4 78 (6.98%) Lead
5 70 (6.26%) Project Manager
6 64 (5.72%) Consultant
7 59 (5.28%) Senior
8 51 (4.56%) Solutions Architect
9 42 (3.76%) Data Architect
10 41 (3.67%) Business Analyst
11 30 (2.68%) Administrator
12 27 (2.42%) Network Engineer
13 24 (2.15%) Support Engineer
14 21 (1.88%) Data Manager
14 21 (1.88%) IT Support
14 21 (1.88%) Java Developer
15 20 (1.79%) Enterprise Architect
16 19 (1.70%) Data Consultant
16 19 (1.70%) Technical Architect
17 18 (1.61%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (4.20%) REST
2 35 (3.13%) XML
3 31 (2.77%) JSON
4 22 (1.97%) CSS
5 21 (1.88%) Kafka
6 19 (1.70%) HTML
7 18 (1.61%) Spring
8 16 (1.43%) React
8 16 (1.43%) Spring Boot
9 14 (1.25%) Node.js
10 13 (1.16%) .NET
11 10 (0.89%) RESTful
12 8 (0.72%) AngularJS
13 7 (0.63%) SwiftUI
13 7 (0.63%) YAML
14 6 (0.54%) Apache Camel
14 6 (0.54%) Middleware
15 5 (0.45%) OAuth
15 5 (0.45%) SOAP
15 5 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 564 (50.45%) Data Protection Act
2 49 (4.38%) Management Information System
3 38 (3.40%) Freedom of Information
4 36 (3.22%) Data Centre
5 34 (3.04%) Product Ownership
6 33 (2.95%) Replication
7 25 (2.24%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.61%) Freedom of Information Act
9 15 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.25%) Blog
10 14 (1.25%) Reference Data
11 12 (1.07%) Cloud Native
11 12 (1.07%) Clustering
11 12 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.07%) Wiki
12 11 (0.98%) Security Posture
13 9 (0.81%) Client/Server
13 9 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.81%) Mobile App
13 9 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 99 (8.86%) Windows
2 92 (8.23%) Linux
3 30 (2.68%) Unix
4 24 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.25%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.63%) Solaris
8 5 (0.45%) AIX
9 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.27%) Android
10 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.27%) VMS
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.089%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.089%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.089%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (14.49%) Agile
2 111 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
3 98 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
4 97 (8.68%) Project Management
5 88 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 86 (7.69%) Analytics
7 84 (7.51%) Decision-Making
7 84 (7.51%) Value Proposition
8 83 (7.42%) Information Security
9 79 (7.07%) Migration
10 76 (6.80%) DevOps
11 73 (6.53%) Data Governance
12 72 (6.44%) Data Modelling
13 70 (6.26%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (5.81%) CI/CD
15 63 (5.64%) Change Management
16 59 (5.28%) Microservices
17 58 (5.19%) Data Management
18 51 (4.56%) Roadmaps
19 50 (4.47%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (9.66%) SQL
2 107 (9.57%) Python
3 71 (6.35%) Java
4 48 (4.29%) PowerShell
5 39 (3.49%) JavaScript
6 29 (2.59%) C#
7 24 (2.15%) Bash
7 24 (2.15%) Perl
8 15 (1.34%) C++
8 15 (1.34%) PL/SQL
9 11 (0.98%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.89%) PHP
10 10 (0.89%) Scala
10 10 (0.89%) Swift
11 7 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.45%) Ruby
12 5 (0.45%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.36%) X++
14 3 (0.27%) F#
14 3 (0.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 144 (12.88%) Security Cleared
2 127 (11.36%) Degree
3 84 (7.51%) SC Cleared
4 43 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 31 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 30 (2.68%) CISSP
7 26 (2.33%) CISM
8 24 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.07%) IIBA
10 10 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 10 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (0.63%) ISEB
12 6 (0.54%) CISA
12 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.54%) SAP Certification
13 5 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.36%) CRISC
14 4 (0.36%) CTC Cleared
14 4 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (13.60%) GDPR
2 64 (5.72%) Data Quality
3 55 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (4.56%) QA
5 46 (4.11%) NIST
6 31 (2.77%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.07%) Good Clinical Practice
7 12 (1.07%) GxP
8 11 (0.98%) GRC
8 11 (0.98%) NCSC
8 11 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.98%) SLA
9 10 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.63%) COBIT
11 7 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
11 7 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (0.45%) PMO
14 4 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 72 (6.44%) Active Directory
2 52 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (3.04%) Docker
4 12 (1.07%) vSphere
5 10 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.45%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.36%) Snort
10 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.27%) NFS
10 3 (0.27%) SRDF
11 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.089%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.089%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.089%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 47 (4.20%) Terraform
2 43 (3.85%) Ansible
3 37 (3.31%) Kubernetes
4 33 (2.95%) NetBackup
5 24 (2.15%) SCCM
6 18 (1.61%) vCenter Server
7 14 (1.25%) Grafana
7 14 (1.25%) Puppet
8 10 (0.89%) Nagios
8 10 (0.89%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
10 7 (0.63%) Kibana
10 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.54%) VxRail
12 5 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.27%) Avamar
13 3 (0.27%) CASB
13 3 (0.27%) EMC TimeFinder
14 2 (0.18%) Graylog
14 2 (0.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 145 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 70 (6.26%) VMware
3 54 (4.83%) SAP
4 52 (4.65%) Cisco
5 43 (3.85%) Oracle
6 34 (3.04%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.06%) Google
8 21 (1.88%) Veritas
9 17 (1.52%) Dell
10 14 (1.25%) Sparx
10 14 (1.25%) Splunk
11 11 (0.98%) OneTrust
11 11 (0.98%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.89%) IBM
13 9 (0.81%) Apple
13 9 (0.81%) Databricks
13 9 (0.81%) Informatica
13 9 (0.81%) NetApp
13 9 (0.81%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.72%) Hitachi