General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 221 291 238
Rank change year-on-year +70 -53 +69
Contract jobs citing GDPR 490 732 1,089
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 0.95% 1.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.57% 7.46% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 459 667
10th Percentile £328 £383 £325
25th Percentile £413 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -1.87% +8.08%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £701 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 8
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.63 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.43 £20.97 £15.33
Median hourly rate £17.46 £43.75 £25.16
Median % change year-on-year -60.09% +73.89% -18.44%
75th Percentile £19.74 £53.75 £51.92
90th Percentile £20.25 £63.43 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.46 £19.00 £29.74
% change year-on-year -8.11% -36.10% +1.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,477 9,814 11,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.56% 12.77% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,323 6,694 7,742
10th Percentile £313 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £643 £639 £600
90th Percentile £750 £738 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 197 302
10th Percentile £14.38 £12.67 £11.17
25th Percentile £19.74 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.50 £20.06
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% +12.19% -14.40%
75th Percentile £64.50 £53.75 £45.38
90th Percentile £81.87 £67.85 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.50 £21.00 £18.33
% change year-on-year +69.05% +14.57% -13.84%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the UK

GDPR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GDPR in the UK

GDPR
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in the UK

GDPR
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in the UK

GDPR
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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 +61 434 £538 +2.38% 642
Work from Home +92 271 £525 - 218
UK excluding London +66 260 £500 -1.96% 484
London +33 172 £613 +11.36% 198
South East +31 111 £475 -6.86% 146
North of England +50 64 £525 +5.00% 110
North West +47 42 £600 +29.44% 56
South West +49 29 £550 - 66
Midlands +56 26 £500 -16.67% 82
West Midlands +58 22 £500 -16.67% 47
Scotland +26 19 £500 -6.98% 37
Yorkshire +23 17 £438 -12.50% 47
East of England +22 15 £490 -24.62% 51
North East +30 6 £400 -20.00% 10
East Midlands +19 4 £538 +21.47% 35
Wales +4 2 £288 -53.06% 11

GDPR
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 16 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.86%) Confluence
3 4 (0.82%) Apache
3 4 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.61%) CMS
4 3 (0.61%) Hyperledger
5 2 (0.41%) MS Exchange
5 2 (0.41%) SAS
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.20%) Appian
6 1 (0.20%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.20%) Luigi
Applications
1 17 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.82%) iTrent
3 3 (0.61%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.41%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.20%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
5 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 110 (22.45%) SaaS
2 104 (21.22%) IaaS
3 102 (20.82%) PaaS
4 57 (11.63%) Azure
5 43 (8.78%) AWS
6 23 (4.69%) GCP
7 17 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (3.27%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.24%) Snowflake
10 10 (2.04%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.63%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.63%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.43%) Collibra
12 7 (1.43%) Rubrik
13 6 (1.22%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.02%) AWS CloudTrail
14 5 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 86 (17.55%) 5G
1 86 (17.55%) Broadband
2 38 (7.76%) Firewall
3 19 (3.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 18 (3.67%) Network Security
5 10 (2.04%) DNS
5 10 (2.04%) Kerberos
5 10 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.04%) VLAN
6 9 (1.84%) DHCP
6 9 (1.84%) SSL
6 9 (1.84%) Wireless
7 7 (1.43%) 802.11
7 7 (1.43%) BGP
7 7 (1.43%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.43%) LAN
7 7 (1.43%) MPLS
7 7 (1.43%) NAS
7 7 (1.43%) SAN
7 7 (1.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.35%) Metadata
2 15 (3.06%) Big Data
3 13 (2.65%) Power BI
4 10 (2.04%) NoSQL
4 10 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.84%) Tableau
6 7 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.43%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.22%) Sybase ASE
8 5 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.02%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.82%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.61%) DTS
10 3 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.61%) PowerCenter
10 3 (0.61%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (4.08%) ERwin
2 19 (3.88%) JIRA
3 13 (2.65%) Git
4 10 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.04%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.41%) Subversion
7 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.20%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.20%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.20%) webpack
General
1 119 (24.29%) Law
2 97 (19.80%) Organisational Skills
2 97 (19.80%) Social Skills
3 89 (18.16%) Finance
4 87 (17.76%) Public Sector
5 67 (13.67%) Legal
6 56 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (7.76%) Telecoms
8 35 (7.14%) Marketing
9 32 (6.53%) Manufacturing
10 29 (5.92%) Retail
11 25 (5.10%) Electronics
12 11 (2.24%) Police
13 9 (1.84%) Banking
13 9 (1.84%) Local Government
13 9 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.43%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.82%) Billing
16 4 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (17.76%) Security Specialist
2 86 (17.55%) Penetration Tester
2 86 (17.55%) Security Penetration Tester
2 86 (17.55%) Security Tester
2 86 (17.55%) Tester
2 86 (17.55%) Testing Specialist
3 83 (16.94%) Architect
4 67 (13.67%) Analyst
5 43 (8.78%) Data Architect
6 42 (8.57%) Lead
7 33 (6.73%) Security Architect
8 31 (6.33%) Consultant
9 30 (6.12%) Senior
10 19 (3.88%) Business Analyst
11 18 (3.67%) Data Manager
11 18 (3.67%) Security Analyst
12 17 (3.47%) Security Manager
13 16 (3.27%) Data Consultant
13 16 (3.27%) Enterprise Architect
14 14 (2.86%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (17.76%) Web Services
2 13 (2.65%) LDAP
3 8 (1.63%) HTML
4 7 (1.43%) 802.1X
4 7 (1.43%) JSON
4 7 (1.43%) REST
5 6 (1.22%) CSS
5 6 (1.22%) JSON Schema
6 5 (1.02%) GraphQL
6 5 (1.02%) Kafka
7 4 (0.82%) SOAP
8 3 (0.61%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.61%) jQuery
8 3 (0.61%) Node.js
8 3 (0.61%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.61%) SPFx
9 2 (0.41%) .NET
9 2 (0.41%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.41%) Django
9 2 (0.41%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 87 (17.76%) Mobile App
2 48 (9.80%) Data Protection Act
3 37 (7.55%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.08%) Wiki
5 13 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (2.65%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.45%) Clustering
7 10 (2.04%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.04%) Replication
7 10 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.63%) Freedom of Information
9 7 (1.43%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (1.22%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.02%) Freedom of Information Act
11 5 (1.02%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.02%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.02%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.82%) Blockchain
12 4 (0.82%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.69%) Linux
1 23 (4.69%) Windows
2 14 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 14 (2.86%) Solaris
3 11 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.04%) Unix
5 9 (1.84%) Oracle Linux
6 4 (0.82%) AIX
7 3 (0.61%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (34.08%) Cybersecurity
2 124 (25.31%) Data Protection
3 122 (24.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 97 (19.80%) Penetration Testing
5 93 (18.98%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 93 (18.98%) OWASP
6 91 (18.57%) Security Testing
7 88 (17.96%) Application Security
8 69 (14.08%) Agile
9 67 (13.67%) Information Security
10 62 (12.65%) Data Management
11 61 (12.45%) Data Governance
11 61 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
12 57 (11.63%) Data Modelling
13 55 (11.22%) Data Security
14 50 (10.20%) Risk Management
15 48 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 46 (9.39%) Business Intelligence
17 43 (8.78%) Data Privacy
17 43 (8.78%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 40 (8.16%) Python
2 33 (6.73%) SQL
3 23 (4.69%) PowerShell
4 16 (3.27%) Bash
5 14 (2.86%) Java
6 10 (2.04%) C#
7 6 (1.22%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.22%) R
8 5 (1.02%) C++
8 5 (1.02%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.82%) C
10 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.61%) PHP
11 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.20%) Fortran
12 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.20%) Perl
12 1 (0.20%) Ruby
12 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 144 (29.39%) Security Cleared
2 96 (19.59%) GIAC
3 94 (19.18%) OSCP
4 89 (18.16%) SANS
5 87 (17.76%) CREST Certified
6 86 (17.55%) GPEN
7 61 (12.45%) Degree
8 38 (7.76%) SC Cleared
9 35 (7.14%) CISSP
10 30 (6.12%) CISM
11 20 (4.08%) CISA
12 16 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (2.04%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.84%) CEH
15 8 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (1.63%) CCSP
15 8 (1.63%) CRISC
16 7 (1.43%) AWS Certification
16 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (27.14%) PCI DSS
2 94 (19.18%) NCSC
3 77 (15.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 54 (11.02%) Data Quality
5 53 (10.82%) NIST
6 28 (5.71%) HIPAA
7 25 (5.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 22 (4.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 16 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 14 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (2.86%) QA
11 12 (2.45%) PMO
12 10 (2.04%) GRC
13 9 (1.84%) SLA
14 8 (1.63%) Accessibility
15 7 (1.43%) COBIT
15 7 (1.43%) FIPS 140-2
16 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.82%) SOC 2
17 3 (0.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.88%) Docker
3 17 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.41%) Snort
6 1 (0.20%) Ceph
6 1 (0.20%) NFS
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.20%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (5.51%) Terraform
2 21 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.47%) Ansible
4 10 (2.04%) Netcool
4 10 (2.04%) Tivoli
5 8 (1.63%) EMC NetWorker
5 8 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 6 (1.22%) CA Service Virtualization
7 4 (0.82%) OpenVAS
7 4 (0.82%) Puppet
8 3 (0.61%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.20%) EnCase
10 1 (0.20%) Grafana
10 1 (0.20%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.20%) Kibana
10 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.20%) QRadar
10 1 (0.20%) Suricata
Vendors
1 86 (17.55%) Virgin Media
2 64 (13.06%) Microsoft
3 36 (7.35%) SAP
4 23 (4.69%) Oracle
5 19 (3.88%) Sparx
6 18 (3.67%) Splunk
6 18 (3.67%) VMware
7 17 (3.47%) IBM
8 15 (3.06%) CyberArk
9 11 (2.24%) Cisco
9 11 (2.24%) Okta
9 11 (2.24%) Qualys
10 10 (2.04%) Google
10 10 (2.04%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.84%) Dell
11 9 (1.84%) OneTrust
11 9 (1.84%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.84%) Serena
12 8 (1.63%) EMC
12 8 (1.63%) Isilon