Data Protection Contracts in London

Data Protection
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 114 118
Rank change year-on-year +17 +4 +108
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 439 587 930
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.48% 2.33% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 2.57% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 391 646
10th Percentile £253 £373 £378
25th Percentile £413 £463 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £663 £739 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 7
10th Percentile £11.95 £53.00 £16.95
25th Percentile £12.69 £55.63 £29.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +56.25% +81.82%
75th Percentile £51.25 £70.63 £47.94
90th Percentile £68.13 £74.00 £59.06
England median hourly rate £19.50 £38.02 £35.00
% change year-on-year -48.70% +8.61% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Central London +37 29 £623 +8.26% 16
East London +6 11 £629 +56.54% 5
West London +17 7 £288 -46.51% 4
South London +9 5 £488 -26.42% 10
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.59%) Confluence
4 5 (1.14%) Apache
5 4 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.91%) govService
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.46%) Gunicorn
7 2 (0.46%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.23%) Mule
8 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.46%) Mingle
3 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Endur
1 3 (0.68%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) iTrent
3 1 (0.23%) Relativity
3 1 (0.23%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.23%) SAP MDM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Shopify
3 1 (0.23%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 53 (12.07%) AWS
2 44 (10.02%) Azure
3 25 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (3.87%) GCP
5 14 (3.19%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.73%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.73%) SaaS
7 11 (2.51%) OneDrive
8 10 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (2.28%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.05%) Serverless
10 7 (1.59%) WhatsApp
11 6 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.14%) GitHub
12 5 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (0.91%) Azure Stack
13 4 (0.91%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.68%) Alation
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.73%) DNS
2 10 (2.28%) Firewall
3 9 (2.05%) DHCP
4 8 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.59%) 5G
5 7 (1.59%) HTTP
5 7 (1.59%) Network Security
6 6 (1.37%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.37%) VPN
7 4 (0.91%) BGP
7 4 (0.91%) Wireless
8 3 (0.68%) LAN
8 3 (0.68%) SAN
8 3 (0.68%) WAN
9 2 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.46%) Internet
9 2 (0.46%) Intranet
9 2 (0.46%) OSPF
9 2 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (4.10%) Big Data
3 11 (2.51%) Power BI
4 9 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.82%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.59%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.59%) Metadata
6 7 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.14%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
8 4 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.91%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.91%) KDB
8 4 (0.91%) Star Schema
9 3 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.68%) MySQL
10 2 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 25 (5.69%) Git
2 16 (3.64%) JIRA
3 13 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.82%) ERwin
5 6 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (1.14%) XCTest
7 4 (0.91%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.68%) JUnit
8 3 (0.68%) Selenium
8 3 (0.68%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.46%) FitNesse
9 2 (0.46%) GitLab
9 2 (0.46%) JMeter
9 2 (0.46%) Postman
10 1 (0.23%) Babel
10 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.23%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.23%) webpack
General
1 93 (21.18%) Social Skills
2 74 (16.86%) Finance
3 45 (10.25%) Public Sector
4 36 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (7.74%) Banking
6 33 (7.52%) Legal
7 14 (3.19%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.96%) Marketing
9 10 (2.28%) Retail
10 9 (2.05%) Games
10 9 (2.05%) Local Government
11 8 (1.82%) Billing
12 6 (1.37%) Back Office
12 6 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.37%) Law
12 6 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.14%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.14%) Police
13 5 (1.14%) Publishing
14 4 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (15.49%) Architect
2 58 (13.21%) Developer
3 45 (10.25%) Lead
4 42 (9.57%) Analyst
5 38 (8.66%) Senior
6 29 (6.61%) Project Manager
7 25 (5.69%) Consultant
8 15 (3.42%) QA Engineer
9 13 (2.96%) Data Architect
9 13 (2.96%) QA Leader
10 12 (2.73%) Senior Manager
10 12 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.73%) Technical Architect
11 11 (2.51%) Business Analyst
11 11 (2.51%) Java Developer
11 11 (2.51%) Python Developer
12 9 (2.05%) Network Engineer
12 9 (2.05%) Security Architect
12 9 (2.05%) Security Engineer
12 9 (2.05%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.73%) REST
2 11 (2.51%) Kafka
3 10 (2.28%) JSON
3 10 (2.28%) XML
4 8 (1.82%) React
5 7 (1.59%) Flask
5 7 (1.59%) SwiftUI
6 6 (1.37%) Spring
7 5 (1.14%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.14%) Middleware
7 5 (1.14%) Node.js
7 5 (1.14%) RESTful
8 4 (0.91%) CSS
8 4 (0.91%) FastAPI
9 3 (0.68%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.68%) HTML
9 3 (0.68%) PySpark
9 3 (0.68%) SOAP
9 3 (0.68%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 279 (63.55%) Data Protection Act
2 32 (7.29%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.01%) Freedom of Information
4 15 (3.42%) Freedom of Information Act
5 11 (2.51%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.05%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.05%) FPGA
6 9 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.82%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.82%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.59%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.59%) Derivative
8 7 (1.59%) NHS
9 6 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.37%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.37%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.14%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.91%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 33 (7.52%) Windows
2 25 (5.69%) Linux
3 15 (3.42%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.05%) Android
5 5 (1.14%) Unix
5 5 (1.14%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.23%) VMS
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.00%) Agile
2 46 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (10.02%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (8.88%) Project Management
5 37 (8.43%) Information Security
6 36 (8.20%) Analytics
7 30 (6.83%) Migration
7 30 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (6.61%) CI/CD
8 29 (6.61%) Data Modelling
8 29 (6.61%) Risk Management
8 29 (6.61%) Roadmaps
9 28 (6.38%) Decision-Making
9 28 (6.38%) Test Automation
10 26 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (5.92%) Value Proposition
11 24 (5.47%) Change Management
11 24 (5.47%) Microservices
12 23 (5.24%) Scrum
13 22 (5.01%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 70 (15.95%) Python
2 42 (9.57%) Java
3 38 (8.66%) SQL
4 19 (4.33%) PowerShell
5 15 (3.42%) C++
6 13 (2.96%) JavaScript
7 12 (2.73%) Scala
8 10 (2.28%) Bash
8 10 (2.28%) Swift
9 9 (2.05%) Perl
9 9 (2.05%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.14%) C#
10 5 (1.14%) PHP
11 4 (0.91%) C
12 2 (0.46%) Bicep
13 1 (0.23%) Korn
13 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.23%) Solidity
13 1 (0.23%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (9.34%) Degree
2 23 (5.24%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.42%) CISSP
5 10 (2.28%) CISM
6 9 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.14%) CCNP
8 5 (1.14%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.91%) CISA
9 4 (0.91%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (0.91%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.68%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.68%) CCSK
11 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.46%) CRISC
11 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.66%) QA
2 37 (8.43%) GDPR
3 35 (7.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (5.69%) Data Quality
5 24 (5.47%) NIST
6 12 (2.73%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.59%) GRC
8 6 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (1.37%) SLA
9 4 (0.91%) PMO
10 3 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.68%) NCSC
10 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.46%) HL7
11 2 (0.46%) ISAE 3402
11 2 (0.46%) MiFID
12 1 (0.23%) GLBA
12 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (5.24%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.73%) Docker
3 11 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.23%) NFS
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (4.78%) Terraform
2 16 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.28%) SCCM
4 8 (1.82%) Ansible
5 4 (0.91%) Grafana
5 4 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.68%) Nessus
7 2 (0.46%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.46%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.46%) VxRail
8 1 (0.23%) Ambari
8 1 (0.23%) CASB
8 1 (0.23%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.23%) Oozie
8 1 (0.23%) Podman
8 1 (0.23%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.23%) systemd
Vendors
1 55 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.10%) Cisco
3 16 (3.64%) Google
4 12 (2.73%) VMware
5 11 (2.51%) Oracle
6 10 (2.28%) SAP
7 8 (1.82%) Apple
7 8 (1.82%) Cadence
7 8 (1.82%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.82%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.82%) Splunk
8 6 (1.37%) Okta
8 6 (1.37%) Sparx
9 5 (1.14%) ION Trading
10 3 (0.68%) CA
10 3 (0.68%) Dell
10 3 (0.68%) Nokia
10 3 (0.68%) OneTrust
10 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.46%) Citrix