Data Privacy Contracts

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 482 593
Rank change year-on-year +68 +111 -27
Contract jobs citing Data Privacy 166 203 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.36% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.40% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 127 154
10th Percentile £288 £410 £400
25th Percentile £400 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £725
90th Percentile £763 £835 £784
UK excluding London median daily rate £554 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -7.67% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £21.34 £18.88 £23.03
25th Percentile £22.37 £19.15 £30.73
Median hourly rate £23.00 £19.95 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% -47.84% +91.25%
75th Percentile £61.08 £20.90 £56.13
90th Percentile £76.50 £21.26 £82.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £19.95 £18.90
% change year-on-year +15.29% +5.56% -45.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Privacy 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 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Privacy over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Privacy within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +66 144 £552 -4.00% 213
UK excluding London +66 77 £554 -7.67% 119
Work from Home +87 70 £504 -22.54% 105
London +50 66 £544 -1.14% 107
North of England +42 33 £675 +17.39% 24
South East +24 23 £270 -32.50% 32
Yorkshire +26 16 £570 -0.87% 11
North West +23 16 £688 +25.00% 12
Midlands +29 10 £475 -26.92% 26
West Midlands +15 6 £356 -45.19% 16
South West -2 6 £481 -39.56% 10
Scotland +43 5 £366 -18.61% 16
East Midlands - 4 £1,200 - 10
East of England +6 2 - - 9
North East - 1 - - 1

Data Privacy
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 11 (6.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.01%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.81%) Apache
4 2 (1.20%) Confluence
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.20%) SAS
5 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.02%) Chatbot
2 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.81%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.81%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.81%) SAP MDG
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.20%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 28 (16.87%) Azure
2 27 (16.27%) AWS
3 19 (11.45%) GCP
4 12 (7.23%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (7.23%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.82%) Twilio
6 6 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.61%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.41%) Collibra
7 4 (2.41%) GitHub
7 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.81%) Boomi
8 3 (1.81%) SaaS
9 2 (1.20%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (1.20%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.82%) CTI
1 8 (4.82%) VoIP
2 3 (1.81%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (1.81%) Firewall
3 2 (1.20%) Network Security
3 2 (1.20%) WAN
4 1 (0.60%) Internet
4 1 (0.60%) Intranet
4 1 (0.60%) LAN
4 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.43%) Metadata
2 12 (7.23%) Power BI
3 10 (6.02%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.82%) Data Lake
5 7 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (3.61%) Big Data
7 5 (3.01%) Data Mining
7 5 (3.01%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.41%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (2.41%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.81%) Apache Hive
9 3 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.81%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.20%) DB2
10 2 (1.20%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.20%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (3.01%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.20%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) Liquibase
General
1 51 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 47 (28.31%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (22.89%) Finance
4 26 (15.66%) Legal
5 13 (7.83%) Telecoms
6 10 (6.02%) Marketing
6 10 (6.02%) Retail
7 9 (5.42%) Banking
8 8 (4.82%) Law
8 8 (4.82%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.22%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (2.41%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.81%) Publishing
14 2 (1.20%) Agriculture
14 2 (1.20%) Automotive
14 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.60%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 37 (22.29%) Architect
2 27 (16.27%) Solutions Architect
3 18 (10.84%) Consultant
4 14 (8.43%) Analyst
4 14 (8.43%) Lead
5 10 (6.02%) Data Manager
6 9 (5.42%) Data Consultant
7 7 (4.22%) Data Analyst
7 7 (4.22%) Data Architect
7 7 (4.22%) Senior
8 6 (3.61%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.01%) Analytics Manager
9 5 (3.01%) Data Protection Consultant
9 5 (3.01%) Data Scientist
9 5 (3.01%) Telephony Architect
10 4 (2.41%) Data Governance Manager
10 4 (2.41%) Data Protection Manager
10 4 (2.41%) Data Protection Officer
10 4 (2.41%) Governance Manager
10 4 (2.41%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.82%) Middleware
1 8 (4.82%) Web Services
2 6 (3.61%) RESTful
3 5 (3.01%) GraphQL
3 5 (3.01%) gRPC
3 5 (3.01%) JWT
3 5 (3.01%) OAuth
3 5 (3.01%) OpenAPI
3 5 (3.01%) Swagger
4 4 (2.41%) SOAP
5 3 (1.81%) Kafka
5 3 (1.81%) RAML
5 3 (1.81%) REST
6 2 (1.20%) Apache Avro
6 2 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (1.20%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.20%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.20%) XML
7 1 (0.60%) CSS
7 1 (0.60%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.24%) Management Information System
2 15 (9.04%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (4.82%) IVR
4 7 (4.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.81%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.20%) Life Science
6 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.20%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.60%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.60%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.60%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.81%) Windows
2 2 (1.20%) Linux
2 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.60%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.49%) Data Protection
2 36 (21.69%) Data Governance
3 32 (19.28%) Computer Science
4 31 (18.67%) Analytics
5 30 (18.07%) Data Management
6 29 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (16.87%) Data Modelling
8 26 (15.66%) Data Security
9 25 (15.06%) Impact Assessments
9 25 (15.06%) Project Management
9 25 (15.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (13.25%) Information Security
11 19 (11.45%) Agile
11 19 (11.45%) Risk Management
12 18 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (10.84%) Decision-Making
12 18 (10.84%) Migration
13 15 (9.04%) Data Analysis
13 15 (9.04%) Roadmaps
14 14 (8.43%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.43%) Python
2 12 (7.23%) SQL
3 10 (6.02%) Java
4 5 (3.01%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.41%) R
6 3 (1.81%) C#
6 3 (1.81%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.81%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.20%) U-SQL
8 1 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 44 (26.51%) Degree
2 22 (13.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 22 (13.25%) Master's Degree
3 12 (7.23%) CISSP
4 9 (5.42%) Azure Certification
4 9 (5.42%) CISM
5 8 (4.82%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.22%) ISEB
7 6 (3.61%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.41%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.41%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.81%) CRISC
10 2 (1.20%) CCNA
10 2 (1.20%) CCNP
10 2 (1.20%) CIPD
10 2 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (42.77%) GDPR
2 18 (10.84%) Data Quality
2 18 (10.84%) HIPAA
3 16 (9.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 13 (7.83%) PCI DSS
5 10 (6.02%) NIST
6 8 (4.82%) Accessibility
6 8 (4.82%) SOC 2
7 5 (3.01%) NIST 800
8 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (1.20%) COBIT
9 2 (1.20%) GRC
9 2 (1.20%) NCSC
9 2 (1.20%) QA
9 2 (1.20%) SLA
10 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.01%) Docker
2 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.60%) vCloud
3 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.01%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.20%) Ambari
2 2 (1.20%) Ansible
2 2 (1.20%) Oozie
3 1 (0.60%) Avamar
3 1 (0.60%) CASB
3 1 (0.60%) SCCM
3 1 (0.60%) SCOrch
3 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.04%) Google
3 11 (6.63%) OneTrust
4 10 (6.02%) Cisco
4 10 (6.02%) Oracle
4 10 (6.02%) SAP
5 8 (4.82%) Avaya
5 8 (4.82%) Genesys
5 8 (4.82%) ServiceNow
6 7 (4.22%) Workday
7 5 (3.01%) Databricks
8 4 (2.41%) Pega
8 4 (2.41%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.20%) Ab Initio
9 2 (1.20%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.20%) IBM
9 2 (1.20%) Mitel
9 2 (1.20%) Remedy
9 2 (1.20%) Teradata
9 2 (1.20%) VMware