Data Protection Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 58 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 -21 +88
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 94 94 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.56% 3.31% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 3.61% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 65 119
10th Percentile £180 £283 £306
25th Percentile £268 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -10.38% +32.50%
75th Percentile £500 £606 £625
90th Percentile £538 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £530
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.66% +17.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 3
10th Percentile - - £59.32
25th Percentile £19.25 - £62.60
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £68.17
75th Percentile £43.75 - £74.32
90th Percentile £61.50 - £77.97
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £52.50 £57.25
% change year-on-year -47.62% -8.30% -0.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,300 2,605 3,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.02% 91.66% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,293 1,807 2,067
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.76% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 82
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.69% -17.05%
75th Percentile £63.72 £66.21 £24.69
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.49
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -17.31%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Berkshire +2 66 £450 -5.26% 12
Buckinghamshire +10 16 £525 +5.00% 8
Oxfordshire +11 12 £180 -58.86% 6
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.96%) Azure
2 8 (8.51%) AWS
3 7 (7.45%) PaaS
4 5 (5.32%) SaaS
4 5 (5.32%) Smartsheet
5 4 (4.26%) Azure API Management
5 4 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (4.26%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (4.26%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.26%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.19%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.19%) IaaS
6 3 (3.19%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.13%) Azure AKS
7 2 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (2.13%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.13%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.38%) Firewall
2 5 (5.32%) MPLS
2 5 (5.32%) Network Security
2 5 (5.32%) VPN
3 3 (3.19%) Internet
3 3 (3.19%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.19%) WAN
4 2 (2.13%) BGP
4 2 (2.13%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (2.13%) GGSN
4 2 (2.13%) Intranet
4 2 (2.13%) PBX
4 2 (2.13%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.13%) VoIP
5 1 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.06%) DMZ
5 1 (1.06%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.13%) Metadata
3 2 (2.13%) MySQL
3 2 (2.13%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.13%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.06%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.06%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.06%) Power BI
4 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Git
1 4 (4.26%) JIRA
1 4 (4.26%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.06%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.06%) Selenium
General
1 25 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.21%) Legal
3 18 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (19.15%) Marketing
4 9 (9.57%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.38%) Law
5 6 (6.38%) Police
6 5 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.19%) Finance
8 3 (3.19%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.13%) Automotive
10 1 (1.06%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.06%) Banking
10 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.06%) French Language
10 1 (1.06%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.06%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (10.64%) Architect
2 9 (9.57%) Business Development Manager
2 9 (9.57%) Business Manager
2 9 (9.57%) Development Manager
3 7 (7.45%) Developer
3 7 (7.45%) Project Manager
4 6 (6.38%) Administrator
4 6 (6.38%) Business Process Trainer
4 6 (6.38%) IT Trainer
4 6 (6.38%) Lead
4 6 (6.38%) Network Engineer
4 6 (6.38%) Trainer
5 5 (5.32%) HR Manager
5 5 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.26%) Analyst
6 4 (4.26%) C# Developer
6 4 (4.26%) Data Administrator
6 4 (4.26%) Network Architect
7 3 (3.19%) Consultant
7 3 (3.19%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.26%) .NET
2 3 (3.19%) CSS
2 3 (3.19%) Web Services
3 2 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (2.13%) HTML
3 2 (2.13%) jQuery
3 2 (2.13%) SPFx
4 1 (1.06%) Anaconda
4 1 (1.06%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.06%) JSON
4 1 (1.06%) OAuth
4 1 (1.06%) OpenID
4 1 (1.06%) REST
4 1 (1.06%) RESTful
4 1 (1.06%) SOAP
4 1 (1.06%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (61.70%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (5.32%) Life Science
2 5 (5.32%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.13%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.13%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.13%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.13%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.45%) Linux
2 6 (6.38%) Windows
3 4 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (14.89%) Data Privacy
3 13 (13.83%) Project Management
4 12 (12.77%) Information Security
5 11 (11.70%) Digital Marketing
6 9 (9.57%) Business Development
6 9 (9.57%) DevOps
6 9 (9.57%) Value Proposition
7 8 (8.51%) B2C
7 8 (8.51%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (8.51%) Decision-Making
8 7 (7.45%) Agile
8 7 (7.45%) Analytics
8 7 (7.45%) Data Management
8 7 (7.45%) Impact Assessments
8 7 (7.45%) Migration
9 6 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (6.38%) Data Mapping
9 6 (6.38%) Data Sharing
9 6 (6.38%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.83%) C#
2 9 (9.57%) SQL
3 8 (8.51%) Python
4 6 (6.38%) Java
5 4 (4.26%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.19%) F#
6 3 (3.19%) PHP
6 3 (3.19%) Ruby
7 2 (2.13%) C++
7 2 (2.13%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.06%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (19.15%) Degree
2 12 (12.77%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.38%) ISEB
5 3 (3.19%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.19%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.06%) CCIE
7 1 (1.06%) CCNP
7 1 (1.06%) CEH
7 1 (1.06%) CISM
7 1 (1.06%) CISSP
7 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (30.85%) GDPR
2 5 (5.32%) QA
3 1 (1.06%) PMO
3 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.19%) Docker
3 3 (3.19%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (3.19%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.19%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.13%) Ansible
2 2 (2.13%) Grafana
2 2 (2.13%) Graylog
2 2 (2.13%) Nagios
2 2 (2.13%) Prometheus
2 2 (2.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.06%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.64%) Cisco
3 6 (6.38%) OneTrust
4 5 (5.32%) VMware
5 2 (2.13%) F5
5 2 (2.13%) Juniper
5 2 (2.13%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.13%) Splunk
6 1 (1.06%) Dell
6 1 (1.06%) ScienceLogic