Data Protection Act Contracts

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 150 178
Rank change year-on-year -29 +28 +455
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 567 1,067 1,420
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 1.80% 1.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.33% 5.42% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 655 1,107
10th Percentile £225 £300 £314
25th Percentile £353 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £609 £663 £625
90th Percentile £738 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 20
10th Percentile £11.95 £20.32 £16.32
25th Percentile £21.50 £21.47 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £38.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +93.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £35.00 £53.75 £66.53
90th Percentile £62.50 £56.00 £77.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £23.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year +15.79% +18.75% -20.34%

All Generic Skills
UK

Data Protection Act is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,085 19,696 29,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.30% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,418 13,533 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £678 £656
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 725
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +28.41% +9.64% -16.40%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
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 Act within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England -33 470 £500 -4.76% 117
London +15 285 £531 -9.57% 17
UK excluding London -64 275 £450 -5.26% 103
Work from Home -21 124 £451 -9.75% 41
Scotland -9 85 £450 -10.00% 2
South East +14 77 £425 -22.73% 18
North of England -85 47 £500 +17.65% 24
North West -70 34 £513 +20.59% 9
Midlands -28 21 £428 +0.59% 26
South West +12 18 £180 -74.60% 16
West Midlands -18 17 £425 -1.16% 8
East of England +8 16 £413 -27.47% 15
North East +20 7 - - 3
Wales +1 7 £525 +6.33% 5
Yorkshire -19 6 £475 - 12
Northern Ireland +9 4 £513 +28.13%
East Midlands +5 4 £569 +75.00% 18

Data Protection Act
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 13 (2.29%) Confluence
2 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.06%) SAS
5 3 (0.53%) Apache
5 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.35%) Mingle
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Endur
2 3 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.35%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.35%) Shopify
4 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 68 (11.99%) Azure
2 64 (11.29%) AWS
3 18 (3.17%) GCP
4 17 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
5 15 (2.65%) Amazon S3
6 13 (2.29%) Power Platform
7 11 (1.94%) GitHub
8 10 (1.76%) SaaS
9 9 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.41%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.06%) PaaS
12 6 (1.06%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (0.88%) Azure AKS
13 5 (0.88%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.53%) DNS
2 15 (2.65%) WAN
3 14 (2.47%) VoIP
4 13 (2.29%) DHCP
4 13 (2.29%) Firewall
4 13 (2.29%) PBX
4 13 (2.29%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.12%) HTTP
6 9 (1.59%) VPN
7 8 (1.41%) 5G
7 8 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.23%) LAN
8 7 (1.23%) Network Security
8 7 (1.23%) SAN
9 6 (1.06%) Wireless
10 5 (0.88%) BGP
10 5 (0.88%) MPLS
11 4 (0.71%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (0.71%) Internet
11 4 (0.71%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (2.82%) Relational Database
3 14 (2.47%) Big Data
3 14 (2.47%) Metadata
4 13 (2.29%) Power BI
4 13 (2.29%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.23%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.06%) MySQL
6 6 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.06%) Star Schema
7 4 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.53%) KDB
8 3 (0.53%) Parquet
8 3 (0.53%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (7.23%) Git
2 27 (4.76%) JIRA
3 24 (4.23%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.00%) ERwin
5 9 (1.59%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.41%) Postman
7 7 (1.23%) JUnit
8 6 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.88%) GitLab
9 5 (0.88%) XCTest
10 4 (0.71%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.53%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.53%) Maven
11 3 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.53%) Selenium
11 3 (0.53%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.35%) Capybara
12 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.35%) Gradle
General
1 91 (16.05%) Social Skills
2 85 (14.99%) Finance
3 51 (8.99%) Telecoms
4 35 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.00%) Marketing
6 32 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (5.47%) Banking
8 28 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (3.88%) Legal
10 16 (2.82%) Retail
11 12 (2.12%) Electronics
12 11 (1.94%) Law
12 11 (1.94%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.41%) Games
14 6 (1.06%) Back Office
14 6 (1.06%) Police
14 6 (1.06%) Publishing
15 5 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.71%) Billing
16 4 (0.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 83 (14.64%) Architect
2 78 (13.76%) Developer
3 52 (9.17%) Analyst
4 43 (7.58%) Project Manager
5 40 (7.05%) Lead
6 31 (5.47%) Senior
6 31 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
7 25 (4.41%) Business Analyst
8 23 (4.06%) Data Architect
9 21 (3.70%) Consultant
10 18 (3.17%) Enterprise Architect
10 18 (3.17%) Java Developer
11 17 (3.00%) Network Engineer
12 16 (2.82%) Support Engineer
13 15 (2.65%) QA Engineer
14 14 (2.47%) Junior
15 13 (2.29%) QA Leader
16 12 (2.12%) DevOps Engineer
16 12 (2.12%) Python Developer
17 11 (1.94%) Enterprise Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.53%) Kafka
2 17 (3.00%) REST
3 14 (2.47%) Spring
4 12 (2.12%) React
4 12 (2.12%) XML
5 11 (1.94%) Spring Boot
6 8 (1.41%) .NET
6 8 (1.41%) CSS
6 8 (1.41%) JSON
6 8 (1.41%) RESTful
7 7 (1.23%) SwiftUI
8 6 (1.06%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.06%) Apache Camel
8 6 (1.06%) Node.js
9 5 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.71%) Guice
10 4 (0.71%) HTML
11 3 (0.53%) GraphQL
11 3 (0.53%) J2EE
11 3 (0.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.88%) Freedom of Information
2 21 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.17%) Data Centre
3 18 (3.17%) Freedom of Information Act
3 18 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.12%) Wiki
5 10 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.41%) Algorithms
6 8 (1.41%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.41%) Derivative
6 8 (1.41%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.06%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.06%) FPGA
8 6 (1.06%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.06%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.71%) Clustering
10 4 (0.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 60 (10.58%) Linux
2 32 (5.64%) Windows
3 16 (2.82%) Unix
4 10 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.06%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.53%) Android
6 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.53%) Solaris
6 3 (0.53%) VMS
7 2 (0.35%) AIX
7 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 94 (16.58%) Agile
3 73 (12.87%) Value Proposition
4 59 (10.41%) Project Management
5 48 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (7.41%) Scrum
7 40 (7.05%) CI/CD
7 40 (7.05%) Data Modelling
8 39 (6.88%) Migration
9 36 (6.35%) DevOps
10 33 (5.82%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (5.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 32 (5.64%) Test Automation
12 30 (5.29%) Computer Science
13 28 (4.94%) Analytics
14 27 (4.76%) Data Management
15 25 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (4.41%) Microservices
15 25 (4.41%) User Acceptance Testing
16 21 (3.70%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 76 (13.40%) Python
2 62 (10.93%) SQL
3 55 (9.70%) Java
4 22 (3.88%) PowerShell
5 20 (3.53%) C#
6 18 (3.17%) Perl
7 17 (3.00%) C++
7 17 (3.00%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.82%) Bash
9 10 (1.76%) Swift
10 9 (1.59%) Scala
11 8 (1.41%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.88%) PHP
13 4 (0.71%) C
13 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.53%) F#
14 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.35%) Groovy
15 2 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 77 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 56 (9.88%) Degree
3 46 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.47%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.23%) ISEB
8 6 (1.06%) CISM
8 6 (1.06%) CISSP
9 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.53%) CCNP
10 3 (0.53%) CISA
10 3 (0.53%) CRISC
11 2 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.35%) CCIE
11 2 (0.35%) CCNA
11 2 (0.35%) CCSP
11 2 (0.35%) CEH
11 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.29%) GDPR
2 38 (6.70%) QA
3 23 (4.06%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.06%) NIST
6 5 (0.88%) SLA
7 4 (0.71%) PMO
8 3 (0.53%) GRC
8 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) COBIT
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.35%) MiFID
10 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.70%) Docker
4 6 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.88%) vSphere
6 4 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.53%) NFS
8 1 (0.18%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 30 (5.29%) Terraform
2 22 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.35%) Ansible
4 6 (1.06%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.53%) Grafana
5 3 (0.53%) Kibana
5 3 (0.53%) NetBackup
5 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.53%) Puppet
5 3 (0.53%) SCCM
6 2 (0.35%) Ambari
6 2 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.35%) Graylog
6 2 (0.35%) HP Data Protector
6 2 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.35%) Nagios
6 2 (0.35%) Nessus
6 2 (0.35%) Oozie
6 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 55 (9.70%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.70%) Cisco
3 30 (5.29%) VMware
4 23 (4.06%) SAP
5 18 (3.17%) Oracle
6 15 (2.65%) Sparx
7 11 (1.94%) Google
8 10 (1.76%) IBM
9 9 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.59%) Splunk
10 8 (1.41%) OneTrust
11 6 (1.06%) Databricks
11 6 (1.06%) Juniper
11 6 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.88%) Apple
12 5 (0.88%) Cadence
12 5 (0.88%) F5
12 5 (0.88%) ION Trading
12 5 (0.88%) Nokia
13 4 (0.71%) Palo Alto