Data Protection Officer Contracts

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
UK

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer daily rate in the UK is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 688 838
Rank change year-on-year +117 +150 -155
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 15 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.009% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.009% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 8
10th Percentile £319 £278 £275
25th Percentile £350 £356 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £860 £429 £519
90th Percentile £975 £481 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £400 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +136.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.52
25th Percentile - - £21.26
Median hourly rate - - £25.97
75th Percentile - - £30.54
90th Percentile - - £33.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £16.93
% change year-on-year - - -10.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Data Protection Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Protection Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Officer in the UK

Data Protection Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Officer in the UK

Data Protection Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Officer over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Officer in the UK

Data Protection Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Officer in the UK

Data Protection Officer
Top 8 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 Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +100 14 £425 +6.25% 7
London - 8 £730 - 2
UK excluding London +74 6 £350 -12.50% 7
North of England - 4 £350 -
Work from Home +120 2 £510 +104.00% 6
South East +10 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £425 -
North West - 2 £350 -

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Data Protection Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 7 (46.67%) GDPR
3 6 (40.00%) Data Privacy
4 4 (26.67%) Finance
4 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (20.00%) Data Transformation
5 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (20.00%) Information Security
5 3 (20.00%) Banking
5 3 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (20.00%) WhatsApp
6 2 (13.33%) Legal
6 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (6.67%) Incident Response
7 1 (6.67%) Data Collection
7 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (6.67%) Law
7 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
7 1 (6.67%) B2C
7 1 (6.67%) ISEB
7 1 (6.67%) Data Security
7 1 (6.67%) Data Management
7 1 (6.67%) Information Management
7 1 (6.67%) Freedom of Information

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
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 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) WhatsApp
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 6 (40.00%) Data Privacy
3 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (20.00%) Information Security
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) B2C
6 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (6.67%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (6.67%) Data Management
6 1 (6.67%) Data Security
6 1 (6.67%) Data Sharing
6 1 (6.67%) Incident Response
6 1 (6.67%) Information Governance
6 1 (6.67%) Information Management
6 1 (6.67%) Records Management
6 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) GDPR