Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Aberdeen. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 2.63% - 4.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.00% - 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £131 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £138 - -
75th Percentile £144 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £419 £438 £500
% change year-on-year -4.29% -12.50% +2.56%

All Generic Skills
Aberdeen

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10 9 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 26.32% 39.13% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 4
10th Percentile £328 £323 -
25th Percentile £413 £441 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £155
Median % change year-on-year - +206.45% -71.16%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £229
90th Percentile £546 £600 £354
Scotland median daily rate £450 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -1.10% -4.21% -0.84%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Records Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR