Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in Bath

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Somerset > Bath

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Bath. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bath 1.96% - 1.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.67% - 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Somerset median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
Bath

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 Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15 12 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 29.41% 32.43% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 11
10th Percentile £337 - £396
25th Percentile £378 £140 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £190 £500
Median % change year-on-year +171.45% -62.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £583 £625 £550
90th Percentile £680 £635 £575
Somerset median daily rate £400 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £12.00
Somerset median hourly rate - £21.01 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -47.48% +63.27%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Bath

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA