Data Protection Contracts in Birmingham

Data Protection
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 36 23
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 -3
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 27 31 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.17% 4.01% 6.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.97% 4.81% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 23 33
10th Percentile £400 £200 £273
25th Percentile £438 £336 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £428 £450
Median % change year-on-year +19.88% -5.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £566 £625
90th Percentile £574 £618 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.93
25th Percentile - - £21.81
Median hourly rate - - £32.25
75th Percentile - - £43.31
90th Percentile - - £49.58
West Midlands median hourly rate £31.76 - £32.25

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 644 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.59% 83.31% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 423 537
10th Percentile £163 £240 £263
25th Percentile £375 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -9.76% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 27
10th Percentile - £13.20 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.62 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £27.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% +81.67% -14.19%
75th Percentile £27.69 £48.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.68 £56.25 £71.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Birmingham

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in Birmingham

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Birmingham

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in Birmingham

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.70%) SAP PM
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.70%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) AWS
2 1 (3.70%) IaaS
2 1 (3.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Network Security
2 1 (3.70%) DHCP
2 1 (3.70%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) Unified Communications
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Advertising
4 3 (11.11%) Banking
5 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.41%) Back Office
5 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Legal
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) Consultant
1 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Developer
3 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) JavaScript Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Senior
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (3.70%) IT Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Lead
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) React
2 2 (7.41%) LDAP
3 1 (3.70%) Next.js
3 1 (3.70%) Play Framework
3 1 (3.70%) REST
3 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (85.19%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (29.63%) Project Management
1 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (22.22%) Agile
3 5 (18.52%) Migration
4 3 (11.11%) API Development
4 3 (11.11%) Change Management
4 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Security
5 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (7.41%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (7.41%) CRM
5 2 (7.41%) Decision-Making
5 2 (7.41%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (7.41%) Programme Management
5 2 (7.41%) Resource Management
5 2 (7.41%) Statistics
5 2 (7.41%) Waterfall
5 2 (7.41%) WFM
6 1 (3.70%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 3 (11.11%) PHP
3 1 (3.70%) Perl
3 1 (3.70%) Rust
3 1 (3.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (7.41%) Degree
1 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) CEH
2 1 (3.70%) CISA
2 1 (3.70%) CISM
2 1 (3.70%) CISSP
2 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) GRC
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.70%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Genesys
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Cognizant
3 1 (3.70%) Juniper
3 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.70%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) SendGrid
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow