The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Bournemouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
11
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bournemouth
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 Bournemouth.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
15
13
27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth
32.61%
22.41%
37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted
9
4
16
10th Percentile
-
-
£159
25th Percentile
£146
£172
£166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£270
£179
£177
Median % change year-on-year
+50.92%
+0.91%
-66.23%
75th Percentile
£438
£294
£428
90th Percentile
£585
£474
£525
Dorset median daily rate
£275
£255
£558
% change year-on-year
+7.88%
-54.28%
+11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted
2
4
5
10th Percentile
£17.45
-
-
25th Percentile
£22.01
£14.41
£15.16
Median hourly rate
£29.81
£15.22
£15.62
Median % change year-on-year
+95.93%
-2.56%
-10.03%
75th Percentile
£37.41
£15.62
£15.62
90th Percentile
£41.85
-
£20.05
Dorset median hourly rate
£29.81
£14.81
£15.62
% change year-on-year
+101.28%
-5.16%
-64.91%
Data Protection Act Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.
Data Protection Act Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth
For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Data Protection Act also mentioned 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 across the Bournemouth region with a requirement for Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth 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:
