Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Data Protection
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Brighton requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 5.17% - 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.36% - 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £315
Median % change year-on-year - - -49.60%
75th Percentile £388 - £323
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £438 - £315
% change year-on-year - - -40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Brighton

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 Brighton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 56 46 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 96.55% 93.88% 79.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 23 23
10th Percentile £220 £319 £366
25th Percentile £350 £438 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -26.92%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £563
90th Percentile £627 £770 £638
East Sussex median daily rate £459 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +2.00% -8.16% -10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 0
10th Percentile - £18.04 -
25th Percentile £61.87 £20.61 -
Median hourly rate £63.73 £26.29 -
Median % change year-on-year +142.46% - -
75th Percentile £65.60 £31.24 -
90th Percentile - £32.12 -
East Sussex median hourly rate £63.73 £13.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year +363.49% -73.81% +191.67%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Brighton

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Brighton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Report Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Research Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) JSON Schema
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Time Series Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality