Data Protection Act Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Data Protection Act (DPA)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 35 64
Rank change year-on-year +3 +29 -6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Data Protection Act 7 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.19% 2.92% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.53% 9.24% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £373 £62
25th Percentile £415 £444 £109
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year -25.22% +12.20% -13.14%
75th Percentile £445 £588 £631
90th Percentile - - £648
South East median daily rate £430 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -10.65% -3.75% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 0
10th Percentile - £22.50 -
25th Percentile £15.13 £24.38 -
Median hourly rate £15.25 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% - -
75th Percentile £15.38 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £15.25 £27.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -44.55% -47.62% +133.33%

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 93 119 219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 29.06% 31.56% 27.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 83 160
10th Percentile £185 £253 £241
25th Percentile £375 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £463 £510
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -9.31% -2.86%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £625
90th Percentile £650 £666 £778
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.32 £21.03
25th Percentile £15.13 £22.50 £21.06
Median hourly rate £15.25 £27.50 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% +23.60% +21.92%
75th Percentile £24.50 £28.75 £23.56
90th Percentile - - £23.68
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -40.92% +14.70% +120.56%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in Buckinghamshire

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 22 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +5 1 £430 -25.22% 2
High Wycombe -3 1 - -
Data Protection Act
South East

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 6 (85.71%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 6 (85.71%) Process Management
2 6 (85.71%) Records Management
2 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) GDPR