Data Protection Act (DPA)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 27 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | - | 2.50% | 2.58% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 6.58% | 6.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £273 | £483 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £288 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £325 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -43.48% | +11.38% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £363 | £591 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £378 | £594 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | - | £325 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -43.48% | +10.58% |
All Generic Skills
Cambridge
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 Cambridge.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 55 | 76 | 114 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 45.08% | 38.00% | 42.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 37 | 43 | 73 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £235 | £155 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £350 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £495 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.54% | +4.21% | -6.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £550 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £670 | £638 | £625 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £452 | £475 | £456 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.84% | +4.11% | -3.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.40 | £22.04 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £18.10 | £25.00 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £39.50 | £60.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.17% | +14.29% | -38.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £66.25 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.50 | - | - |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £30.00 | £51.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.75% | -1.90% | +262.07% |
Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Cambridge.
Data Protection Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Cambridge.