The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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.
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 Cardiff.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
146
161
297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff
91.25%
75.94%
88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted
121
132
233
10th Percentile
£196
£189
£201
25th Percentile
£269
£379
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£400
£500
£460
Median % change year-on-year
-20.00%
+8.70%
-0.54%
75th Percentile
£525
£555
£575
90th Percentile
£625
£644
£630
South Wales median daily rate
£413
£500
£475
% change year-on-year
-17.50%
+5.26%
-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
5
3
5
10th Percentile
-
£13.00
-
25th Percentile
£12.21
£14.88
£13.00
Median hourly rate
£22.50
£18.00
£16.45
Median % change year-on-year
+25.00%
+9.46%
-12.29%
75th Percentile
£23.75
£35.88
£23.75
90th Percentile
£41.75
£46.60
£24.50
South Wales median hourly rate
£20.62
£22.68
£18.14
% change year-on-year
-9.09%
+25.03%
-16.12%
Data Protection Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Data Protection Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Cardiff.
Data Protection Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Data Protection Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Data Protection 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 Cardiff region with a requirement for Data Protection.
Data Protection Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:
