Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Data Protection
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 26 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 14 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 6.57% 2.62% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.61% 3.57% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £331 £129 £222
25th Percentile £359 £134 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £281 £450
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -37.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £478 £438 £556
90th Percentile £514 - £620
South Wales median daily rate £413 £185 £450
% change year-on-year +122.97% -58.89% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.08 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £13.08 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 184 168 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 86.38% 73.36% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 111 168
10th Percentile £228 £140 £172
25th Percentile £296 £209 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £502 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £644 £625
South Wales median daily rate £410 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 5
10th Percentile - - £18.70
25th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £14.54 £20.08 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% -22.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £18.36 £25.60 £26.50
90th Percentile £22.82 £25.79 £36.10
South Wales median hourly rate £17.65 £25.18 £29.83
% change year-on-year -29.91% -15.60% +49.16%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Cardiff over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Cardiff

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (7.14%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Postman
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Test Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Administrator
3 3 (21.43%) Payments Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Support
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) JSON
1 5 (35.71%) REST
1 5 (35.71%) SOAP
1 5 (35.71%) XML
2 1 (7.14%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (35.71%) Onboarding
2 5 (35.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (14.29%) Virtual Team
4 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Business Strategy
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
1 5 (35.71%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (35.71%) Software Testing
1 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
1 5 (35.71%) Test Strategy
1 5 (35.71%) Translating Business Requirements
1 5 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) API Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.14%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Transition
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
1 5 (35.71%) ISEB
1 5 (35.71%) ISTQB
2 4 (28.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) SEPA
2 4 (28.57%) GDPR
3 2 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Zscaler