Data Protection Act (DPA)
Essex > Chelmsford
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Chelmsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford | - | - | 15.38% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 33.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £375 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £388 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Essex median daily rate | - | £275 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -26.67% | - |
All Generic Skills
Chelmsford
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 Chelmsford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford | 37.50% | - | 46.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £194 | - | £103 |
| 25th Percentile | £222 | - | £104 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £275 | - | £109 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -1.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £334 | - | £183 |
| 90th Percentile | £366 | - | £306 |
| Essex median daily rate | £434 | £350 | £338 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.93% | +3.55% | -20.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | - | £20.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Essex median hourly rate | £41.38 | £40.00 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.44% | +90.48% | - |
Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.
Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Data Protection Act.
