Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Data Protection
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 31 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 3.88% 0.68% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 0.83% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £450 £475 -
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 81 120 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 78.64% 81.08% 81.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 76 88
10th Percentile £425 £491 £360
25th Percentile £463 £548 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £728 £675
90th Percentile £751 £1,025 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -13.64% -1.79% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £41.28 £46.00 £38.65
25th Percentile £49.19 £55.00 £42.63
Median hourly rate £64.25 £67.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +37.06% -39.57%
75th Percentile £81.19 £73.75 £55.88
90th Percentile £90.23 - £59.85
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £43.61 £66.25 £48.72
% change year-on-year -34.18% +35.98% -11.42%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens NX
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Aviation
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Programmer
1 1 (25.00%) Robotics Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) OpenID
1 3 (75.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Ping Identity
2 1 (25.00%) Siemens