Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 112 126
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 +41
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.043% 0.12% 0.092%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.35% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £434
25th Percentile £606 - £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £515
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.63%
75th Percentile £619 - £561
90th Percentile - - £585
Central London median daily rate £613 - £513
% change year-on-year - - -21.15%

All Generic Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 723 574 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 31.07% 34.58% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 365 457
10th Percentile £380 £357 £271
25th Percentile £463 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £700 £711 £700
90th Percentile £800 £819 £838
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £565
% change year-on-year - +1.77% -9.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 7
10th Percentile £18.85 £23.80 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.34 £26.50 £14.38
Median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +34.78% -42.25%
75th Percentile £41.25 £65.50 £27.25
90th Percentile £63.13 £86.20 £36.60
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £27.76 £23.40
% change year-on-year -5.94% +18.63% -33.14%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Information
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Records Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy