Data Protection Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Data Protection
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 15 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 6.64% - 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.81% - 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £213
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.73%
75th Percentile £600 - £219
90th Percentile £660 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 - £213
% change year-on-year - - -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 - -
Median hourly rate £12.96 - -
75th Percentile £13.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £12.96 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 192 133 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 84.96% 86.93% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 59 75
10th Percentile £313 £145 £210
25th Percentile £376 £159 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% -27.78% -
75th Percentile £528 £538 £539
90th Percentile £638 £597 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £450 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +38.46% -27.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 17 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% -10.27%
75th Percentile £25.15 £52.31 £16.00
90th Percentile £40.86 £78.47 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.70
% change year-on-year -28.45% +76.50% -8.67%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in County Antrim over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in County Antrim

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast - 15 £500 -
Data Protection
Northern Ireland

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Mining
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 6 (40.00%) Information Officer
2 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Compliance Officer
3 3 (20.00%) Support Officer
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (6.67%) IT Architect
5 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (26.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Data Security
2 6 (40.00%) Informatics
2 6 (40.00%) Information Governance
2 6 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 4 (26.67%) Records Management
3 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) Due Diligence
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Register
5 2 (13.33%) Validation
6 1 (6.67%) Benchmarking
6 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning
6 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 1 (6.67%) Natural Language Processing
6 1 (6.67%) Pattern Recognition
6 1 (6.67%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CISA
1 4 (26.67%) CISM
1 4 (26.67%) CRISC
2 3 (20.00%) HNC
2 3 (20.00%) HND
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) GDPR
2 6 (40.00%) NIST
2 6 (40.00%) NIST 800
3 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) OneTrust
3 1 (6.67%) VMware