GDPR Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring GDPR skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 25 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -
Contract jobs citing GDPR 12 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 5.43% 2.50% 0.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.75% 21.05% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £400
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £325 - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £12.31 - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £13.60 - -
75th Percentile £15.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £13.60 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
County Antrim

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 64 19 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 28.96% 11.88% 20.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 5 21
10th Percentile £294 - £243
25th Percentile £325 £167 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £185 £460
Median % change year-on-year +170.27% -59.78% -7.91%
75th Percentile £591 £213 £638
90th Percentile £610 £439 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 £193 £460
% change year-on-year +159.74% -58.15% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 1
10th Percentile £12.31 - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £14.33 £24.18 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.76% +34.33% -
75th Percentile £15.33 - -
90th Percentile £24.50 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £14.33 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year -40.76% +34.33% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in County Antrim

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Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing GDPR

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Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing GDPR

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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 GDPR within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 27 September 2025. 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 0 12 £325 - 3
GDPR
Northern Ireland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Information Governance Officer
1 10 (83.33%) Information Officer
2 3 (25.00%) Compliance Officer
2 3 (25.00%) Support Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Data Protection
1 10 (83.33%) Information Governance
2 7 (58.33%) Records Management
3 6 (50.00%) Data Security
3 6 (50.00%) Informatics
3 6 (50.00%) Mathematics
4 4 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) Compliance Management
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
5 1 (8.33%) Information Security
5 1 (8.33%) Migration
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Register
5 1 (8.33%) Scrum
5 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) HNC
2 3 (25.00%) HND
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) GRC
1 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce