Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Data Protection
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 14 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 7.61% - 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.45% - 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £421 - £266
25th Percentile £528 - £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - +65.38%
75th Percentile £543 - £572
90th Percentile - - £589
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £415 £538
% change year-on-year +5.37% -22.88% +43.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £31.00 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.50 £31.76 -
% change year-on-year -19.71% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 134 82 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 72.83% 80.39% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 43 67
10th Percentile £380 £178 £167
25th Percentile £413 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £256
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +76.03% -46.18%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £438
90th Percentile £700 £725 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £460 £433 £419
% change year-on-year +6.36% +3.35% -8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 15
10th Percentile - £15.06 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.30 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.85% +27.40% -
75th Percentile £20.57 £24.30 £22.57
90th Percentile £24.29 £24.81 £26.15
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £19.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -5.95% +11.76% -17.69%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Derbyshire

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Derby - 8 £535 - 2
Matlock - 1 - -
Data Protection
East Midlands

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) AWS
3 4 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) SaaS
General
1 6 (42.86%) Local Government
2 5 (35.71%) Fire and Rescue
2 5 (35.71%) Police
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aviation
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Help Desk Technician
1 5 (35.71%) ICT Technician
2 4 (28.57%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Business Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Information Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Insight Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Driving Licence
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 7 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (35.71%) Business Continuity
4 5 (35.71%) ITIL
4 5 (35.71%) ITSM
4 5 (35.71%) Mathematics
5 4 (28.57%) DevOps
6 3 (21.43%) Information Governance
7 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 1 (7.14%) Benchmarking
8 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (7.14%) Cost Reduction
8 1 (7.14%) Information Security
8 1 (7.14%) Project Management
8 1 (7.14%) RBAC
8 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
8 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) GRC
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
1 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) VMware
2 1 (7.14%) Laserfiche