Data Protection Contracts in Devon

Data Protection
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 35 -
Rank change year-on-year +20 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 8 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 7.48% 0.73% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.51% 0.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £210 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -
South West median daily rate £400 £525 £596
% change year-on-year -23.81% -11.95% +32.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £28.18 - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £12.81 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.43 -
Median % change year-on-year +383.99% - -
75th Percentile - £14.06 -
90th Percentile £66.50 - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £25.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year +160.00% -62.12% +277.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 94 221 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 87.85% 80.36% 82.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 154 124
10th Percentile £145 £150 £238
25th Percentile £153 £307 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £473
Median % change year-on-year - -10.05% +15.96%
75th Percentile £525 £556 £600
90th Percentile £600 £600 £675
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 33 9
10th Percentile £26.40 £10.42 £39.60
25th Percentile £48.50 £13.86 £47.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -45.45% +161.90%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £72.50 £73.00
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Devon

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Devon.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in Devon

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Devon.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in Devon

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in Devon

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in Devon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in Devon

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Plymouth -2 3 - - 9
Exeter - 2 £300 - 9
Data Protection
South West

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Local Government
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Data Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Officer
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Governance Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Information Governance Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Information Governance Officer
1 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Information Officer
1 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Project Officer
1 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (25.00%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Information Governance
1 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Document Management
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Safety Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Data Collection
3 1 (12.50%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Finite Element Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) OWASP
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (25.00%) RIBA
4 1 (12.50%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) CISM
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
4 1 (12.50%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce