Data Protection Officer Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
South West > Dorset

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer daily rate in Dorset is £338, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £331 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 - -
75th Percentile £344 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £338 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Dorset with a recognized job title 171 97 163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 98.98% 98.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 72 106
10th Percentile £346 £200 £172
25th Percentile £382 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £431
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +7.25% -6.76%
75th Percentile £606 £563 £630
90th Percentile £688 £671 £797
South West median daily rate £510 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +2.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 41
10th Percentile £24.21 £14.47 £11.87
25th Percentile £28.50 £14.99 £13.69
Median hourly rate £64.07 £21.63 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +196.27% +38.44% -71.51%
75th Percentile £74.15 £67.50 £47.83
90th Percentile £74.68 - £57.50
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £63.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.45% +15.45% -15.38%

Data Protection Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Protection Officer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Data Protection Officer job vacancy trend in Dorset

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 1 May 2026, Data Protection Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Dorset region featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) Records Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Records Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR