Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Data Protection Act (DPA)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 63 59
Rank change year-on-year - -4 +24
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 0 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands - 0.38% 1.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 1.30% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 9
10th Percentile - £366 £271
25th Percentile - £428 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +26.47% -4.49%
75th Percentile - £572 £500
90th Percentile - £589 £550
England median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 268 231 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 34.40% 29.50% 26.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 127 171
10th Percentile £274 £292 £213
25th Percentile £358 £361 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -7.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £555 £594
90th Percentile £641 £625 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 9
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.09 £17.51
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.10 £20.00
Median hourly rate £21.30 £16.63 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.08% -20.81% +19.59%
75th Percentile £21.39 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £25.11 - £93.75
England median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the East Midlands

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Protection Act