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 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 59 59
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% 0.30% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 1.05% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £184
25th Percentile - £363 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile - £388 £600
90th Percentile - - £660
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £31.76 -
England median hourly rate £27.86 £23.00 £42.19
% change year-on-year +21.11% -45.48% +168.47%

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 298 191 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 34.45% 28.21% 21.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 95 121
10th Percentile £190 £255 £249
25th Percentile £358 £345 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £495
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -6.57% +10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £541 £575
90th Percentile £625 £616 £675
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 11
10th Percentile £16.63 £13.79 £16.66
25th Percentile £19.28 £15.10 £17.20
Median hourly rate £21.65 £31.76 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.83% +51.24% +19.59%
75th Percentile £25.11 £55.00 £39.86
90th Percentile £25.75 - £93.75
England median hourly rate £27.50 £39.27 £43.84
% change year-on-year -29.97% -10.42% +25.26%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend 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

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Nottinghamshire -5 1 - - 2
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java