Data Protection Contracts in the East Midlands

Data Protection
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 64 57
Rank change year-on-year +16 -7 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 17 8 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.49% 0.92% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 1.18% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 22
10th Percentile £322 £366 -
25th Percentile £350 £428 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £374 £538 £375
Median % change year-on-year -30.47% +43.33% -18.92%
75th Percentile £400 £572 £500
90th Percentile £489 £589 £563
England median daily rate £488 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -2.50% -6.98% -2.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 605 680 878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 88.45% 77.89% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 440 681
10th Percentile £217 £205 £213
25th Percentile £325 £318 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £439 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% -7.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £563 £600
90th Percentile £588 £623 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 64 51
10th Percentile £13.81 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.12 £12.75 £18.59
Median hourly rate £18.77 £17.25 £26.48
Median % change year-on-year +8.78% -34.86% +23.16%
75th Percentile £25.13 £26.24 £51.50
90th Percentile £28.06 £50.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £26.45 £37.75 £35.03
% change year-on-year -29.93% +7.76% +36.41%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the East Midlands

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the East Midlands

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the East Midlands

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the East Midlands

Data Protection
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 within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
Northamptonshire - 10 £375 - 17
Nottinghamshire +7 4 £270 - 25
Leicestershire +4 2 £374 - 22
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.88%) NetBeans
2 1 (5.88%) TeamCity
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Analyst
2 8 (47.06%) Information Analyst
2 8 (47.06%) Information Security Analyst
2 8 (47.06%) Security Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Compliance Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Governance Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Information Governance Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Information Risk Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Security Compliance Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Security Risk Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Data Governance Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Data Governance Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Data Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Governance Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Automation Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Junior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) ADO
1 1 (5.88%) POSIX
1 1 (5.88%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (52.94%) Business Continuity
4 8 (47.06%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (41.18%) ITSM
5 7 (41.18%) Ticket Management
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
7 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) DAMA
7 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Data Governance
7 2 (11.76%) Data Integration
7 2 (11.76%) Data Management
7 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
7 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Tech Ops
7 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 1 (5.88%) Code Quality
8 1 (5.88%) Culture Change
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) C++
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) CISM
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) GRC
2 5 (29.41%) GDPR
3 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
4 2 (11.76%) QA
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (5.88%) MISRA
5 1 (5.88%) MISRA C
5 1 (5.88%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Databricks
1 1 (5.88%) Marketo
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) Perforce
1 1 (5.88%) QNX
1 1 (5.88%) Salesforce