Data Protection Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Data Protection
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 3.70% - 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% - 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £315
Median % change year-on-year - - -45.22%
75th Percentile - - £323
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £475 £531 £475
% change year-on-year -10.55% +11.79% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65 116 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 80.25% 94.31% 80.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 36 38
10th Percentile £217 £230 £346
25th Percentile £350 £332 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £581 £514 £597
90th Percentile £627 £656 £683
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile - £18.04 -
25th Percentile £61.87 £20.61 -
Median hourly rate £63.73 £26.29 £15.38
Median % change year-on-year +142.46% +70.90% -14.56%
75th Percentile £65.60 £31.24 £34.57
90th Percentile - £32.12 £46.08
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £22.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +155.56% -59.09% +10.00%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Data Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. 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
Brighton - 2 - -
Hove - 2 - -
Eastbourne - 1 £500 - 2
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Report Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) JSON Schema
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory