The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 3 August 2020 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Data Protection Act is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
10,799
26,729
31,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
33.74%
31.89%
32.84%
Number of daily rates quoted
6,857
17,242
20,206
Median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
10th Percentile
£263
£280
£275
90th Percentile
£725
£675
£675
UK median daily rate
£481
£475
£463
% change year-on-year
+1.21%
+2.70%
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
468
952
967
Median hourly rate
£32.65
£20.87
£21.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.40%
-2.92%
+9.36%
10th Percentile
£12.96
£11.63
£12.00
90th Percentile
£52.50
£53.00
£50.85
Median hourly rate
£31.25
£20.50
£21.33
% change year-on-year
+52.44%
-3.87%
+6.63%
Data Protection Act Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Data Protection Act Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in England.
Data Protection Act Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in England over the 6 months to 3 August 2020.
Data Protection Act Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in England.
Data Protection Act Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection Act in England over the 6 months to 3 August 2020.
Data Protection Act Contract Job Locations in England
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 England region over the 6 months to 3 August 2020. 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
Data Protection Act Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 3 August 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Data Protection Act also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
