Data Protection Manager Contracts in England

Data Protection/Privacy Manager
UK > England

The median Data Protection/Privacy Manager daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 535 649
Rank change year-on-year +56 +114 +129
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Manager 6 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.019% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.020% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £478 £623 -
25th Percentile £500 £656 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £708 £475
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% +48.95% +18.75%
75th Percentile £600 £741 £513
90th Percentile £623 £769 -
UK median daily rate £550 £700 £269
% change year-on-year -21.43% +160.50% -48.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.64 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.64 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Data Protection Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Data Protection Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Manager in England

Data Protection Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Manager in England

Data Protection Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Manager in England

Data Protection Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Manager in England

Data Protection Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +38 4 £550 -22.26% 3
South East +45 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - -
Data Protection Manager
UK

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Protection Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities 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 featuring Data Protection Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) PERC
3 2 (33.33%) Law
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (16.67%) Local Government
4 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (16.67%) Infographics
4 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Data Sharing
4 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Law
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) Data Sharing
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Infographics
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (33.33%) PERC
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft