Data Protection Officer Contracts in England

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
UK > England

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Protection/Privacy Officer daily rate in England.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 527 668
Rank change year-on-year +47 +141 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 6 14 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.038% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.041% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 4
10th Percentile - £313 £278
25th Percentile - £350 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £975 £429
90th Percentile - - £481
UK median daily rate - £438 £400
% change year-on-year - +9.38% -15.79%
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 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £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 £640 £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 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Data Protection Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Officer in England

Data Protection Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Officer in England

Data Protection Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Officer in England

Data Protection Officer
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 Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +49 5 - - 3
South West - 1 - -
Data Protection Officer
UK

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Data Protection Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (83.33%) Marketing
2 5 (83.33%) B2C
2 5 (83.33%) ISEB
2 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 5 (83.33%) Legal
2 5 (83.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Data Privacy
2 5 (83.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (50.00%) Law
4 2 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (16.67%) Local Government
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) GDPR

Data Protection Officer 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:

General
1 5 (83.33%) Legal
1 5 (83.33%) Marketing
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (83.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) B2C
2 5 (83.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 5 (83.33%) Data Privacy
2 5 (83.33%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR