Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Data Protection
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Farnborough requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 4 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 2.33% - 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% - 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £503
25th Percentile £489 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £516 - £556
90th Percentile - - £568
Hampshire median daily rate £474 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -1.10% -4.25% -8.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 71 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 79.07% 82.56% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 52 67
10th Percentile £312 £364 £300
25th Percentile £385 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £591
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -11.11% +18.12%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £667
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 9
10th Percentile - £77.63 £20.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £77.81 £27.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £81.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.77% +47.73% +41.94%
75th Percentile - £85.31 £77.50
90th Percentile £53.35 £85.88 £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -40.83% -41.12% +39.27%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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 (25.00%) Ethereum
1 1 (25.00%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (25.00%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Blockchain Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Blockchain
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Identity
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) KYC
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat