Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 70 63
Rank change year-on-year -8 -7 -3
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 15 17 6
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.46% 2.13% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.11% 4.86% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile £283 £353 £347
25th Percentile £294 £438 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £550 £524
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +5.06% -5.68%
75th Percentile £356 £575 £544
90th Percentile £368 £577 £549
Scotland median daily rate £425 £475 £516
% change year-on-year -10.53% -7.86% -1.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £16.00 -

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 365 350 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 35.44% 43.75% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 189 141
10th Percentile £281 £300 £301
25th Percentile £358 £390 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £465 £435
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +6.78% -13.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £500
90th Percentile £640 £589 £653
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +0.06% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 6
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.37 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.80 £16.98 £18.77
Median hourly rate £19.33 £19.90 £31.82
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -37.45% -9.10%
75th Percentile £43.96 £29.35 £51.32
90th Percentile - £57.50 £55.63
Scotland median hourly rate £30.00 £19.83 £18.13
% change year-on-year +51.29% +9.38% -5.47%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Protection Act.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (6.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) GCP
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (20.00%) Google Compute Engine
3 1 (6.67%) GitHub
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Internet
1 1 (6.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Cloud Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) GCP Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Officer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) XSLT
2 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (26.67%) Software Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) AI
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) Information Security
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.67%) Server Management
5 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) Perl
3 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.67%) CEH
1 1 (6.67%) CISM
1 1 (6.67%) CISSP
1 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) NCSC
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Avaloq
2 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.67%) FNZ
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Zscaler