The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Gloucester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
17
19
32
Rank change year-on-year
+2
+13
-
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act
1
1
4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester
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 Gloucester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
23
23
50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester
36.51%
29.11%
36.76%
Number of daily rates quoted
20
16
38
10th Percentile
£224
£461
£275
25th Percentile
£225
£519
£319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£600
£588
£550
Median % change year-on-year
+2.13%
+6.82%
+69.23%
75th Percentile
£750
£594
£638
90th Percentile
£900
-
£721
Gloucestershire median daily rate
£545
£550
£525
% change year-on-year
-0.91%
+4.76%
+1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
1
2
Median hourly rate
-
£19.00
£78.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
-75.64%
-
Gloucestershire median hourly rate
£36.00
£21.50
£80.66
% change year-on-year
+67.48%
-73.35%
+303.28%
Data Protection Act Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucester.
Data Protection Act Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Gloucester.
Data Protection Act Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester
For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Data Protection Act also mentioned 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 Gloucester region with a requirement for Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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:
