Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in Hemel Hempstead

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Hertfordshire > Hemel Hempstead

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Hemel Hempstead. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hemel Hempstead 2.78% 3.85% 7.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.56% 7.69% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £319 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £338 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -41.30% +52.32%
75th Percentile - £356 £613
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £400 £338 £463
% change year-on-year +18.52% -27.03% -26.00%

All Generic Skills
Hemel Hempstead

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 Hemel Hempstead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18 13 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead 50.00% 50.00% 53.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 34
10th Percentile £223 £171 £365
25th Percentile £276 £319 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 £646
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% -11.03% +0.66%
75th Percentile £388 £600 £844
90th Percentile - £640 £914
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £71.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate - £72.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - +302.78% -
75th Percentile - £73.75 £21.38
90th Percentile - - £22.80
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.25 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.81% +3.85% -5.45%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Hemel Hempstead

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Hemel Hempstead

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Hemel Hempstead

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

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

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hemel Hempstead 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis