Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Data Protection Act (DPA)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 44 57
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 +14
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 2 4 20
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.38% 0.85% 2.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.09% 2.68% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 10
10th Percentile - £223 £218
25th Percentile - £238 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £275 £469
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -41.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £322 £584
90th Percentile - £343 £613
East of England median daily rate £475 £326 £475
% change year-on-year +45.59% -31.32% -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - £17.47 £21.00
% change year-on-year - -16.81% -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 184 149 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.72% 31.77% 36.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 63 147
10th Percentile £233 £264 £273
25th Percentile £400 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £581 £638
90th Percentile £713 £643 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 24 62
10th Percentile £17.39 £35.00 £42.25
25th Percentile £30.34 £48.50 £46.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.54% -4.41%
75th Percentile £67.25 £95.00 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £98.50 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £61.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -30.33% -2.40% +53.45%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Hemel Hempstead 0 1 - -
Watford - 1 £400 - 1
Data Protection Act
East of England

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management