The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
2
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Data Protection
2
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties
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 the Home Counties.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
6
8
22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties
85.71%
100.00%
88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted
1
3
16
10th Percentile
-
£473
£423
25th Percentile
-
£489
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£490
£530
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-7.55%
-3.64%
-8.33%
75th Percentile
-
£573
£688
90th Percentile
-
£589
£1,100
South East median daily rate
£500
£500
£508
% change year-on-year
-
-1.53%
+1.55%
Data Protection Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
Data Protection Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the Home Counties.
Data Protection Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Data Protection 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 Home Counties region with a requirement for Data Protection.
Data Protection Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:
