Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Inverclyde

Data Protection
Scotland > Inverclyde

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Inverclyde requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Inverclyde 33.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £465 £455
% change year-on-year -8.60% +2.31% -9.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Inverclyde

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 Inverclyde.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Inverclyde 100.00% - 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £533 - £210
25th Percentile £555 - £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 - £286
75th Percentile £655 - £341
90th Percentile £674 - £369
Scotland median daily rate £460 £460 £475
% change year-on-year - -3.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - -
Median hourly rate £17.12 - -
75th Percentile £18.23 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.97 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.15% +2.41% +34.48%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Inverclyde

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Inverclyde

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Inverclyde

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Inverclyde region over the 6 months to 26 May 2026. 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
Gourock - 1 £538 - 1
Data Protection
Scotland

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverclyde 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST