Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Data Protection
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Data Protection skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 23 38
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 4 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.27% 2.46% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 3.60% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £410 - £265
25th Percentile £425 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £200 £455
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -56.04% +75.00%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £725
90th Percentile £490 £575 -
North West median daily rate £440 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -7.37% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.50 - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
75th Percentile £15.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -30.00% +53.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 155 139 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 88.07% 68.47% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 58 134
10th Percentile £363 £247 £352
25th Percentile £425 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £497 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% -9.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £611 £645
90th Percentile £671 £650 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 27 53
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.87 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.36 £37.55
Median hourly rate £51.16 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +26.87% -12.68% +22.18%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £49.52
90th Percentile £74.32 £51.35 £71.80
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% +15.21% +57.30%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Lancashire

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Preston -3 2 £450 +125.00% 2
Blackburn -1 1 - -
Nelson - 1 - -
Data Protection
North West

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Google Ads
1 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Brand Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) RBAC
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft