GDPR Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
North West > Lancashire

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 26 26
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 +12
Contract jobs citing GDPR 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.13% 0.61% 0.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.33% 3.57% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £109 - -
25th Percentile £112 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £136 - -
90th Percentile £275 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £458 £425
% change year-on-year +9.29% +7.65% -12.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.16 -
North West median hourly rate £82.50 £76.33 -
% change year-on-year +8.08% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Lancashire

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 73 28 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 17.26% 17.18% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 14 7
10th Percentile £113 £182 £229
25th Percentile £413 £271 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +21.72% -25.00% +35.59%
75th Percentile £585 £513 £794
90th Percentile £628 £575 £988
North West median daily rate £488 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile £41.83 £70.29 £24.69
25th Percentile £49.77 £70.48 £32.96
Median hourly rate £64.09 £70.81 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +75.59% -42.05%
75th Percentile - £71.13 £43.10
90th Percentile £64.95 £71.32 -
North West median hourly rate £62.50 £63.40 £24.09
% change year-on-year -1.42% +163.18% -21.12%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GDPR relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

GDPR job vacancy trend in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing GDPR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing GDPR

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Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Lancashire over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in Lancashire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing GDPR.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing GDPR

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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 GDPR within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Preston -16 2 £600 - 2
Blackpool - 2 £112 - 2
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North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Google Workspace
2 1 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
General
1 7 (77.78%) Local Government
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Learning Management System
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Customer Service
1 7 (77.78%) Data Management
1 7 (77.78%) Data Protection
2 1 (11.11%) Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
2 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Data Sharing
2 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
2 1 (11.11%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
2 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) NCSC
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) SAP