Data Protection Act (DPA) West Lothian> Livingston
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Livingston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act 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
5
10
8
Rank change year-on-year
+5
-2
+5
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act
1
9
10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Livingston
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 Livingston.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
2
19
12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Livingston
28.57%
38.78%
22.64%
Number of daily rates quoted
1
8
7
10th Percentile
-
£140
£450
25th Percentile
£181
£181
£478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£188
£414
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-54.71%
-21.14%
+29.23%
75th Percentile
£194
£484
£581
90th Percentile
-
£561
£621
West Lothian median daily rate
£188
£416
£525
% change year-on-year
-54.87%
-20.86%
+31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
1
0
Median hourly rate
-
£48.00
-
West Lothian median hourly rate
-
£48.00
-
Data Protection Act Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Livingston.
Data Protection Act Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Livingston
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Livingston.
Data Protection Act Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Livingston
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Data Protection Act 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 Livingston region with a requirement for Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Livingston 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:
