Data Protection Act (DPA)
Bedfordshire > Luton
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
6 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
29 |
- |
29 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Luton |
0.68% |
- |
2.25% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category |
2.13% |
- |
5.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£449 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
- |
£466 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£350 |
- |
£513 |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
- |
£541 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£546 |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate |
£350 |
- |
£513 |
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 Luton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills |
47 |
24 |
80 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton |
31.76% |
26.97% |
44.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
25 |
11 |
49 |
| 10th Percentile |
£86 |
£513 |
£448 |
| 25th Percentile |
£350 |
£638 |
£513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£533 |
£700 |
£525 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-23.93% |
+33.33% |
-6.67% |
| 75th Percentile |
£600 |
- |
£550 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
- |
£576 |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate |
£493 |
£588 |
£525 |
| % change year-on-year |
-16.09% |
+11.90% |
-5.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
9 |
2 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
£78.10 |
£56.03 |
£52.75 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£58.03 |
£53.13 |
| Median hourly rate |
£80.00 |
£63.70 |
£55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+25.59% |
+15.82% |
-3.51% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£67.03 |
£56.88 |
| 90th Percentile |
£89.00 |
£67.61 |
£57.25 |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate |
£80.00 |
£30.95 |
£55.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+158.48% |
-43.73% |
+57.14% |
Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.
Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Luton
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Data Protection Act.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:
