Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Macclesfield

Data Protection
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Macclesfield requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Macclesfield 15.38% - 4.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.38% - 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £410
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.10%
75th Percentile £538 - £483
90th Percentile - - £523
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £460 £570
% change year-on-year +8.70% -19.30% +68.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26 46 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 100.00% 97.87% 98.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 34 41
10th Percentile £475 £424 £425
25th Percentile £511 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £578 £595 £575
90th Percentile £600 £700 £585
Cheshire median daily rate £484 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +10.63% -7.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £16.98
25th Percentile - £16.25 £17.26
Median hourly rate - £16.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - -6.88% +20.14%
75th Percentile - £16.75 £17.75
90th Percentile - - £17.77
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.94% -8.57% +14.60%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Macclesfield

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

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

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Billing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Laserfiche
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft