Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in Manchester
Data Protection Act (DPA)
North West > Manchester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 93 | 59 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -34 | -7 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 41 | 30 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester | 1.95% | 2.78% | 2.68% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 5.22% | 7.85% | 8.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 20 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £325 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £416 | £359 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £438 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.86% | -7.89% | +35.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £541 | £591 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | £613 | £633 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £433 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.83% | -8.95% | +35.71% |
All Generic Skills
Manchester
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 citing generic IT skills in Manchester.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills | 785 | 382 | 370 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 37.40% | 35.34% | 31.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 464 | 272 | 193 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £300 | £294 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £362 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £512 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.83% | -5.26% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £668 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £482 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -6.64% | -4.59% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 89 | 17 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.67 | £18.50 | £21.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £29.96 | £19.75 | £27.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £25.15 | £32.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +148.51% | -22.62% | -18.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.00 | £36.25 | £50.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.50 | £62.50 | £96.50 |
| North West median hourly rate | £43.96 | £45.46 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.30% | +39.88% | -23.53% |
Data Protection Act Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Data Protection Act Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in Manchester over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.
Data Protection Act Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product Ownership | 12.2% | 5 |
| 2 | Onboarding | 9.8% | 4 |
| 3 | Cloud Native | 7.3% | 3 |
| 3 | CMDB | 7.3% | 3 |
| 5 | Data Centre | 4.9% | 2 |
| 5 | Data Structures | 4.9% | 2 |
| 5 | Distributed Systems | 4.9% | 2 |
| 5 | Legacy Systems | 4.9% | 2 |
| 5 | Life Science | 4.9% | 2 |
| 10 | AI Agents | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Distributed Architecture | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Distributed Denial-of-Service | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Freedom of Information | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Freedom of Information Act | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Hybrid Cloud | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Management Information System | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | PKI | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Self-Motivation | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | SWIFT Messaging Network | 2.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Virtual Team | 2.4% | 1 |