Data Protection Contracts in Manchester

Data Protection
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection 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 51 40 22
Rank change year-on-year -11 -18 +5
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 28 58 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.02% 3.82% 6.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.37% 4.39% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 43 80
10th Percentile £212 £291 £312
25th Percentile £380 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £605
90th Percentile £763 £650 £675
North West median daily rate £438 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -16.67% +23.53% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £16.16 £12.85 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £14.13 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £16.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -75.00% -
75th Percentile £24.75 £19.13 -
90th Percentile - £20.55 -
North West median hourly rate £24.50 £16.06 £22.50
% change year-on-year +52.55% -28.62% +116.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Manchester

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in Manchester

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Manchester

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in Manchester

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) FactoryTalk
1 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) SAP APO
1 1 (3.57%) SAP PM
1 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.57%) SAP SCM
1 1 (3.57%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) AWS
1 1 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (3.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
1 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) MongoDB
2 2 (7.14%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) GitLab
2 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Data Scientist
5 2 (7.14%) Administrator
5 2 (7.14%) Architect
5 2 (7.14%) C++ Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Cabling Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Data Administrator
5 2 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Data Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Data Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Junior Data Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Lead
6 1 (3.57%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) PyTorch
1 2 (7.14%) TensorFlow
2 1 (3.57%) FastAPI
2 1 (3.57%) Qt
2 1 (3.57%) React
2 1 (3.57%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 18 (64.29%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.71%) Algorithms
3 2 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.14%) SCADA
4 1 (3.57%) IoT
4 1 (3.57%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (10.71%) Data Privacy
2 3 (10.71%) Data Science
2 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
2 3 (10.71%) Machine Learning
2 3 (10.71%) Project Management
2 3 (10.71%) SDLC
2 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (7.14%) Agile
3 2 (7.14%) Change Management
3 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (7.14%) Data Security
3 2 (7.14%) ERP
3 2 (7.14%) Information Security
3 2 (7.14%) Logistics
3 2 (7.14%) Migration
3 2 (7.14%) Records Management
3 2 (7.14%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) Python
2 3 (10.71%) C++
3 2 (7.14%) R
3 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
1 3 (10.71%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) AVEVA
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 2 (7.14%) Rockwell
1 2 (7.14%) SAP
1 2 (7.14%) Siemens
2 1 (3.57%) Dell
2 1 (3.57%) IBM
2 1 (3.57%) IBM Sterling
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce