Data Protection Contracts in the Midlands

Data Protection
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 90 62
Rank change year-on-year +31 -28 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 76 47 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.19% 1.61% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 2.01% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 67
10th Percentile £350 £125 £303
25th Percentile £375 £274 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £423 £445
Median % change year-on-year +18.34% -5.06% -6.32%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £569
90th Percentile £600 £599 £650
England median daily rate £479 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -4.25% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £33.50 - £15.93
25th Percentile £36.11 - £21.81
Median hourly rate £40.46 - £32.25
75th Percentile - - £43.31
90th Percentile - - £49.58
England median hourly rate £27.64 £19.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year +41.74% -38.10% +34.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,091 2,339 2,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.78% 79.97% 86.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,334 1,567 1,990
10th Percentile £211 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% -2.20% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 165 96
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.18 £12.60
25th Percentile £15.11 £13.52 £18.86
Median hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -34.55% +40.43%
75th Percentile £26.86 £33.93 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +25 60 £500 +25.79% 53
East Midlands +7 16 £375 -34.07% 29
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.21%) Azure
2 4 (5.26%) AWS
3 3 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.32%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.32%) GitHub
5 1 (1.32%) IaaS
5 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.32%) PaaS
5 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.58%) Network Security
2 4 (5.26%) SD-WAN
2 4 (5.26%) WAN
3 3 (3.95%) Unified Communications
4 2 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (2.63%) Firewall
4 2 (2.63%) LAN
4 2 (2.63%) MPLS
4 2 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.63%) VoIP
4 2 (2.63%) Wireless
5 1 (1.32%) DHCP
5 1 (1.32%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Metadata
1 3 (3.95%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.63%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.32%) DataStage
3 1 (1.32%) MySQL
3 1 (1.32%) Power BI
3 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) GitLab
2 3 (3.95%) JUnit
3 1 (1.32%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.32%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.32%) Git
3 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.32%) JIRA
3 1 (1.32%) NetBeans
3 1 (1.32%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.84%) Finance
3 9 (11.84%) Retail
4 7 (9.21%) Legal
5 5 (6.58%) Banking
6 4 (5.26%) Aerospace
6 4 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.95%) Advertising
7 3 (3.95%) Law
8 2 (2.63%) Automotive
8 2 (2.63%) Games
8 2 (2.63%) Local Government
8 2 (2.63%) Marketing
8 2 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (18.42%) Analyst
2 9 (11.84%) Project Manager
3 8 (10.53%) Information Analyst
3 8 (10.53%) Information Security Analyst
3 8 (10.53%) Security Analyst
4 7 (9.21%) Consultant
5 6 (7.89%) Architect
5 6 (7.89%) Developer
6 5 (6.58%) Senior
7 4 (5.26%) Compliance Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Governance Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Risk Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Information Governance Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Information Risk Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Java Developer
8 3 (3.95%) Security Compliance Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Security Risk Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Tester
9 2 (2.63%) Data Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.95%) Gherkin
1 3 (3.95%) Kafka
1 3 (3.95%) Spring
2 2 (2.63%) LDAP
2 2 (2.63%) React
3 1 (1.32%) ADO
3 1 (1.32%) Next.js
3 1 (1.32%) Play Framework
3 1 (1.32%) POSIX
3 1 (1.32%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 43 (56.58%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (7.89%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.58%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.63%) Infotainment
4 2 (2.63%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.63%) Mobile Games
4 2 (2.63%) NHS
4 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.63%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.63%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.32%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.32%) Replication
5 1 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Windows
2 2 (2.63%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.32%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.37%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (19.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (18.42%) Project Management
4 13 (17.11%) Agile
5 12 (15.79%) Information Security
5 12 (15.79%) Migration
6 11 (14.47%) Business Continuity
7 8 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (9.21%) ITSM
8 7 (9.21%) Ticket Management
9 6 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.58%) Change Management
10 5 (6.58%) Computer Science
10 5 (6.58%) Data Analysis
10 5 (6.58%) Data Governance
10 5 (6.58%) Test Automation
11 4 (5.26%) Risk Management
11 4 (5.26%) Security Management
11 4 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) Python
2 3 (3.95%) Java
2 3 (3.95%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.63%) PHP
3 2 (2.63%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.32%) C
4 1 (1.32%) C#
4 1 (1.32%) C++
4 1 (1.32%) Perl
4 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.32%) Rust
4 1 (1.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (15.79%) Degree
2 5 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.26%) CISSP
3 4 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.95%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.95%) PMP
4 3 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.63%) CCIE
5 2 (2.63%) CISA
5 2 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.63%) CISM
6 1 (1.32%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.32%) CEH
6 1 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.32%) MCP
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.79%) GDPR
2 9 (11.84%) GRC
3 3 (3.95%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.95%) NIST
3 3 (3.95%) QA
4 2 (2.63%) PERC
4 2 (2.63%) PMO
5 1 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.32%) COBIT
5 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.32%) MiFID
5 1 (1.32%) MISRA
5 1 (1.32%) MISRA C
5 1 (1.32%) PSD2
5 1 (1.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.63%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (2.63%) Terraform
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (9.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.95%) Cisco
3 2 (2.63%) Fortinet
3 2 (2.63%) IBM
3 2 (2.63%) Meraki
3 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.63%) SAP
4 1 (1.32%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.32%) Google
4 1 (1.32%) Juniper
4 1 (1.32%) Marketo
4 1 (1.32%) Oracle
4 1 (1.32%) Perforce
4 1 (1.32%) QNX
4 1 (1.32%) SendGrid
4 1 (1.32%) Verint
4 1 (1.32%) Workday