Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Norfolk

Data Protection
East of England > Norfolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Norfolk requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 9 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Norfolk 4.46% - 8.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.47% - 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £264 - £151
25th Percentile £276 - £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 - £178
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.33%
75th Percentile £458 - £185
90th Percentile £638 - £194
East of England median daily rate £450 £600 £410
% change year-on-year -25.00% +46.34% -27.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £24.19 - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.94 - £18.00
% change year-on-year - - -73.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Norfolk

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 Norfolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 139 37 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Norfolk 68.81% 84.09% 83.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 17 30
10th Percentile £126 £200 £172
25th Percentile £175 £253 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £370 £400
Median % change year-on-year -39.19% -7.50% +73.91%
75th Percentile £330 £450 £538
90th Percentile £488 £558 £541
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £477
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% -4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 7 10
10th Percentile £12.21 £14.02 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.61 £14.35 £14.13
Median hourly rate £15.79 £15.33 £16.13
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.93% -23.21%
75th Percentile £21.13 £17.99 £24.19
90th Percentile £23.81 £21.50 £26.98
East of England median hourly rate £21.80 £57.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -62.09% +50.84% +15.52%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Norfolk

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Norfolk

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

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

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Norfolk

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Norfolk over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Norfolk

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Norfolk

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Norfolk

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 Norfolk region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
Norwich - 3 £625 - 4
Data Protection
East of England

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk 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:

General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Health
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Governance Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Information Assurance Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Information Governance Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Information Manager
2 4 (44.44%) NHS Information Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Information Governance Officer
3 2 (22.22%) Information Officer
3 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance Officer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Information Governance
2 4 (44.44%) Data Security
3 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
3 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Sharing
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) ISEB
3 1 (11.11%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Datix