Data Protection Contracts in the North of England

Data Protection
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 51 43
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 139 163 264
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.25% 3.40% 4.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 3.97% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 92 165
10th Percentile £203 £313 £288
25th Percentile £375 £405 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -14.08%
75th Percentile £598 £588 £544
90th Percentile £650 £638 £655
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 32 3
10th Percentile £16.23 £11.79 £21.43
25th Percentile £20.50 - £21.69
Median hourly rate £24.50 £16.06 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.55% -28.62% +64.65%
75th Percentile £31.13 - £44.88
90th Percentile £34.18 £21.45 £57.55
England median hourly rate £29.23 £21.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +39.19% -60.00% +147.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,949 4,110 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.07% 85.80% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,903 2,521 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £288 £303
25th Percentile £376 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £568 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 356 207
10th Percentile £14.77 £11.04 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.78 £12.48 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.61 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% -36.43% +49.73%
75th Percentile £56.34 £44.24 £45.05
90th Percentile £83.13 £53.88 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Yorkshire +32 64 £519 -1.19% 35
North West -32 54 £425 -19.05% 49
North East +11 20 £450 - 5
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.32%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.72%) CMS
4 1 (0.72%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.44%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.72%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) SAP APO
1 1 (0.72%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.72%) SAP SCM
1 1 (0.72%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.51%) Azure
2 12 (8.63%) AWS
3 7 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.32%) GCP
4 6 (4.32%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (3.60%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.88%) OCI
7 3 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.16%) Serverless
8 2 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.44%) Google Compute Engine
8 2 (1.44%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.44%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.72%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.72%) dbt
9 1 (0.72%) GitHub
9 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.72%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.47%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (3.60%) Firewall
3 3 (2.16%) DNS
4 2 (1.44%) Network Security
4 2 (1.44%) SSH
5 1 (0.72%) DHCP
5 1 (0.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.72%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.72%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.72%) NAS
5 1 (0.72%) NGN
5 1 (0.72%) SAN
5 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.72%) SSL
5 1 (0.72%) VoIP
5 1 (0.72%) WAN
5 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.47%) Oracle Database
2 5 (3.60%) MongoDB
2 5 (3.60%) Power BI
2 5 (3.60%) Tableau
3 2 (1.44%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.44%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.44%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (1.44%) QlikView
3 2 (1.44%) Redis
4 1 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.72%) Flink
Development Applications
1 13 (9.35%) JIRA
2 5 (3.60%) Git
3 4 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.16%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.44%) GitLab
5 2 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
General
1 44 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 37 (26.62%) Finance
3 22 (15.83%) Banking
4 14 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.04%) Legal
6 7 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.32%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.16%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.44%) French Language
10 2 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) Marketing
11 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (15.83%) Data Engineer
2 17 (12.23%) Architect
3 16 (11.51%) Analyst
4 15 (10.79%) Developer
5 9 (6.47%) Cabling Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) Consultant
6 8 (5.76%) Data Protection Engineer
6 8 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.04%) Lead
7 7 (5.04%) Senior
8 5 (3.60%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Programme Manager
8 5 (3.60%) Security Engineer
9 4 (2.88%) Administrator
9 4 (2.88%) Business Analyst
9 4 (2.88%) IT Engineer
9 4 (2.88%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.88%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.88%) Support Analyst
10 3 (2.16%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.16%) CSS
1 3 (2.16%) HTML
1 3 (2.16%) RESTful
2 2 (1.44%) .NET
2 2 (1.44%) Anaconda
2 2 (1.44%) Micronaut
2 2 (1.44%) Pandas
2 2 (1.44%) PySpark
2 2 (1.44%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.44%) React
2 2 (1.44%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Beam
3 1 (0.72%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.72%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.72%) FHIR
3 1 (0.72%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.72%) Kafka
3 1 (0.72%) OpenID
3 1 (0.72%) Spark Streaming
3 1 (0.72%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 88 (63.31%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (6.47%) Fibre Optics
3 6 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.88%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.16%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.16%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.44%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 2 (1.44%) NHS
6 2 (1.44%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.44%) Robotics
6 2 (1.44%) SCADA
7 1 (0.72%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.72%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.72%) PMI
7 1 (0.72%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.79%) Linux
2 12 (8.63%) Windows
3 5 (3.60%) Unix
4 3 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.16%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.72%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.72%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (35.25%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (15.11%) Agile
3 13 (9.35%) Project Management
4 12 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (8.63%) Data Analysis
4 12 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (7.91%) CI/CD
5 11 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (7.91%) Zero Trust
6 10 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (7.19%) Mentoring
6 10 (7.19%) Performance Optimisation
7 9 (6.47%) Change Management
7 9 (6.47%) Information Security
8 8 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (5.76%) Data Management
8 8 (5.76%) PRINCE2
8 8 (5.76%) Risk Management
9 7 (5.04%) DevOps
9 7 (5.04%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.55%) Python
2 8 (5.76%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.32%) SQL
4 5 (3.60%) Shell Script
5 4 (2.88%) Java
6 3 (2.16%) C++
7 2 (1.44%) C#
7 2 (1.44%) Go
7 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.44%) R
7 2 (1.44%) Scala
7 2 (1.44%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.72%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.72%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.72%) C
8 1 (0.72%) JCL
8 1 (0.72%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.72%) REXX
Qualifications
1 12 (8.63%) Degree
1 12 (8.63%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.91%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.47%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.16%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.44%) APMG
6 2 (1.44%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.44%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.44%) PMP
7 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.72%) CCNP
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.72%) CISSP
7 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.72%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.04%) GDPR
2 7 (5.04%) PMO
3 4 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.16%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.16%) QA
5 2 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.72%) GRC
6 1 (0.72%) HL7
6 1 (0.72%) NIST
6 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (5.76%) Docker
2 7 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.32%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.16%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.16%) vSphere
5 2 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.72%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (10.07%) Ansible
2 11 (7.91%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.04%) Terraform
4 4 (2.88%) NetBackup
5 3 (2.16%) Control-M
6 2 (1.44%) HP Data Protector
6 2 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.44%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.44%) vRealize
6 2 (1.44%) WSUS
7 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.72%) Grafana
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.72%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.63%) VMware
3 10 (7.19%) Commvault
3 10 (7.19%) Oracle
4 8 (5.76%) Cisco
5 7 (5.04%) Veeam
6 6 (4.32%) Google
7 5 (3.60%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.60%) HP
7 5 (3.60%) IBM
7 5 (3.60%) SAP
8 4 (2.88%) Databricks
9 3 (2.16%) Dell
9 3 (2.16%) New Relic
9 3 (2.16%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.16%) Veritas
10 2 (1.44%) Ariba
10 2 (1.44%) IBM Sterling
10 2 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.44%) Siemens