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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 59 42
Rank change year-on-year +10 -17 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 142 142 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.28% 3.07% 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 3.60% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 74 145
10th Percentile £203 £350 £271
25th Percentile £363 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £545 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +28.24% -19.05%
75th Percentile £586 £588 £538
90th Percentile £665 £638 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 32 3
10th Percentile £18.65 £11.79 £21.43
25th Percentile £24.25 - £21.69
Median hourly rate £24.50 £16.06 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.55% -28.62% +32.90%
75th Percentile £31.76 - £44.88
90th Percentile £34.21 £21.45 £57.55
England median hourly rate £29.12 £21.00 £48.52
% change year-on-year +38.64% -56.71% +115.62%

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 2,972 3,945 5,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.65% 85.39% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,422 3,502
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £378 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 365 204
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £15.54
Median hourly rate £25.43 £17.72 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +43.51% -36.35% +46.53%
75th Percentile £57.93 £45.00 £43.94
90th Percentile £81.55 £59.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £37.15
% change year-on-year -21.64% -1.75% +48.60%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +36 67 £506 -4.93% 44
North West -24 54 £425 -22.73% 69
North East +10 21 £419 - 6
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 7 (4.93%) Confluence
1 7 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.41%) CMS
2 2 (1.41%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.41%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.41%) MadCap Flare
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) SAP APO
1 1 (0.70%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.70%) SAP SCM
1 1 (0.70%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.97%) Azure
2 12 (8.45%) AWS
3 9 (6.34%) GCP
4 7 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.23%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.52%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.82%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.82%) OCI
8 3 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.11%) GitHub
8 3 (2.11%) Serverless
8 3 (2.11%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.41%) dbt
9 2 (1.41%) Google Compute Engine
9 2 (1.41%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.70%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.34%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (3.52%) Firewall
3 3 (2.11%) DNS
3 3 (2.11%) Network Security
4 1 (0.70%) DHCP
4 1 (0.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.70%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.70%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.70%) NAS
4 1 (0.70%) NGN
4 1 (0.70%) SAN
4 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.70%) SSH
4 1 (0.70%) SSL
4 1 (0.70%) VoIP
4 1 (0.70%) WAN
4 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.34%) Oracle Database
2 6 (4.23%) Power BI
2 6 (4.23%) Tableau
3 3 (2.11%) BigQuery
3 3 (2.11%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.41%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.41%) QlikView
5 1 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.70%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.70%) Flink
5 1 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.70%) GIS
5 1 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (8.45%) JIRA
2 4 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.11%) Git
4 2 (1.41%) GitLab
5 1 (0.70%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.70%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 42 (29.58%) Finance
3 22 (15.49%) Banking
4 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.45%) Legal
6 10 (7.04%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.93%) Financial Institution
8 6 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.52%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.11%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.41%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.41%) Marketing
11 2 (1.41%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.70%) Local Government
12 1 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (15.49%) Data Engineer
2 20 (14.08%) Analyst
3 19 (13.38%) Architect
4 11 (7.75%) Developer
5 9 (6.34%) Cabling Engineer
5 9 (6.34%) Consultant
6 8 (5.63%) Data Protection Engineer
6 8 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.23%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.23%) Lead
7 6 (4.23%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.23%) Security Engineer
7 6 (4.23%) Senior
8 5 (3.52%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 5 (3.52%) Programme Manager
8 5 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.82%) Data Analyst
9 4 (2.82%) IT Engineer
9 4 (2.82%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.11%) React
2 2 (1.41%) Anaconda
2 2 (1.41%) Micronaut
2 2 (1.41%) Pandas
2 2 (1.41%) PySpark
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Beam
3 1 (0.70%) GatsbyJS
3 1 (0.70%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.70%) Kafka
3 1 (0.70%) Lambda Expressions
3 1 (0.70%) Next.js
3 1 (0.70%) Node.js
3 1 (0.70%) Playwright
3 1 (0.70%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.70%) REST
3 1 (0.70%) SAP Core Interface
3 1 (0.70%) Spark Streaming
3 1 (0.70%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.70%) Swagger
3 1 (0.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 87 (61.27%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (6.34%) Fibre Optics
3 6 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.52%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.11%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.41%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.41%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (1.41%) NHS
7 2 (1.41%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.41%) Robotics
7 2 (1.41%) SCADA
8 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.70%) IoT
8 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.56%) Linux
2 9 (6.34%) Windows
3 5 (3.52%) Unix
4 3 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.70%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (35.21%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (14.79%) Agile
3 14 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (9.86%) Data Analysis
4 13 (9.15%) Project Management
5 12 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (7.75%) CI/CD
6 11 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (7.75%) Zero Trust
7 10 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (7.04%) Mentoring
7 10 (7.04%) Performance Optimisation
7 10 (7.04%) Risk Management
8 9 (6.34%) Analytics
8 9 (6.34%) Artificial Intelligence
8 9 (6.34%) Cloud Security
8 9 (6.34%) Information Security
9 8 (5.63%) Data Management
9 8 (5.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.20%) Python
2 8 (5.63%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.23%) SQL
4 5 (3.52%) Java
4 5 (3.52%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.41%) C++
5 2 (1.41%) Go
5 2 (1.41%) Scala
5 2 (1.41%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.70%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.70%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (0.70%) Bash
6 1 (0.70%) C
6 1 (0.70%) Groovy
6 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.70%) JCL
6 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.70%) R
6 1 (0.70%) REXX
6 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (9.15%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.45%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.75%) Degree
4 9 (6.34%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.11%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.41%) APMG
7 2 (1.41%) CISSP
7 2 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.41%) PMP
7 2 (1.41%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.70%) CCNP
8 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.70%) CISM
8 1 (0.70%) CRISC
8 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.70%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (6.34%) GDPR
3 7 (4.93%) PMO
4 3 (2.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (2.11%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.11%) NIST
4 3 (2.11%) SLA
5 2 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.41%) GRC
5 2 (1.41%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.70%) HL7
6 1 (0.70%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.70%) QA
6 1 (0.70%) SEPA
6 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (6.34%) Docker
2 7 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.52%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.11%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.11%) vSphere
5 2 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.70%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (9.86%) Ansible
2 12 (8.45%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.93%) Terraform
4 4 (2.82%) Control-M
4 4 (2.82%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.41%) Grafana
5 2 (1.41%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.41%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.41%) vRealize
6 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.70%) Istio
6 1 (0.70%) Kiali
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.70%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.70%) Puppet
6 1 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.45%) VMware
3 10 (7.04%) Commvault
3 10 (7.04%) Oracle
4 8 (5.63%) Cisco
5 7 (4.93%) Google
5 7 (4.93%) Veeam
6 5 (3.52%) Databricks
6 5 (3.52%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.52%) HP
7 4 (2.82%) IBM
7 4 (2.82%) SAP
8 3 (2.11%) Dell
8 3 (2.11%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.11%) Veritas
9 2 (1.41%) IBM Sterling
9 2 (1.41%) OneTrust
9 2 (1.41%) Rockwell
9 2 (1.41%) Siemens
9 2 (1.41%) Snow