Data Privacy Contracts in the North West

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Data Privacy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Privacy 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 110 122 150
Rank change year-on-year +12 +28 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Privacy 10 15 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.51% 0.54% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.63% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 5
10th Percentile £439 £350 £420
25th Percentile £448 £550 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.38% +44.44% -17.43%
75th Percentile £671 £728 £650
90th Percentile £686 £738 £785
England median daily rate £560 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% -2.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Data Privacy 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Privacy in the North West

Data Privacy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Privacy in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Data Privacy in the North West

Data Privacy
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Privacy in the North West

Data Privacy
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Privacy within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +13 6 £455 -32.59% 27
Cheshire 0 4 £671 +22.00% 21
Data Privacy
England

Data Privacy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (30.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (10.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Data Scientist
3 2 (20.00%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Data Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Data Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Data Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Process Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (20.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (30.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (30.00%) Data Ingestion
4 3 (30.00%) Data Management
4 3 (30.00%) Generative AI
4 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (20.00%) Data Science
5 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) MLOps
5 2 (20.00%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) R
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) GDPR
2 4 (40.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (30.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks
2 1 (10.00%) Hitachi
2 1 (10.00%) Pega
2 1 (10.00%) SAP