Data Protection Contracts in the North West

Data Protection
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Data Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 27 42
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +77
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 98 182 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.67% 5.95% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 6.61% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 111 172
10th Percentile £313 £275 £256
25th Percentile £405 £313 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £586 £519 £588
90th Percentile £639 £631 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 4 2
10th Percentile £11.77 £21.51 £11.29
25th Percentile - £21.91 £12.61
Median hourly rate £16.06 £26.25 £14.95
Median % change year-on-year -38.82% +75.59% +6.69%
75th Percentile - £39.00 £17.41
90th Percentile £21.00 £55.20 £18.82
England median hourly rate £21.00 £44.53 £23.37
% change year-on-year -52.84% +90.54% +3.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Data Protection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,274 2,752 3,558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.26% 90.02% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,438 1,929 2,581
10th Percentile £307 £313 £240
25th Percentile £402 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £682 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 138 162
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.23 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.88 £22.20 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.02 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.75% +53.91% +33.82%
75th Percentile £46.18 £48.56 £51.68
90th Percentile £66.61 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +11.11%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the North West over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in the North West over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
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 Protection within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 May 2024. 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 -24 46 £490 +15.29% 25
Lancashire +9 27 £600 +49.07% 5
Cheshire +2 22 £570 +75.38% 4
Cumbria -16 3 - - 2
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.02%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (25.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.02%) SAP EWM
2 1 (1.02%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.02%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 20 (20.41%) Taleo
2 7 (7.14%) Azure
2 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
3 6 (6.12%) Azure Stack
3 6 (6.12%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.04%) AWS
5 2 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.02%) Cohesity
6 1 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.06%) Intranet
2 1 (1.02%) LAN
2 1 (1.02%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.12%) Power BI
2 6 (6.12%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (2.04%) Metadata
3 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.02%) Data Vault
4 1 (1.02%) DataStage
4 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.04%) ERwin
General
1 29 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.24%) Finance
3 11 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.20%) Legal
5 8 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 6 (6.12%) Banking
6 6 (6.12%) Manufacturing
6 6 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (5.10%) Law
8 4 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.02%) Automotive
10 1 (1.02%) German Language
10 1 (1.02%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.02%) Marketing
10 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Retail
10 1 (1.02%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (25.51%) Analyst
2 11 (11.22%) Architect
2 11 (11.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 9 (9.18%) Business Analyst
4 8 (8.16%) Test Analyst
5 7 (7.14%) Data Architect
6 6 (6.12%) Administrator
6 6 (6.12%) Lead
7 5 (5.10%) Data Manager
8 4 (4.08%) Security Analyst
8 4 (4.08%) Senior
8 4 (4.08%) Systems Administrator
9 3 (3.06%) Data Analyst
9 3 (3.06%) Data Protection Officer
9 3 (3.06%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (2.04%) Process Manager
10 2 (2.04%) Project Coordinator
10 2 (2.04%) Security Administrator
10 2 (2.04%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.12%) JSON
1 6 (6.12%) REST
1 6 (6.12%) XML
2 1 (1.02%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (27.55%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (8.16%) Product Ownership
3 7 (7.14%) Reference Data
4 6 (6.12%) Data Structures
5 5 (5.10%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.04%) SCADA
6 2 (2.04%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.02%) CMDB
7 1 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.02%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (1.02%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.02%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.02%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.08%) Windows
2 3 (3.06%) Linux
3 2 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.02%) Unix
4 1 (1.02%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.02%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.51%) Decision-Making
2 15 (15.31%) Agile
2 15 (15.31%) Data Governance
3 13 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (12.24%) Business Strategy
4 12 (12.24%) Data Strategy
4 12 (12.24%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (12.24%) Validation
5 11 (11.22%) Business Continuity
5 11 (11.22%) IT Strategy
5 11 (11.22%) Roadmaps
6 10 (10.20%) Analytics
7 9 (9.18%) Data Modelling
8 8 (8.16%) Change Management
8 8 (8.16%) Cyber Resilience
8 8 (8.16%) Data Management
8 8 (8.16%) Project Management
8 8 (8.16%) Strategic Roadmap
8 8 (8.16%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.10%) SQL
2 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (20.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 14 (14.29%) Degree
3 6 (6.12%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.10%) IIBA
4 5 (5.10%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.02%) CCNA
6 1 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.02%) MCSE
6 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.02%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (22.45%) GDPR
2 9 (9.18%) Data Quality
3 8 (8.16%) NIST
4 5 (5.10%) Good Clinical Practice
4 5 (5.10%) GxP
4 5 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (3.06%) IASME
6 1 (1.02%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.02%) GMP
6 1 (1.02%) QA
6 1 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.02%) SEPA
6 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.02%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.02%) NetBackup
1 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 20 (20.41%) ServiceNow
3 8 (8.16%) SAP
4 2 (2.04%) VMware
5 1 (1.02%) Adobe
5 1 (1.02%) Avaloq
5 1 (1.02%) Brocade
5 1 (1.02%) Embarcadero
5 1 (1.02%) NetApp
5 1 (1.02%) Sparx
5 1 (1.02%) Symantec