Data Protection Contracts in the North West

Data Protection
England > North West

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 49 26
Rank change year-on-year -26 -23 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 51 97 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.62% 3.58% 5.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 4.20% 6.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 49 110
10th Percentile - £343 £274
25th Percentile £203 £405 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £518
90th Percentile £724 £640 £631
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 31 4
10th Percentile £20.75 £11.77 £21.51
25th Percentile £23.00 - £21.91
Median hourly rate £24.50 £16.06 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +52.55% -38.82% +75.59%
75th Percentile £26.50 - £39.00
90th Percentile £29.66 £21.00 £55.20
England median hourly rate £29.50 £21.00 £44.53
% change year-on-year +40.48% -52.84% +83.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,755 2,311 2,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.05% 85.25% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,450 1,919
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £391 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £588
90th Percentile £661 £676 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 263 140
10th Percentile £13.88 £11.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.72 £14.00 £22.09
Median hourly rate £30.40 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% -25.71% +51.99%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £48.19
90th Percentile £84.80 £66.61 £66.00
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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 +2 23 £455 -9.00% 101
Cheshire -11 12 £454 -20.44% 49
Lancashire -16 7 £558 -7.08% 23
Merseyside - 7 £205 - 21
Cumbria +5 2 £275 -
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 (9.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
2 2 (3.92%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.96%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) SAP APO
1 1 (1.96%) SAP PM
1 1 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.96%) SAP SCM
1 1 (1.96%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (9.80%) OneDrive
3 3 (5.88%) AWS
4 2 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.92%) GCP
5 1 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (3.92%) Firewall
3 1 (1.96%) DHCP
3 1 (1.96%) DNS
3 1 (1.96%) Network Security
3 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.96%) VoIP
3 1 (1.96%) WAN
3 1 (1.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.96%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
2 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Finance
2 7 (13.73%) Legal
3 4 (7.84%) Banking
4 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.92%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (21.57%) Architect
2 10 (19.61%) Data Engineer
3 9 (17.65%) Cabling Engineer
4 7 (13.73%) Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Consultant
6 3 (5.88%) Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.88%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Data Scientist
7 2 (3.92%) Integration Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Junior
7 2 (3.92%) Junior Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Junior Risk Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Security Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.96%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.96%) Qt
1 1 (1.96%) React
1 1 (1.96%) RESTful
1 1 (1.96%) SAP Core Interface
1 1 (1.96%) TensorFlow
1 1 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (37.25%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (17.65%) Fibre Optics
3 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.92%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 2 (3.92%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.92%) SCADA
6 1 (1.96%) IoT
6 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.96%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Linux
2 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (11.76%) Cloud Security
3 6 (11.76%) Mentoring
3 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (9.80%) Data Governance
4 5 (9.80%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (9.80%) Machine Learning
4 5 (9.80%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (9.80%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (9.80%) Zero Trust
5 4 (7.84%) Data Management
5 4 (7.84%) Data Privacy
5 4 (7.84%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (7.84%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (7.84%) PRINCE2
5 4 (7.84%) SFIA
6 3 (5.88%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (1.96%) C++
3 1 (1.96%) R
3 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 11 (21.57%) SC Cleared
3 9 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 5 (9.80%) Degree
5 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.92%) APMG
7 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.96%) CISM
7 1 (1.96%) CISSP
7 1 (1.96%) CRISC
7 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) GDPR
2 3 (5.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (3.92%) GRC
3 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.92%) NIST
3 2 (3.92%) PMO
4 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.96%) NetBackup
1 1 (1.96%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) SAP
3 2 (3.92%) AVEVA
3 2 (3.92%) OneTrust
3 2 (3.92%) Rockwell
3 2 (3.92%) Siemens
4 1 (1.96%) Adobe
4 1 (1.96%) Apple
4 1 (1.96%) Cisco
4 1 (1.96%) Dell
4 1 (1.96%) Google
4 1 (1.96%) IBM
4 1 (1.96%) IBM Sterling
4 1 (1.96%) VMware
4 1 (1.96%) Workday