Data Protection Act (DPA)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 35 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | - | - | 0.84% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 2.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £146 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £174 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £228 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -50.81% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £286 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £317 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £374 | £538 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.47% | +65.38% | -24.64% |
All Generic Skills
Northamptonshire
Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Northamptonshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 74 | 70 | 73 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | 35.07% | 27.34% | 30.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 58 | 49 | 62 |
| 10th Percentile | £303 | £346 | £189 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £389 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £406 | £445 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.76% | +11.25% | -11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £492 | £475 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £537 | £550 | £630 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.88% | -5.56% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £13.31 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £16.41 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.39 | £14.00 | £22.21 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.79% | -36.95% | +3.28% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £36.08 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £53.43 |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £14.45 | £14.00 | £22.26 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.21% | -37.11% | +26.77% |
Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.
Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Northamptonshire.