Data Protection Officer Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer daily rate in Northamptonshire is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £325 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £300 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 301 238 186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.41% 91.54% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 170 145
10th Percentile £277 £341 £213
25th Percentile £350 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -10.53% +2.15%
75th Percentile £450 £500 £538
90th Percentile £540 £575 £617
East Midlands median daily rate £414 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -2.65% -10.53% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile - - £11.39
25th Percentile - £11.83 £11.67
Median hourly rate £21.39 £12.22 £13.18
Median % change year-on-year +75.04% -7.25% -45.25%
75th Percentile - £22.13 £15.58
90th Percentile £41.56 £42.03 £17.48
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.25 £24.18 £17.83
% change year-on-year -12.12% +35.60% +1.90%

Data Protection Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Protection Officer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Data Protection Officer job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Data Protection Officer
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Officer within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Northampton - 1 £300 - 1
Data Protection Officer
East Midlands

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Data Protection Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northamptonshire region featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001