Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 36 | 28 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -1 | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 0.41% | 0.54% | 1.16% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.23% | 2.33% | 3.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +9.59% |
| UK median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -4.76% | -4.55% |
All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 81 | 43 | 53 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 33.33% | 23.37% | 30.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 35 | 12 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £332 | £126 | £135 |
| 25th Percentile | £407 | £178 | £260 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £238 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +110.53% | -40.63% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £452 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £609 | £484 | £538 |
| UK median daily rate | £515 | £545 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.50% | -0.91% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £12.31 | £21.19 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £15.05 | £22.56 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.29% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £15.33 | £23.94 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £16.23 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £30.00 | £50.00 | £44.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +11.73% | +68.87% |
Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Antrim | -9 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Data Protection Act UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:
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