Data Protection Contracts in Northern Ireland

Data Protection
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 20 30
Rank change year-on-year -9 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.24% 2.76% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 3.67% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £513 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +28.13% +33.33%
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.78 - -
Median hourly rate £15.05 - -
75th Percentile £15.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.57 £21.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +31.29% -60.00% +162.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 109 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 91.30% 75.17% 75.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 53 79
10th Percentile £154 £211 £159
25th Percentile £295 £350 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £513 £413
Median % change year-on-year -18.54% +24.24% -6.52%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £508
90th Percentile £625 £670 £626
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 14
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.49 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £13.94 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +73.46% -8.59% -12.20%
75th Percentile £44.65 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Northern Ireland

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in Northern Ireland

Data Protection
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 within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 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
County Antrim -13 2 £492 -4.00% 15
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) UniData
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Applications Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Records Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR