GDPR Contracts in Northern Ireland

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 25 29
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing GDPR 15 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 6.25% 1.84% 0.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.59% 16.67% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £400
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £511 £550
% change year-on-year +2.69% -7.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £12.31 - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £13.60 - -
75th Percentile £15.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £25.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year -32.00% +33.69% -32.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Northern Ireland.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 61 18 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 25.42% 11.04% 16.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 6 17
10th Percentile £300 £167 £203
25th Percentile £361 £171 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £193 £395
Median % change year-on-year +166.23% -51.27% -20.16%
75th Percentile £603 £466 £510
90th Percentile £663 £570 £587
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 1
10th Percentile £12.31 - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £14.33 £24.18 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.76% +34.33% -
75th Percentile £15.33 - -
90th Percentile £24.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £24.84 £35.00
% change year-on-year +18.76% -29.03% +52.17%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Northern Ireland

GDPR
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GDPR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GDPR

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Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GDPR.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GDPR

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DemandTrendContract 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 GDPR within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +1 14 £325 - 8
County Tyrone - 1 - - 1
GDPR
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) CMS
1 1 (6.67%) Confluence
1 1 (6.67%) EPiServer
1 1 (6.67%) Umbraco
1 1 (6.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Canva
1 1 (6.67%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Intranet
1 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 10 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Information Governance Officer
1 10 (66.67%) Information Officer
2 3 (20.00%) Compliance Officer
2 3 (20.00%) Support Officer
3 2 (13.33%) Information Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Content Editor
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Content Editor
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Editor
4 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Project Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Project Support Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Social Media
3 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 10 (66.67%) Information Governance
2 7 (46.67%) Records Management
3 6 (40.00%) Data Security
3 6 (40.00%) Informatics
3 6 (40.00%) Mathematics
4 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (13.33%) Compliance Management
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (13.33%) Information Security
5 2 (13.33%) Information Security Governance
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Register
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.67%) Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Data Governance
6 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
6 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.67%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) HNC
2 3 (20.00%) HND
3 2 (13.33%) CISM
3 2 (13.33%) CISSP
3 2 (13.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (13.33%) GRC
1 2 (13.33%) HIPAA
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) NIST
1 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Facebook
2 1 (6.67%) Instagram
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.67%) Twitter