Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Data Protection
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 18 22
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 1.20% 1.65% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 2.02% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £371 -
25th Percentile £331 £384 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +9.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £344 £509 -
90th Percentile - £534 -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £338 £438 £400
% change year-on-year -22.86% +9.38% -13.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 122 99 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 73.49% 81.82% 86.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 48 94
10th Percentile £201 £301 £290
25th Percentile £380 £410 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +3.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £548 £550 £650
90th Percentile £635 £600 £745
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 2 6
10th Percentile £15.47 £14.70 £10.76
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.76 £11.77
Median hourly rate £16.35 £14.95 £16.36
Median % change year-on-year +9.36% -8.59% +57.71%
75th Percentile £17.87 £15.06 £21.22
90th Percentile - £15.09 £55.39
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £23.80 £16.36
% change year-on-year -31.30% +45.52% +48.68%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Data Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001