Data Protection Act (DPA)
Oxfordshire > Oxford
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Oxford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 15 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford | 4.17% | 0.96% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 7.69% | 4.17% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | - |
| Oxfordshire median daily rate | £550 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Oxford
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 Oxford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 26 | 24 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford | 54.17% | 23.08% | 29.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 16 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £334 | £304 | £195 |
| 25th Percentile | £389 | £363 | £411 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £469 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.33% | -1.32% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £681 | £511 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £566 | £538 |
| Oxfordshire median daily rate | £550 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.71% | -7.89% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £35.60 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £13.08 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £14.08 | £65.00 | £18.08 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -78.35% | +259.51% | -9.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £15.07 | - | £24.02 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £26.75 |
| Oxfordshire median hourly rate | £14.08 | £48.75 | £18.08 |
| % change year-on-year | -71.13% | +169.63% | -9.60% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxford.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Oxford.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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: