Data Protection Contracts in Preston

Data Protection
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 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 12 2 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 6 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 8.70% 43.64% 20.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.38% 48.00% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 10
10th Percentile £400 - £260
25th Percentile £427 - £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 - £403
Median % change year-on-year - - +54.81%
75th Percentile £741 - £463
90th Percentile £788 - £558
Lancashire median daily rate £558 £600 £403
% change year-on-year -7.08% +49.07% +54.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 24 2
10th Percentile - £11.77 £21.34
25th Percentile - - £21.47
Median hourly rate - £16.06 £22.38
Median % change year-on-year - -28.22% +115.14%
75th Percentile - - £23.41
90th Percentile - - £23.61
Lancashire median hourly rate - £16.06 £22.38
% change year-on-year - -28.22% +115.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 50 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 92.75% 90.91% 98.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 16 28
10th Percentile £350 £356 £303
25th Percentile £447 £459 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £571 £438
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% +30.62% +4.48%
75th Percentile £575 £743 £532
90th Percentile £630 £981 £771
Lancashire median daily rate £533 £538 £533
% change year-on-year -0.93% +0.94% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 32 39
10th Percentile £24.76 £12.20 £23.60
25th Percentile £26.88 - £29.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -62.21% +6.99%
75th Percentile £31.07 £19.05 £49.52
90th Percentile £43.39 £46.18 £54.03
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £19.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +49.90% -54.87% +7.59%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Preston

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in Preston

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Preston over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Preston

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Preston.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in Preston

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
General
1 6 (100.00%) Legal
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Integration Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Test Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (66.67%) SFIA
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (50.00%) Data Management
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) APMG
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft