GDPR Contract Job Trends in Preston

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring GDPR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing GDPR 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.08% 1.41% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.26% 6.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £125 - £600
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.16 -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £70.16 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 38 15 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 20.43% 21.13% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 6 3
10th Percentile £483 £250 £321
25th Percentile £514 £271 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £391 £975
Median % change year-on-year +44.63% -59.90% +168.97%
75th Percentile £585 £509 £988
90th Percentile £606 £604 -
Lancashire median daily rate £548 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +21.72% -25.00% +35.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £64.09 £70.16 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% - -
75th Percentile £66.23 - -
90th Percentile £70.09 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £64.09 £70.81 £40.33
% change year-on-year -9.48% +75.59% -42.05%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GDPR relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

GDPR job vacancy trend in Preston

GDPR
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing GDPR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing GDPR

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Learning Management System
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP