Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in Renfrewshire

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Scotland > Renfrewshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Renfrewshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Renfrewshire 9.09% - 2.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 33.33% - 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £120
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £431 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -9.21% +8.57% -14.63%

All Generic Skills
Renfrewshire

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 Renfrewshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Renfrewshire 27.27% 33.33% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £485 £168
25th Percentile £413 £487 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £492 £360
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +36.53% -30.77%
75th Percentile £438 £496 £480
90th Percentile - £498 £552
Scotland median daily rate £475 £464 £453
% change year-on-year +2.43% +2.37% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.99 - £12.30
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile - - £13.40
90th Percentile - - £14.06
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £22.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year -12.14% +21.35% +31.09%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Renfrewshire

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Renfrewshire

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in Renfrewshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Renfrewshire citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in Renfrewshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the Renfrewshire region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Erskine - 1 £425 -
Data Protection Act
Scotland

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Renfrewshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware