The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Shropshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
35
-
27
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+84
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act
1
0
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire
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 Shropshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
27
23
21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire
15.88%
20.35%
26.25%
Number of daily rates quoted
14
19
11
10th Percentile
£215
£140
-
25th Percentile
£231
£239
£465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£375
£315
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+19.05%
-37.00%
-
75th Percentile
£534
£364
£573
90th Percentile
£634
£394
£588
West Midlands median daily rate
£500
£525
£525
% change year-on-year
-4.76%
-
+5.00%
Data Protection Act Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
Data Protection Act Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Shropshire.
Data Protection Act Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire
For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Data Protection Act also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Shropshire region with a requirement for Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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:
