Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Data Protection
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 26 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 7 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 3.66% 2.33% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.83% 2.96% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £526 £177
25th Percentile - £696 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £830 £370
Median % change year-on-year -57.83% +124.32% -
75th Percentile - £875 £524
90th Percentile - - £600
South West median daily rate £525 £675 £510
% change year-on-year -22.22% +32.35% +7.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 145 135 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 75.92% 78.49% 85.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 88 98
10th Percentile £160 £204 £143
25th Percentile £248 £380 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £498 £470
Median % change year-on-year -29.65% +5.85% -14.55%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £588
90th Percentile £647 £755 £678
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 26
10th Percentile £44.90 - £35.00
25th Percentile £59.38 £12.50 £46.71
Median hourly rate £62.50 £14.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +331.03% -72.06% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £24.25 £62.22
90th Percentile £64.43 £38.20 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Somerset

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. 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
Street - 3 - - 1
Taunton - 2 - - 2
Data Protection
South West

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Neo4j
2 1 (14.29%) TigerGraph
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Data Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Data Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Runbook
2 3 (42.86%) Data Virtualisation
2 3 (42.86%) Identity Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (28.57%) Key Management
3 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (28.57%) Observability
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (28.57%) Privileged Identity Management
3 2 (28.57%) RBAC
3 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Bicep
3 1 (14.29%) Cypher
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NCSC
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Google
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) VMware