Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Data Protection
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 3 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 3.16% 5.00% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 5.77% 7.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £504 -
25th Percentile - £509 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £538 £125
Median % change year-on-year - +330.00% -66.67%
75th Percentile - £584 £298
90th Percentile - £601 £347
West Midlands median daily rate £473 £525 £348
% change year-on-year -9.90% +51.08% -24.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.10 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.76 £31.76 -
% change year-on-year -44.08% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77 52 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 81.05% 86.67% 81.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 28 64
10th Percentile £180 £140 £147
25th Percentile £263 £150 £292
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £225 £366
Median % change year-on-year +72.22% -38.47% -26.87%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £488
90th Percentile £880 £549 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £482 £500
% change year-on-year -0.41% -3.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 10
10th Percentile - £12.25 £14.71
25th Percentile £13.10 £13.78 £19.83
Median hourly rate £20.30 £30.00 £35.72
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% -16.00% +29.87%
75th Percentile £38.56 £31.00 £49.38
90th Percentile £56.23 £38.45 £52.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £24.22 £22.50
% change year-on-year +40.34% +7.64% -4.70%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Stoke-on-Trent -2 2 - -
Data Protection
West Midlands

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (66.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL