Data Protection Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Protection/Privacy Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 347 395
Rank change year-on-year -49 +48 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Consultant 2 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.007% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.007% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £458 £375 £525
% change year-on-year +22.00% -28.57% -12.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,548 13,436 18,127
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 92.34% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,191 7,978 11,768
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,650 749 1,283
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.52 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% -31.75% +80.14%
75th Percentile £58.63 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

Data Protection Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Protection Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Protection Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Protection Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Protection Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Yorkshire - 2 £550 -
North of England - 2 £550 - 4
Data Protection Consultant
UK

Data Protection Consultant Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Data Protection Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Protection Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint

Data Protection Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft