Data Protection Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Protection/Privacy Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 344 401
Rank change year-on-year -47 +57 -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Manager 7 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.028% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.031% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £403 - £641
25th Percentile £404 £575 £667
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £600 £694
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% -13.51% -
75th Percentile £534 £625 £700
90th Percentile £551 - -
UK median daily rate £465 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -22.50% -14.29% +47.37%

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 16,428 13,110 18,223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 92.35% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,123 7,751 11,803
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
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 1,640 737 1,313
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.30 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.16% -30.00% +73.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.14 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +36.92%

Data Protection Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Protection Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Data Protection Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Protection Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Protection Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
North of England - 4 £404 - 2
Yorkshire - 4 £404 - 1
South East -20 3 £525 -12.50% 1
West Midlands - 1 £405 - 2
Midlands - 1 £405 - 4
Data Protection Manager
UK

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Data Protection Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Data Privacy
2 4 (57.14%) Data Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
4 2 (28.57%) GDPR
5 1 (14.29%) Case Management
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
5 1 (14.29%) EU AI Act
5 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) ISMS
5 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (14.29%) PERC
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Register
5 1 (14.29%) Security Management

Data Protection Manager 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
General
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Digital Health
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Legal
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
1 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Privacy
2 4 (57.14%) Data Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Case Management
4 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
4 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) ISMS
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Register
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) EU AI Act
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) PERC