Data Protection Act Contracts

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 148 172
Rank change year-on-year -36 +24 +462
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 543 1,005 1,417
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.27% 1.78% 1.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.21% 5.34% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 612 1,081
10th Percentile £223 £300 £323
25th Percentile £353 £406 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £600 £657 £629
90th Percentile £725 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% +45.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 21
10th Percentile £11.95 £20.32 £16.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.47 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £38.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +72.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £29.69 £53.75 £67.36
90th Percentile £62.50 £56.00 £77.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £23.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -14.17%

All Generic Skills
UK

Data Protection Act is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,908 18,829 29,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.30% 33.33% 33.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,321 12,959 20,354
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 612 715
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.50% -18.52% +5.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.98 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.38 £21.26 £21.13
% change year-on-year +47.58% +0.64% -8.57%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the UK over the 6 months to 24 May 2024. 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
England -36 459 £500 -6.98% 107
London +19 289 £525 -11.02% 20
UK excluding London -76 247 £450 -2.70% 93
Work from Home -21 124 £453 -9.50% 30
South East +7 75 £431 -20.69% 17
Scotland -8 73 £438 -12.50% 1
North of England -79 42 £500 +17.65% 18
North West -67 27 £500 +24.22% 6
Midlands -19 22 £425 - 28
West Midlands -19 17 £425 -2.86% 8
South West +4 14 £110 -85.33% 18
East of England +4 11 £325 -42.86% 10
Yorkshire -13 11 £500 +8.11% 10
Wales +4 6 £438 -7.89% 3
East Midlands +4 5 £538 +65.38% 20
North East +9 4 - - 2
Northern Ireland +6 4 £513 +28.13% 1

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.84%) Confluence
1 10 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.47%) SAS
2 8 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.55%) Apache
4 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.37%) Gunicorn
4 2 (0.37%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) Mingle
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Endur
1 3 (0.55%) ION MarketView
1 3 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.37%) Shopify
3 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 65 (11.97%) AWS
2 58 (10.68%) Azure
3 20 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (3.31%) GCP
5 14 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
5 14 (2.58%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.21%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.03%) GitHub
7 11 (2.03%) SaaS
8 9 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.29%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.10%) PaaS
10 6 (1.10%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (0.92%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.74%) Datadog
12 4 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.13%) DNS
2 15 (2.76%) WAN
3 14 (2.58%) VoIP
4 13 (2.39%) PBX
5 11 (2.03%) Firewall
6 10 (1.84%) DHCP
7 9 (1.66%) 5G
7 9 (1.66%) HTTP
7 9 (1.66%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (1.47%) Network Security
9 7 (1.29%) LAN
9 7 (1.29%) VPN
10 5 (0.92%) BGP
10 5 (0.92%) MPLS
10 5 (0.92%) SAN
11 4 (0.74%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (0.74%) Internet
11 4 (0.74%) SWIFTNet
11 4 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (2.58%) Big Data
3 13 (2.39%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.21%) Power BI
5 10 (1.84%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.47%) Metadata
7 6 (1.10%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.10%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.92%) MySQL
8 5 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.74%) KDB
10 3 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.55%) Parquet
11 2 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.37%) IBM BigInsights
Development Applications
1 36 (6.63%) Git
2 21 (3.87%) JIRA
3 17 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.03%) ERwin
5 7 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.92%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.92%) Postman
6 5 (0.92%) XCTest
7 4 (0.74%) GitLab
7 4 (0.74%) JUnit
8 3 (0.55%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.55%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.55%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.55%) Maven
8 3 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.55%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.37%) Capybara
9 2 (0.37%) Gradle
General
1 82 (15.10%) Social Skills
2 73 (13.44%) Finance
3 46 (8.47%) Telecoms
4 33 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.71%) Marketing
5 31 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.34%) Banking
7 22 (4.05%) Legal
8 20 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.03%) Law
10 10 (1.84%) Retail
11 9 (1.66%) Games
12 6 (1.10%) Back Office
12 6 (1.10%) Billing
12 6 (1.10%) Electronics
12 6 (1.10%) Publishing
13 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.92%) Police
14 4 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.74%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 80 (14.73%) Developer
2 77 (14.18%) Architect
3 55 (10.13%) Analyst
4 40 (7.37%) Lead
5 35 (6.45%) Project Manager
6 31 (5.71%) Senior
7 30 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
8 25 (4.60%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.50%) Java Developer
9 19 (3.50%) Network Engineer
10 18 (3.31%) Support Engineer
11 17 (3.13%) Consultant
11 17 (3.13%) Data Architect
12 15 (2.76%) QA Engineer
13 14 (2.58%) Junior
14 13 (2.39%) QA Leader
15 12 (2.21%) Enterprise Architect
16 11 (2.03%) DevOps Engineer
17 10 (1.84%) Python Developer
17 10 (1.84%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.58%) Kafka
1 14 (2.58%) Spring
2 13 (2.39%) XML
3 12 (2.21%) React
4 10 (1.84%) REST
4 10 (1.84%) Spring Boot
5 8 (1.47%) .NET
5 8 (1.47%) CSS
5 8 (1.47%) HTML
6 7 (1.29%) JSON
6 7 (1.29%) SwiftUI
7 6 (1.10%) Node.js
8 5 (0.92%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.92%) J2EE
8 5 (0.92%) RESTful
9 4 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.74%) Guice
10 3 (0.55%) Apache Avro
10 3 (0.55%) Apache Camel
10 3 (0.55%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.05%) Freedom of Information
2 21 (3.87%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.31%) Freedom of Information Act
4 16 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.76%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.03%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.66%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.66%) FPGA
9 8 (1.47%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.29%) Derivative
10 7 (1.29%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.10%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.10%) Wiki
12 5 (0.92%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.92%) Social Media
13 4 (0.74%) Mainframe
13 4 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.47%) Linux
2 31 (5.71%) Windows
3 15 (2.76%) Unix
4 11 (2.03%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.66%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.47%) Android
7 4 (0.74%) VMS
8 3 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.55%) Solaris
8 3 (0.55%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.37%) AIX
9 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.37%) zOS
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 100 (18.42%) Agile
3 72 (13.26%) Value Proposition
4 47 (8.66%) Project Management
5 45 (8.29%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (7.37%) Scrum
7 38 (7.00%) CI/CD
8 37 (6.81%) Data Modelling
8 37 (6.81%) Migration
9 36 (6.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (6.26%) Computer Science
11 33 (6.08%) DevOps
12 31 (5.71%) Test Automation
13 27 (4.97%) Analytics
13 27 (4.97%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (4.79%) User Acceptance Testing
15 23 (4.24%) Microservices
16 22 (4.05%) Cybersecurity
17 20 (3.68%) Continuous Integration
17 20 (3.68%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 73 (13.44%) Python
2 57 (10.50%) Java
3 56 (10.31%) SQL
4 21 (3.87%) C++
5 19 (3.50%) C#
5 19 (3.50%) PowerShell
6 16 (2.95%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.95%) Perl
7 13 (2.39%) Bash
8 11 (2.03%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.84%) Swift
10 9 (1.66%) Scala
11 7 (1.29%) C
11 7 (1.29%) PHP
12 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.55%) F#
13 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.55%) Rust
13 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.37%) CLIST
Qualifications
1 63 (11.60%) Security Cleared
2 58 (10.68%) Degree
3 43 (7.92%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.87%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.29%) ISEB
8 6 (1.10%) CISSP
9 5 (0.92%) CCNP
9 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.74%) CISM
11 3 (0.55%) CCIE
11 3 (0.55%) CCNA
11 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.37%) CCSP
12 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.73%) GDPR
2 36 (6.63%) QA
3 17 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.76%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.10%) SLA
6 4 (0.74%) NIST
7 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.55%) PMO
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.37%) MiFID
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.13%) Docker
3 15 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.74%) vSphere
5 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.37%) Firmware
6 2 (0.37%) NFS
6 2 (0.37%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.18%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 23 (4.24%) Terraform
2 20 (3.68%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.39%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Grafana
4 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.55%) NetBackup
4 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.37%) Ambari
5 2 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.37%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (0.37%) Kibana
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Nessus
5 2 (0.37%) OMEGAMON
5 2 (0.37%) Oozie
5 2 (0.37%) SCCM
5 2 (0.37%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.18%) Graylog
6 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.81%) Cisco
3 16 (2.95%) Oracle
4 15 (2.76%) VMware
5 14 (2.58%) SAP
6 10 (1.84%) Google
6 10 (1.84%) IBM
7 9 (1.66%) Sparx
7 9 (1.66%) Splunk
8 8 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.29%) Cadence
9 7 (1.29%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.10%) Apple
10 6 (1.10%) Databricks
10 6 (1.10%) Juniper
10 6 (1.10%) OneTrust
11 5 (0.92%) Adobe
11 5 (0.92%) ION Trading
11 5 (0.92%) Nokia
12 4 (0.74%) Informatica