Data Protection Analyst Contracts

Data Protection/Privacy Analyst
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Protection/Privacy Analyst daily rate in the UK.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 579 713
Rank change year-on-year +62 +134 +140
Contract jobs requiring a Data Protection Analyst 3 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.007% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.007% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +79.59%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £80.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Data Protection Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Protection Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Analyst in the UK

Data Protection Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Analyst in the UK

Data Protection Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Analyst in the UK

Data Protection Analyst
Top 3 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 Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +57 2 - - 4
Work from Home +40 2 - - 2
London +39 2 - - 2

Data Protection Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Protection Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Protection Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) CASP
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) OneTrust
2 1 (33.33%) Data Sharing
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) PERC
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management

Data Protection Analyst Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Data Sharing
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CASP
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PERC
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) OneTrust
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
4 Data Protection Analyst jobs Nationwide