Data Protection
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | 35 | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +3 | +25 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | 1.02% | 2.99% | 3.63% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.17% | 3.79% | 4.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £227 | £91 | £157 |
| 25th Percentile | £296 | £118 | £244 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £288 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +47.83% | -36.11% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £519 | £434 | £584 |
| 90th Percentile | £568 | £525 | £662 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £18.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -28.00% | +92.31% |
| UK median hourly rate | £27.64 | £20.25 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.49% | -61.43% | +162.50% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales
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 Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 256 | 317 | 548 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 86.78% | 79.05% | 86.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 183 | 218 | 421 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £172 | £183 |
| 25th Percentile | £285 | £350 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £415 | £495 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.16% | +4.21% | -2.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £570 | £573 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £667 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £521 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.86% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 31 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.60 | £11.75 | £14.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.12 | £14.78 | £16.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.01 | £22.50 | £18.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.62% | +19.59% | -16.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.25 | £51.75 | £26.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.00 | £86.00 | £49.13 |
| UK median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.50 | £37.30 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.31% | -4.83% | +49.20% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Wales.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Wales over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Wales.
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Contract Job Locations in Wales
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 Wales region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wales | -3 | 3 | £425 | +47.83% | 6 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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: