Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Watford

Data Protection
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 5.08% 1.75% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 2.00% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.30%
75th Percentile - - £513
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £338 £463
% change year-on-year +25.93% -27.03% -31.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.61 - -
Median hourly rate £32.74 - -
75th Percentile £34.86 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £18.17 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -27.32% +19.05% -70.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54 50 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 91.53% 87.72% 91.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 38 84
10th Percentile £178 £262 £220
25th Percentile £400 £306 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £388 £446
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -13.17% -18.86%
75th Percentile £575 £529 £625
90th Percentile £630 £591 £751
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £15.21 £13.94 -
25th Percentile £18.14 £14.33 -
Median hourly rate £23.03 £15.81 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.64% - -
75th Percentile £28.94 £17.70 -
90th Percentile £32.49 £18.33 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.85% - -

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Watford

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Risk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Service Design
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Storage Management
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce