Data Protection Act (DPA)
Scotland > West Lothian
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in West Lothian. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | 0 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian | 10.00% | 18.00% | 18.18% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 50.00% | 45.00% | 83.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £412 | £478 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £420 | £488 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £463 | £531 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -12.94% | +28.79% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £553 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £626 | £622 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | +4.71% |
All Generic Skills
West Lothian
Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in West Lothian.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 2 | 20 | 12 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian | 20.00% | 40.00% | 21.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £153 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £181 | £181 | £478 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £188 | £416 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -54.87% | -20.86% | +31.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £194 | £475 | £581 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £545 | £621 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £467 | £475 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.68% | -2.56% | +2.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £48.00 | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £22.00 | £18.14 | £12.30 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.31% | +47.44% | -71.40% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.
Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in West Lothian.
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Contract Job Locations in West Lothian
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 West Lothian region 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | +5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Data Protection Act Scotland |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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:
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