Data Protection Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Data Protection
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 2.79% 1.55% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 1.80% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £207 - -
25th Percentile £209 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £224 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.89% - -
75th Percentile £244 £488 -
90th Percentile £249 - -
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £13.25 - -
75th Percentile £13.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.40 £20.00 £25.12
% change year-on-year +2.00% -20.37% -39.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 176 111 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 81.86% 86.05% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 79 208
10th Percentile £170 £198 £213
25th Percentile £215 £378 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £555 £594 £588
90th Percentile £703 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.12% -2.70% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 6
10th Percentile £12.63 - £17.31
25th Percentile £15.00 £27.00 £24.01
Median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £38.46
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -27.20% +89.69%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £60.75
90th Percentile - - £67.54
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.05% +48.05%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Worthing - 4 - -
Burgess Hill - 1 £235 -
Haywards Heath - 1 £213 - 1
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Administrator
1 4 (66.67%) Data Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Kafka
1 1 (16.67%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (66.67%) Data Management
1 4 (66.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Go
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Rapid7
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
1 1 (16.67%) Zscaler