Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Data Protection
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 1.43% - 5.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £519 £425
% change year-on-year -6.02% +22.06% -3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.89
West Midlands median hourly rate £76.50 - £17.25
% change year-on-year - - +43.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 53 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 75.00% 82.81% 82.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 28 44
10th Percentile £415 £139 £213
25th Percentile £525 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £573
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.30% +9.05%
75th Percentile £675 £603 £651
90th Percentile £740 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £489
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.42% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 9
10th Percentile £15.40 £15.22 £16.41
25th Percentile £17.14 £16.68 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.23 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +2.31% +0.11%
75th Percentile £22.45 £22.89 £72.50
90th Percentile £77.95 £23.40 £77.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £21.59 £24.83
% change year-on-year -5.05% -13.03% +40.25%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DataStage
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) DataStage Developer
1 1 (50.00%) DataStage ETL Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) ETL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM