Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends in York

Data Protection Act (DPA)
North Yorkshire > York

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in York. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in York 1.54% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
York

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 York.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 16.92% 8.70% 26.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £193 - £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.45%
75th Percentile £600 - £413
90th Percentile £750 - £525
North Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £425 £582
% change year-on-year +5.88% -26.98% +94.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £56.50 £18.51 £17.50
% change year-on-year +205.24% +5.77% -20.45%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in York

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend in York

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in York citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement