Data Protection Contracts in Yorkshire

Data Protection
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 63 66
Rank change year-on-year +31 +3 -7
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 67 41 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.41% 2.46% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.96% 2.86% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 23 33
10th Percentile £326 £403 £303
25th Percentile £425 £485 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +10.53% -11.21%
75th Percentile £605 £588 £575
90th Percentile £625 £621 £650
England median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £31.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.54 - -
Median hourly rate £32.96 £27.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% - -
75th Percentile £34.38 - -
90th Percentile £34.43 - -
England median hourly rate £29.62 £21.00 £48.52
% change year-on-year +41.02% -56.71% +115.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 962 1,435 2,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 92.06% 86.08% 91.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 594 860 1,338
10th Percentile £259 £275 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +8.25%
75th Percentile £550 £581 £600
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 66 63
10th Percentile £14.39 £11.30 -
25th Percentile £17.25 £12.15 £9.80
Median hourly rate £21.24 £13.50 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +57.33% +27.00% -40.94%
75th Percentile £22.14 £22.00 £20.97
90th Percentile £34.27 £53.75 £55.23
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.23% +1.39% +44.00%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Yorkshire

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in Yorkshire

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Yorkshire

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in Yorkshire

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
South Yorkshire +27 49 £500 -4.76% 9
West Yorkshire +10 15 £513 -4.65% 21
North Yorkshire +11 3 £550 - 2
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.46%) Confluence
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.49%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.45%) GCP
2 5 (7.46%) Azure
3 4 (5.97%) AWS
3 4 (5.97%) OCI
3 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.48%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (2.99%) Google Compute Engine
5 2 (2.99%) Lucidchart
5 2 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) DNS
1 2 (2.99%) Firewall
1 2 (2.99%) Network Security
2 1 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (1.49%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.49%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.49%) NAS
2 1 (1.49%) NGN
2 1 (1.49%) SAN
2 1 (1.49%) SSH
2 1 (1.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.43%) Oracle Database
2 5 (7.46%) Tableau
3 4 (5.97%) Power BI
4 3 (4.48%) BigQuery
5 2 (2.99%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (2.99%) QlikView
6 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.49%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (1.49%) Flink
6 1 (1.49%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.49%) GIS
6 1 (1.49%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (14.93%) JIRA
2 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.49%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.49%) Git
3 1 (1.49%) GitLab
3 1 (1.49%) Jaeger
3 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (44.78%) Finance
2 24 (35.82%) Social Skills
3 18 (26.87%) Banking
4 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.45%) Financial Institution
6 6 (8.96%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.48%) Legal
8 2 (2.99%) Digital Health
8 2 (2.99%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.49%) Law
9 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (13.43%) Analyst
1 9 (13.43%) Data Engineer
2 8 (11.94%) Architect
2 8 (11.94%) Data Protection Engineer
3 5 (7.46%) Developer
4 4 (5.97%) Business Analyst
4 4 (5.97%) Consultant
4 4 (5.97%) Lead
5 3 (4.48%) GCP Architect
5 3 (4.48%) Programme Manager
5 3 (4.48%) Senior
5 3 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.99%) Administrator
6 2 (2.99%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 2 (2.99%) Database Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Oracle Database Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) Anaconda
1 2 (2.99%) Pandas
1 2 (2.99%) PySpark
2 1 (1.49%) Apache Beam
2 1 (1.49%) FHIR
2 1 (1.49%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.49%) Kafka
2 1 (1.49%) LDAP
2 1 (1.49%) Middleware
2 1 (1.49%) OAuth
2 1 (1.49%) OpenID
2 1 (1.49%) React
2 1 (1.49%) SAML
2 1 (1.49%) Spark Streaming
2 1 (1.49%) Spring
2 1 (1.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 47 (70.15%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.99%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.99%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.99%) NHS
3 2 (2.99%) Robotics
4 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Linux
2 6 (8.96%) Windows
3 5 (7.46%) Unix
4 3 (4.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.49%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.49%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.31%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (19.40%) Agile
3 10 (14.93%) Data Analysis
4 7 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (10.45%) CI/CD
4 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (10.45%) Performance Tuning
4 7 (10.45%) Project Management
4 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (8.96%) Containerisation
5 6 (8.96%) Risk Management
5 6 (8.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (7.46%) Analytics
6 5 (7.46%) Change Management
6 5 (7.46%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (7.46%) Information Governance
6 5 (7.46%) Performance Optimisation
6 5 (7.46%) Scrum
6 5 (7.46%) Visualisation
7 4 (5.97%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.40%) Python
2 5 (7.46%) Shell Script
3 3 (4.48%) Java
3 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.99%) Go
4 2 (2.99%) Scala
4 2 (2.99%) SQL
4 2 (2.99%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.49%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.49%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (1.49%) Bash
5 1 (1.49%) C
5 1 (1.49%) Groovy
5 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.49%) JCL
5 1 (1.49%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.49%) REXX
Qualifications
1 3 (4.48%) Degree
2 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
2 2 (2.99%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.99%) PMP
3 1 (1.49%) CCNP
3 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.49%) CISSP
3 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.97%) PMO
3 3 (4.48%) GDPR
4 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.99%) SLA
5 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.49%) HL7
5 1 (1.49%) NIST
5 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.49%) QA
5 1 (1.49%) SEPA
5 1 (1.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (10.45%) Docker
2 6 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.97%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.48%) VMware NSX
4 3 (4.48%) vSphere
5 2 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.49%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (20.90%) Ansible
2 9 (13.43%) Kubernetes
3 4 (5.97%) Control-M
3 4 (5.97%) Terraform
4 3 (4.48%) NetBackup
5 2 (2.99%) Grafana
5 2 (2.99%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.99%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.99%) vRealize
6 1 (1.49%) Istio
6 1 (1.49%) Kiali
6 1 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (1.49%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (14.93%) Commvault
1 10 (14.93%) Oracle
2 6 (8.96%) VMware
3 5 (7.46%) Google
3 5 (7.46%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.97%) Databricks
5 3 (4.48%) IBM
5 3 (4.48%) Red Hat
5 3 (4.48%) Veritas
6 2 (2.99%) Cisco
6 2 (2.99%) Dell
6 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.99%) Snow
6 2 (2.99%) Splunk
6 2 (2.99%) Veeam
7 1 (1.49%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.49%) ESRI
7 1 (1.49%) F5
7 1 (1.49%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (1.49%) xMatters