Data Protection Act Contracts in England

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 148 168
Rank change year-on-year -48 +20 +338
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 454 821 1,201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.22% 1.74% 1.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.02% 5.19% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 522 943
10th Percentile £224 £288 £313
25th Percentile £360 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £638
90th Percentile £738 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 18
10th Percentile £11.95 £19.96 -
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.06 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £29.62
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +26.60% +18.48%
75th Percentile £29.69 £53.75 £68.03
90th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £77.32
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £38.75 £23.37
% change year-on-year -29.03% +65.81% -6.52%

All Generic Skills
England

Data Protection Act is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,301 15,812 23,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.38% 33.60% 33.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,314 11,018 17,168
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 840 553 606
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.35 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.63 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £22.26 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.85% -17.51% +7.92%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection Act in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
London +7 284 £525 -12.50% 22
South East +9 75 £425 -17.07% 17
North of England -93 40 £525 +23.53% 21
North West -77 24 £513 +27.33% 13
Midlands -24 22 £425 - 18
West Midlands -21 18 £425 -5.03% 10
South West -8 14 £110 -83.52% 14
East of England -6 12 £295 -47.56% 14
Yorkshire -18 10 £525 +16.67% 8
North East +13 6 - -
East Midlands -2 4 £538 +65.38% 8
Data Protection Act
UK

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.32%) SAS
4 5 (1.10%) Confluence
5 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.44%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.44%) Mingle
3 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Endur
1 3 (0.66%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.22%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.33%) AWS
2 38 (8.37%) Azure
3 18 (3.96%) GCP
4 17 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (2.42%) Amazon S3
6 10 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.76%) GitHub
8 7 (1.54%) SaaS
9 6 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (1.32%) Serverless
10 5 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.10%) PaaS
10 5 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (0.88%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (0.88%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.88%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.88%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.08%) WAN
2 11 (2.42%) DNS
2 11 (2.42%) PBX
2 11 (2.42%) VoIP
3 10 (2.20%) 5G
4 9 (1.98%) DHCP
4 9 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.76%) Firewall
6 7 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.32%) BGP
7 6 (1.32%) HTTP
7 6 (1.32%) LAN
7 6 (1.32%) MPLS
7 6 (1.32%) VPN
8 5 (1.10%) Network Security
8 5 (1.10%) SAN
8 5 (1.10%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (0.88%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.30%) Big Data
2 13 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.20%) Power BI
3 10 (2.20%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.76%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.32%) Metadata
5 6 (1.32%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.32%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.88%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.88%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.88%) KDB
7 4 (0.88%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.66%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.66%) MySQL
8 3 (0.66%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 27 (5.95%) Git
2 14 (3.08%) JIRA
3 13 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.98%) ERwin
5 6 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (1.10%) XCTest
7 4 (0.88%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.66%) GitLab
8 3 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.66%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.44%) FitNesse
9 2 (0.44%) JUnit
9 2 (0.44%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.22%) Babel
10 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 73 (16.08%) Social Skills
2 50 (11.01%) Finance
3 37 (8.15%) Telecoms
4 32 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.05%) Banking
5 30 (6.61%) Marketing
6 24 (5.29%) Public Sector
7 21 (4.63%) Legal
8 18 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.42%) Law
10 9 (1.98%) Games
11 8 (1.76%) Retail
12 6 (1.32%) Back Office
12 6 (1.32%) Billing
12 6 (1.32%) Police
13 5 (1.10%) Local Government
13 5 (1.10%) Publishing
14 4 (0.88%) Electronics
14 4 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (15.42%) Developer
2 62 (13.66%) Architect
3 44 (9.69%) Analyst
4 35 (7.71%) Lead
5 32 (7.05%) Project Manager
6 25 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (5.29%) Senior
8 18 (3.96%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.74%) Network Engineer
10 16 (3.52%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.30%) QA Engineer
11 15 (3.30%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.08%) Junior
13 13 (2.86%) Consultant
13 13 (2.86%) QA Leader
14 11 (2.42%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.42%) Software Engineer
15 10 (2.20%) Python Developer
16 9 (1.98%) Business Manager
16 9 (1.98%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.42%) Kafka
2 9 (1.98%) Spring
2 9 (1.98%) XML
3 8 (1.76%) React
4 7 (1.54%) SwiftUI
5 5 (1.10%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.10%) Flask
5 5 (1.10%) HTML
5 5 (1.10%) JSON
5 5 (1.10%) REST
5 5 (1.10%) RESTful
6 4 (0.88%) .NET
6 4 (0.88%) CSS
6 4 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.88%) Node.js
6 4 (0.88%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.66%) Apache Avro
7 3 (0.66%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.66%) Guice
7 3 (0.66%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.63%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.41%) Freedom of Information
3 18 (3.96%) Freedom of Information Act
4 11 (2.42%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.20%) FPGA
6 9 (1.98%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.76%) Derivative
8 7 (1.54%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.32%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.32%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.10%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.10%) Social Media
11 4 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.88%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.93%) Linux
2 32 (7.05%) Windows
3 13 (2.86%) Unix
4 11 (2.42%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.98%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.76%) Android
7 4 (0.88%) VMS
8 3 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.66%) Solaris
8 3 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.44%) AIX
9 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (99.78%) Data Protection
2 79 (17.40%) Agile
3 59 (13.00%) Value Proposition
4 41 (9.03%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (8.81%) Project Management
6 31 (6.83%) CI/CD
7 30 (6.61%) Data Modelling
7 30 (6.61%) Scrum
7 30 (6.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (6.17%) Analytics
8 28 (6.17%) Computer Science
8 28 (6.17%) Migration
9 27 (5.95%) DevOps
10 26 (5.73%) Test Automation
11 25 (5.51%) User Acceptance Testing
12 23 (5.07%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (4.41%) Customer Service
13 20 (4.41%) Software Engineering
14 19 (4.19%) Information Security
14 19 (4.19%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 67 (14.76%) Python
2 47 (10.35%) Java
3 45 (9.91%) SQL
4 21 (4.63%) C++
5 15 (3.30%) C#
5 15 (3.30%) PowerShell
6 14 (3.08%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.86%) Bash
8 10 (2.20%) Perl
8 10 (2.20%) Swift
8 10 (2.20%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.98%) Scala
10 7 (1.54%) C
11 5 (1.10%) PHP
12 4 (0.88%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.66%) F#
14 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.44%) U-SQL
15 1 (0.22%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 53 (11.67%) Security Cleared
2 51 (11.23%) Degree
3 38 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.52%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.32%) CCNP
7 6 (1.32%) ISEB
8 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.88%) CCNA
9 4 (0.88%) CISSP
10 3 (0.66%) CISM
10 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.44%) CCIE
11 2 (0.44%) CEH
11 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.44%) MCSA
11 2 (0.44%) MCSE
12 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.03%) GDPR
2 34 (7.49%) QA
3 14 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.10%) SLA
7 3 (0.66%) NIST
7 3 (0.66%) PMO
8 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.44%) MiFID
9 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.22%) GRC
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (4.63%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.64%) Docker
4 5 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.88%) vSphere
6 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.44%) Firmware
8 1 (0.22%) NFS
8 1 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (4.63%) Terraform
2 17 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.86%) Ansible
4 4 (0.88%) Grafana
4 4 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.44%) Ambari
6 2 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.44%) HP Data Protector
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.44%) Nessus
6 2 (0.44%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.44%) Oozie
6 2 (0.44%) SCCM
6 2 (0.44%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.22%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.22%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.22%) Podman
7 1 (0.22%) Puppet
7 1 (0.22%) systemd
Vendors
1 37 (8.15%) Cisco
1 37 (8.15%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.86%) Oracle
2 13 (2.86%) VMware
3 11 (2.42%) Google
3 11 (2.42%) SAP
4 10 (2.20%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.76%) Cadence
5 8 (1.76%) IBM
6 6 (1.32%) Apple
6 6 (1.32%) Nokia
6 6 (1.32%) OneTrust
6 6 (1.32%) Sparx
6 6 (1.32%) Splunk
7 5 (1.10%) ION Trading
7 5 (1.10%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.88%) Adobe
8 4 (0.88%) Aruba
8 4 (0.88%) Juniper
9 3 (0.66%) F5