Data Protection Contracts in the North of England

Data Protection
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 44 52
Rank change year-on-year -21 +8 +75
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 136 235 319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.81% 4.32% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 4.79% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 145 244
10th Percentile £339 £263 £300
25th Percentile £422 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -19.05% +22.81%
75th Percentile £582 £538 £588
90th Percentile £633 £631 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 4 3
10th Percentile £11.77 £21.51 £11.66
25th Percentile - £21.91 £13.54
Median hourly rate £16.06 £26.25 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -38.82% +55.05% +25.41%
75th Percentile - £39.00 £18.46
90th Percentile £22.53 £55.20 £19.24
England median hourly rate £19.50 £38.02 £35.00
% change year-on-year -48.70% +8.61% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,055 4,902 6,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 83.69% 90.08% 88.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,411 3,372 4,591
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 209 251
10th Percentile £11.09 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.75 £13.57
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +30.96% +7.43%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.39 £34.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £56.38 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West -25 92 £538 +26.47% 49
Yorkshire +3 40 £525 +10.53% 33
North East +9 8 - - 15
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 6 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.74%) SAS
3 1 (0.74%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (18.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.47%) SAP CRM
3 2 (1.47%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.74%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.74%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.74%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.71%) Taleo
2 13 (9.56%) Azure
3 9 (6.62%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (5.15%) AWS
5 7 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.41%) Azure Stack
7 2 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.47%) GCP
7 2 (1.47%) SaaS
8 1 (0.74%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.74%) GitHub
8 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.35%) VLAN
2 4 (2.94%) Network Security
3 3 (2.21%) Intranet
4 1 (0.74%) LAN
4 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (5.88%) Power BI
2 6 (4.41%) Snowflake Schema
3 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.47%) GIS
4 2 (1.47%) Tableau
5 1 (0.74%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.74%) DataStage
5 1 (0.74%) Metadata
5 1 (0.74%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.74%) QlikView
5 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) ERwin
1 1 (0.74%) Git
1 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 46 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.82%) Finance
3 12 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.62%) Legal
5 8 (5.88%) Banking
6 6 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.68%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.47%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.47%) Local Government
10 2 (1.47%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.74%) Automotive
11 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Retail
11 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.74%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 30 (22.06%) Analyst
2 16 (11.76%) Architect
3 13 (9.56%) Business Analyst
4 11 (8.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 10 (7.35%) Storage Engineer
6 8 (5.88%) Test Analyst
7 7 (5.15%) Data Protection Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) Data Architect
8 6 (4.41%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) Developer
8 6 (4.41%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.41%) Senior
9 5 (3.68%) Security Architect
10 4 (2.94%) Administrator
10 4 (2.94%) Consultant
10 4 (2.94%) Data Manager
10 4 (2.94%) Lead
10 4 (2.94%) Security Analyst
10 4 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.94%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.62%) XML
2 6 (4.41%) JSON
2 6 (4.41%) REST
3 4 (2.94%) .NET
4 3 (2.21%) HTML
4 3 (2.21%) J2EE
4 3 (2.21%) JSP
4 3 (2.21%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.74%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.74%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.74%) ISPF
5 1 (0.74%) LangChain
5 1 (0.74%) Laravel
5 1 (0.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 41 (30.15%) Data Protection Act
2 14 (10.29%) Replication
3 8 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.15%) Reference Data
5 6 (4.41%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.94%) CMDB
7 3 (2.21%) EMC VNX
7 3 (2.21%) Mainframe
7 3 (2.21%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.47%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.47%) NHS
8 2 (1.47%) SCADA
8 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.74%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.74%) PMI
9 1 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.91%) Windows
2 15 (11.03%) Linux
3 3 (2.21%) AIX
3 3 (2.21%) Solaris
3 3 (2.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.74%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.74%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.38%) Decision-Making
2 21 (15.44%) Agile
3 20 (14.71%) Change Management
4 16 (11.76%) Analytics
4 16 (11.76%) Data Governance
5 14 (10.29%) CRM
5 14 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (10.29%) Data Modelling
5 14 (10.29%) Service Delivery
6 13 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (9.56%) Validation
7 12 (8.82%) Business Strategy
7 12 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (8.82%) Roadmaps
8 11 (8.09%) Business Continuity
8 11 (8.09%) IT Strategy
9 10 (7.35%) Project Management
9 10 (7.35%) Value Proposition
10 8 (5.88%) Cyber Resilience
10 8 (5.88%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.62%) SQL
2 5 (3.68%) Java
3 4 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.21%) C
4 3 (2.21%) C++
5 2 (1.47%) Python
6 1 (0.74%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.74%) CLIST
6 1 (0.74%) JCL
6 1 (0.74%) PHP
6 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.74%) REXX
6 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (14.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 19 (13.97%) Degree
3 6 (4.41%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.68%) IIBA
5 4 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.47%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.47%) HND
7 1 (0.74%) CBAP
7 1 (0.74%) CCNA
7 1 (0.74%) CIPD
7 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.74%) MCSE
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.74%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.71%) GDPR
2 8 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.88%) NIST
3 5 (3.68%) Good Clinical Practice
3 5 (3.68%) GxP
3 5 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.21%) IASME
5 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.74%) GMP
5 1 (0.74%) QA
5 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.74%) SEPA
5 1 (0.74%) SLA
5 1 (0.74%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 4 (2.94%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.21%) SRDF
3 1 (0.74%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (9.56%) NetBackup
2 11 (8.09%) Puppet
3 10 (7.35%) Ansible
4 3 (2.21%) EMC TimeFinder
5 2 (1.47%) Terraform
6 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.74%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 35 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.71%) ServiceNow
3 12 (8.82%) Veritas
4 9 (6.62%) SAP
4 9 (6.62%) VMware
5 5 (3.68%) Oracle
6 4 (2.94%) EMC
7 3 (2.21%) Brocade
7 3 (2.21%) Cisco
7 3 (2.21%) Dell
7 3 (2.21%) Dell Compellent
7 3 (2.21%) EqualLogic
7 3 (2.21%) Isilon
7 3 (2.21%) Symantec
8 1 (0.74%) Adobe
8 1 (0.74%) Avaloq
8 1 (0.74%) CA
8 1 (0.74%) Embarcadero
8 1 (0.74%) IBM
8 1 (0.74%) Workday