Data Protection Act Contracts in the North West

Data Protection Act (DPA)
England > North West

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 35 45
Rank change year-on-year -74 +10 +88
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 26 162 189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.95% 5.32% 4.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.76% 16.28% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 99 161
10th Percentile £300 £263 £255
25th Percentile £425 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £597 £475 £588
90th Percentile £679 £633 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +25.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £21.34 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.47 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.38 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 £23.41 -
90th Percentile - £23.61 -
England median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £29.62
% change year-on-year -26.67% +26.60% +20.90%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 691 995 1,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 25.23% 32.66% 34.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 653 1,076
10th Percentile £290 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £684 £675 £675
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 42 57
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.64 £11.65
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £31.49 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +61.49% +8.94%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.94 £28.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £61.25
England median hourly rate £36.00 £22.49 £26.39
% change year-on-year +60.11% -14.78% +3.47%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the North West

Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Act in the North West

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in the North West

Data Protection Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Act in the North West

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Manchester -47 19 £453 +6.47% 8
Cheshire -25 4 £538 +65.38% 2
Lancashire -10 3 £600 +60.00% 2
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) SAP EWM
1 1 (3.85%) SAP MDG
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.85%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Power BI
2 2 (7.69%) Metadata
3 1 (3.85%) Data Vault
3 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.85%) DataStage
3 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) ERwin
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Banking
3 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.85%) Electronics
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 3 (11.54%) Data Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Compliance Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Data Governance Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Data Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Governance Manager
5 1 (3.85%) IT Support
5 1 (3.85%) Quality Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Senior IT Support
5 1 (3.85%) Senior QA Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Senior SAP Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) CMDB
2 1 (3.85%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (3.85%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.85%) Reference Data
2 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.85%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (15.38%) Agile
2 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (11.54%) Data Governance
3 3 (11.54%) Project Management
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (7.69%) Business Transformation
4 2 (7.69%) Change Management
4 2 (7.69%) Data Management
4 2 (7.69%) Data Modelling
4 2 (7.69%) DevOps
4 2 (7.69%) ETL
4 2 (7.69%) ITIL
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (7.69%) Roadmaps
4 2 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (7.69%) Technology Enablement
5 1 (3.85%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 1 (3.85%) CCNA
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) MCSE
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
4 1 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) GDPR
2 3 (11.54%) Data Quality
3 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.85%) QA
4 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) SAP
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe
3 1 (3.85%) Avaloq
3 1 (3.85%) Embarcadero
3 1 (3.85%) Sparx
3 1 (3.85%) VMware