Data Privacy Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Data Privacy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 19 50
Rank change year-on-year -57 +31 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Privacy 14 17 2
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 1.77% 7.23% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 7.59% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 2
10th Percentile £403 £463 -
25th Percentile £404 £464 £750
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £515 £800
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% -35.58% +42.13%
75th Percentile £500 £523 £849
90th Percentile - £610 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £453 £515 £800
% change year-on-year -12.14% -35.58% +42.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Data Privacy 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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 748 224 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 94.68% 95.32% 94.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 132 219
10th Percentile £350 £220 £373
25th Percentile £413 £412 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -2.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £545 £600 £605
90th Percentile £675 £650 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 9
10th Percentile £14.44 £12.10 -
25th Percentile £15.34 £12.62 £10.90
Median hourly rate £19.34 £14.85 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.28% -34.02% +36.36%
75th Percentile £25.15 £16.68 £23.75
90th Percentile - £16.97 £25.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.01 £14.85 £17.87
% change year-on-year +21.29% -16.90% +68.06%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Privacy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Data Privacy job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Data Privacy
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Data Privacy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Data Privacy

Data Privacy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (7.14%) Cohesity
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Jaeger
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Financial Institution
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Senior
2 6 (42.86%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Data Manager
3 4 (28.57%) Data Protection Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Python Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) Kafka
1 7 (50.00%) Middleware
1 7 (50.00%) OpenTelemetry
1 7 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) CI/CD
1 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (57.14%) DevOps
1 8 (57.14%) Performance Optimisation
2 7 (50.00%) Application Security
2 7 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 7 (50.00%) Coaching
2 7 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 7 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 7 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 7 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 7 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 7 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 7 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 7 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 7 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 7 (50.00%) Observability
2 7 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 7 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) Java
2 7 (50.00%) Rust
3 1 (7.14%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (7.14%) HIPAA
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) Grafana
1 7 (50.00%) Kiali
1 7 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 7 (50.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) NetBackup
2 1 (7.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (7.14%) Commvault
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Red Hat