Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Reading

Data Protection
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 35 59
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 54 26 35
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 5.03% 4.39% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.13% 4.81% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 14 11
10th Percentile £305 £407 £400
25th Percentile £352 £422 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +4.88% +17.14%
75th Percentile £510 £625 £547
90th Percentile £586 £664 £613
Berkshire median daily rate £390 £538 £506
% change year-on-year -27.44% +6.17% +19.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £22.75 - -
25th Percentile £26.56 - £69.06
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £69.38
75th Percentile £34.85 - £69.69
90th Percentile £35.22 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +158.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 881 540 947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 82.11% 91.22% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 344 518
10th Percentile £375 £343 £347
25th Percentile £460 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £578
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -9.09% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £609 £650
90th Percentile £733 £650 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 23 25
10th Percentile £35.22 - £14.50
25th Percentile £71.00 £14.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £28.50 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +198.25% -52.97% -8.18%
75th Percentile £100.00 £58.00 £64.73
90th Percentile £104.50 £66.60 £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £80.00 £37.28 £60.60
% change year-on-year +114.59% -38.48% -0.04%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Reading

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Reading over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Reading

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in Reading over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in Reading

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 9 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) InfoPath
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 17 (31.48%) Azure
2 12 (22.22%) AWS
3 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (11.11%) OneDrive
5 4 (7.41%) GCP
6 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (5.56%) SaaS
7 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.70%) Serverless
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.85%) GitHub
8 1 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.85%) Rubrik
8 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) Network Security
2 8 (14.81%) DNS
3 7 (12.96%) DHCP
4 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 6 (11.11%) VoIP
5 5 (9.26%) Firewall
5 5 (9.26%) MPLS
6 4 (7.41%) Unified Communications
7 3 (5.56%) VPN
7 3 (5.56%) WAN
8 2 (3.70%) 4G
8 2 (3.70%) 5G
8 2 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (3.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (3.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (3.70%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
8 2 (3.70%) SMS
8 2 (3.70%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Data Lake
1 2 (3.70%) Data Mining
1 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.85%) Big Data
2 1 (1.85%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) GitLab
1 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.11%) Finance
2 6 (11.11%) Legal
2 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Retail
5 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Billing
6 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Architect
2 9 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Project Manager
4 6 (11.11%) Analyst
4 6 (11.11%) IT Support
4 6 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Business Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) Senior
6 4 (7.41%) Network Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Designer
7 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) IT Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Network Designer
7 3 (5.56%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.70%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (3.70%) Cloud Security Architect
8 2 (3.70%) Finance Business Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Project Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) .NET
1 1 (1.85%) Middleware
1 1 (1.85%) REST
1 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 33 (61.11%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (14.81%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.85%) EPoS
4 1 (1.85%) iPad
4 1 (1.85%) iPhone
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Apple iOS
3 6 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.85%) Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.37%) Customer Service
1 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (20.37%) Project Management
2 10 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (18.52%) Value Proposition
3 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (14.81%) Agile
4 8 (14.81%) AI
4 8 (14.81%) Collaborative Culture
4 8 (14.81%) DevOps
5 7 (12.96%) ITSM
5 7 (12.96%) Migration
5 7 (12.96%) Time Management
5 7 (12.96%) User Experience
6 6 (11.11%) ITIL
6 6 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
6 6 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 5 (9.26%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) Python
2 3 (5.56%) Bash
2 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.56%) SQL
3 2 (3.70%) Java
4 1 (1.85%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 15 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.96%) Degree
3 3 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.70%) CCSP
4 2 (3.70%) CISSP
4 2 (3.70%) PMP
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.85%) CCIE
5 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.85%) JNCIE
5 1 (1.85%) JNCIP
5 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) GRC
2 3 (5.56%) NIST
3 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.70%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
4 1 (1.85%) QA
4 1 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (7.41%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.70%) CASB
6 1 (1.85%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.85%) QRadar
6 1 (1.85%) SCCM
6 1 (1.85%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.67%) Cisco
3 6 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.41%) F5
4 4 (7.41%) SAP
5 3 (5.56%) Google
6 2 (3.70%) Splunk
7 1 (1.85%) Apple
7 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.85%) Citrix
7 1 (1.85%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.85%) Databricks
7 1 (1.85%) Juniper
7 1 (1.85%) McAfee
7 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.85%) Starlink
7 1 (1.85%) VMware