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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 48 69
Rank change year-on-year +1 +21 -20
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 39 13 29
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.86% 2.37% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.58% 2.58% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 10 12
10th Percentile £314 £289 £121
25th Percentile £362 £513 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £338
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +62.96% -30.77%
75th Percentile £625 £578 £475
90th Percentile £693 £589 £509
Berkshire median daily rate £400 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -27.27% +29.41% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £28.98 - -
25th Percentile £30.44 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £34.12 - -
90th Percentile £34.78 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 - £61.00

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 852 503 1,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 84.36% 91.79% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 325 542
10th Percentile £319 £335 £213
25th Percentile £421 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.76% -2.68%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £502 £513
% change year-on-year -0.40% -2.05% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 2 51
10th Percentile £56.90 £67.34 £14.50
25th Percentile £80.75 £68.99 £52.21
Median hourly rate £84.00 £72.35 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% +17.44% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £75.08 £80.69
90th Percentile £107.40 £76.35 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.80
% change year-on-year +34.97% +1.14% -3.49%

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 1 June 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
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 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.56%) Ethereum
2 1 (2.56%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (2.56%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
1 6 (15.38%) GCP
2 4 (10.26%) AWS
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) GitHub
5 1 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.56%) n8n
5 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.56%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) DNS
2 4 (10.26%) DHCP
3 3 (7.69%) Firewall
3 3 (7.69%) MPLS
3 3 (7.69%) Network Security
3 3 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.13%) BGP
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (2.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (2.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (2.56%) Internet
5 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.56%) LAN
5 1 (2.56%) VoIP
5 1 (2.56%) VPN
5 1 (2.56%) WAN
5 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (2.56%) Big Data
1 1 (2.56%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.56%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) GitLab
1 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Legal
3 6 (15.38%) Finance
4 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Project Manager
2 5 (12.82%) Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Lead
3 4 (10.26%) Security Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Consultant
4 3 (7.69%) IT Support
4 3 (7.69%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Designer
5 2 (5.13%) GCP Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) IP Designer
5 2 (5.13%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Network Designer
5 2 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Blockchain Architect
6 1 (2.56%) Compliance Project Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Officer
6 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) CSS
1 1 (2.56%) Jest
1 1 (2.56%) Next.js
1 1 (2.56%) Node.js
1 1 (2.56%) React
1 1 (2.56%) REST
1 1 (2.56%) Sass
1 1 (2.56%) Smart Contracts
1 1 (2.56%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (56.41%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 5 (12.82%) Data Centre
3 5 (12.82%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.56%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.56%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Life Science
4 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.56%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Windows
2 3 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 3 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (20.51%) Migration
2 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.51%) Project Management
3 7 (17.95%) Agile
3 7 (17.95%) AI
3 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (17.95%) Programme Management
4 6 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 6 (15.38%) Time Management
5 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
5 5 (12.82%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (10.26%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (10.26%) Budget Management
6 4 (10.26%) Budgeting
6 4 (10.26%) DevOps
6 4 (10.26%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (10.26%) Sprint Planning
6 4 (10.26%) Value Proposition
6 4 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
1 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) Degree
3 4 (10.26%) CISM
3 4 (10.26%) CISSP
3 4 (10.26%) PMI Certification
3 4 (10.26%) PMP
4 1 (2.56%) CCIE
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) JNCIE
4 1 (2.56%) JNCIP
4 1 (2.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.08%) GDPR
2 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (12.82%) NIST
3 4 (10.26%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.56%) JSP 440
4 1 (2.56%) NCSC
4 1 (2.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Cisco
2 5 (12.82%) Google
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.13%) Concur
4 2 (5.13%) F5
4 2 (5.13%) Juniper
4 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.13%) Workday
4 2 (5.13%) Zoho
5 1 (2.56%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.56%) Instagram
5 1 (2.56%) Meraki
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.56%) TikTok