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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 49 73
Rank change year-on-year -5 +24 -34
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 32 19 26
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.20% 2.96% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 3.16% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 16
10th Percentile £383 £267 £121
25th Percentile £450 £450 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -23.40%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £503
90th Percentile £700 £591 £545
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £525 £438
% change year-on-year -14.29% +20.00% -21.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 - £42.50

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 879 602 1,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.81% 93.92% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 358 609
10th Percentile £327 £313 £213
25th Percentile £420 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +7.37% -6.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £615
90th Percentile £688 £697 £687
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £522 £500
% change year-on-year -4.12% +4.30% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 4 44
10th Percentile £63.20 £27.08 £20.17
25th Percentile £80.75 £28.31 £52.90
Median hourly rate £84.00 £45.38 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +85.10% -26.56% -4.94%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £72.33
90th Percentile £105.60 £72.56 £87.51
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.14
% change year-on-year +34.97% +2.25% +9.35%

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 29 March 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 1 (3.13%) Ethereum
1 1 (3.13%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (3.13%) Blender
1 1 (3.13%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (3.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (3.13%) R3 Corda
2 1 (3.13%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) GCP
2 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) OCI
3 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.13%) n8n
3 1 (3.13%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) BGP
1 1 (3.13%) DHCP
1 1 (3.13%) DNS
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (3.13%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.13%) Metadata
2 1 (3.13%) Semantic Layer
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Legal
3 6 (18.75%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Marketing
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Project Manager
2 5 (15.63%) Lead
3 4 (12.50%) Architect
3 4 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Officer
5 2 (6.25%) Designer
5 2 (6.25%) GCP Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Network Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Report Developer
6 1 (3.13%) Blockchain Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (3.13%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
6 1 (3.13%) IP Designer
6 1 (3.13%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Motion Designer
6 1 (3.13%) Motion Graphics Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) Jest
2 1 (3.13%) Next.js
2 1 (3.13%) Node.js
2 1 (3.13%) React
2 1 (3.13%) Sass
2 1 (3.13%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (3.13%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (18.75%) Onboarding
3 5 (15.63%) Operational Technology
4 3 (9.38%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.13%) AI Agents
5 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.13%) Animation
5 1 (3.13%) Blockchain
5 1 (3.13%) Life Science
5 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.13%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.13%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Migration
2 8 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.88%) Risk Management
4 6 (18.75%) Agile
4 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (15.63%) AI
5 5 (15.63%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (12.50%) BCP
6 4 (12.50%) Budget Management
6 4 (12.50%) Budgeting
6 4 (12.50%) Change Management
6 4 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
6 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 4 (12.50%) Runbook
6 4 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
6 4 (12.50%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 2 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) CISM
1 4 (12.50%) CISSP
1 4 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 4 (12.50%) PMP
1 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (37.50%) GDPR
2 6 (18.75%) NIST
3 5 (15.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (12.50%) SOC 2
5 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.13%) EU AI Act
5 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
5 1 (3.13%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Google
2 3 (9.38%) Cisco
3 2 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) Adobe
4 1 (3.13%) Concur
4 1 (3.13%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.13%) Instagram
4 1 (3.13%) Juniper
4 1 (3.13%) Meraki
4 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) TikTok
4 1 (3.13%) Workday
4 1 (3.13%) Zoho