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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 46 71
Rank change year-on-year -6 +25 -25
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 25 32 22
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.98% 4.08% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 4.37% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 17
10th Percentile £450 £358 £176
25th Percentile £488 £481 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% +11.11% -28.00%
75th Percentile £664 £531 £500
90th Percentile £693 £560 £572
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -24.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 - £43.06

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 736 733 1,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.72% 93.38% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 398 632
10th Percentile £313 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% -0.94%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £615
90th Percentile £670 £663 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 5 34
10th Percentile £30.10 £27.35 £20.17
25th Percentile £58.00 £29.00 £53.80
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.76 £61.62
Median % change year-on-year +31.96% +0.22% -5.20%
75th Percentile £98.13 £64.73 £66.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £72.20 £86.97
Berkshire median hourly rate £62.25 £61.50 £60.07
% change year-on-year +1.23% +2.37% -7.12%

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 13 February 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 (4.00%) Ethereum
1 1 (4.00%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (4.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (4.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (4.00%) Blender
1 1 (4.00%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (4.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.00%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (4.00%) R3 Corda
2 1 (4.00%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) OCI
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DWDM
1 1 (4.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (4.00%) Metadata
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (4.00%) Semantic Layer
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Legal
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Marketing
4 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Lead
2 5 (20.00%) Data Migration Lead
3 3 (12.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Data Protection Officer
4 2 (8.00%) Designer
4 2 (8.00%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Report Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Blockchain Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Fibre Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (4.00%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
5 1 (4.00%) Graphic Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Motion Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Motion Graphics Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.00%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) SAP Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.00%) CSS
2 1 (4.00%) Jest
2 1 (4.00%) Next.js
2 1 (4.00%) Node.js
2 1 (4.00%) React
2 1 (4.00%) Sass
2 1 (4.00%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (4.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (36.00%) Data Structures
3 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.00%) AI Agents
4 1 (4.00%) Animation
4 1 (4.00%) Blockchain
4 1 (4.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Migration
2 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (32.00%) Data Modelling
3 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (24.00%) Agile
4 6 (24.00%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (24.00%) Data Analysis
5 5 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
5 5 (20.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (12.00%) AI
6 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) ETL
6 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.00%) Data Mapping
7 2 (8.00%) Information Security
7 2 (8.00%) Logistics
7 2 (8.00%) Programme Management
7 2 (8.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (52.00%) GDPR
2 6 (24.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (8.00%) NIST
4 1 (4.00%) EU AI Act
4 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.00%) JSP 440
4 1 (4.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) Cisco
2 2 (8.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe
3 1 (4.00%) Juniper
3 1 (4.00%) Nokia
3 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow