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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 43 70
Rank change year-on-year -2 +27 -21
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 40 16 29
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.93% 2.87% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.64% 3.13% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 11 12
10th Percentile £314 £300 £121
25th Percentile £362 £500 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £363
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +51.72% -29.27%
75th Percentile £625 £569 £475
90th Percentile £693 £588 £509
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -22.73% +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 862 511 1,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 84.59% 91.74% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 325 559
10th Percentile £319 £315 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £715 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 2 48
10th Percentile £56.30 £33.82 £14.50
25th Percentile £80.75 £41.05 £50.89
Median hourly rate £84.00 £53.10 £61.33
Median % change year-on-year +58.21% -13.43% -7.08%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.14 £78.84
90th Percentile £107.00 £72.37 £87.48
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.30
% change year-on-year +34.97% +1.98% +4.29%

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 25 May 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) Ethereum
2 1 (2.50%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (2.50%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (2.50%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (2.50%) Blender
1 1 (2.50%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (2.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (2.50%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Azure
1 5 (12.50%) GCP
2 3 (7.50%) AWS
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.50%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.50%) n8n
3 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.50%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) DNS
2 4 (10.00%) DHCP
3 3 (7.50%) MPLS
3 3 (7.50%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.00%) BGP
4 2 (5.00%) Firewall
4 2 (5.00%) Network Security
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (2.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (2.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (2.50%) Internet
5 1 (2.50%) LAN
5 1 (2.50%) VoIP
5 1 (2.50%) WAN
5 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.50%) Metadata
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
1 1 (2.50%) Semantic Layer
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Legal
3 6 (15.00%) Finance
4 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Project Manager
2 5 (12.50%) Architect
2 5 (12.50%) Lead
3 4 (10.00%) Security Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Designer
4 3 (7.50%) IT Support
4 3 (7.50%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Officer
5 2 (5.00%) GCP Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) IP Designer
5 2 (5.00%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Network Designer
5 2 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Blockchain Architect
6 1 (2.50%) Motion Designer
6 1 (2.50%) Network Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) CSS
1 1 (2.50%) Jest
1 1 (2.50%) Next.js
1 1 (2.50%) Node.js
1 1 (2.50%) React
1 1 (2.50%) Sass
1 1 (2.50%) Smart Contracts
1 1 (2.50%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (55.00%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (17.50%) Onboarding
3 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 5 (12.50%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.50%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.50%) Animation
5 1 (2.50%) Blockchain
5 1 (2.50%) Life Science
5 1 (2.50%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.50%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) Apple iOS
2 3 (7.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (20.00%) AI
2 8 (20.00%) Migration
2 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.00%) Project Management
2 8 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 7 (17.50%) Programme Management
4 6 (15.00%) Agile
4 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (15.00%) Time Management
5 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 5 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 4 (10.00%) Budgeting
6 4 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (10.00%) Runbook
6 4 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
6 4 (10.00%) Value Proposition
6 4 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.00%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) CISM
3 4 (10.00%) CISSP
3 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (2.50%) CCIE
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) JNCIE
4 1 (2.50%) JNCIP
4 1 (2.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) GDPR
2 6 (15.00%) NIST
3 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (10.00%) SOC 2
5 1 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.50%) EU AI Act
5 1 (2.50%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.50%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Cisco
2 5 (12.50%) Google
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.00%) Concur
4 2 (5.00%) Juniper
4 2 (5.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.00%) Workday
4 2 (5.00%) Zoho
5 1 (2.50%) Adobe
5 1 (2.50%) F5
5 1 (2.50%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.50%) Instagram
5 1 (2.50%) Meraki
5 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.50%) TikTok