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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 51 68
Rank change year-on-year -11 +17 -23
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 31 24 26
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.13% 3.48% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 3.68% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 9 17
10th Percentile £380 £278 £121
25th Percentile £450 £400 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% +11.11% -23.40%
75th Percentile £654 £588 £500
90th Percentile £700 £590 £544
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £494 £450
% change year-on-year -8.86% +9.72% -20.00%
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 872 652 1,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.99% 94.49% 92.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 378 619
10th Percentile £310 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +7.37% -6.82%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £681
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 4 37
10th Percentile £58.00 £27.08 £19.10
25th Percentile £80.75 £28.31 £52.90
Median hourly rate £84.00 £45.38 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +85.10% -26.33% -12.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £67.50
90th Percentile £105.75 £72.56 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +34.97% +5.48% -9.86%

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 15 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 (3.23%) Ethereum
1 1 (3.23%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (3.23%) Blender
1 1 (3.23%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (3.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.23%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (3.23%) R3 Corda
2 1 (3.23%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) GCP
2 4 (12.90%) OCI
3 2 (6.45%) Azure
4 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.23%) n8n
4 1 (3.23%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) BGP
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.23%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.23%) Metadata
2 1 (3.23%) Semantic Layer
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Legal
3 5 (16.13%) Finance
4 3 (9.68%) Marketing
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Lead
1 6 (19.35%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.90%) Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Developer
3 3 (9.68%) Security Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Data Migration Lead
4 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Officer
4 2 (6.45%) GCP Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Network Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Report Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Blockchain Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Motion Designer
5 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.23%) CSS
2 1 (3.23%) Jest
2 1 (3.23%) Next.js
2 1 (3.23%) Node.js
2 1 (3.23%) React
2 1 (3.23%) Sass
2 1 (3.23%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (3.23%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (51.61%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (19.35%) Onboarding
3 5 (16.13%) Data Structures
4 3 (9.68%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
5 1 (3.23%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.23%) Animation
5 1 (3.23%) Blockchain
5 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.23%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (3.23%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Migration
2 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (19.35%) Agile
4 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
5 5 (16.13%) AI
6 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
6 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.90%) Programme Management
6 4 (12.90%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (9.68%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (9.68%) Budget Management
7 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
7 3 (9.68%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (9.68%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (9.68%) Runbook
7 3 (9.68%) Sprint Planning
7 3 (9.68%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 3 (9.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
1 2 (6.45%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
1 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) CISM
2 3 (9.68%) CISSP
2 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
2 3 (9.68%) PMP
3 2 (6.45%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (41.94%) GDPR
2 5 (16.13%) NIST
3 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (9.68%) Data Quality
4 3 (9.68%) SOC 2
5 1 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.23%) EU AI Act
5 1 (3.23%) JSP 440
5 1 (3.23%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Google
2 4 (12.90%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe
4 1 (3.23%) Concur
4 1 (3.23%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.23%) Instagram
4 1 (3.23%) Meraki
4 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.23%) SAP
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) TikTok
4 1 (3.23%) Workday
4 1 (3.23%) Zoho