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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 49 64
Rank change year-on-year +12 +15 -11
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 57 17 31
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 5.27% 2.99% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.31% 3.22% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 11 12
10th Percentile £303 £300 £121
25th Percentile £359 £506 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £550 £338
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +62.96% -28.00%
75th Percentile £600 £569 £538
90th Percentile £675 £588 £549
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £550 £413
% change year-on-year -18.18% +33.33% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £23.20 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - £69.06
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £69.38
75th Percentile £34.49 - £69.69
90th Percentile £35.22 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 - £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 904 528 1,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 83.55% 92.96% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 330 544
10th Percentile £318 £348 £263
25th Percentile £449 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 14 54
10th Percentile £40.85 - £15.40
25th Percentile £80.75 £14.75 £51.86
Median hourly rate £84.00 £28.00 £60.83
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -53.97% -7.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £50.86 £82.55
90th Percentile £107.00 £68.75 £87.52
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.58 £51.00 £60.53
% change year-on-year +63.87% -15.74% +1.94%

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 6 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Protection in Reading over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Protection in Reading

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 9 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.75%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.75%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) InfoPath
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (1.75%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) Azure
2 9 (15.79%) AWS
2 9 (15.79%) GCP
3 7 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.26%) SaaS
6 2 (3.51%) Serverless
7 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.75%) GitHub
7 1 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.75%) n8n
7 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.75%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.75%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.75%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) DNS
2 8 (14.04%) DHCP
2 8 (14.04%) Network Security
3 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.26%) Firewall
4 3 (5.26%) MPLS
5 2 (3.51%) BGP
5 2 (3.51%) VPN
5 2 (3.51%) WAN
6 1 (1.75%) 4G
6 1 (1.75%) Broadband
6 1 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (1.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (1.75%) Internet
6 1 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.75%) LAN
6 1 (1.75%) SMS
6 1 (1.75%) VoIP
6 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.75%) Big Data
2 1 (1.75%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Git
1 1 (1.75%) GitLab
1 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Legal
3 9 (15.79%) Finance
4 5 (8.77%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Retail
6 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Marketing
7 1 (1.75%) Billing
7 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Project Manager
2 9 (15.79%) Architect
3 7 (12.28%) Support Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) IT Support
5 5 (8.77%) Security Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Security Project Manager
6 4 (7.02%) IT Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Lead
6 4 (7.02%) Network Architect
6 4 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Consultant
7 3 (5.26%) Designer
7 3 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Network Designer
7 3 (5.26%) Senior
8 2 (3.51%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Cloud Security Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) IP Designer
8 2 (3.51%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) CSS
1 1 (1.75%) Jest
1 1 (1.75%) Next.js
1 1 (1.75%) Node.js
1 1 (1.75%) React
1 1 (1.75%) REST
1 1 (1.75%) Sass
1 1 (1.75%) Smart Contracts
1 1 (1.75%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (52.63%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (14.04%) Data Centre
3 5 (8.77%) Onboarding
3 5 (8.77%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.75%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.75%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.75%) EPoS
5 1 (1.75%) iPad
5 1 (1.75%) iPhone
5 1 (1.75%) Life Science
5 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.75%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.79%) Windows
2 7 (12.28%) Apple iOS
3 6 (10.53%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.75%) Linux
4 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (21.05%) Customer Service
2 12 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (19.30%) Agile
3 11 (19.30%) Project Management
4 10 (17.54%) AI
5 9 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (15.79%) Migration
5 9 (15.79%) Time Management
6 8 (14.04%) DevOps
6 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (12.28%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (12.28%) ITSM
7 7 (12.28%) Mobile Device Management
7 7 (12.28%) Programme Management
7 7 (12.28%) User Experience
8 6 (10.53%) Change Management
8 6 (10.53%) ITIL
8 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.77%) Python
2 3 (5.26%) Bash
2 3 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.26%) SQL
3 2 (3.51%) Java
3 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
1 11 (19.30%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.04%) Degree
3 6 (10.53%) CISSP
4 4 (7.02%) CISM
4 4 (7.02%) PMI Certification
4 4 (7.02%) PMP
5 3 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.51%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.51%) CCSP
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.75%) CCIE
7 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.75%) JNCIE
7 1 (1.75%) JNCIP
7 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) GDPR
2 7 (12.28%) NIST
3 5 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (7.02%) SOC 2
5 2 (3.51%) GRC
6 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.75%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.75%) NCSC
6 1 (1.75%) PMO
6 1 (1.75%) QA
6 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (10.53%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.51%) CASB
3 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.75%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.75%) SCCM
4 1 (1.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) Google
3 6 (10.53%) Cisco
3 6 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.51%) Concur
4 2 (3.51%) F5
4 2 (3.51%) Juniper
4 2 (3.51%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.51%) Workday
4 2 (3.51%) Zoho
5 1 (1.75%) Apple
5 1 (1.75%) Citrix
5 1 (1.75%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.75%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.75%) McAfee
5 1 (1.75%) Meraki
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) SAP
5 1 (1.75%) Splunk
5 1 (1.75%) VMware