Data Protection Act Contracts in Berkshire

Data Protection Act (DPA)
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 74 68
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 -15
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 22 44 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.87% 2.23% 2.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.21% 7.52% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 21 32
10th Percentile £182 £213 £206
25th Percentile - £270 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £300 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £528
90th Percentile £545 £538 £672
South East median daily rate £300 £438 £513
% change year-on-year -31.43% -14.63% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
South East median hourly rate £15.25 £27.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -44.55% -47.62% +16.85%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 422 585 631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.85% 29.64% 34.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 317 400
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £400 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £721
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 18
10th Percentile £32.05 £11.84 £18.50
25th Percentile £48.75 £19.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £62.00 £41.50 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +49.39% -35.83% +135.18%
75th Percentile £87.44 £60.44 £73.90
90th Percentile £88.87 £69.03 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -38.39% +4.76% +153.68%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in Berkshire

Data Protection Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection Act in Berkshire

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection Act in Berkshire

Data Protection Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection Act in Berkshire

Data Protection Act
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +19 6 £300 -36.84%
Bracknell +2 6 £300 -17.24%
Slough -5 1 £550 -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Data Protection Act
South East

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.09%) SAS
1 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.55%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) SD-WAN
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
3 2 (9.09%) BGP
3 2 (9.09%) Ethernet
3 2 (9.09%) HTTP
3 2 (9.09%) WAN
4 1 (4.55%) DNS
4 1 (4.55%) MPLS
4 1 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (4.55%) Unified Communications
4 1 (4.55%) VLAN
4 1 (4.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.64%) Power BI
2 3 (13.64%) Tableau
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (4.55%) Power Query
3 1 (4.55%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (4.55%) Sisense
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.55%) Fiddler
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) French Language
4 1 (4.55%) Games
4 1 (4.55%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Architect
2 6 (27.27%) Support Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Technical Support
3 4 (18.18%) Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Product Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Network Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Power BI Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.55%) Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Graduate
6 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) OAuth
2 2 (9.09%) .NET
2 2 (9.09%) MDX
3 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.55%) CSS
3 1 (4.55%) HTML
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (4.55%) React
3 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Client/Server
1 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
1 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 4 (18.18%) Analytics
4 4 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 4 (18.18%) Product Management
4 4 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (13.64%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (13.64%) Customer Experience
5 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
5 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
6 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.09%) Data Analysis
6 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 2 (9.09%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Python
1 2 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) C
2 1 (4.55%) C#
2 1 (4.55%) C++
2 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (4.55%) Java
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) CCNP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.55%) GPEN
3 1 (4.55%) GWAPT
3 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.55%) OSCE
3 1 (4.55%) OSCP
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GDPR
1 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
1 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.55%) PMO
1 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) Meraki
3 2 (9.09%) MicroStrategy
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Ariba
4 1 (4.55%) Aruba
4 1 (4.55%) Databricks
4 1 (4.55%) F5
4 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) HP
4 1 (4.55%) Juniper
4 1 (4.55%) Okta
4 1 (4.55%) SAP