Data Protection Act Contract Job Trends 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 14 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 84 | 79 | 67 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | -12 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 43 | 28 | 40 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire | 2.21% | 2.07% | 2.48% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 5.87% | 5.42% | 8.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 5 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £222 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £331 | £400 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £425 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.76% | -15.00% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £460 | £450 | £542 |
| 90th Percentile | £508 | £585 | £594 |
| South East median daily rate | £375 | £413 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -15.38% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £18.88 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £20.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £45.16 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £59.88 |
| South East median hourly rate | £13.99 | £15.25 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.26% | -23.75% | -20.37% |
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 citing generic IT skills in Berkshire.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills | 732 | 517 | 490 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 37.60% | 38.24% | 30.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 400 | 326 | 246 |
| 10th Percentile | £304 | £293 | £314 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £406 | £408 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £524 | £500 | £539 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.75% | -7.19% | +7.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £680 | £664 | £693 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £488 | £504 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -3.23% | +0.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 114 | 25 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.15 | £20.43 | £19.31 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.74 | £20.79 | £37.69 |
| Median hourly rate | £84.50 | £51.00 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +65.69% | -11.30% | -8.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £88.00 | £63.75 | £61.36 |
| 90th Percentile | £99.25 | £84.75 | £62.99 |
| South East median hourly rate | £38.25 | £23.00 | £51.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +66.30% | -55.12% | -2.38% |
Data Protection Act Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Data Protection Act Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Protection Act.
Data Protection Act Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2026.
Data Protection Act Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Protection Act.
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 14 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | -6 | 32 | £375 | -11.76% | |
| Slough | +2 | 5 | £240 | -40.00% | |
| Bracknell | -10 | 4 | £170 | -73.85% | |
| Maidenhead | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Wokingham | - | 1 | £360 | - | |
| Data Protection Act South East |
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Data Protection Act Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Centre | 14.0% | 6 |
| 2 | Virtual Team | 7.0% | 3 |
| 3 | AI Agents | 4.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Cloud Native | 4.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Data Structures | 4.7% | 2 |
| 6 | Analytical Mindset | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Autonomous Agent | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Clustering | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Distributed Architecture | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Distributed Systems | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Driving Licence | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Enterprise Software | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | EPoS | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | IVR | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Legacy Systems | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Management Information System | 2.3% | 1 |
| 6 | Onboarding | 2.3% | 1 |