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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 80 70
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 -20
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 27 44 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.30% 2.22% 2.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.60% 7.35% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 35
10th Percentile £256 £218 £225
25th Percentile £300 £270 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £494 £646
90th Percentile £530 £535 £690
South East median daily rate £375 £425 £563
% change year-on-year -11.76% -24.44% +12.50%

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 409 599 615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 34.87% 30.19% 34.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 334 393
10th Percentile £307 £205 £313
25th Percentile £424 £281 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £619
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 16
10th Percentile £26.40 £11.79 £19.25
25th Percentile £32.05 £22.25 £47.56
Median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +44.69% -34.29% +187.64%
75th Percentile £87.28 £62.23 £74.25
90th Percentile £91.05 £67.50 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +23 14 £400 -11.11% 3
Bracknell +6 4 £375 -18.92%
Slough -6 1 £550 - 1
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 1 (3.70%) IIS
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (7.41%) AWS
2 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) SD-WAN
2 2 (7.41%) BGP
3 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.70%) Firewall
3 1 (3.70%) MPLS
3 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (3.70%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Burp Suite
1 2 (7.41%) Git
1 2 (7.41%) Metasploit
2 1 (3.70%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (3.70%) Selenium
2 1 (3.70%) SpecFlow
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 7 (25.93%) Legal
4 6 (22.22%) Marketing
5 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.11%) Law
6 2 (7.41%) Finance
6 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Games
7 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Data Protection Officer
3 4 (14.81%) Product Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Tester
5 2 (7.41%) Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
6 1 (3.70%) Applications Support Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) SailPoint Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) SAP Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) PySpark
1 1 (3.70%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Client/Server
1 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (3.70%) Private Cloud
1 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (22.22%) Agile
3 6 (22.22%) B2C
3 6 (22.22%) Data Privacy
3 6 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (18.52%) Business Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) Product Management
4 5 (18.52%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (18.52%) Project Management
4 5 (18.52%) Roadmaps
5 3 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 3 (11.11%) Information Security
5 3 (11.11%) Network Architecture
5 3 (11.11%) Network Design
6 2 (7.41%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) C
2 2 (7.41%) C++
2 2 (7.41%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) Ruby
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) Bash
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) ISEB
2 4 (14.81%) Degree
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) GPEN
3 2 (7.41%) GWAPT
3 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
3 2 (7.41%) OSCE
3 2 (7.41%) OSCP
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) CCNP
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) GDPR
2 2 (7.41%) HIPAA
2 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.70%) PMO
3 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) VMware
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) Databricks
3 2 (7.41%) Meraki
4 1 (3.70%) Ariba
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Okta
4 1 (3.70%) SAP