Data Protection Contracts in Berkshire

Data Protection
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection 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 53 62 55
Rank change year-on-year +9 -7 -17
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 40 62 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.41% 3.13% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 3.51% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 34 41
10th Percentile £300 £202 £263
25th Percentile £444 £270 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £488
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -10.26% -5.48%
75th Percentile £578 £500 £655
90th Percentile £594 £525 £702
South East median daily rate £510 £425 £513
% change year-on-year +19.94% -17.07% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £61.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £27.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -47.62% -14.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Berkshire

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in Berkshire

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in Berkshire

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in Berkshire

Data Protection
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 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 +26 21 £550 +22.22% 22
Bracknell -1 4 £375 -11.76% 1
Slough -5 2 £590 - 11
Wokingham -13 2 £450 -6.25%
Thatcham - 1 £600 -
Maidenhead - 1 - - 2
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
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 (5.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (2.50%) IIS
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) Azure
2 4 (10.00%) AWS
3 3 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (7.50%) SonarCloud
4 2 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.00%) GCP
5 1 (2.50%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.50%) OCI
5 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (5.00%) BGP
2 2 (5.00%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (5.00%) Firewall
2 2 (5.00%) Network Security
3 1 (2.50%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.50%) MPLS
3 1 (2.50%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.50%) VPN
3 1 (2.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.50%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Git
1 3 (7.50%) Snyk
2 2 (5.00%) Burp Suite
2 2 (5.00%) Metasploit
3 1 (2.50%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (2.50%) Selenium
3 1 (2.50%) SpecFlow
General
1 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Telecoms
3 7 (17.50%) Legal
4 6 (15.00%) Marketing
5 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Law
7 2 (5.00%) Finance
7 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Games
8 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Architect
2 5 (12.50%) Data Protection Officer
3 4 (10.00%) Product Architect
3 4 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Compliance Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Compliance Project Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Data Compliance Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Security Compliance Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Security Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Tester
5 2 (5.00%) Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (5.00%) Senior
6 1 (2.50%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.50%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.50%) Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Web Services
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) CSS
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) OAuth
2 1 (2.50%) PySpark
2 1 (2.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (67.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (7.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.00%) Cyberattack
3 2 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) PKI
4 1 (2.50%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.00%) B2C
2 8 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 7 (17.50%) Agile
3 7 (17.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (15.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 6 (15.00%) Data Privacy
4 6 (15.00%) Project Management
5 5 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 5 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 5 (12.50%) OWASP
5 5 (12.50%) Product Management
5 5 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 4 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (10.00%) DevOps
6 4 (10.00%) Information Security
7 3 (7.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) Python
1 5 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) C
2 2 (5.00%) C++
2 2 (5.00%) Java
2 2 (5.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (5.00%) Ruby
3 1 (2.50%) Bash
3 1 (2.50%) C#
3 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Degree
2 6 (15.00%) ISEB
3 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (7.50%) CISSP
4 3 (7.50%) OSCP
5 2 (5.00%) CEH
5 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.00%) GPEN
5 2 (5.00%) GWAPT
5 2 (5.00%) OSCE
5 2 (5.00%) SANS
5 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.50%) CCNP
6 1 (2.50%) CCSK
6 1 (2.50%) CCSP
6 1 (2.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) GDPR
2 5 (12.50%) NIST
3 2 (5.00%) HIPAA
3 2 (5.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.50%) EU AI Act
4 1 (2.50%) GRC
4 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.50%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.50%) PMO
4 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) CASB
1 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) VMware
2 4 (10.00%) Cisco
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.00%) Databricks
3 2 (5.00%) Google
3 2 (5.00%) Meraki
3 2 (5.00%) Oracle
4 1 (2.50%) Ariba
4 1 (2.50%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.50%) Forcepoint
4 1 (2.50%) Okta
4 1 (2.50%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.50%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.50%) SAP