GDPR Contracts in Berkshire

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 77 87
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing GDPR 33 44 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.95% 2.28% 1.58%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.02% 14.77% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 18
10th Percentile £420 - £480
25th Percentile £513 £270 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £558 £558 £550
90th Percentile £629 £705 £649
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +10.53% -26.92% +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £67.59 -
South East median hourly rate £15.25 £27.50 £15.21
% change year-on-year -44.55% +80.80% -17.81%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 206 298 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.41% 15.42% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 145 123
10th Percentile £325 £270 £363
25th Percentile £450 £325 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +10.74% -7.77% +8.94%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £600
90th Percentile £673 £600 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 17
10th Percentile £57.12 £35.46 £15.35
25th Percentile £60.75 £60.90 £18.50
Median hourly rate £62.62 £65.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +209.52% -0.12%
75th Percentile £82.03 £70.18 £53.15
90th Percentile £90.00 £74.57 £73.86
South East median hourly rate £35.73 £27.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year +29.91% -12.70% +50.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for GDPR in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GDPR in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for GDPR in Berkshire

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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 GDPR within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 June 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 +27 12 £550 +21.55% 25
Bracknell +9 5 £550 -0.90% 2
Slough - 4 £600 - 8
Wokingham -8 3 £538 +62.88% 2
Windsor -11 1 £500 -39.39%
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South East

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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 3 (9.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (9.09%) GCP
3 2 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (3.03%) Azure AI
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
4 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.03%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Finance
4 5 (15.15%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.03%) Automotive
6 1 (3.03%) Aviation
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Local Government
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Consultant
3 5 (15.15%) Administrator
3 5 (15.15%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Data Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Change Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Head of Security
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Head of Architecture
5 2 (6.06%) Oracle Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (3.03%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Tester
6 1 (3.03%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (3.03%) FHIR
2 1 (3.03%) Hugging Face
2 1 (3.03%) Middleware
2 1 (3.03%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.06%) CCTV
2 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) NHS
3 1 (3.03%) PKI
3 1 (3.03%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (27.27%) Data Protection
2 9 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
3 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (24.24%) Project Management
4 7 (21.21%) Agile
4 7 (21.21%) Impact Analysis
5 6 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 5 (15.15%) Cloud Security
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) CRM
6 5 (15.15%) Incident Response
6 5 (15.15%) Information Security
6 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
6 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.12%) Analytics
7 4 (12.12%) Change Management
7 4 (12.12%) Data Governance
7 4 (12.12%) Security Operations
7 4 (12.12%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Python
1 4 (12.12%) SQL
2 3 (9.09%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.03%) Bash
3 1 (3.03%) C
3 1 (3.03%) C++
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) CISSP
2 3 (9.09%) Degree
3 2 (6.06%) CISA
3 2 (6.06%) CISM
3 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.06%) GCIH
3 2 (6.06%) GIAC
3 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.03%) CCSK
4 1 (3.03%) CEH
4 1 (3.03%) GCFA
4 1 (3.03%) GCIA
4 1 (3.03%) GPEN
4 1 (3.03%) GWAPT
4 1 (3.03%) ISACA
4 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (3.03%) OSCE
4 1 (3.03%) OSCP
4 1 (3.03%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) NIST
2 6 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (9.09%) COBIT
3 3 (9.09%) HIPAA
3 3 (9.09%) PCI DSS
3 3 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (6.06%) GRC
5 1 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.03%) ISO 9001
5 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.03%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) CASB
1 1 (3.03%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 2 (6.06%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe
4 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.03%) Dynatrace
4 1 (3.03%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.03%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Splunk