Data Privacy Contract Job Trends in Reading

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Data Privacy skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 75 85
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Privacy 8 17 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.39% 1.53% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.78% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £535 - £621
25th Percentile £578 - £634
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £663
75th Percentile £713 - £684
90th Percentile £750 - £694
Berkshire median daily rate £625 - £625

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Data Privacy 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 530 956 1,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.33% 86.20% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 519 668
10th Percentile £350 £350 £309
25th Percentile £450 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £703 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.05% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 29 20
10th Percentile - £14.50 £18.40
25th Percentile £14.75 £52.90 £52.23
Median hourly rate £27.50 £61.60 £65.56
Median % change year-on-year -55.36% -6.04% +87.91%
75th Percentile £55.00 £76.99 £74.20
90th Percentile £58.00 £87.46 £75.42
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.55 £58.44
% change year-on-year -47.50% +5.31% +41.87%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Data Privacy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Data Privacy in Reading

Data Privacy
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Privacy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Privacy

Data Privacy
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy in Reading over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Privacy in Reading

Data Privacy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 5 (62.50%) Legal
2 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Security Posture
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) SIEM
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Forensic Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Response
2 5 (62.50%) Malware Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
2 5 (62.50%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (50.00%) Behavioural Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 4 (50.00%) Task Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
4 3 (37.50%) Information Security
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 3 (37.50%) Security Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
1 5 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CISSP
2 5 (62.50%) CFCE
2 5 (62.50%) GCFA
2 5 (62.50%) GCIA
2 5 (62.50%) GCIH
3 4 (50.00%) GIAC
3 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (25.00%) CCSP
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) GDPR
1 8 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (50.00%) HIPAA
3 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
3 3 (37.50%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) ArcSight
1 5 (62.50%) CrowdStrike
1 5 (62.50%) LogRhythm
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Intel