Data Protection Act (DPA)
Berkshire > Reading
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 59 | 70 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | -10 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 6 | 21 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 1.03% | 1.90% | 2.65% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 3.03% | 6.98% | 9.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £165 | £323 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £258 | £425 | £359 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £513 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.07% | +20.59% | -22.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £444 | £547 | £522 |
| 90th Percentile | £448 | £575 | £618 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £425 | £500 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +17.65% | -17.07% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £69.38 | - |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | - | £20.00 | - |
All Generic Skills
Reading
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 Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 198 | 301 | 331 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 33.85% | 27.17% | 29.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 133 | 156 | 234 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £320 | £254 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £450 | £428 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £536 | £580 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.59% | +5.45% | +7.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £664 | £706 | £701 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +6.80% | +3.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.80 | £42.05 | £44.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.44 | £56.25 | £62.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £60.60 | £65.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.74% | -6.95% | +150.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £51.25 | £65.37 | £70.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £53.50 | £71.76 | £76.08 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £62.00 | £42.00 | £64.68 |
| % change year-on-year | +47.61% | -35.06% | -11.71% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Protection Act.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in Reading over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Protection Act.
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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: