Data Security Contracts in England

Data Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Security over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 290 372 426
Rank change year-on-year +82 +54 +2
Contract jobs citing Data Security 281 309 372
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.76% 0.61% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.68% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 220 255
10th Percentile £380 £396 £339
25th Percentile £439 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £655 £675
90th Percentile £763 £738 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 2
10th Percentile £18.00 £15.41 £17.99
25th Percentile £22.74 £16.51 £18.72
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £22.12
Median % change year-on-year +107.79% -12.97% -20.63%
75th Percentile - £19.88 £25.21
90th Percentile £50.25 £30.81 £25.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £22.12
% change year-on-year +107.79% -12.97% -20.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Security in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
London +97 143 £585 -4.96% 58
South East +14 56 £488 -6.02% 31
North of England +22 27 £500 -1.96% 29
North West +34 23 £500 +21.21% 15
South West +22 23 £650 +18.18% 11
Midlands +21 14 £650 +30.00% 18
West Midlands +27 13 £650 +34.72% 10
East of England +15 5 £513 +2.50% 10
Yorkshire +1 4 £500 -4.76% 13
South Coast - 3 £500 -
East Midlands +19 1 - - 8
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 26 (9.25%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.98%) Apache Spark
3 12 (4.27%) SAS
4 8 (2.85%) Apache
4 8 (2.85%) Confluence
5 3 (1.07%) CICS
5 3 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.36%) Luigi
Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.07%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.07%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.07%) Oracle FAH
2 3 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.07%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.36%) Odoo
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.36%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (31.67%) Azure
2 54 (19.22%) AWS
3 32 (11.39%) GCP
3 32 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (5.69%) Power Platform
4 16 (5.69%) SaaS
5 14 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
5 14 (4.98%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (4.27%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.27%) PaaS
7 9 (3.20%) IaaS
8 8 (2.85%) Nutanix
8 8 (2.85%) Rubrik
8 8 (2.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (2.14%) Amazon EMR
9 6 (2.14%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.14%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.78%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.98%) DNS
2 13 (4.63%) Firewall
3 11 (3.91%) TCP/IP
4 10 (3.56%) Network Security
4 10 (3.56%) SAN
5 9 (3.20%) DHCP
6 8 (2.85%) Kerberos
6 8 (2.85%) NAS
6 8 (2.85%) VLAN
7 5 (1.78%) VPN
8 3 (1.07%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (1.07%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.71%) VoIP
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.36%) DWDM
10 1 (0.36%) Intranet
10 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (16.37%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (7.47%) Data Lake
3 17 (6.05%) Big Data
4 16 (5.69%) Power BI
5 14 (4.98%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.63%) Metadata
7 10 (3.56%) Crystal Reports
7 10 (3.56%) SQL Server
8 9 (3.20%) Hadoop
9 6 (2.14%) BigQuery
9 6 (2.14%) OLTP
10 5 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.78%) DB2
10 5 (1.78%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.78%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.78%) Tableau
11 3 (1.07%) Bigtable
11 3 (1.07%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.07%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 16 (5.69%) JIRA
2 14 (4.98%) Git
3 12 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.85%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.07%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (1.07%) Toad
6 2 (0.71%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.71%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.71%) kappa
6 2 (0.71%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.36%) GoCD
7 1 (0.36%) JMeter
7 1 (0.36%) JUnit
7 1 (0.36%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.36%) Selenium
7 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
General
1 68 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.13%) Finance
3 62 (22.06%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.61%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.05%) Banking
6 14 (4.98%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.91%) Legal
8 8 (2.85%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.85%) Marketing
8 8 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.49%) Retail
10 6 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.78%) Electronics
12 3 (1.07%) Back Office
12 3 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.07%) French Language
12 3 (1.07%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (21.71%) Architect
2 44 (15.66%) Analyst
3 29 (10.32%) Data Engineer
4 28 (9.96%) Data Architect
5 25 (8.90%) Lead
6 16 (5.69%) Consultant
6 16 (5.69%) Data Analyst
7 15 (5.34%) Developer
7 15 (5.34%) Technical Architect
8 14 (4.98%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.27%) Business Analyst
9 12 (4.27%) SharePoint Architect
10 11 (3.91%) Senior
11 10 (3.56%) Security Architect
11 10 (3.56%) Security Specialist
11 10 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.85%) Compliance Analyst
12 8 (2.85%) Data Manager
12 8 (2.85%) IT Security Specialist
12 8 (2.85%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.20%) Kafka
2 8 (2.85%) LDAP
3 5 (1.78%) OAuth
3 5 (1.78%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.78%) SAML
3 5 (1.78%) SOAP
3 5 (1.78%) Web Services
3 5 (1.78%) XML
4 4 (1.42%) .NET
4 4 (1.42%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.07%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.07%) CSS
5 3 (1.07%) HTML
5 3 (1.07%) Node.js
5 3 (1.07%) PySpark
5 3 (1.07%) React
5 3 (1.07%) REST
5 3 (1.07%) RESTful
6 2 (0.71%) Jest
6 2 (0.71%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.03%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.47%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.47%) Data Structures
3 18 (6.41%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.20%) Clustering
4 9 (3.20%) Replication
5 8 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.78%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.42%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.07%) FMCG
9 3 (1.07%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.07%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.07%) NHS
9 3 (1.07%) Online Banking
9 3 (1.07%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.19%) Windows
2 17 (6.05%) Linux
3 9 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.85%) Oracle Linux
4 8 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.85%) Solaris
5 5 (1.78%) Unix
5 5 (1.78%) zOS
6 3 (1.07%) Android
7 1 (0.36%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (22.42%) Data Governance
3 59 (21.00%) Analytics
4 49 (17.44%) Data Modelling
4 49 (17.44%) Project Management
5 44 (15.66%) Agile
5 44 (15.66%) Incident Response
6 42 (14.95%) Data Management
7 40 (14.23%) ETL
8 38 (13.52%) Migration
9 37 (13.17%) Data Integration
9 37 (13.17%) Data Loss Prevention
9 37 (13.17%) Vulnerability Management
10 33 (11.74%) Security Operations
11 31 (11.03%) Roadmaps
11 31 (11.03%) SIEM
12 30 (10.68%) Data Migration
13 29 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (10.32%) Data Pipeline
14 27 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (21.35%) SQL
2 40 (14.23%) Python
3 14 (4.98%) Java
4 11 (3.91%) JavaScript
4 11 (3.91%) TypeScript
5 10 (3.56%) PowerShell
6 9 (3.20%) Bash
7 4 (1.42%) C#
7 4 (1.42%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.42%) R
7 4 (1.42%) Scala
8 3 (1.07%) COBOL
8 3 (1.07%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.07%) PHP
8 3 (1.07%) REXX
8 3 (1.07%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.71%) U-SQL
10 1 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 42 (14.95%) Security Cleared
2 39 (13.88%) Degree
2 39 (13.88%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.56%) CISM
4 10 (3.56%) CISSP
5 9 (3.20%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.14%) PMP
7 5 (1.78%) CISA
8 4 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.07%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.71%) CEH
10 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.71%) PhD
11 1 (0.36%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.36%) CCNA
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.95%) Data Quality
2 41 (14.59%) GDPR
3 14 (4.98%) QA
4 11 (3.91%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (3.20%) NIST
6 9 (3.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.42%) SLA
9 3 (1.07%) GRC
9 3 (1.07%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.07%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.36%) GPG13
11 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (5.69%) Docker
2 14 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.36%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 14 (4.98%) Terraform
2 11 (3.91%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.56%) Ansible
4 8 (2.85%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (2.85%) Netcool
4 8 (2.85%) Tivoli
4 8 (2.85%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 7 (2.49%) CA Service Virtualization
6 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.71%) Ambari
7 2 (0.71%) Oozie
8 1 (0.36%) Avamar
8 1 (0.36%) CASB
8 1 (0.36%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.36%) Kibana
8 1 (0.36%) logstash
8 1 (0.36%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.36%) SCCM
8 1 (0.36%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 78 (27.76%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.25%) Qualys
3 22 (7.83%) Varonis
4 18 (6.41%) Databricks
4 18 (6.41%) Oracle
5 17 (6.05%) Splunk
6 16 (5.69%) Forcepoint
6 16 (5.69%) LogRhythm
7 15 (5.34%) NetApp
8 13 (4.63%) Google
8 13 (4.63%) IBM
8 13 (4.63%) VMware
9 12 (4.27%) SAP
10 11 (3.91%) Cisco
11 10 (3.56%) IFS
12 9 (3.20%) EMC
12 9 (3.20%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.85%) Dell
13 8 (2.85%) HP
13 8 (2.85%) Serena