Data Security Contracts in London

Data Security
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 331 397
Rank change year-on-year +72 +66 -34
Contract jobs citing Data Security 127 157 221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.73% 0.61% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.67% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 97 156
10th Percentile £338 £450 £412
25th Percentile £466 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £725
90th Percentile £785 £775 £794
England median daily rate £570 £550 £566
% change year-on-year +3.64% -2.83% +13.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £19.38 - -
25th Percentile £22.19 £18.63 -
Median hourly rate £25.50 £19.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.47% - -
75th Percentile £33.00 £19.88 -
90th Percentile £43.35 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £24.24
% change year-on-year +107.79% -20.59% -43.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,485 23,572 35,589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.69% 90.94% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 17,002 26,006
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 268 417
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.50 £17.56
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +14.16%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.31 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.60 £82.33 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +6.79%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in London

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Security in London

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in London

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in London

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Security in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Security in London

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Central London +43 17 £596 -10.00% 9
East London - 2 £610 - 1
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 19 (14.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.51%) Apache Spark
3 6 (4.72%) Confluence
4 3 (2.36%) Apache
5 2 (1.57%) CICS
6 1 (0.79%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.79%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.79%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.79%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (49.61%) Azure
2 30 (23.62%) AWS
3 29 (22.83%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (18.11%) GCP
5 12 (9.45%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (8.66%) Power Platform
7 10 (7.87%) SaaS
8 7 (5.51%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (5.51%) IaaS
8 7 (5.51%) PaaS
9 6 (4.72%) Entra ID
9 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (4.72%) Nutanix
9 6 (4.72%) Rubrik
10 5 (3.94%) Alation
10 5 (3.94%) GitHub
10 5 (3.94%) Google Workspace
10 5 (3.94%) Power Automate
10 5 (3.94%) Slack
11 4 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.66%) Firewall
2 9 (7.09%) TCP/IP
3 8 (6.30%) DHCP
3 8 (6.30%) DNS
4 6 (4.72%) Kerberos
4 6 (4.72%) NAS
4 6 (4.72%) SAN
4 6 (4.72%) VLAN
5 5 (3.94%) Network Security
6 3 (2.36%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.57%) VoIP
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.79%) DWDM
8 1 (0.79%) Intranet
8 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (20.47%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (9.45%) Big Data
2 12 (9.45%) Data Lake
3 11 (8.66%) Power BI
4 10 (7.87%) NoSQL
5 8 (6.30%) Metadata
5 8 (6.30%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.15%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.36%) BigQuery
7 3 (2.36%) Bigtable
7 3 (2.36%) DB2
7 3 (2.36%) DynamoDB
7 3 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (2.36%) Hadoop
7 3 (2.36%) HBase
7 3 (2.36%) OLTP
7 3 (2.36%) Parquet
7 3 (2.36%) Sqoop
7 3 (2.36%) Tableau
8 2 (1.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (7.87%) Jenkins
2 8 (6.30%) Git
3 6 (4.72%) JIRA
3 6 (4.72%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.57%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.79%) JMeter
5 1 (0.79%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.79%) Selenium
5 1 (0.79%) SoapUI
General
1 40 (31.50%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (24.41%) Social Skills
3 25 (19.69%) Finance
4 21 (16.54%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.30%) Banking
6 7 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.36%) French Language
8 3 (2.36%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.36%) Marketing
8 3 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.57%) Legal
9 2 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (30.71%) Architect
2 16 (12.60%) Technical Architect
3 14 (11.02%) Data Engineer
4 13 (10.24%) Consultant
4 13 (10.24%) SharePoint Architect
5 12 (9.45%) Analyst
5 12 (9.45%) Data Architect
6 7 (5.51%) Data Analyst
7 6 (4.72%) Lead
7 6 (4.72%) Security Architect
7 6 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.94%) Data Manager
9 4 (3.15%) Administrator
9 4 (3.15%) Security Consultant
9 4 (3.15%) Senior
10 3 (2.36%) Azure Data Architect
10 3 (2.36%) Data Consultant
10 3 (2.36%) Developer
10 3 (2.36%) Microsoft 365 Architect
10 3 (2.36%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) LDAP
2 5 (3.94%) Kafka
2 5 (3.94%) Web Services
3 4 (3.15%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (2.36%) .NET
4 3 (2.36%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.36%) CSS
4 3 (2.36%) HTML
4 3 (2.36%) PySpark
5 2 (1.57%) Apache Avro
5 2 (1.57%) REST
5 2 (1.57%) Swagger
6 1 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.79%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.79%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.79%) JSON
6 1 (0.79%) Node.js
6 1 (0.79%) Sass
6 1 (0.79%) Spring
6 1 (0.79%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.54%) Data Structures
2 16 (12.60%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.51%) Clustering
3 7 (5.51%) Replication
4 5 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.15%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.36%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.57%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.57%) FMCG
7 2 (1.57%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.57%) NHS
7 2 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.79%) SCADA
8 1 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.66%) Windows
2 10 (7.87%) Linux
3 7 (5.51%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.72%) Oracle Linux
4 6 (4.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (4.72%) Solaris
5 2 (1.57%) Unix
5 2 (1.57%) zOS
6 1 (0.79%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (32.28%) Data Governance
2 33 (25.98%) Agile
3 32 (25.20%) Analytics
3 32 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (22.83%) Data Management
4 29 (22.83%) Migration
5 27 (21.26%) Project Management
6 24 (18.90%) Data Migration
7 21 (16.54%) Change Management
7 21 (16.54%) Data Modelling
8 20 (15.75%) DevOps
8 20 (15.75%) Roadmaps
9 18 (14.17%) Data Loss Prevention
10 17 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (13.39%) Data Integration
10 17 (13.39%) ETL
11 16 (12.60%) Data Engineering
11 16 (12.60%) Information Security
12 14 (11.02%) CI/CD
12 14 (11.02%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.62%) SQL
2 27 (21.26%) Python
3 11 (8.66%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.09%) TypeScript
5 8 (6.30%) Bash
6 7 (5.51%) Java
7 6 (4.72%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.36%) C#
8 3 (2.36%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.57%) COBOL
9 2 (1.57%) REXX
9 2 (1.57%) U-SQL
10 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.79%) R
10 1 (0.79%) Scala
Qualifications
1 26 (20.47%) Security Cleared
2 23 (18.11%) SC Cleared
3 17 (13.39%) Degree
4 12 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (7.09%) CISM
5 9 (7.09%) CISSP
6 4 (3.15%) CISA
7 3 (2.36%) PMP
8 2 (1.57%) CEH
8 2 (1.57%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.79%) CCNA CyberOps
9 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (22.83%) Data Quality
2 22 (17.32%) GDPR
3 8 (6.30%) QA
4 7 (5.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (3.94%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (3.94%) NIST
7 3 (2.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.36%) GRC
7 3 (2.36%) SLA
8 1 (0.79%) GPG13
8 1 (0.79%) NCSC
8 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (6.30%) Docker
2 7 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.72%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.79%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 8 (6.30%) Ansible
1 8 (6.30%) Kubernetes
1 8 (6.30%) Terraform
2 6 (4.72%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (4.72%) Netcool
2 6 (4.72%) Tivoli
2 6 (4.72%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (1.57%) Ambari
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.57%) Oozie
3 2 (1.57%) SCCM
3 2 (1.57%) WSUS
4 1 (0.79%) Avamar
4 1 (0.79%) CASB
4 1 (0.79%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.79%) Kibana
4 1 (0.79%) logstash
4 1 (0.79%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.79%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 47 (37.01%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.60%) NetApp
3 12 (9.45%) Oracle
4 11 (8.66%) Databricks
4 11 (8.66%) IBM
5 9 (7.09%) Cisco
5 9 (7.09%) Google
6 8 (6.30%) VMware
7 7 (5.51%) EMC
7 7 (5.51%) Informatica
7 7 (5.51%) SAP
7 7 (5.51%) Talend
8 6 (4.72%) CyberArk
8 6 (4.72%) Foundry
8 6 (4.72%) HP
8 6 (4.72%) Isilon
8 6 (4.72%) Palantir
8 6 (4.72%) ServiceNow
8 6 (4.72%) Splunk
8 6 (4.72%) Varonis