Data Security Contracts in the South West

Data Security
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 144 151
Rank change year-on-year +17 +7 -14
Contract jobs citing Data Security 23 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 0.65% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.73% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 11
10th Percentile £415 £463 £190
25th Percentile £525 £519 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +6.80% -16.26%
75th Percentile £719 £579 £600
90th Percentile £743 £600 £738
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £22.12
% change year-on-year +107.79% -12.97% -20.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,650 3,299 3,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.57% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,714 2,417 2,348
10th Percentile £223 £313 £301
25th Percentile £406 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 348 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.63 £17.69 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.83 £61.50 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -22.23% +27.13% +7.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.34 £69.95
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the South West

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Security in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Data Security in the South West

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in the South West

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Security in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in the South West

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Bristol +24 10 £575 -11.54% 5
Gloucestershire +7 7 £400 -27.27% 1
Wiltshire -7 5 £675 +33.33%
Cornwall - 1 - - 1
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Teamcenter
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Metadata
1 1 (4.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (34.78%) JIRA
2 3 (13.04%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (4.35%) Android Studio
3 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 6 (26.09%) Legal
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Aviation
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Electronics
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Military
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Architect
2 9 (39.13%) Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Compliance Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Data Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Data Compliance Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) Data Architect
5 4 (17.39%) Lead
5 4 (17.39%) Lead Architect
6 3 (13.04%) Security Architect
6 3 (13.04%) Security Solutions Architect
6 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (8.70%) Information Assurance Manager
7 2 (8.70%) Information Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Android Developer
8 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
8 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) Developer
8 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) SOAP
1 3 (13.04%) XML
2 1 (4.35%) Android SDK
2 1 (4.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Data Governance
2 9 (39.13%) Incident Response
3 8 (34.78%) Incident Management
3 8 (34.78%) SOAR
4 7 (30.43%) Forensic Analysis
4 7 (30.43%) SIEM
4 7 (30.43%) Use Case
4 7 (30.43%) Workflow
5 6 (26.09%) Issue Tracking
5 6 (26.09%) Workflow Management
6 5 (21.74%) Data Architecture
6 5 (21.74%) Information Assurance
6 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (21.74%) Project Management
6 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (17.39%) Data Integration
7 4 (17.39%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
8 3 (13.04%) Data Virtualisation
8 3 (13.04%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Security Cleared
2 12 (52.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) GDPR
1 3 (13.04%) HIPAA
1 3 (13.04%) JSP 440
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) NIST
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Splunk
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) SAP