Data Security Contracts

Data Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 374 441
Rank change year-on-year +77 +67 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Security 326 376 460
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.65% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.73% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 269 317
10th Percentile £338 £412 £331
25th Percentile £425 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £658 £688
90th Percentile £750 £738 £753
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 1
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.32 -
25th Percentile £23.75 £15.81 £22.37
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +107.79% -20.59% -43.28%
75th Percentile £50.25 £19.88 £26.12
90th Percentile £72.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £15.41 £24.24
% change year-on-year +159.66% -36.45% -57.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,783 51,773 79,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.20% 89.81% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,675 35,887 56,073
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,710 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Security over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +68 266 £563 +2.27% 195
Work from Home +127 153 £500 -9.09% 77
UK excluding London +44 150 £500 -2.91% 137
London +53 128 £600 -4.00% 59
South East +20 55 £475 -9.52% 29
North of England +16 30 £500 +2.88% 44
North West +33 23 £513 +5.45% 25
South West +9 23 £650 +18.18% 13
Scotland +37 21 £420 -16.00% 6
Midlands +15 13 £650 +28.08% 32
West Midlands +15 12 £650 +36.84% 8
Yorkshire +7 7 £500 -1.96% 19
East of England +14 5 £513 +2.50% 13
East Midlands +15 1 - - 24

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 34 (10.43%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.68%) SAS
3 10 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.84%) Confluence
5 5 (1.53%) Apache
5 5 (1.53%) CICS
6 3 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.92%) Oracle FAH
3 3 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.92%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.31%) Odoo
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.31%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 102 (31.29%) Azure
2 56 (17.18%) AWS
3 39 (11.96%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (8.59%) GCP
5 25 (7.67%) Power Platform
6 16 (4.91%) SaaS
7 15 (4.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (4.60%) Entra ID
8 12 (3.68%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (3.37%) Power Automate
10 10 (3.07%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.76%) PaaS
12 8 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.45%) PowerApps
12 8 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (2.15%) Amazon EMR
13 7 (2.15%) GitHub
13 7 (2.15%) IaaS
13 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.29%) Firewall
2 13 (3.99%) DNS
3 11 (3.37%) Network Security
3 11 (3.37%) SAN
4 10 (3.07%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.76%) NAS
6 8 (2.45%) DHCP
7 6 (1.84%) Kerberos
7 6 (1.84%) VLAN
8 5 (1.53%) VPN
9 3 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.92%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.61%) VoIP
11 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.31%) DWDM
11 1 (0.31%) Intranet
11 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.88%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (6.75%) Data Lake
2 22 (6.75%) Power BI
3 18 (5.52%) Metadata
4 16 (4.91%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.60%) Big Data
6 12 (3.68%) MySQL
6 12 (3.68%) SQL Server
7 10 (3.07%) Crystal Reports
8 9 (2.76%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.45%) OLTP
10 7 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.15%) DB2
11 6 (1.84%) Tableau
12 5 (1.53%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.53%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.53%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (1.23%) Couchbase
13 4 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (4.60%) JIRA
2 12 (3.68%) Git
3 11 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.84%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.92%) Toad
6 2 (0.61%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.61%) kappa
6 2 (0.61%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.31%) GoCD
7 1 (0.31%) JMeter
7 1 (0.31%) JUnit
7 1 (0.31%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.31%) Selenium
7 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 80 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 77 (23.62%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (17.79%) Finance
4 38 (11.66%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.52%) Banking
6 14 (4.29%) Legal
7 11 (3.37%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.45%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.84%) Retail
13 5 (1.53%) Marketing
14 4 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.92%) Back Office
15 3 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.92%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.92%) French Language
15 3 (0.92%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 68 (20.86%) Architect
2 46 (14.11%) Analyst
3 30 (9.20%) Data Engineer
4 27 (8.28%) Data Architect
5 26 (7.98%) Developer
5 26 (7.98%) Lead
6 22 (6.75%) Consultant
7 18 (5.52%) Technical Architect
8 16 (4.91%) Data Analyst
9 15 (4.60%) SharePoint Architect
10 13 (3.99%) Senior
11 12 (3.68%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.68%) Security Architect
11 12 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.37%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.07%) Security Specialist
14 9 (2.76%) SOC Analyst
15 8 (2.45%) Data Compliance Analyst
15 8 (2.45%) Data Manager
15 8 (2.45%) Security Operations Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.76%) Kafka
1 9 (2.76%) Node.js
2 7 (2.15%) CSS
2 7 (2.15%) HTML
2 7 (2.15%) Web Services
3 6 (1.84%) LDAP
4 5 (1.53%) .NET
4 5 (1.53%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.53%) OAuth
4 5 (1.53%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.53%) SAML
4 5 (1.53%) XML
5 4 (1.23%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.23%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (1.23%) PySpark
5 4 (1.23%) React
5 4 (1.23%) REST
5 4 (1.23%) RESTful
5 4 (1.23%) SOAP
6 2 (0.61%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.43%) Management Information System
2 25 (7.67%) Data Structures
3 23 (7.06%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.21%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.76%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.15%) Clustering
7 7 (2.15%) Replication
8 6 (1.84%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.53%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.92%) NHS
11 3 (0.92%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.92%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.67%) Windows
2 18 (5.52%) Linux
3 8 (2.45%) zOS
4 7 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.84%) Oracle Linux
5 6 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.84%) Solaris
6 5 (1.53%) Unix
7 3 (0.92%) Android
7 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.31%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (21.17%) Analytics
2 69 (21.17%) Data Governance
3 50 (15.34%) Data Modelling
4 49 (15.03%) Data Management
5 48 (14.72%) Incident Response
5 48 (14.72%) Project Management
6 45 (13.80%) Agile
7 42 (12.88%) Migration
8 39 (11.96%) Vulnerability Management
9 38 (11.66%) ETL
10 37 (11.35%) Computer Science
10 37 (11.35%) Data Loss Prevention
11 35 (10.74%) Data Integration
12 34 (10.43%) Data Migration
12 34 (10.43%) Security Operations
12 34 (10.43%) SIEM
13 33 (10.12%) Roadmaps
14 32 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 66 (20.25%) SQL
2 45 (13.80%) Python
3 22 (6.75%) Java
4 18 (5.52%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.68%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.76%) Bash
7 7 (2.15%) PL/SQL
7 7 (2.15%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.53%) COBOL
8 5 (1.53%) PHP
8 5 (1.53%) REXX
9 4 (1.23%) C#
10 3 (0.92%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.92%) R
10 3 (0.92%) Scala
10 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.61%) U-SQL
12 1 (0.31%) C++
12 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 58 (17.79%) Degree
2 44 (13.50%) Security Cleared
3 40 (12.27%) SC Cleared
4 32 (9.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.68%) CISSP
6 10 (3.07%) CISM
7 9 (2.76%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.45%) PMP
9 7 (2.15%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.53%) CISA
10 5 (1.53%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.23%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.61%) CEH
13 2 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.61%) PhD
14 1 (0.31%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.31%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.11%) Data Quality
1 46 (14.11%) GDPR
2 16 (4.91%) QA
3 13 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 11 (3.37%) NIST
5 8 (2.45%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.53%) GRC
7 5 (1.53%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.23%) SLA
9 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.92%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.31%) GPG13
11 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (4.91%) Active Directory
1 16 (4.91%) Docker
2 10 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 12 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.07%) Terraform
3 8 (2.45%) Ansible
4 6 (1.84%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (1.84%) Netcool
4 6 (1.84%) Tivoli
4 6 (1.84%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (0.92%) CA Service Virtualization
5 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.61%) Ambari
6 2 (0.61%) Oozie
6 2 (0.61%) SCCM
6 2 (0.61%) WSUS
7 1 (0.31%) CASB
7 1 (0.31%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.31%) Kibana
7 1 (0.31%) logstash
7 1 (0.31%) Puppet
7 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.31%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 85 (26.07%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.98%) Oracle
3 25 (7.67%) Qualys
4 22 (6.75%) Varonis
5 20 (6.13%) Databricks
6 19 (5.83%) NetApp
7 18 (5.52%) Splunk
8 16 (4.91%) Forcepoint
8 16 (4.91%) LogRhythm
9 12 (3.68%) Cisco
9 12 (3.68%) SAP
10 11 (3.37%) Google
10 11 (3.37%) IBM
10 11 (3.37%) IFS
10 11 (3.37%) VMware
11 10 (3.07%) CyberArk
12 9 (2.76%) HP
12 9 (2.76%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.45%) Talend
14 7 (2.15%) EMC