Data Encryption Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Encryption
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Data Encryption skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Encryption over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 448 588
Rank change year-on-year +137 +140 -107
Contract jobs citing Data Encryption 33 26 31
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.10% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.11% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 20 20
10th Percentile £450 £439 £405
25th Percentile £472 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -1.96% +29.07%
75th Percentile £588 £561 £800
90th Percentile £600 £646 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +20.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Encryption 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,387 22,922 40,601
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.93% 89.77% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,971 16,192 29,477
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 528 542
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.68 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.25 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.81 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.13 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Data Encryption
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Encryption as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Encryption trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Encryption
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Encryption.

Data Encryption daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Encryption
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Encryption over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Data Encryption daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Encryption
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (6.06%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 19 (57.58%) AWS
2 7 (21.21%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.06%) Stripe
4 1 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (3.03%) iPaaS
4 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (39.39%) NoSQL
2 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) CircleCI
1 1 (3.03%) GitLab
1 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (21.21%) Banking
1 7 (21.21%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
2 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Advertising
4 1 (3.03%) Automotive
4 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Developer
2 7 (21.21%) Architect
2 7 (21.21%) Software Developer
3 5 (15.15%) Python Developer
4 4 (12.12%) DBA
4 4 (12.12%) Software Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) SQL DBA
5 3 (9.09%) Python Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Security Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Payments Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Programmer
6 2 (6.06%) Python Programmer
6 2 (6.06%) Security Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
7 1 (3.03%) Applications Consultant
7 1 (3.03%) Database Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (36.36%) FastAPI
1 12 (36.36%) WebSockets
2 11 (33.33%) RESTful
3 3 (9.09%) Middleware
4 2 (6.06%) FIDO
4 2 (6.06%) Kafka
4 2 (6.06%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Clustering
2 2 (6.06%) Contactless
2 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.06%) Digital Wallet
2 2 (6.06%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) PKI
3 1 (3.03%) SCADA
3 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.06%) Linux
3 2 (6.06%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Analytics
2 12 (36.36%) API Development
2 12 (36.36%) End-to-End Testing
2 12 (36.36%) Integration Testing
2 12 (36.36%) Unit Testing
3 8 (24.24%) LLM
4 6 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 6 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (18.18%) Key Management
4 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (15.15%) ITIL
5 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
6 4 (12.12%) Data Protection
6 4 (12.12%) Incident Response
6 4 (12.12%) Secure Coding
6 4 (12.12%) Server Patching
6 4 (12.12%) Service Management
6 4 (12.12%) Task Automation
7 3 (9.09%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (51.52%) SQL
2 13 (39.39%) Python
3 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.03%) Go
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) MCSE
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.03%) CISA
4 1 (3.03%) CISM
4 1 (3.03%) CISSP
4 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.09%) GPG13
2 3 (9.09%) NCSC
2 3 (9.09%) NIST
3 2 (6.06%) GDPR
3 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.06%) PSD2
4 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.03%) CASB
2 1 (3.03%) HP Fortify
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) OpenAI
2 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.09%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.06%) F5
4 2 (6.06%) IBM
4 2 (6.06%) PayPal
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.03%) Remedy
5 1 (3.03%) SAP
5 1 (3.03%) Siebel