Data Security Contracts in the City of London

Data Security
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 158 169
Rank change year-on-year +51 +11 -24
Contract jobs citing Data Security 18 14 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.82% 0.38% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.42% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 22
10th Percentile £455 £483 £430
25th Percentile £525 £653 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £663 £573
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +15.72% +17.44%
75th Percentile £750 £755 £703
90th Percentile £800 £775 £749
Central London median daily rate £618 £663 £568
% change year-on-year -6.79% +16.74% +16.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.75 - -
Median hourly rate £48.50 - -
75th Percentile £50.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 3,339 3,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.81% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 2,252 2,942
10th Percentile £359 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 41
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the City of London

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Security in the City of London

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in the City of London

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in the City of London

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 27 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 Bridge - 1 £700 -
Data Security
Central London

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
4 2 (11.11%) AWS
5 1 (5.56%) Alation
5 1 (5.56%) dbt
5 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (5.56%) Mimecast
5 1 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Slack
5 1 (5.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (11.11%) BigQuery
2 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
2 2 (11.11%) Metadata
3 1 (5.56%) Big Data
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (5.56%) OLAP
3 1 (5.56%) OLTP
3 1 (5.56%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Data Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Chief Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Data Governance Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Data Integration Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Migration Lead
5 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) RESTful
1 1 (5.56%) SOAP
1 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Taxonomies
2 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Data Governance
2 7 (38.89%) Data Integration
3 6 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 6 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 5 (27.78%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (27.78%) Data Management
5 4 (22.22%) Analytics
5 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) ETL
6 3 (16.67%) Business Transformation
6 3 (16.67%) Change Advisory Board
6 3 (16.67%) Change Management
6 3 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (16.67%) Data Strategy
6 3 (16.67%) Data Transformation
6 3 (16.67%) Project Management
6 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
6 3 (16.67%) Workflow
7 2 (11.11%) Data Sharing
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Google
2 2 (11.11%) IBM
2 2 (11.11%) Informatica
3 1 (5.56%) Brio
3 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.56%) Netskope
3 1 (5.56%) Okta
3 1 (5.56%) Symantec
3 1 (5.56%) Talend
3 1 (5.56%) Varonis
3 1 (5.56%) Workday
3 1 (5.56%) Zscaler