Data Security Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Security
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	130	98	105
Rank change year-on-year	-32	+7	+15
Contract jobs citing Data Security	11	24	23
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London	0.52%	1.42%	1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.57%	1.50%	1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted	9	19	16
10^th Percentile	£403	£422	£441
25^th Percentile	£450	£508	£475
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£575	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-8.70%	-	-8.00%
75^th Percentile	£675	£638	£738
90^th Percentile	£715	£703	£800
Central London median daily rate	£525	£575	£550
% change year-on-year	-8.70%	+4.55%	-12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Data Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	1,945	1,601	1,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London	91.36%	94.51%	91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,343	1,097	1,200
10^th Percentile	£375	£325	£375
25^th Percentile	£456	£421	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£685	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£775	£764	£788
Central London median daily rate	£550	£550	£575
% change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted	20	17	17
10^th Percentile	£17.39	£16.85	£16.70
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£20.18	£23.13
Median hourly rate	£20.25	£26.57	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	-23.79%	-37.48%	+54.55%
75^th Percentile	£27.35	£36.00	£112.00
90^th Percentile	£44.85	£63.75	£137.50
Central London median hourly rate	£24.50	£27.04	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-9.38%	-22.76%	+30.84%

Data Security Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Security Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Security.

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 19 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in the City of London

Data Security Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Security.

Data Security Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Security also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Data Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Databricks	54.5%	6
2	Azure	45.5%	5
3	Analytics	36.4%	4
3	CI/CD	36.4%	4
3	Data Engineering	36.4%	4
3	Data Pipeline	36.4%	4
3	ETL	36.4%	4
3	Performance Optimisation	36.4%	4
3	Performance Tuning	36.4%	4
3	Problem-Solving	36.4%	4
3	Python	36.4%	4
3	SQL	36.4%	4
13	Agile	27.3%	3
13	AI	27.3%	3
13	Azure Data Factory	27.3%	3
13	Data Modelling	27.3%	3
13	Dimensional Modelling	27.3%	3
13	Software Engineering	27.3%	3
13	Stakeholder Management	27.3%	3
20	AWS	18.2%	2
20	Azure Databricks	18.2%	2
20	Business Intelligence	18.2%	2
20	Code Quality	18.2%	2
20	Complex ETL	18.2%	2
20	Containerisation	18.2%	2
20	Data Architecture	18.2%	2
20	Data Governance	18.2%	2
20	Data Migration	18.2%	2
20	Data Quality	18.2%	2
20	Data Strategy	18.2%	2

Data Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	36.4%	4
1	CI/CD	36.4%	4
1	Data Engineering	36.4%	4
1	Data Pipeline	36.4%	4
1	ETL	36.4%	4
1	Performance Optimisation	36.4%	4
1	Performance Tuning	36.4%	4
1	Problem-Solving	36.4%	4
9	Agile	27.3%	3
9	AI	27.3%	3
9	Data Modelling	27.3%	3
9	Dimensional Modelling	27.3%	3
9	Software Engineering	27.3%	3
9	Stakeholder Management	27.3%	3
15	Business Intelligence	18.2%	2
15	Code Quality	18.2%	2
15	Complex ETL	18.2%	2
15	Containerisation	18.2%	2
15	Data Architecture	18.2%	2
15	Data Governance	18.2%	2