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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 97 102
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 +66
Contract jobs citing Data Security 20 21 27
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.99% 1.16% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.27% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 21
10th Percentile £246 £501 £450
25th Percentile £339 £553 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £671 £625
Median % change year-on-year -26.70% +7.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £608 £728 £750
90th Percentile £760 £769 £800
Central London median daily rate £501 £670 £625
% change year-on-year -25.30% +7.20% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.75
Median hourly rate £17.23 - £48.50
75th Percentile - - £50.25
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £17.23 - £48.50

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,799 1,653 2,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.71% 91.58% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,246 1,037 1,498
10th Percentile £357 £363 £350
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +1.19% -5.29%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 10 March 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.

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

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) GCP
4 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (10.00%) Snowflake
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Storage
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Network Security
1 2 (10.00%) VPN
1 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Metadata
2 3 (15.00%) Power BI
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (5.00%) Big Data
4 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.00%) Hadoop
4 1 (5.00%) Informix
4 1 (5.00%) MySQL
4 1 (5.00%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Legal
3 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Data Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Security Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Security Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.00%) DBA
4 1 (5.00%) Managing Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) JSON
1 2 (10.00%) OAuth
1 2 (10.00%) SAML
1 2 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (5.00%) Middleware
2 1 (5.00%) OpenID
2 1 (5.00%) PySpark
2 1 (5.00%) RESTful
2 1 (5.00%) SOAP
2 1 (5.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) XSLT
2 1 (5.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.00%) Taxonomies
2 2 (10.00%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (5.00%) BYOD
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) PKI
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) AI
1 6 (30.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (30.00%) Validation
2 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 4 (20.00%) Analytics
3 4 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (15.00%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (15.00%) ETL
4 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (15.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.00%) ERP
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) Python
3 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.00%) C++
4 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (5.00%) Groovy
4 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.00%) R
4 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) CISSP
3 2 (10.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (5.00%) CISM
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (15.00%) SLA
3 2 (10.00%) EU AI Act
3 2 (10.00%) GDPR
3 2 (10.00%) QA
4 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.00%) NIST
4 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Databricks
3 2 (10.00%) Guidewire
3 2 (10.00%) OpenAI
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Informatica
4 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.00%) SAP
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Talend
4 1 (5.00%) Workday