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 citing Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	126	91	98
Rank change year-on-year	-35	+7	+24
Contract jobs citing Data Security	13	26	24
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London	0.62%	1.55%	1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.67%	1.64%	1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	11	22	17
10^th Percentile	£425	£381	£443
25^th Percentile	£450	£455	£475
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£563	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-15.56%	-2.17%	+0.44%
75^th Percentile	£625	£638	£738
90^th Percentile	£700	£757	£805
Central London median daily rate	£475	£563	£563
% change year-on-year	-15.56%	-	-1.75%

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 citing process or methodology skills in the City of London.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,929	1,587	1,921
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London	92.12%	94.58%	91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,342	1,096	1,177
10^th Percentile	£375	£325	£363
25^th Percentile	£455	£420	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-2.13%
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£775	£769	£785
Central London median daily rate	£550	£550	£575
% change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted	17	18	17
10^th Percentile	-	£16.90	£16.70
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£21.07	£23.13
Median hourly rate	£21.00	£27.75	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	-24.32%	-34.71%	+54.55%
75^th Percentile	£26.13	£44.63	£112.00
90^th Percentile	£50.40	£63.75	£137.50
Central London median hourly rate	£24.50	£28.00	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-12.50%	-20.00%	+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 26 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 26 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 citing Data Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Databricks	61.5%	8
2	Azure	46.2%	6
2	CI/CD	46.2%	6
2	Performance Optimisation	46.2%	6
2	Problem-Solving	46.2%	6
6	Analytics	38.5%	5
6	Data Engineering	38.5%	5
6	Data Pipeline	38.5%	5
6	ETL	38.5%	5
6	Performance Tuning	38.5%	5
6	Python	38.5%	5
6	SQL	38.5%	5
13	Agile	30.8%	4
13	Azure Data Factory	30.8%	4
13	Data Modelling	30.8%	4
13	Dimensional Modelling	30.8%	4
13	Software Engineering	30.8%	4
13	Stakeholder Management	30.8%	4
19	AI	23.1%	3
19	Azure Databricks	23.1%	3
19	Business Intelligence	23.1%	3
19	Code Quality	23.1%	3
19	Complex ETL	23.1%	3
19	Data Governance	23.1%	3
19	Kanban	23.1%	3
19	Korn	23.1%	3
19	Lakehouse	23.1%	3
19	Power BI	23.1%	3
19	Power Platform	23.1%	3
19	QA	23.1%	3

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	CI/CD	46.2%	6
1	Performance Optimisation	46.2%	6
1	Problem-Solving	46.2%	6
4	Analytics	38.5%	5
4	Data Engineering	38.5%	5
4	Data Pipeline	38.5%	5
4	ETL	38.5%	5
4	Performance Tuning	38.5%	5
9	Agile	30.8%	4
9	Data Modelling	30.8%	4
9	Dimensional Modelling	30.8%	4
9	Software Engineering	30.8%	4
9	Stakeholder Management	30.8%	4
14	AI	23.1%	3
14	Business Intelligence	23.1%	3
14	Code Quality	23.1%	3
14	Complex ETL	23.1%	3
14	Data Governance	23.1%	3
14	Kanban	23.1%	3
14	Lakehouse	23.1%	3