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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 92 109
Rank change year-on-year -23 +17 +59
Contract jobs citing Data Security 17 26 21
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.77% 1.49% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.61% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 15
10th Percentile £315 £500 £460
25th Percentile £353 £527 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £655 £625
Median % change year-on-year -28.09% +4.80% -13.79%
75th Percentile £575 £716 £775
90th Percentile £792 £760 £806
Central London median daily rate £492 £655 £625
% change year-on-year -24.89% +4.80% -13.79%
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 1,917 1,611 2,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.82% 92.53% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,315 1,034 1,437
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £677 £688
90th Percentile £775 £772 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 11
10th Percentile - £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £32.07 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% +24.00% -38.27%
75th Percentile £52.16 £48.75 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.72 £71.00 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -14.34% +11.47% -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 9 April 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 (5.88%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Azure
2 7 (41.18%) AWS
3 4 (23.53%) GCP
3 4 (23.53%) Power Platform
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) Snowflake
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Storage
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) VPN
2 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Metadata
1 4 (23.53%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (11.76%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (5.88%) Big Data
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.88%) Hadoop
3 1 (5.88%) Power Query
3 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.88%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Data Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Lead
2 2 (11.76%) Security Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Security Solutions Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) AWS DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (5.88%) Integration Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Lead DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Workday Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) JSON
1 2 (11.76%) XML
2 1 (5.88%) Middleware
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth
2 1 (5.88%) PySpark
2 1 (5.88%) RESTful
2 1 (5.88%) SAML
2 1 (5.88%) SOAP
2 1 (5.88%) Web Services
2 1 (5.88%) XSLT
2 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) Taxonomies
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) AI
2 6 (35.29%) Machine Learning
3 5 (29.41%) Validation
4 4 (23.53%) Analytics
4 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
4 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
4 4 (23.53%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) TOGAF
5 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security
5 3 (17.65%) Data Engineering
5 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
5 3 (17.65%) Data Transformation
5 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 3 (17.65%) ETL
5 3 (17.65%) Generative AI
5 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 3 (17.65%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (5.88%) C++
4 1 (5.88%) Groovy
4 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.88%) R
4 1 (5.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CISM
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
3 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.88%) PMP
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.76%) EU AI Act
2 2 (11.76%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) SLA
3 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.88%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Databricks
3 2 (11.76%) Guidewire
3 2 (11.76%) OpenAI
4 1 (5.88%) Informatica
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle
4 1 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.88%) Workday