Data Security Contract Job Trends in England

Data Security
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 235 297
Rank change year-on-year -129 +62 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Security 293 311 249
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 1.11% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.23% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 215 148
10th Percentile £363 £366 £327
25th Percentile £450 £440 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £554
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.23% -4.32%
75th Percentile £672 £620 £696
90th Percentile £700 £745 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 0
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.30 -
25th Percentile £14.25 £16.06 -
Median hourly rate £16.80 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% - -
75th Percentile £26.40 £20.15 -
90th Percentile £69.50 £20.84 -
UK median hourly rate £16.80 £13.60 -
% change year-on-year +23.53% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,523 25,365 27,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.87% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,845 16,097 16,849
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,022 1,590 1,111
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.87 £20.27
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.44 £44.80 £66.80
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.28 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in England

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Security

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Security

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 October 2026. 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 -78 148 £556 +1.14% 256
North of England -67 55 £550 +15.79% 58
Midlands -50 38 £501 +0.91% 36
West Midlands -52 31 £540 +2.90% 24
Yorkshire -47 28 £528 +7.37% 20
South West -29 18 £563 -2.17% 23
North West -53 18 £582 +23.17% 26
South East -78 17 £600 +15.38% 35
East of England -19 11 £450 -2.70% 20
North East -33 9 £463 +19.35% 12
East Midlands -14 7 £304 -32.22% 12
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 18 (6.14%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (5.12%) Apache Spark
2 15 (5.12%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.39%) Apache
4 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.37%) Confluence
5 4 (1.37%) SAS
6 2 (0.68%) Apache Pig
6 2 (0.68%) CICS
6 2 (0.68%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (1.02%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 110 (37.54%) Azure
2 91 (31.06%) AWS
3 42 (14.33%) Power Platform
4 38 (12.97%) GCP
5 30 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (9.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (8.19%) Entra ID
8 21 (7.17%) dbt
9 20 (6.83%) Snowflake
10 18 (6.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (5.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (5.80%) Serverless
12 14 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (4.44%) Amazon S3
14 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
16 7 (2.39%) Azure AI
16 7 (2.39%) Azure Databricks
16 7 (2.39%) GitHub
16 7 (2.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.17%) Network Security
2 9 (3.07%) Firewall
3 5 (1.71%) DNS
4 3 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.02%) WAN
5 1 (0.34%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.34%) DHCP
5 1 (0.34%) Internet
5 1 (0.34%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.34%) SSH
5 1 (0.34%) SSL
5 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.31%) Power BI
2 36 (12.29%) Metadata
3 27 (9.22%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (6.48%) Data Lake
5 16 (5.46%) SQL Server
6 14 (4.78%) BigQuery
7 13 (4.44%) Big Data
7 13 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (3.75%) Relational Database
9 10 (3.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (3.07%) Delta Lake
11 8 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (2.39%) Hadoop
13 6 (2.05%) NoSQL
13 6 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (2.05%) Tableau
14 5 (1.71%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (1.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (5.12%) Git
2 11 (3.75%) JIRA
3 2 (0.68%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.34%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.34%) MLflow
General
1 117 (39.93%) Social Skills
2 74 (25.26%) Finance
3 55 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.97%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.83%) Banking
6 16 (5.46%) Legal
7 12 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.75%) Retail
9 10 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.05%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.02%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.02%) Japanese Language
12 3 (1.02%) Marketing
12 3 (1.02%) Military
13 2 (0.68%) Advertising
13 2 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 66 (22.53%) Architect
2 65 (22.18%) Data Engineer
3 45 (15.36%) Lead
4 23 (7.85%) Security Architect
5 22 (7.51%) Data Architect
6 20 (6.83%) Analyst
7 18 (6.14%) Senior
8 12 (4.10%) Developer
8 12 (4.10%) Lead Data Engineer
8 12 (4.10%) Security Engineer
9 10 (3.41%) Data Analyst
10 9 (3.07%) Consultant
10 9 (3.07%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.73%) Technical Architect
12 7 (2.39%) Administrator
12 7 (2.39%) Security Consultant
12 7 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.05%) Data Migration Engineer
13 6 (2.05%) Migration Engineer
13 6 (2.05%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.48%) Terraform
2 15 (5.12%) Kafka
2 15 (5.12%) PySpark
3 11 (3.75%) REST
4 7 (2.39%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (2.05%) Middleware
5 6 (2.05%) OAuth
6 5 (1.71%) XGBoost
7 4 (1.37%) Apache NiFi
7 4 (1.37%) Keycloak
7 4 (1.37%) LangChain
8 3 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.02%) HTML
8 3 (1.02%) LDAP
8 3 (1.02%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.02%) OpenID
8 3 (1.02%) PyTorch
8 3 (1.02%) SAML
8 3 (1.02%) scikit-learn
8 3 (1.02%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.87%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.85%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (6.83%) Onboarding
4 15 (5.12%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.78%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.75%) AI Agents
7 10 (3.41%) Data Structures
8 9 (3.07%) Algorithms
8 9 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.39%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.39%) Replication
11 6 (2.05%) Credit Risk
11 6 (2.05%) Mainframe
11 6 (2.05%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.71%) Clustering
13 4 (1.37%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.37%) NHS
13 4 (1.37%) Product Ownership
13 4 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.73%) Windows
2 7 (2.39%) Unix
3 4 (1.37%) Linux
4 2 (0.68%) zOS
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.40%) Analytics
2 79 (26.96%) Data Modelling
3 73 (24.91%) AI
4 71 (24.23%) Data Governance
5 69 (23.55%) Migration
6 64 (21.84%) Cybersecurity
6 64 (21.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 62 (21.16%) Data Pipeline
8 60 (20.48%) CI/CD
8 60 (20.48%) Roadmaps
9 57 (19.45%) Data Protection
10 54 (18.43%) DevOps
11 52 (17.75%) Agile
11 52 (17.75%) ETL
12 49 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 48 (16.38%) Data Engineering
14 45 (15.36%) Technical Leadership
15 42 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
16 41 (13.99%) Validation
17 40 (13.65%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 76 (25.94%) SQL
2 75 (25.60%) Python
3 17 (5.80%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.75%) Java
5 6 (2.05%) R
5 6 (2.05%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.71%) Bash
6 5 (1.71%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.37%) Bicep
7 4 (1.37%) C#
7 4 (1.37%) Go
7 4 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.02%) Scala
9 2 (0.68%) COBOL
9 2 (0.68%) Korn
9 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.68%) REXX
9 2 (0.68%) SOQL
9 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (28.67%) Security Cleared
2 66 (22.53%) SC Cleared
3 42 (14.33%) Degree
4 34 (11.60%) CISSP
5 25 (8.53%) CISM
6 19 (6.48%) Azure Certification
7 18 (6.14%) DV Cleared
8 16 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (3.07%) AWS Certification
10 9 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (3.07%) Master's Degree
10 9 (3.07%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (2.05%) CCSP
12 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.71%) PMP
13 5 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (1.37%) PMI Certification
14 4 (1.37%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (25.26%) Data Quality
2 62 (21.16%) GDPR
3 27 (9.22%) NIST
4 21 (7.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (4.44%) PCI DSS
6 10 (3.41%) QA
7 7 (2.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (2.05%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.05%) ISO 19650
9 5 (1.71%) Basel III
9 5 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.71%) SLA
10 4 (1.37%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.37%) GRC
11 2 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.68%) NCSC
12 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.34%) ITGC
12 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (4.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.05%) Docker
3 3 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.68%) Apache Flume
4 2 (0.68%) HDFS
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.37%) Ansible
4 4 (1.37%) Grafana
4 4 (1.37%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.68%) Control-M
5 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 78 (26.62%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.29%) Databricks
3 25 (8.53%) Google
4 21 (7.17%) Oracle
5 8 (2.73%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.73%) Zscaler
6 5 (1.71%) Workday
7 4 (1.37%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.37%) Delphix
7 4 (1.37%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.37%) SAP
7 4 (1.37%) Splunk
8 3 (1.02%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.68%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.68%) Foundry
9 2 (0.68%) IBM
9 2 (0.68%) Informatica
9 2 (0.68%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.68%) Varonis
10 1 (0.34%) Hitachi