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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 212 291
Rank change year-on-year -85 +79 +86
Contract jobs citing Data Security 333 302 273
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.24% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.36% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 197 186
10th Percentile £356 £317 £390
25th Percentile £448 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £679
90th Percentile £774 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 10
10th Percentile £18.80 £15.90 £21.31
25th Percentile £24.10 £16.88 £23.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £18.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +251.35% -53.75% +107.79%
75th Percentile £82.25 £48.60 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £66.66 £52.48
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £23.88 £40.00
% change year-on-year +168.06% -40.31% +107.79%

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 36,103 22,244 31,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.27% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,869 14,374 20,646
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,268 1,001 2,353
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -69 162 £550 -1.57% 51
North of England -36 67 £600 +19.64% 24
Midlands -44 38 £525 +16.67% 23
North West -23 34 £583 +15.58% 14
West Midlands -43 31 £540 +11.92% 13
Yorkshire -41 27 £648 +50.58% 9
South East -86 20 £575 +20.42% 28
East of England -28 18 £400 -5.88% 3
South West -30 15 £500 +8.11% 14
East Midlands -26 7 £442 -1.45% 10
North East - 6 £450 - 1
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 14 (4.20%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (3.60%) Apache Spark
2 12 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.30%) Confluence
4 5 (1.50%) Apache
4 5 (1.50%) TPMS
5 4 (1.20%) SAS
6 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.30%) CICS
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) InDesign
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) NEC Housing
1 4 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 132 (39.64%) Azure
2 112 (33.63%) AWS
3 59 (17.72%) Power Platform
4 44 (13.21%) GCP
5 34 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (8.11%) Snowflake
7 24 (7.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (6.31%) dbt
9 20 (6.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 19 (5.71%) Entra ID
11 17 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (4.50%) GitHub
13 14 (4.20%) Power Automate
14 13 (3.90%) Azure AI
15 12 (3.60%) Amazon Bedrock
15 12 (3.60%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (3.30%) PowerApps
17 10 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 10 (3.00%) Copilot Studio
18 9 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.01%) Network Security
2 12 (3.60%) Firewall
3 6 (1.80%) SSL
4 5 (1.50%) SNMP
4 5 (1.50%) SSH
5 4 (1.20%) DNS
6 3 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.60%) DHCP
7 2 (0.60%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) HTTP
8 1 (0.30%) Internet
8 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.30%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (16.52%) Power BI
2 50 (15.02%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (9.01%) Metadata
4 25 (7.51%) Data Lake
5 19 (5.71%) SQL Server
5 19 (5.71%) Tableau
6 14 (4.20%) Big Data
7 13 (3.90%) Delta Lake
7 13 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (3.30%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.10%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.10%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.10%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.10%) Star Schema
10 6 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.80%) Semantic Layer
11 5 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (1.50%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (7.51%) JIRA
2 12 (3.60%) Git
3 9 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.10%) GitLab
5 3 (0.90%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.30%) ERwin
7 1 (0.30%) MSI
7 1 (0.30%) Snyk
7 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 109 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 87 (26.13%) Finance
3 44 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 40 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.61%) Banking
6 14 (4.20%) Legal
7 11 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.00%) Local Government
9 8 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.40%) Retail
10 6 (1.80%) Law
11 5 (1.50%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.90%) Marketing
13 3 (0.90%) Military
13 3 (0.90%) Police
14 2 (0.60%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.60%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 65 (19.52%) Architect
2 48 (14.41%) Data Engineer
3 36 (10.81%) Lead
4 33 (9.91%) Analyst
5 29 (8.71%) Security Engineer
5 29 (8.71%) Senior
6 23 (6.91%) Developer
7 22 (6.61%) Security Architect
8 19 (5.71%) Data Architect
9 15 (4.50%) Data Analyst
10 13 (3.90%) Consultant
11 10 (3.00%) Project Manager
12 9 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 9 (2.70%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.40%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.40%) Lead Data Engineer
14 7 (2.10%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 7 (2.10%) Information Governance Officer
14 7 (2.10%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.71%) PySpark
2 14 (4.20%) REST
3 13 (3.90%) Kafka
4 10 (3.00%) OAuth
5 9 (2.70%) LangChain
5 9 (2.70%) SAML
6 8 (2.40%) OpenID
7 6 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.50%) Middleware
8 5 (1.50%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.50%) PyTorch
8 5 (1.50%) scikit-learn
8 5 (1.50%) SOAP
9 3 (0.90%) A2A Protocol
9 3 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.90%) RESTful
10 2 (0.60%) Django
10 2 (0.60%) JSON
10 2 (0.60%) Spring
10 2 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.41%) AI Agents
3 25 (7.51%) Security Posture
4 24 (7.21%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (6.61%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.90%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.00%) Data Structures
7 10 (3.00%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.70%) NHS
9 8 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.40%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.50%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.50%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.20%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.11%) Linux
2 7 (2.10%) Windows
3 2 (0.60%) Unix
4 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (27.93%) Data Governance
2 90 (27.03%) Analytics
3 88 (26.43%) AI
4 78 (23.42%) Data Modelling
5 73 (21.92%) Cybersecurity
6 69 (20.72%) Data Pipeline
7 60 (18.02%) DevOps
8 57 (17.12%) Business Intelligence
8 57 (17.12%) CI/CD
8 57 (17.12%) Data Protection
9 54 (16.22%) Agile
10 53 (15.92%) Stakeholder Management
11 51 (15.32%) ETL
12 50 (15.02%) Migration
13 47 (14.11%) Data Engineering
14 46 (13.81%) Cloud Security
15 44 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
16 42 (12.61%) Validation
17 41 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (12.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 101 (30.33%) SQL
2 75 (22.52%) Python
3 18 (5.41%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.20%) Bash
5 11 (3.30%) Java
6 8 (2.40%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.80%) Scala
8 5 (1.50%) Bicep
8 5 (1.50%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.50%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.20%) C#
10 3 (0.90%) Go
10 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.60%) R
11 2 (0.60%) Ruby
11 2 (0.60%) SOQL
12 1 (0.30%) Groovy
12 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (21.02%) Security Cleared
2 55 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 44 (13.21%) Degree
4 26 (7.81%) CISSP
5 16 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (4.20%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.30%) CISM
7 11 (3.30%) Master's Degree
8 10 (3.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 10 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.70%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.80%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.80%) PMP
11 5 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.50%) CCSP
11 5 (1.50%) FFIEC
11 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.20%) SAS Certification
13 3 (0.90%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (26.73%) GDPR
2 79 (23.72%) Data Quality
3 39 (11.71%) NIST
4 29 (8.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (6.61%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.60%) GRC
7 10 (3.00%) QA
8 9 (2.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (2.70%) HIPAA
9 7 (2.10%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.80%) SLA
10 6 (1.80%) SOC 2
11 5 (1.50%) GLBA
11 5 (1.50%) NCSC
12 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (1.20%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.60%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (4.80%) Docker
2 7 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.60%) HDFS
4 2 (0.60%) NFS
4 2 (0.60%) Postfix
4 2 (0.60%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.60%) Varnish
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 29 (8.71%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.31%) Terraform
3 6 (1.80%) Ansible
3 6 (1.80%) Grafana
4 5 (1.50%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.60%) Control-M
6 2 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.60%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.60%) SCCM
6 2 (0.60%) WSUS
7 1 (0.30%) IBM Guardium
7 1 (0.30%) QRadar
7 1 (0.30%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 93 (27.93%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.01%) Databricks
3 24 (7.21%) Oracle
4 23 (6.91%) Google
5 16 (4.80%) OpenAI
6 13 (3.90%) SAP
6 13 (3.90%) Splunk
7 10 (3.00%) Foundry
8 8 (2.40%) Informatica
9 7 (2.10%) Thales
10 6 (1.80%) Varonis
11 5 (1.50%) NEC
11 5 (1.50%) Talend
11 5 (1.50%) Workday
12 4 (1.20%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.20%) IBM
12 4 (1.20%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.90%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.90%) Sparx
13 3 (0.90%) Zscaler