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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 264 281
Rank change year-on-year -4 +17 +184
Contract jobs citing Data Security 314 271 303
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 0.94% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.06% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 176 207
10th Percentile £363 £317 £346
25th Percentile £425 £424 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £677 £700
90th Percentile £728 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -6.36% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 8
10th Percentile £14.81 - £19.75
25th Percentile £15.32 - £37.40
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £49.75
75th Percentile £18.70 - £50.96
90th Percentile £21.30 - £57.71
UK median hourly rate £16.44 £26.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year -38.96% -46.15% +148.51%

All Process and 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 27,831 25,521 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.70% 88.62% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,689 15,759 22,371
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 840 1,378
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

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 21 December 2025.

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
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 21 December 2025. 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 +1 154 £538 -2.27% 32
North of England +2 71 £488 -2.50% 24
Yorkshire +4 55 £518 +3.50% 11
Midlands -2 43 £484 +17.93% 22
South East -19 32 £525 -16.00% 23
West Midlands -7 29 £525 +28.05% 7
North West -34 15 £458 -23.75% 12
East Midlands -7 14 £447 -45.82% 15
South West -10 11 £575 +21.05% 17
East of England -24 7 £350 -30.00% 1
North East -7 1 £388 - 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 15 (4.78%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.46%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.82%) Apache Spark
4 10 (3.18%) Apache
5 9 (2.87%) Confluence
6 6 (1.91%) TPMS
7 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.32%) IIS
8 1 (0.32%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (3.18%) Chatbot
2 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.96%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.96%) Revit
5 2 (0.64%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.32%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.27%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.64%) ResourceLink
2 2 (0.64%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.64%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.64%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.64%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.64%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.64%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.64%) SAP SCM
2 2 (0.64%) SAP SRM
2 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.32%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.32%) ContrOCC
3 1 (0.32%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.32%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 102 (32.48%) AWS
2 87 (27.71%) Azure
3 60 (19.11%) GCP
4 46 (14.65%) Serverless
5 39 (12.42%) Power Platform
6 26 (8.28%) Amazon S3
7 25 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (7.96%) Snowflake
8 20 (6.37%) GitHub
9 19 (6.05%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (5.73%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (4.78%) Entra ID
12 14 (4.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (4.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 13 (4.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 11 (3.50%) PowerApps
15 10 (3.18%) Amazon EMR
15 10 (3.18%) dbt
16 9 (2.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.73%) Firewall
2 14 (4.46%) Network Security
3 11 (3.50%) TCP/IP
4 10 (3.18%) DNS
5 6 (1.91%) DHCP
5 6 (1.91%) SNMP
5 6 (1.91%) SSH
5 6 (1.91%) SSL
6 4 (1.27%) Internet
7 3 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.96%) VPN
7 3 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.96%) Wireless
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.32%) DKIM
8 1 (0.32%) DMARC
8 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.78%) NoSQL
1 37 (11.78%) Power BI
2 35 (11.15%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (6.05%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.41%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.78%) SQL Server
7 14 (4.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 14 (4.46%) RDBMS
8 12 (3.82%) Big Data
9 10 (3.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (3.18%) MySQL
9 10 (3.18%) Tableau
10 8 (2.55%) Hadoop
11 7 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (2.23%) Metadata
12 5 (1.59%) Apache Hive
12 5 (1.59%) HBase
12 5 (1.59%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (9.55%) Jenkins
2 27 (8.60%) GitLab
3 18 (5.73%) Liquibase
4 14 (4.46%) Git
5 12 (3.82%) JIRA
6 5 (1.59%) PyCharm
6 5 (1.59%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.27%) Subversion
8 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.32%) Selenium
9 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.32%) Spinnaker
General
1 118 (37.58%) Social Skills
2 100 (31.85%) Finance
3 56 (17.83%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (12.74%) Public Sector
5 37 (11.78%) Banking
6 21 (6.69%) Financial Institution
6 21 (6.69%) Marketing
7 18 (5.73%) Legal
8 9 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.23%) Local Government
10 5 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.64%) Military
11 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.64%) Retail
12 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (14.33%) Architect
2 31 (9.87%) Senior
3 28 (8.92%) Data Engineer
4 24 (7.64%) Analyst
4 24 (7.64%) Lead
5 20 (6.37%) Security Engineer
6 17 (5.41%) Developer
7 15 (4.78%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
7 15 (4.78%) GCP Engineer
8 14 (4.46%) Consultant
9 13 (4.14%) Security Architect
10 11 (3.50%) Salesforce Architect
10 11 (3.50%) Software Engineer
10 11 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (2.87%) Administrator
12 9 (2.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (2.87%) Project Manager
12 9 (2.87%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.29%) REST
2 26 (8.28%) RESTful
3 23 (7.32%) Elastic Stack
4 14 (4.46%) Lightning Web Components
4 14 (4.46%) SOAP
5 12 (3.82%) Middleware
5 12 (3.82%) PySpark
5 12 (3.82%) Visualforce
6 11 (3.50%) Kafka
7 8 (2.55%) LangChain
7 8 (2.55%) Spark Streaming
7 8 (2.55%) TensorFlow
8 6 (1.91%) FastAPI
9 5 (1.59%) Node.js
9 5 (1.59%) NumPy
9 5 (1.59%) OAuth
9 5 (1.59%) Pandas
9 5 (1.59%) pytest
9 5 (1.59%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.59%) React
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.19%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.24%) Public Cloud
3 28 (8.92%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (8.60%) Management Information System
4 27 (8.60%) Product Ownership
5 19 (6.05%) Security Posture
6 14 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.50%) Clustering
9 9 (2.87%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (2.87%) NHS
9 9 (2.87%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.23%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.23%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.23%) Replication
11 6 (1.91%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.91%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.59%) BYOD
12 5 (1.59%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.42%) Linux
2 15 (4.78%) Windows
3 5 (1.59%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.27%) Solaris
5 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (28.66%) Agile
2 84 (26.75%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (25.48%) Data Modelling
4 78 (24.84%) Data Governance
5 77 (24.52%) CI/CD
6 72 (22.93%) DevOps
7 70 (22.29%) Analytics
8 69 (21.97%) Cybersecurity
9 57 (18.15%) Computer Science
10 56 (17.83%) AI
11 55 (17.52%) Migration
12 53 (16.88%) Infrastructure as Code
13 51 (16.24%) ETL
14 48 (15.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 46 (14.65%) Roadmaps
16 43 (13.69%) Data Engineering
17 42 (13.38%) Business Intelligence
17 42 (13.38%) Data Pipeline
18 41 (13.06%) Machine Learning
19 36 (11.46%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 109 (34.71%) Python
2 72 (22.93%) SQL
3 26 (8.28%) Go
4 15 (4.78%) Java
5 14 (4.46%) Apex Code
5 14 (4.46%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.87%) Bash
7 8 (2.55%) Shell Script
8 7 (2.23%) C#
8 7 (2.23%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.59%) R
10 4 (1.27%) Perl
11 3 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.96%) Korn
11 3 (0.96%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.64%) C++
12 2 (0.64%) Rust
12 2 (0.64%) Solidity
13 1 (0.32%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 67 (21.34%) Degree
2 44 (14.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (13.69%) Security Cleared
4 34 (10.83%) Master's Degree
5 28 (8.92%) SC Cleared
6 23 (7.32%) AWS Certification
7 19 (6.05%) Azure Certification
8 18 (5.73%) CISSP
9 8 (2.55%) CISM
10 7 (2.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.91%) CCSP
11 6 (1.91%) CEH
11 6 (1.91%) CISA
11 6 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.91%) FFIEC
11 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.91%) PMP
12 5 (1.59%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (23.57%) GDPR
2 45 (14.33%) Data Quality
3 22 (7.01%) PCI DSS
4 17 (5.41%) NIST
5 16 (5.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 16 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (4.14%) QA
7 12 (3.82%) Accessibility
8 10 (3.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (2.23%) HIPAA
10 6 (1.91%) EU AI Act
10 6 (1.91%) GLBA
11 5 (1.59%) PSD2
12 4 (1.27%) SLA
13 3 (0.96%) GRC
13 3 (0.96%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.96%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.64%) NCSC
14 2 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (11.78%) Docker
2 6 (1.91%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.59%) HDFS
4 4 (1.27%) NFS
4 4 (1.27%) Veritas File System
4 4 (1.27%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (15.92%) Terraform
2 41 (13.06%) Kubernetes
3 33 (10.51%) Ansible
4 25 (7.96%) Grafana
5 24 (7.64%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.18%) SCCM
7 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.91%) WSUS
9 5 (1.59%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (1.59%) Puppet
10 4 (1.27%) QRadar
10 4 (1.27%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.32%) CASB
12 1 (0.32%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 66 (21.02%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.15%) Splunk
3 26 (8.28%) Google
4 23 (7.32%) Databricks
5 16 (5.10%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.82%) Oracle
6 12 (3.82%) SAP
7 8 (2.55%) Qualys
8 7 (2.23%) Workday
9 6 (1.91%) Sophos
10 5 (1.59%) Thales
11 4 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.27%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.27%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.27%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.27%) SaltStack
11 4 (1.27%) VMware
12 3 (0.96%) F5
12 3 (0.96%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.96%) Proofpoint