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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 257 295
Rank change year-on-year +5 +38 +165
Contract jobs citing Data Security 326 281 289
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 0.93% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.05% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 182 199
10th Percentile £358 £318 £327
25th Percentile £418 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £606 £663 £700
90th Percentile £750 £779 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 8
10th Percentile £14.63 - £19.75
25th Percentile £15.22 - £37.40
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £49.75
75th Percentile £19.00 - £50.96
90th Percentile £21.30 - £57.71
UK median hourly rate £16.22 £26.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year -39.77% -46.15% +121.04%

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 27,655 26,658 34,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.31% 87.92% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,614 16,424 23,309
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 941 1,445
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

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 10 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 10 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 +8 157 £538 -2.27% 80
North of England -4 80 £488 -2.60% 61
Yorkshire -1 56 £515 +2.90% 26
Midlands -1 44 £484 +0.73% 51
West Midlands -5 31 £525 +9.38% 24
South East -21 30 £523 -11.06% 77
North West -13 23 £457 -23.88% 31
East Midlands -6 13 £447 -45.82% 25
South West -12 12 £575 +27.78% 27
East of England -16 7 £350 -30.00% 20
North East -5 1 £388 - 5
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 (4.60%) Apache Airflow
1 15 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.99%) Apache Spark
3 10 (3.07%) Apache
4 7 (2.15%) Confluence
5 6 (1.84%) TPMS
6 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (3.07%) Chatbot
2 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.92%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.92%) Revit
5 2 (0.61%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.31%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.23%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.61%) ResourceLink
2 2 (0.61%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.61%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.61%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.61%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.61%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.61%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.61%) SAP SCM
2 2 (0.61%) SAP SRM
2 2 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.31%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.31%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.31%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.31%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 100 (30.67%) AWS
2 87 (26.69%) Azure
3 60 (18.40%) GCP
4 46 (14.11%) Serverless
5 42 (12.88%) Power Platform
6 27 (8.28%) Snowflake
7 26 (7.98%) Amazon S3
8 23 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (5.83%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (5.83%) GitHub
10 17 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (4.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (4.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 15 (4.60%) Entra ID
13 13 (3.99%) PowerApps
13 13 (3.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 11 (3.37%) dbt
15 10 (3.07%) Amazon EMR
16 9 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.21%) Firewall
2 14 (4.29%) Network Security
3 9 (2.76%) DNS
3 9 (2.76%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.84%) SNMP
4 6 (1.84%) SSH
4 6 (1.84%) SSL
5 5 (1.53%) DHCP
6 4 (1.23%) Internet
7 3 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.92%) Wireless
8 2 (0.61%) VPN
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.31%) DKIM
9 1 (0.31%) DMARC
9 1 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.35%) NoSQL
2 36 (11.04%) Power BI
3 35 (10.74%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (5.83%) Relational Database
6 17 (5.21%) Data Lake
7 15 (4.60%) Amazon Redshift
7 15 (4.60%) SQL Server
8 14 (4.29%) RDBMS
9 11 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.37%) Big Data
10 10 (3.07%) MySQL
10 10 (3.07%) Tableau
11 8 (2.45%) Hadoop
11 8 (2.45%) Metadata
12 7 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.53%) Apache Hive
13 5 (1.53%) HBase
13 5 (1.53%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (1.23%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 30 (9.20%) Jenkins
2 26 (7.98%) GitLab
3 18 (5.52%) Liquibase
4 13 (3.99%) Git
5 10 (3.07%) JIRA
6 5 (1.53%) PyCharm
7 4 (1.23%) Subversion
7 4 (1.23%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.92%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.31%) ERwin
9 1 (0.31%) Selenium
9 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.31%) Spinnaker
General
1 128 (39.26%) Social Skills
2 109 (33.44%) Finance
3 60 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.96%) Banking
4 39 (11.96%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.44%) Financial Institution
5 21 (6.44%) Marketing
6 18 (5.52%) Legal
7 9 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.53%) Local Government
9 5 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.61%) Military
10 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.61%) Retail
11 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.31%) Police
11 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (16.26%) Architect
2 38 (11.66%) Senior
3 28 (8.59%) Analyst
3 28 (8.59%) Data Engineer
4 23 (7.06%) Developer
4 23 (7.06%) Lead
5 19 (5.83%) Security Architect
6 17 (5.21%) Security Engineer
7 15 (4.60%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
7 15 (4.60%) Consultant
7 15 (4.60%) GCP Engineer
8 12 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.37%) Business Analyst
9 11 (3.37%) Salesforce Architect
9 11 (3.37%) Senior Architect
10 10 (3.07%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.07%) Software Engineer
11 9 (2.76%) Data Architect
11 9 (2.76%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (14.72%) REST
2 25 (7.67%) RESTful
3 23 (7.06%) Elastic Stack
4 18 (5.52%) Lightning Web Components
5 14 (4.29%) SOAP
6 12 (3.68%) Middleware
6 12 (3.68%) Visualforce
7 11 (3.37%) Kafka
7 11 (3.37%) PySpark
8 9 (2.76%) Spark Streaming
9 8 (2.45%) LangChain
9 8 (2.45%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.15%) .NET
11 6 (1.84%) FastAPI
12 5 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (1.53%) Node.js
12 5 (1.53%) NumPy
12 5 (1.53%) Pandas
12 5 (1.53%) pytest
12 5 (1.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.51%) Cloud Native
2 30 (9.20%) Product Ownership
3 29 (8.90%) Public Cloud
4 28 (8.59%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (7.98%) Management Information System
6 19 (5.83%) Security Posture
7 17 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (3.37%) Clustering
10 9 (2.76%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.76%) NHS
10 9 (2.76%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.45%) Data Structures
12 7 (2.15%) Algorithms
12 7 (2.15%) Replication
13 6 (1.84%) Cloud Security Posture
13 6 (1.84%) Low-Code
14 5 (1.53%) BYOD
14 5 (1.53%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 39 (11.96%) Linux
2 14 (4.29%) Windows
3 5 (1.53%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.23%) Solaris
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (28.53%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (27.91%) Agile
3 83 (25.46%) CI/CD
4 78 (23.93%) Data Governance
4 78 (23.93%) Data Modelling
5 77 (23.62%) DevOps
6 75 (23.01%) Cybersecurity
7 65 (19.94%) Analytics
8 57 (17.48%) AI
9 56 (17.18%) Computer Science
10 55 (16.87%) Migration
11 54 (16.56%) ETL
12 52 (15.95%) Infrastructure as Code
13 48 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 44 (13.50%) Data Engineering
14 44 (13.50%) Roadmaps
15 41 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
15 41 (12.58%) Data Pipeline
15 41 (12.58%) Machine Learning
16 36 (11.04%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 109 (33.44%) Python
2 77 (23.62%) SQL
3 26 (7.98%) Go
4 15 (4.60%) Apex Code
4 15 (4.60%) Java
5 13 (3.99%) PowerShell
6 10 (3.07%) C#
6 10 (3.07%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.76%) Bash
8 8 (2.45%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.53%) R
10 4 (1.23%) Perl
11 3 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.92%) Korn
11 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.92%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.61%) C++
12 2 (0.61%) Rust
12 2 (0.61%) Solidity
13 1 (0.31%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 70 (21.47%) Degree
2 43 (13.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (12.88%) Security Cleared
4 33 (10.12%) Master's Degree
5 26 (7.98%) SC Cleared
6 23 (7.06%) AWS Certification
7 18 (5.52%) Azure Certification
7 18 (5.52%) CISSP
8 8 (2.45%) CISM
9 7 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.84%) CCSP
10 6 (1.84%) CEH
10 6 (1.84%) CISA
10 6 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.84%) FFIEC
10 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.84%) PMP
11 5 (1.53%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (21.78%) GDPR
2 47 (14.42%) Data Quality
3 22 (6.75%) PCI DSS
4 17 (5.21%) NIST
5 16 (4.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 15 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (4.29%) QA
8 13 (3.99%) Accessibility
9 10 (3.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (2.15%) HIPAA
11 6 (1.84%) EU AI Act
11 6 (1.84%) GLBA
12 5 (1.53%) PSD2
13 4 (1.23%) SLA
14 3 (0.92%) GRC
14 3 (0.92%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.92%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.61%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.61%) NCSC
15 2 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (11.04%) Docker
2 6 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.53%) HDFS
3 5 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.23%) NFS
4 4 (1.23%) Veritas File System
4 4 (1.23%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (15.03%) Terraform
2 39 (11.96%) Kubernetes
3 33 (10.12%) Ansible
4 24 (7.36%) Grafana
4 24 (7.36%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.76%) SCCM
6 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.53%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (1.53%) Puppet
7 5 (1.53%) WSUS
8 4 (1.23%) QRadar
8 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.92%) CASB
9 3 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 75 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.74%) Splunk
3 26 (7.98%) Google
4 24 (7.36%) Databricks
5 20 (6.13%) Salesforce
6 15 (4.60%) Oracle
7 12 (3.68%) SAP
8 7 (2.15%) Qualys
8 7 (2.15%) Workday
9 5 (1.53%) Sophos
9 5 (1.53%) Thales
10 4 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.23%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.23%) F5
10 4 (1.23%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.23%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.23%) SaltStack
10 4 (1.23%) VMware
11 3 (0.92%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.92%) Optimizely