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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 226 319
Rank change year-on-year -65 +93 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Security 351 326 238
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 1.20% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.32% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 219 158
10th Percentile £362 £348 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £520 £554
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -6.14% -4.97%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £700
90th Percentile £739 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.26% -5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 7
10th Percentile £17.60 £15.90 £32.69
25th Percentile £23.00 £16.88 -
Median hourly rate £69.44 £18.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +275.35% -53.75% +107.79%
75th Percentile £82.25 £48.60 £45.13
90th Percentile £87.50 £66.66 £59.15
UK median hourly rate £69.00 £14.55 £40.00
% change year-on-year +374.23% -63.63% +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 38,258 24,707 30,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.66% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,997 15,833 19,804
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £421 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £745 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,373 1,323 1,986
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.22 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.03 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -64 164 £560 +1.82% 60
North of England -44 70 £561 +29.02% 11
Midlands -27 49 £500 +11.11% 6
West Midlands -32 40 £500 -17.65% 2
North West -39 34 £582 +20.99% 5
Yorkshire -39 28 £528 +34.35% 5
South East -97 23 £550 +15.18% 22
South West -42 20 £500 -9.09% 9
East of England -17 14 £500 +5.26% 8
East Midlands -12 9 £438 -2.13% 4
North East - 8 £463 - 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 17 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.56%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (3.99%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.56%) Confluence
5 5 (1.42%) Apache
5 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.14%) SAS
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.57%) Apache Pig
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) InDesign
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.14%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.14%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 147 (41.88%) Azure
2 127 (36.18%) AWS
3 69 (19.66%) Power Platform
4 48 (13.68%) GCP
5 37 (10.54%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (9.40%) Snowflake
7 29 (8.26%) Entra ID
8 27 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (6.55%) dbt
10 21 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (4.56%) Azure AI
12 16 (4.56%) GitHub
13 15 (4.27%) Microsoft Copilot
14 13 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (3.42%) Amazon Bedrock
15 12 (3.42%) Amazon S3
15 12 (3.42%) Azure Key Vault
16 11 (3.13%) Power Automate
16 11 (3.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.27%) Network Security
2 17 (4.84%) Firewall
3 6 (1.71%) DNS
4 4 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.85%) WAN
6 2 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) HTTP
7 1 (0.28%) Internet
7 1 (0.28%) SMTP
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
7 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (18.52%) Power BI
2 50 (14.25%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (9.97%) Metadata
4 29 (8.26%) Data Lake
5 22 (6.27%) SQL Server
6 19 (5.41%) Tableau
7 17 (4.84%) Big Data
8 14 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (3.42%) Delta Lake
9 12 (3.42%) NoSQL
10 11 (3.13%) Relational Database
11 10 (2.85%) BigQuery
12 9 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.56%) Hadoop
13 8 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (2.28%) Star Schema
14 7 (1.99%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (1.71%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (1.71%) Semantic Layer
15 6 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.84%) JIRA
2 12 (3.42%) Git
3 9 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.71%) GitLab
5 3 (0.85%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.57%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) ERwin
7 1 (0.28%) MLflow
7 1 (0.28%) MSI
7 1 (0.28%) Snyk
7 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 117 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 93 (26.50%) Finance
3 55 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (12.54%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.84%) Banking
6 14 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.70%) Legal
8 12 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.13%) Retail
10 7 (1.99%) Local Government
11 6 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.42%) Law
12 5 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.42%) Police
13 4 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.14%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.85%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.85%) Marketing
14 3 (0.85%) Military
15 2 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 79 (22.51%) Architect
2 65 (18.52%) Data Engineer
3 39 (11.11%) Lead
4 33 (9.40%) Senior
5 32 (9.12%) Analyst
6 31 (8.83%) Security Engineer
7 26 (7.41%) Security Architect
8 23 (6.55%) Data Architect
9 20 (5.70%) Developer
10 17 (4.84%) Data Analyst
11 13 (3.70%) Consultant
12 12 (3.42%) Project Manager
12 12 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.85%) Lead Data Engineer
14 8 (2.28%) Business Analyst
14 8 (2.28%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 8 (2.28%) Technical Architect
15 7 (1.99%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 7 (1.99%) Data Business Analyst
15 7 (1.99%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.98%) PySpark
2 16 (4.56%) Kafka
3 13 (3.70%) LangChain
3 13 (3.70%) REST
4 10 (2.85%) OAuth
5 8 (2.28%) PyTorch
5 8 (2.28%) SAML
5 8 (2.28%) scikit-learn
6 7 (1.99%) OpenID
6 7 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.71%) Middleware
8 4 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.14%) OAuth2
8 4 (1.14%) SOAP
9 3 (0.85%) A2A Protocol
9 3 (0.85%) HTML
9 3 (0.85%) RESTful
10 2 (0.57%) .NET
10 2 (0.57%) LDAP
10 2 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.97%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.83%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.55%) AI Agents
4 26 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (7.41%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.27%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.56%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.71%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.42%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.14%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.14%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.70%) Linux
2 5 (1.42%) Windows
3 3 (0.85%) Unix
4 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (31.62%) Analytics
2 105 (29.91%) Data Governance
3 103 (29.34%) AI
4 89 (25.36%) Data Modelling
5 80 (22.79%) Data Pipeline
6 77 (21.94%) Cybersecurity
7 67 (19.09%) Business Intelligence
8 66 (18.80%) CI/CD
9 64 (18.23%) DevOps
9 64 (18.23%) Migration
10 63 (17.95%) Agile
10 63 (17.95%) ETL
11 59 (16.81%) Data Engineering
12 57 (16.24%) Data Protection
13 56 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (15.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 51 (14.53%) Roadmaps
16 50 (14.25%) Stakeholder Management
17 47 (13.39%) Cloud Security
17 47 (13.39%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 114 (32.48%) SQL
2 85 (24.22%) Python
3 19 (5.41%) PowerShell
4 14 (3.99%) Bash
5 13 (3.70%) Java
6 8 (2.28%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.71%) Bicep
7 6 (1.71%) Scala
8 5 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.42%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.14%) R
10 3 (0.85%) C#
10 3 (0.85%) Go
10 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.57%) Ruby
11 2 (0.57%) SOQL
12 1 (0.28%) C++
12 1 (0.28%) COBOL
12 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 62 (17.66%) SC Cleared
3 46 (13.11%) Degree
4 32 (9.12%) CISSP
5 21 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.56%) Azure Certification
7 15 (4.27%) CISM
8 11 (3.13%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.13%) Master's Degree
9 10 (2.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (2.85%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.71%) CEH
12 5 (1.42%) CCSP
13 4 (1.14%) PMP
13 4 (1.14%) SAS Certification
14 3 (0.85%) CISA
14 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (26.50%) Data Quality
2 87 (24.79%) GDPR
3 33 (9.40%) NIST
4 29 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (5.13%) PCI DSS
6 14 (3.99%) QA
7 12 (3.42%) HIPAA
8 11 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (2.56%) GRC
10 8 (2.28%) Accessibility
11 6 (1.71%) ISO 19650
11 6 (1.71%) SLA
12 5 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (1.14%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.85%) NCSC
15 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.57%) ISO 31000
15 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (4.56%) Docker
2 14 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.85%) HDFS
4 3 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.57%) NFS
5 2 (0.57%) Postfix
5 2 (0.57%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.57%) Varnish
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 28 (7.98%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.84%) Terraform
3 8 (2.28%) Ansible
4 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.99%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.71%) Grafana
5 6 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.57%) Control-M
6 2 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.57%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.57%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) IBM Guardium
7 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.28%) Puppet
7 1 (0.28%) QRadar
7 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 104 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.55%) Databricks
3 27 (7.69%) Google
4 25 (7.12%) Oracle
5 16 (4.56%) OpenAI
6 13 (3.70%) SAP
7 10 (2.85%) Foundry
8 9 (2.56%) Splunk
9 7 (1.99%) Informatica
9 7 (1.99%) Varonis
10 6 (1.71%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.71%) IBM
10 6 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.71%) Workday
11 5 (1.42%) NEC
11 5 (1.42%) Talend
11 5 (1.42%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.57%) Alteryx