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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 258 317
Rank change year-on-year +14 +59 +147
Contract jobs citing Data Security 334 278 275
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 0.90% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.03% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 179 187
10th Percentile £363 £320 £319
25th Percentile £423 £460 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +3.00% +1.71%
75th Percentile £606 £657 £700
90th Percentile £750 £776 £776
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile £14.44 - £27.68
25th Percentile £15.16 - £39.96
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £49.75
75th Percentile £19.58 - £50.96
90th Percentile £21.30 - £57.71
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £26.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year -40.58% -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 27,406 26,969 34,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.94% 87.30% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,388 16,451 23,708
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 990 1,453
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.10 £14.59
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 +27 160 £538 -2.27% 66
North of England -16 79 £488 -5.34% 35
Yorkshire +1 55 £511 -0.73% 14
Midlands +2 47 £484 +17.93% 34
West Midlands +2 33 £525 +28.05% 14
South East -12 29 £520 -16.80% 52
North West -19 23 £458 -23.75% 15
East Midlands -1 14 £447 -45.82% 20
South West -2 12 £575 +27.78% 12
East of England -18 8 £400 -25.58% 5
North East -8 1 £388 - 7
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 16 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.19%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.89%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.69%) Apache
5 6 (1.80%) Confluence
6 5 (1.50%) TPMS
7 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.30%) IIS
8 1 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (2.99%) Chatbot
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.90%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.90%) Revit
5 2 (0.60%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.30%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.20%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.60%) ResourceLink
2 2 (0.60%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.60%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.60%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.60%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.60%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.60%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.60%) SAP SCM
2 2 (0.60%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.30%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.30%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 102 (30.54%) AWS
2 85 (25.45%) Azure
3 63 (18.86%) GCP
4 47 (14.07%) Serverless
5 39 (11.68%) Power Platform
6 27 (8.08%) Amazon S3
6 27 (8.08%) Snowflake
7 22 (6.59%) GitHub
8 21 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (5.99%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (5.09%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (4.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 15 (4.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 15 (4.49%) Entra ID
13 15 (4.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 13 (3.89%) PowerApps
15 11 (3.29%) Amazon EMR
15 11 (3.29%) dbt
16 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.09%) Firewall
2 15 (4.49%) Network Security
3 7 (2.10%) DNS
3 7 (2.10%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.50%) SNMP
4 5 (1.50%) SSH
4 5 (1.50%) SSL
5 4 (1.20%) Internet
6 3 (0.90%) DHCP
6 3 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.90%) Wireless
7 2 (0.60%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.30%) DKIM
8 1 (0.30%) DMARC
8 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.38%) Data Warehouse
2 37 (11.08%) NoSQL
3 33 (9.88%) Power BI
4 22 (6.59%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (5.99%) Relational Database
6 17 (5.09%) Data Lake
7 16 (4.79%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (4.79%) SQL Server
8 14 (4.19%) RDBMS
9 11 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.29%) Big Data
10 10 (2.99%) MySQL
10 10 (2.99%) Tableau
11 9 (2.69%) Metadata
12 8 (2.40%) Hadoop
13 7 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.50%) Apache Hive
14 5 (1.50%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.50%) HBase
15 4 (1.20%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 33 (9.88%) Jenkins
2 26 (7.78%) GitLab
3 18 (5.39%) Liquibase
4 12 (3.59%) Git
5 11 (3.29%) JIRA
6 7 (2.10%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.50%) PyCharm
8 4 (1.20%) Subversion
9 3 (0.90%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.30%) ERwin
10 1 (0.30%) Selenium
10 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.30%) Spinnaker
General
1 133 (39.82%) Social Skills
2 110 (32.93%) Finance
3 66 (19.76%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.98%) Banking
5 39 (11.68%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.29%) Financial Institution
6 21 (6.29%) Marketing
7 19 (5.69%) Legal
8 9 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.20%) Local Government
12 3 (0.90%) Retail
13 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Military
13 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.30%) Police
14 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 59 (17.66%) Architect
2 39 (11.68%) Senior
3 29 (8.68%) Analyst
4 28 (8.38%) Data Engineer
5 24 (7.19%) Lead
6 23 (6.89%) Developer
7 21 (6.29%) Security Architect
8 16 (4.79%) AWS Engineer
9 15 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
9 15 (4.49%) Consultant
9 15 (4.49%) Security Engineer
9 15 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (4.19%) GCP Engineer
11 12 (3.59%) Data Architect
11 12 (3.59%) Senior Architect
12 11 (3.29%) Business Analyst
12 11 (3.29%) Salesforce Architect
13 10 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (2.99%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.99%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (14.97%) REST
2 25 (7.49%) RESTful
3 23 (6.89%) Elastic Stack
4 20 (5.99%) Lightning Web Components
5 16 (4.79%) SOAP
6 12 (3.59%) Middleware
6 12 (3.59%) PySpark
6 12 (3.59%) Visualforce
7 11 (3.29%) Kafka
8 9 (2.69%) Spark Streaming
9 8 (2.40%) LangChain
9 8 (2.40%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.10%) .NET
11 6 (1.80%) FastAPI
12 5 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (1.50%) Node.js
12 5 (1.50%) NumPy
12 5 (1.50%) Pandas
12 5 (1.50%) pytest
12 5 (1.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.28%) Cloud Native
2 30 (8.98%) Product Ownership
3 29 (8.68%) Public Cloud
4 28 (8.38%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (7.49%) Management Information System
6 19 (5.69%) Security Posture
7 18 (5.39%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (3.29%) Clustering
10 9 (2.69%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.69%) NHS
10 9 (2.69%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.40%) Replication
12 7 (2.10%) Algorithms
12 7 (2.10%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.80%) Cloud Security Posture
13 6 (1.80%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.50%) BYOD
14 5 (1.50%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 38 (11.38%) Linux
2 13 (3.89%) Windows
3 5 (1.50%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.20%) Solaris
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (29.94%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (27.84%) Agile
3 86 (25.75%) CI/CD
4 82 (24.55%) Data Governance
5 80 (23.95%) Data Modelling
6 78 (23.35%) Cybersecurity
7 77 (23.05%) DevOps
8 66 (19.76%) Analytics
9 57 (17.07%) AI
10 56 (16.77%) Computer Science
11 55 (16.47%) Migration
12 54 (16.17%) ETL
13 53 (15.87%) Infrastructure as Code
14 48 (14.37%) Stakeholder Management
15 44 (13.17%) Data Engineering
15 44 (13.17%) Data Pipeline
16 43 (12.87%) Roadmaps
17 41 (12.28%) Machine Learning
18 39 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
19 36 (10.78%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 111 (33.23%) Python
2 82 (24.55%) SQL
3 26 (7.78%) Go
4 18 (5.39%) Java
5 17 (5.09%) Apex Code
6 13 (3.89%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.59%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.99%) Bash
8 10 (2.99%) C#
9 8 (2.40%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.50%) R
11 4 (1.20%) Perl
12 3 (0.90%) Korn
12 3 (0.90%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.60%) C++
13 2 (0.60%) Rust
13 2 (0.60%) Solidity
13 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.30%) Bicep
14 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (20.96%) Degree
2 43 (12.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (12.57%) Security Cleared
4 33 (9.88%) Master's Degree
5 26 (7.78%) SC Cleared
6 23 (6.89%) AWS Certification
7 20 (5.99%) Azure Certification
8 18 (5.39%) CISSP
9 8 (2.40%) CISM
9 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.80%) CCSP
11 6 (1.80%) CEH
11 6 (1.80%) CISA
11 6 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.80%) PMP
12 5 (1.50%) FFIEC
12 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (20.66%) GDPR
2 48 (14.37%) Data Quality
3 21 (6.29%) PCI DSS
4 17 (5.09%) NIST
5 16 (4.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 15 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (4.49%) QA
7 13 (3.89%) Accessibility
8 10 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.80%) EU AI Act
9 6 (1.80%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.50%) GLBA
10 5 (1.50%) PSD2
11 4 (1.20%) GRC
11 4 (1.20%) SLA
12 3 (0.90%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.90%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.60%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.60%) PMO
14 1 (0.30%) SEPA
System Software
1 36 (10.78%) Docker
2 6 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.50%) HDFS
4 4 (1.20%) NFS
4 4 (1.20%) Veritas File System
4 4 (1.20%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (14.97%) Terraform
2 40 (11.98%) Kubernetes
3 33 (9.88%) Ansible
4 24 (7.19%) Grafana
4 24 (7.19%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.10%) SCCM
6 5 (1.50%) Hadoop YARN
6 5 (1.50%) Puppet
7 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.20%) QRadar
7 4 (1.20%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.90%) CASB
8 3 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.90%) WSUS
9 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 77 (23.05%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.18%) Splunk
3 31 (9.28%) Google
4 23 (6.89%) Databricks
5 22 (6.59%) Salesforce
6 21 (6.29%) Oracle
7 13 (3.89%) SAP
8 9 (2.69%) Workday
9 7 (2.10%) Qualys
10 5 (1.50%) F5
11 4 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.20%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.20%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.20%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.20%) SaltStack
11 4 (1.20%) Thales
11 4 (1.20%) VMware
12 3 (0.90%) OneTrust
12 3 (0.90%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.90%) Sophos