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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 199 290
Rank change year-on-year -103 +91 +68
Contract jobs citing Data Security 321 313 272
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.29% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.41% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 219 187
10th Percentile £350 £317 £380
25th Percentile £432 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £554
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -5.23% +0.73%
75th Percentile £621 £645 £690
90th Percentile £765 £752 £760
UK median daily rate £538 £527 £530
% change year-on-year +2.04% -0.62% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 11
10th Percentile £16.97 £15.90 £18.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £16.88 £22.74
Median hourly rate £36.16 £18.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.46% -53.75% +107.79%
75th Percentile £82.25 £48.60 -
90th Percentile £84.38 £66.66 £50.25
UK median hourly rate £50.16 £23.88 £40.00
% change year-on-year +110.09% -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 34,368 22,176 31,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.22% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,897 14,509 20,833
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -2.69% -1.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 935 2,251
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.45 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.48% -21.23% +0.29%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -67 155 £550 -2.65% 49
North of England -31 66 £600 +19.64% 19
North West -23 34 £583 +15.58% 10
Midlands -37 34 £475 +6.26% 12
Yorkshire -34 29 £675 +56.98% 8
West Midlands -51 25 £525 +13.51% 6
South East -87 23 £600 +23.78% 28
East of England -26 16 £278 -36.57% 8
South West -34 16 £500 +2.56% 17
East Midlands -28 9 £438 -2.13% 5
North East - 3 £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 13 (4.05%) Apache Spark
1 13 (4.05%) Confluence
2 11 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.12%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.18%) TPMS
5 6 (1.87%) Apache
6 3 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) InDesign
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.25%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.31%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.31%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.31%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.31%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.31%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 124 (38.63%) Azure
2 101 (31.46%) AWS
3 58 (18.07%) Power Platform
4 44 (13.71%) GCP
5 35 (10.90%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (7.48%) Snowflake
7 23 (7.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (6.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.30%) GitHub
10 16 (4.98%) dbt
11 14 (4.36%) Entra ID
12 13 (4.05%) Amazon S3
12 13 (4.05%) Azure AI
12 13 (4.05%) Power Automate
13 12 (3.74%) Amazon Bedrock
13 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (3.74%) PowerApps
14 10 (3.12%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (3.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.61%) Network Security
2 12 (3.74%) Firewall
3 8 (2.49%) SSL
4 7 (2.18%) SNMP
4 7 (2.18%) SSH
5 6 (1.87%) DNS
6 5 (1.56%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.25%) DHCP
8 3 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.62%) VPN
10 1 (0.31%) HTTP
10 1 (0.31%) Internet
10 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (16.51%) Power BI
2 46 (14.33%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (7.17%) Data Lake
3 23 (7.17%) Metadata
4 19 (5.92%) SQL Server
5 16 (4.98%) Tableau
6 15 (4.67%) Big Data
7 13 (4.05%) Delta Lake
7 13 (4.05%) NoSQL
8 12 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (2.49%) Hadoop
10 7 (2.18%) Snowflake Schema
10 7 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.87%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.87%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.56%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (1.56%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 26 (8.10%) JIRA
2 16 (4.98%) Git
3 9 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.49%) GitLab
5 4 (1.25%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.31%) ERwin
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
7 1 (0.31%) Snyk
7 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 97 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 85 (26.48%) Finance
3 41 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 38 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.17%) Banking
6 14 (4.36%) Legal
7 12 (3.74%) Local Government
8 11 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.18%) Law
11 5 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Marketing
12 3 (0.93%) Police
12 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.62%) Military
13 2 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (17.76%) Architect
2 46 (14.33%) Data Engineer
3 32 (9.97%) Analyst
4 31 (9.66%) Security Engineer
4 31 (9.66%) Senior
5 30 (9.35%) Lead
6 24 (7.48%) Developer
7 18 (5.61%) Data Architect
8 15 (4.67%) Data Analyst
9 14 (4.36%) Security Architect
10 13 (4.05%) Consultant
11 11 (3.43%) Enterprise Architect
12 9 (2.80%) Project Manager
13 8 (2.49%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.49%) Senior Developer
14 7 (2.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 7 (2.18%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 7 (2.18%) GCP Engineer
14 7 (2.18%) Information Governance Officer
14 7 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.92%) PySpark
2 14 (4.36%) Kafka
2 14 (4.36%) REST
3 9 (2.80%) LangChain
4 7 (2.18%) OAuth
4 7 (2.18%) SAML
5 6 (1.87%) Middleware
5 6 (1.87%) OpenID
5 6 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (1.87%) SOAP
6 5 (1.56%) PyTorch
6 5 (1.56%) scikit-learn
7 4 (1.25%) .NET
7 4 (1.25%) RESTful
8 3 (0.93%) A2A Protocol
8 3 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.93%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.62%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.62%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.53%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.41%) AI Agents
3 24 (7.48%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (7.17%) Management Information System
5 22 (6.85%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.74%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.43%) Data Structures
8 10 (3.12%) NHS
9 9 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.18%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.87%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.56%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.25%) Data Fabric
13 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (1.25%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.92%) Linux
2 9 (2.80%) Windows
3 2 (0.62%) Unix
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (27.41%) Data Governance
2 84 (26.17%) Analytics
3 81 (25.23%) Data Modelling
4 78 (24.30%) AI
5 67 (20.87%) Cybersecurity
6 64 (19.94%) Data Pipeline
7 57 (17.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 55 (17.13%) Business Intelligence
9 54 (16.82%) Agile
10 53 (16.51%) CI/CD
10 53 (16.51%) ETL
11 51 (15.89%) DevOps
12 50 (15.58%) Data Protection
13 47 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
14 45 (14.02%) Data Engineering
14 45 (14.02%) Migration
15 43 (13.40%) Roadmaps
16 42 (13.08%) Cloud Security
17 40 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
18 37 (11.53%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 97 (30.22%) SQL
2 73 (22.74%) Python
3 14 (4.36%) Bash
4 13 (4.05%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.43%) Java
6 9 (2.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (2.49%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.87%) Bicep
8 6 (1.87%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.87%) Scala
9 5 (1.56%) C#
9 5 (1.56%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.25%) Go
10 4 (1.25%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.62%) Ruby
12 1 (0.31%) C++
12 1 (0.31%) Korn
12 1 (0.31%) R
12 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (19.00%) Security Cleared
2 45 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.53%) Degree
4 22 (6.85%) CISSP
5 13 (4.05%) Azure Certification
6 12 (3.74%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.18%) CISM
9 7 (2.18%) FFIEC
10 6 (1.87%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.87%) PMP
11 5 (1.56%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.56%) CCSP
11 5 (1.56%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.93%) ISEB
12 3 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (25.86%) GDPR
2 73 (22.74%) Data Quality
3 38 (11.84%) NIST
4 29 (9.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (6.54%) PCI DSS
6 13 (4.05%) GRC
7 9 (2.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (2.80%) HIPAA
7 9 (2.80%) QA
8 8 (2.49%) Accessibility
9 7 (2.18%) GLBA
10 6 (1.87%) SOC 2
11 5 (1.56%) NCSC
11 5 (1.56%) SLA
12 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.62%) COBIT
14 2 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (5.92%) Docker
2 6 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.25%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.62%) HDFS
4 2 (0.62%) NFS
4 2 (0.62%) Postfix
4 2 (0.62%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.62%) Varnish
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 26 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 24 (7.48%) Terraform
3 6 (1.87%) Ansible
3 6 (1.87%) Grafana
4 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.56%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.25%) SCCM
5 4 (1.25%) WSUS
6 2 (0.62%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.31%) IBM Guardium
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
7 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 88 (27.41%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.97%) Databricks
3 21 (6.54%) Oracle
4 19 (5.92%) Google
4 19 (5.92%) OpenAI
5 15 (4.67%) Splunk
6 14 (4.36%) SAP
7 10 (3.12%) Foundry
8 9 (2.80%) Thales
9 8 (2.49%) Informatica
10 6 (1.87%) Varonis
11 5 (1.56%) NEC
11 5 (1.56%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.56%) Sparx
11 5 (1.56%) Talend
11 5 (1.56%) Workday
12 4 (1.25%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.25%) IBM
12 4 (1.25%) Sophos
13 3 (0.93%) Guidewire