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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 206 286
Rank change year-on-year -94 +80 +75
Contract jobs citing Data Security 325 313 273
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 1.28% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.41% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 219 188
10th Percentile £350 £315 £380
25th Percentile £432 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £556
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -5.62% +1.14%
75th Percentile £621 £645 £700
90th Percentile £762 £752 £775
UK median daily rate £535 £525 £528
% change year-on-year +1.90% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 11
10th Percentile £16.82 £15.90 £18.00
25th Percentile £20.59 £16.88 £22.74
Median hourly rate £36.00 £18.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.59% -53.75% +107.79%
75th Percentile £82.25 £48.60 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £66.66 £50.25
UK median hourly rate £36.32 £26.93 £40.00
% change year-on-year +34.89% -32.69% +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 34,525 22,234 32,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.79% 91.21% 86.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,016 14,552 21,077
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,153 931 2,253
10th Percentile £15.35 £14.66 £12.94
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -17.43% -2.19%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.96
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.35% -0.11%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -72 159 £538 -4.44% 56
North of England -20 65 £600 +19.64% 20
Midlands -55 35 £488 +9.06% 14
North West -24 33 £583 +15.58% 10
Yorkshire -30 30 £675 +56.98% 9
West Midlands -46 26 £513 +10.81% 6
South East -77 22 £600 +23.78% 28
East of England -29 18 £278 -36.57% 8
South West -33 16 £500 +2.56% 16
East Midlands -26 9 £438 -2.13% 7
North East - 2 £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 15 (4.62%) Apache Spark
2 13 (4.00%) Confluence
3 12 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.69%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.46%) TPMS
5 7 (2.15%) Apache
6 3 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.23%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) InDesign
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.23%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.31%) ContrOCC
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 (38.15%) Azure
2 105 (32.31%) AWS
3 61 (18.77%) Power Platform
4 44 (13.54%) GCP
5 36 (11.08%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (8.00%) Snowflake
7 23 (7.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (6.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (5.23%) Amazon S3
9 17 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.23%) GitHub
10 16 (4.92%) dbt
11 14 (4.31%) Entra ID
11 14 (4.31%) Power Automate
12 13 (4.00%) Amazon Bedrock
12 13 (4.00%) Azure AI
12 13 (4.00%) Serverless
13 12 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (3.69%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (3.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.54%) Network Security
2 12 (3.69%) Firewall
3 9 (2.77%) SSL
4 8 (2.46%) SNMP
4 8 (2.46%) SSH
5 6 (1.85%) DNS
6 5 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.23%) DHCP
8 3 (0.92%) 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 56 (17.23%) Power BI
2 47 (14.46%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (7.38%) Data Lake
3 24 (7.38%) Metadata
4 19 (5.85%) SQL Server
5 17 (5.23%) Tableau
6 16 (4.92%) Big Data
7 14 (4.31%) NoSQL
8 13 (4.00%) Delta Lake
8 13 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (3.08%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (2.77%) Hadoop
11 7 (2.15%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.85%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.85%) Star Schema
13 5 (1.54%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.54%) MySQL
13 5 (1.54%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 26 (8.00%) JIRA
2 16 (4.92%) Git
3 9 (2.77%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.46%) GitLab
5 4 (1.23%) 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
1 100 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 86 (26.46%) Finance
3 43 (13.23%) Public Sector
4 40 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.08%) Banking
6 14 (4.31%) Legal
7 12 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.69%) Local Government
8 8 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.15%) Law
10 5 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.23%) Marketing
11 4 (1.23%) Police
11 4 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.62%) Military
12 2 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (17.23%) Architect
2 47 (14.46%) Data Engineer
3 31 (9.54%) Analyst
3 31 (9.54%) Lead
3 31 (9.54%) Security Engineer
3 31 (9.54%) Senior
4 24 (7.38%) Developer
5 18 (5.54%) Data Architect
6 14 (4.31%) Data Analyst
7 13 (4.00%) Consultant
7 13 (4.00%) Security Architect
8 11 (3.38%) Enterprise Architect
9 9 (2.77%) Project Manager
10 8 (2.46%) Business Analyst
10 8 (2.46%) Cryptography Engineer
10 8 (2.46%) Senior Developer
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (2.15%) Data Business Analyst
11 7 (2.15%) GCP Engineer
11 7 (2.15%) Information Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.85%) PySpark
2 15 (4.62%) Kafka
2 15 (4.62%) REST
3 9 (2.77%) LangChain
4 7 (2.15%) OAuth
4 7 (2.15%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (2.15%) SAML
5 6 (1.85%) OpenID
5 6 (1.85%) SOAP
6 5 (1.54%) Middleware
6 5 (1.54%) PyTorch
6 5 (1.54%) RESTful
6 5 (1.54%) scikit-learn
7 4 (1.23%) .NET
8 3 (0.92%) Django
8 3 (0.92%) Flask
8 3 (0.92%) JSON
8 3 (0.92%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.92%) Spark Streaming
8 3 (0.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.08%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.31%) AI Agents
3 24 (7.38%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (7.08%) Management Information System
5 22 (6.77%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.69%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.38%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.38%) NHS
8 9 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.46%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.85%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.54%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.23%) Data Fabric
12 4 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.23%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.15%) Linux
2 10 (3.08%) Windows
3 2 (0.62%) Unix
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.00%) Data Governance
2 88 (27.08%) Analytics
3 84 (25.85%) Data Modelling
4 79 (24.31%) AI
5 68 (20.92%) Cybersecurity
5 68 (20.92%) Data Pipeline
6 59 (18.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 58 (17.85%) Business Intelligence
8 57 (17.54%) Agile
9 56 (17.23%) ETL
10 54 (16.62%) CI/CD
11 52 (16.00%) DevOps
12 51 (15.69%) Data Protection
13 48 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
14 46 (14.15%) Data Engineering
15 45 (13.85%) Migration
16 43 (13.23%) Roadmaps
17 42 (12.92%) Cloud Security
17 42 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
18 39 (12.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 100 (30.77%) SQL
2 77 (23.69%) Python
3 14 (4.31%) PowerShell
4 13 (4.00%) Bash
5 12 (3.69%) Java
6 9 (2.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (2.46%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.15%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.85%) Bicep
9 6 (1.85%) Scala
10 5 (1.54%) C#
10 5 (1.54%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.23%) Go
11 4 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.62%) C++
12 2 (0.62%) R
12 2 (0.62%) Ruby
13 1 (0.31%) Korn
13 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (19.38%) Security Cleared
2 47 (14.46%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.08%) Degree
4 22 (6.77%) CISSP
5 13 (4.00%) Azure Certification
6 12 (3.69%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.46%) FFIEC
10 7 (2.15%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.15%) CISM
11 6 (1.85%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.85%) PMP
12 5 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.54%) CCSP
12 5 (1.54%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.92%) ISEB
13 3 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (26.77%) GDPR
2 76 (23.38%) Data Quality
3 39 (12.00%) NIST
4 30 (9.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (6.77%) PCI DSS
6 13 (4.00%) GRC
7 11 (3.38%) Accessibility
8 10 (3.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (2.77%) HIPAA
10 8 (2.46%) GLBA
10 8 (2.46%) QA
11 6 (1.85%) SOC 2
12 5 (1.54%) NCSC
12 5 (1.54%) SLA
13 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.62%) COBIT
15 2 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (6.15%) Docker
2 6 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.23%) 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 27 (8.31%) Kubernetes
2 26 (8.00%) Terraform
3 6 (1.85%) Ansible
3 6 (1.85%) Grafana
4 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.54%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.23%) SCCM
5 4 (1.23%) WSUS
6 2 (0.62%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.31%) IBM Guardium
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
7 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 89 (27.38%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.46%) Databricks
3 21 (6.46%) Oracle
4 19 (5.85%) Google
4 19 (5.85%) OpenAI
5 16 (4.92%) Splunk
6 15 (4.62%) SAP
7 10 (3.08%) Foundry
7 10 (3.08%) Thales
8 8 (2.46%) Informatica
9 6 (1.85%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.85%) Varonis
10 5 (1.54%) NEC
10 5 (1.54%) Sparx
10 5 (1.54%) Talend
10 5 (1.54%) Workday
11 4 (1.23%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.23%) IBM
11 4 (1.23%) Sophos
12 3 (0.92%) Guidewire