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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 201 275
Rank change year-on-year -91 +74 +117
Contract jobs citing Data Security 328 304 301
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.25% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.38% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 223 205
10th Percentile £351 £313 £350
25th Percentile £430 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.00%
75th Percentile £621 £650 £700
90th Percentile £746 £772 £776
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 14
10th Percentile £15.58 £15.90 £18.75
25th Percentile £15.62 £16.88 £22.24
Median hourly rate £20.34 £18.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.93% -53.75% +130.78%
75th Percentile £44.74 £48.60 £46.81
90th Percentile £84.38 £66.66 £51.18
UK median hourly rate £21.30 £26.93 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% -32.69% +130.78%

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 32,391 22,052 32,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.35% 90.83% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,759 14,493 21,652
10th Percentile £313 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,980 839 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.56 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.44 £77.25 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.72%

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 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 £550 - 41
North of England -23 72 £600 +19.05% 21
Yorkshire -22 44 £600 +41.18% 7
Midlands -42 40 £475 +6.26% 18
West Midlands -30 31 £533 +15.14% 8
North West -27 27 £583 +10.95% 12
South East -85 19 £750 +49.25% 27
East of England -31 17 £246 -22.94% 12
South West -18 14 £500 +5.26% 4
East Midlands -29 9 £435 -2.68% 10
North East - 1 - - 2
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 14 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.96%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.66%) Confluence
4 10 (3.05%) TPMS
5 6 (1.83%) Apache
6 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.61%) IIS
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 8 (2.44%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.30%) InDesign
5 1 (0.30%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.30%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.22%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.61%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.30%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.30%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 121 (36.89%) AWS
2 117 (35.67%) Azure
3 62 (18.90%) Power Platform
4 58 (17.68%) GCP
5 37 (11.28%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (10.06%) Snowflake
7 32 (9.76%) Serverless
8 24 (7.32%) Amazon S3
9 22 (6.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 21 (6.40%) GitHub
11 19 (5.79%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.79%) Entra ID
12 18 (5.49%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (5.49%) Power Automate
13 16 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (4.88%) PowerApps
14 13 (3.96%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (3.66%) Amazon Bedrock
15 12 (3.66%) Azure AI
16 11 (3.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.88%) Network Security
2 15 (4.57%) Firewall
3 10 (3.05%) SNMP
3 10 (3.05%) SSH
3 10 (3.05%) SSL
4 5 (1.52%) DNS
4 5 (1.52%) Internet
4 5 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.22%) DHCP
6 3 (0.91%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (0.91%) VPN
7 1 (0.30%) DKIM
7 1 (0.30%) DMARC
7 1 (0.30%) HTTP
7 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.30%) SMTP
7 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (17.68%) Power BI
2 49 (14.94%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (8.54%) NoSQL
4 26 (7.93%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (7.32%) SQL Server
6 23 (7.01%) Data Lake
7 20 (6.10%) Big Data
8 18 (5.49%) Relational Database
9 17 (5.18%) Tableau
10 14 (4.27%) Metadata
11 12 (3.66%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (3.35%) MySQL
12 11 (3.35%) RDBMS
13 9 (2.74%) Delta Lake
14 8 (2.44%) Hadoop
14 8 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (2.13%) Snowflake Schema
16 6 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (1.83%) Star Schema
17 5 (1.52%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 24 (7.32%) Jenkins
1 24 (7.32%) JIRA
2 21 (6.40%) GitLab
3 15 (4.57%) Git
4 6 (1.83%) Liquibase
5 5 (1.52%) PyCharm
6 2 (0.61%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.30%) ERwin
7 1 (0.30%) MSI
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
7 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 114 (34.76%) Social Skills
2 96 (29.27%) Finance
3 47 (14.33%) Public Sector
4 46 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (9.76%) Banking
6 16 (4.88%) Legal
7 14 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.66%) Local Government
9 7 (2.13%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.13%) Law
10 6 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.83%) Marketing
11 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.22%) Police
13 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.61%) Back Office
14 2 (0.61%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.61%) Front Office
14 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (16.46%) Architect
2 44 (13.41%) Data Engineer
3 36 (10.98%) Senior
4 28 (8.54%) Lead
4 28 (8.54%) Security Engineer
5 26 (7.93%) Analyst
6 24 (7.32%) Developer
7 17 (5.18%) GCP Engineer
8 15 (4.57%) Data Architect
8 15 (4.57%) Security Architect
9 14 (4.27%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (3.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 12 (3.66%) Consultant
10 12 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.05%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (3.05%) Cryptography Engineer
11 10 (3.05%) Data Analyst
12 9 (2.74%) Enterprise Architect
13 8 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.44%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.93%) REST
2 16 (4.88%) PySpark
3 15 (4.57%) RESTful
4 13 (3.96%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (3.96%) Kafka
5 8 (2.44%) PyTorch
5 8 (2.44%) SOAP
5 8 (2.44%) TensorFlow
6 7 (2.13%) LangChain
6 7 (2.13%) scikit-learn
7 6 (1.83%) Middleware
7 6 (1.83%) OAuth
7 6 (1.83%) SAML
8 5 (1.52%) .NET
8 5 (1.52%) NumPy
8 5 (1.52%) OpenID
8 5 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.52%) Pandas
9 3 (0.91%) Flask
9 3 (0.91%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.23%) Security Posture
3 26 (7.93%) Management Information System
4 22 (6.71%) AI Agents
5 20 (6.10%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (5.18%) Product Ownership
6 17 (5.18%) Public Cloud
7 16 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (4.27%) NHS
9 12 (3.66%) Data Structures
9 12 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.44%) Onboarding
11 7 (2.13%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.52%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.52%) Taxonomies
13 4 (1.22%) Clustering
13 4 (1.22%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.15%) Linux
2 16 (4.88%) Windows
3 2 (0.61%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (26.83%) Data Modelling
2 84 (25.61%) Analytics
3 83 (25.30%) Data Governance
4 79 (24.09%) AI
5 74 (22.56%) Cybersecurity
6 69 (21.04%) Agile
6 69 (21.04%) CI/CD
7 66 (20.12%) DevOps
8 65 (19.82%) Data Pipeline
9 62 (18.90%) ETL
10 61 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
11 60 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
11 60 (18.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 49 (14.94%) Data Engineering
13 47 (14.33%) Machine Learning
14 46 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
14 46 (14.02%) Migration
15 42 (12.80%) Cloud Security
15 42 (12.80%) Roadmaps
16 38 (11.59%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 102 (31.10%) SQL
2 93 (28.35%) Python
3 17 (5.18%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.27%) Go
5 11 (3.35%) Java
6 8 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (2.44%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.13%) Bash
8 6 (1.83%) Bicep
8 6 (1.83%) C#
9 5 (1.52%) Scala
10 4 (1.22%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.22%) R
10 4 (1.22%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.91%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.91%) Korn
11 3 (0.91%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.61%) C++
12 2 (0.61%) Rust
12 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 51 (15.55%) Degree
3 39 (11.89%) SC Cleared
4 23 (7.01%) Master's Degree
5 20 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (5.49%) CISSP
7 12 (3.66%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.05%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.05%) FFIEC
9 7 (2.13%) CISM
10 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.22%) CISA
12 4 (1.22%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.22%) PMP
13 3 (0.91%) CCSP
13 3 (0.91%) CEH
13 3 (0.91%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (25.30%) GDPR
2 71 (21.65%) Data Quality
3 31 (9.45%) NIST
4 26 (7.93%) PCI DSS
5 22 (6.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (3.35%) Accessibility
6 11 (3.35%) QA
7 10 (3.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (3.05%) GLBA
7 10 (3.05%) HIPAA
8 9 (2.74%) GRC
9 8 (2.44%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.52%) EU AI Act
10 5 (1.52%) NCSC
10 5 (1.52%) SLA
11 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.91%) PMO
12 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.61%) COBIT
System Software
1 27 (8.23%) Docker
2 6 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) HDFS
4 1 (0.30%) NFS
4 1 (0.30%) Postfix
4 1 (0.30%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.30%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 40 (12.20%) Kubernetes
1 40 (12.20%) Terraform
2 15 (4.57%) Ansible
2 15 (4.57%) Grafana
2 15 (4.57%) Prometheus
3 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.52%) SCCM
4 5 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.22%) WSUS
6 1 (0.30%) CASB
6 1 (0.30%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.30%) QRadar
6 1 (0.30%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 86 (26.22%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.98%) Databricks
3 28 (8.54%) Google
4 27 (8.23%) Splunk
5 17 (5.18%) Oracle
6 15 (4.57%) OpenAI
7 13 (3.96%) SAP
8 12 (3.66%) Thales
9 10 (3.05%) Informatica
10 9 (2.74%) Foundry
11 6 (1.83%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.83%) Talend
12 5 (1.52%) NEC
12 5 (1.52%) Sparx
12 5 (1.52%) Varonis
13 4 (1.22%) Sophos
13 4 (1.22%) Workday
14 3 (0.91%) CyberArk
14 3 (0.91%) IBM
14 3 (0.91%) Salesforce