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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 243 324
Rank change year-on-year -98 +81 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Security 316 304 215
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 1.10% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.21% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 202 137
10th Percentile £363 £363 £366
25th Percentile £450 £434 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £515 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -10.43% -
75th Percentile £639 £622 £700
90th Percentile £705 £744 £777
UK median daily rate £545 £515 £554
% change year-on-year +5.83% -7.04% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 0
10th Percentile £13.65 £19.68 -
25th Percentile £14.25 £29.52 -
Median hourly rate £19.80 £46.23 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% - -
75th Percentile £69.50 £62.62 -
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.27 -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £13.60 -
% change year-on-year +61.76% - -

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 38,738 25,035 28,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.79% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 15,942 18,107
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,467 1,443
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.09 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.39% -40.82% +2.41%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -72 154 £570 +3.64% 219
North of England -47 67 £527 +17.00% 38
Midlands -50 37 £500 +11.11% 39
Yorkshire -24 34 £495 +16.53% 11
West Midlands -42 30 £500 -8.26% 21
North West -54 24 £550 +16.40% 22
South East -74 23 £550 +10.00% 45
South West -47 13 £525 -4.55% 23
East of England -17 12 £500 - 12
North East -37 9 £463 +19.35% 5
East Midlands -16 7 £304 -32.44% 20
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 18 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.75%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.80%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.58%) Confluence
6 4 (1.27%) Apache
6 4 (1.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.63%) Apache Pig
7 2 (0.63%) CICS
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.95%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.95%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (0.95%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 121 (38.29%) Azure
2 107 (33.86%) AWS
3 50 (15.82%) Power Platform
4 38 (12.03%) GCP
5 32 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (8.23%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (7.91%) dbt
7 25 (7.91%) Entra ID
7 25 (7.91%) Snowflake
8 18 (5.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 17 (5.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 16 (5.06%) Amazon S3
11 14 (4.43%) Serverless
12 13 (4.11%) Azure AI
12 13 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (4.11%) GitHub
13 12 (3.80%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (2.85%) OneDrive
15 8 (2.53%) Amazon Bedrock
15 8 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.01%) Network Security
2 9 (2.85%) Firewall
3 6 (1.90%) DNS
4 3 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (0.95%) WAN
5 2 (0.63%) DHCP
5 2 (0.63%) SSL
5 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.63%) VPN
6 1 (0.32%) Internet
6 1 (0.32%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (14.87%) Power BI
2 38 (12.03%) Data Warehouse
2 38 (12.03%) Metadata
3 28 (8.86%) Data Lake
4 15 (4.75%) SQL Server
5 14 (4.43%) Big Data
6 13 (4.11%) Delta Lake
7 11 (3.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (3.48%) BigQuery
7 11 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (3.48%) Tableau
8 10 (3.16%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.22%) Star Schema
10 6 (1.90%) Hadoop
10 6 (1.90%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.58%) Looker
11 5 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (1.58%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (4.75%) JIRA
2 10 (3.16%) Git
3 4 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.95%) GitLab
5 2 (0.63%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.32%) MLflow
6 1 (0.32%) Snyk
6 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 124 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 76 (24.05%) Finance
3 53 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.03%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.06%) Banking
6 15 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.43%) Legal
8 11 (3.48%) Retail
9 10 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.95%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.95%) Japanese Language
11 3 (0.95%) Marketing
11 3 (0.95%) Military
11 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Local Government
12 2 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (23.10%) Architect
2 62 (19.62%) Data Engineer
3 53 (16.77%) Lead
4 27 (8.54%) Analyst
4 27 (8.54%) Security Architect
5 23 (7.28%) Data Architect
6 19 (6.01%) Security Engineer
7 16 (5.06%) Senior
8 12 (3.80%) Data Analyst
8 12 (3.80%) Lead Data Engineer
8 12 (3.80%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.48%) Consultant
9 11 (3.48%) Developer
10 8 (2.53%) Business Analyst
10 8 (2.53%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 8 (2.53%) Technical Architect
11 7 (2.22%) Data Business Analyst
12 6 (1.90%) Security Analyst
12 6 (1.90%) Security Consultant
12 6 (1.90%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.33%) PySpark
2 17 (5.38%) Terraform
3 13 (4.11%) Kafka
4 12 (3.80%) REST
5 7 (2.22%) LangChain
6 6 (1.90%) OAuth
6 6 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.58%) Middleware
8 4 (1.27%) OpenID
8 4 (1.27%) SAML
9 3 (0.95%) HTML
9 3 (0.95%) PyTorch
9 3 (0.95%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.95%) SOAP
10 2 (0.63%) A2A Protocol
10 2 (0.63%) Apache NiFi
10 2 (0.63%) LDAP
10 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.63%) Snowpark
10 2 (0.63%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.18%) Cloud Native
2 24 (7.59%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (6.65%) Security Posture
4 20 (6.33%) Onboarding
5 19 (6.01%) AI Agents
6 13 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.22%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.90%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.90%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.90%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.58%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.58%) Replication
12 4 (1.27%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.27%) PKI
12 4 (1.27%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.90%) Windows
2 3 (0.95%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) Unix
3 2 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (30.06%) Analytics
2 91 (28.80%) Data Governance
2 91 (28.80%) Data Modelling
3 85 (26.90%) AI
4 70 (22.15%) Cybersecurity
5 69 (21.84%) Migration
6 62 (19.62%) Data Pipeline
6 62 (19.62%) Data Protection
7 59 (18.67%) CI/CD
7 59 (18.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 58 (18.35%) ETL
9 56 (17.72%) Data Engineering
9 56 (17.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 54 (17.09%) Agile
10 54 (17.09%) Roadmaps
11 51 (16.14%) Technical Leadership
12 49 (15.51%) DevOps
13 47 (14.87%) Business Intelligence
14 45 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
15 43 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 85 (26.90%) SQL
2 70 (22.15%) Python
3 14 (4.43%) PowerShell
4 13 (4.11%) Java
5 9 (2.85%) Bash
6 6 (1.90%) Scala
7 5 (1.58%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.58%) R
8 4 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.27%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.95%) C#
10 2 (0.63%) Bicep
10 2 (0.63%) COBOL
10 2 (0.63%) REXX
10 2 (0.63%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.63%) SOQL
10 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (23.10%) Security Cleared
2 56 (17.72%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.39%) Degree
4 34 (10.76%) CISSP
5 21 (6.65%) CISM
6 17 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (4.43%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.80%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (3.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (2.85%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (1.58%) CCSP
13 5 (1.58%) CEH
13 5 (1.58%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.27%) PMP
14 4 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (1.27%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (24.68%) GDPR
2 74 (23.42%) Data Quality
3 28 (8.86%) NIST
4 26 (8.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (4.75%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.80%) QA
7 7 (2.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (2.22%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.90%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.90%) ISO 19650
8 6 (1.90%) SLA
9 5 (1.58%) GRC
10 4 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.63%) NCSC
12 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.22%) Docker
3 5 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.63%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.63%) HDFS
6 1 (0.32%) NFS
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.32%) Postfix
6 1 (0.32%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 14 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.27%) Ansible
3 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.95%) Grafana
4 3 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.63%) Control-M
5 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.63%) SCCM
6 1 (0.32%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.32%) IBM Guardium
6 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.32%) Puppet
6 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 83 (26.27%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.76%) Databricks
3 22 (6.96%) Google
4 19 (6.01%) Oracle
5 12 (3.80%) OpenAI
6 8 (2.53%) Foundry
6 8 (2.53%) Zscaler
7 6 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.90%) SAP
8 5 (1.58%) Workday
9 4 (1.27%) Delphix
9 4 (1.27%) Informatica
9 4 (1.27%) Splunk
10 3 (0.95%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.95%) IBM
10 3 (0.95%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.63%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.63%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (0.63%) Thales
11 2 (0.63%) Varonis