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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 212 314
Rank change year-on-year -85 +102 +64
Contract jobs citing Data Security 355 329 256
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 1.24% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.36% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 217 174
10th Percentile £350 £324 £350
25th Percentile £450 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £515 £552
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -6.70% -6.04%
75th Percentile £625 £609 £695
90th Percentile £748 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +4.85% -1.90% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 10
10th Percentile £18.80 £15.90 £21.31
25th Percentile £24.10 £16.88 £23.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £18.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +251.35% -53.75% +107.79%
75th Percentile £82.25 £48.60 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £66.66 £52.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £23.88 £40.00
% change year-on-year +172.25% -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 37,874 24,162 31,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.36% 90.93% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,840 15,529 20,666
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,373 1,216 2,288
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.95 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -3.85%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -82 167 £560 +1.82% 72
North of England -39 70 £583 +26.91% 12
Midlands -35 47 £500 +10.99% 16
North West -32 38 £583 +17.50% 8
West Midlands -41 38 £513 -15.60% 9
Yorkshire -35 25 £600 +46.34% 4
South East -94 21 £550 +15.18% 30
South West -33 20 £500 -4.76% 14
East of England -24 18 £400 - 4
East Midlands -11 9 £438 -2.51% 7
North East - 7 £456 -
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 17 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.38%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.82%) Confluence
5 5 (1.41%) Apache
5 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.13%) SAS
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.56%) TPMS
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Pig
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.28%) InDesign
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.13%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.85%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 143 (40.28%) Azure
2 123 (34.65%) AWS
3 67 (18.87%) Power Platform
4 47 (13.24%) GCP
5 36 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (8.17%) Snowflake
7 27 (7.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 25 (7.04%) Entra ID
9 21 (5.92%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (5.92%) dbt
10 18 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (4.51%) GitHub
12 15 (4.23%) Azure AI
13 14 (3.94%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (3.38%) Amazon Bedrock
14 12 (3.38%) Azure Key Vault
14 12 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (3.38%) Power Automate
15 11 (3.10%) Amazon S3
16 10 (2.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.20%) Network Security
2 17 (4.79%) Firewall
3 6 (1.69%) DNS
4 3 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (0.85%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (0.85%) SSL
4 3 (0.85%) WAN
5 2 (0.56%) Internet
5 2 (0.56%) SNMP
5 2 (0.56%) SSH
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) HTTP
6 1 (0.28%) SMTP
6 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (17.75%) Power BI
2 50 (14.08%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (9.01%) Metadata
4 28 (7.89%) Data Lake
5 21 (5.92%) SQL Server
6 19 (5.35%) Tableau
7 15 (4.23%) Big Data
8 14 (3.94%) Delta Lake
8 14 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (3.38%) NoSQL
10 11 (3.10%) Relational Database
11 9 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (2.25%) BigQuery
12 8 (2.25%) Star Schema
13 7 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.97%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.97%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
14 6 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (7.61%) JIRA
2 12 (3.38%) Git
3 9 (2.54%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.69%) GitLab
5 3 (0.85%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.56%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) ERwin
7 1 (0.28%) MLflow
7 1 (0.28%) MSI
7 1 (0.28%) Snyk
7 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 119 (33.52%) Social Skills
2 95 (26.76%) Finance
3 51 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.96%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.48%) Banking
6 13 (3.66%) Legal
7 11 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.10%) Retail
8 7 (1.97%) Local Government
9 6 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.69%) Law
9 6 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.41%) Police
11 4 (1.13%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.85%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.85%) Marketing
12 3 (0.85%) Military
13 2 (0.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 80 (22.54%) Architect
2 57 (16.06%) Data Engineer
3 36 (10.14%) Lead
4 35 (9.86%) Analyst
5 33 (9.30%) Senior
6 29 (8.17%) Security Engineer
7 28 (7.89%) Security Architect
8 22 (6.20%) Data Architect
9 21 (5.92%) Developer
10 16 (4.51%) Data Analyst
11 13 (3.66%) Consultant
12 12 (3.38%) Project Manager
12 12 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 9 (2.54%) Lead Data Engineer
14 8 (2.25%) Business Analyst
14 8 (2.25%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.25%) Technical Architect
15 7 (1.97%) Information Governance Officer
15 7 (1.97%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.63%) PySpark
2 14 (3.94%) Kafka
2 14 (3.94%) REST
3 13 (3.66%) LangChain
4 11 (3.10%) OAuth
5 9 (2.54%) SAML
6 8 (2.25%) OpenID
6 8 (2.25%) PyTorch
6 8 (2.25%) scikit-learn
7 7 (1.97%) Middleware
8 6 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.41%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.41%) SOAP
10 3 (0.85%) A2A Protocol
10 3 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.85%) HTML
10 3 (0.85%) RESTful
11 2 (0.56%) ARM Templates
11 2 (0.56%) Snowpark
11 2 (0.56%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.55%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.73%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.45%) AI Agents
4 26 (7.32%) Management Information System
5 24 (6.76%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.94%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.54%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.25%) NHS
10 7 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.69%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.69%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.41%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.23%) Linux
2 4 (1.13%) Windows
3 3 (0.85%) Unix
4 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (29.01%) AI
2 102 (28.73%) Data Governance
3 101 (28.45%) Analytics
4 88 (24.79%) Data Modelling
5 78 (21.97%) Cybersecurity
6 74 (20.85%) Data Pipeline
7 65 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
7 65 (18.31%) DevOps
8 63 (17.75%) Agile
8 63 (17.75%) CI/CD
9 62 (17.46%) Data Protection
10 59 (16.62%) Migration
11 58 (16.34%) ETL
12 56 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 54 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (14.93%) Data Engineering
15 49 (13.80%) Roadmaps
16 46 (12.96%) Cloud Security
16 46 (12.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 46 (12.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 111 (31.27%) SQL
2 81 (22.82%) Python
3 18 (5.07%) PowerShell
4 14 (3.94%) Bash
5 12 (3.38%) Java
6 8 (2.25%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.97%) Bicep
8 6 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (1.41%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.41%) Scala
9 5 (1.41%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.13%) R
11 3 (0.85%) C#
11 3 (0.85%) Go
11 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.56%) Ruby
12 2 (0.56%) SOQL
13 1 (0.28%) C++
13 1 (0.28%) COBOL
13 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (21.41%) Security Cleared
2 58 (16.34%) SC Cleared
3 51 (14.37%) Degree
4 30 (8.45%) CISSP
5 20 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.51%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.66%) CISM
8 12 (3.38%) Master's Degree
9 11 (3.10%) AWS Certification
10 10 (2.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (2.82%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.69%) PMP
14 5 (1.41%) CCSP
14 5 (1.41%) CEH
14 5 (1.41%) PMI Certification
15 4 (1.13%) SAS Certification
16 3 (0.85%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (26.48%) GDPR
2 89 (25.07%) Data Quality
3 37 (10.42%) NIST
4 30 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (5.92%) PCI DSS
6 14 (3.94%) QA
7 11 (3.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 11 (3.10%) GRC
7 11 (3.10%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.69%) ISO 19650
8 6 (1.69%) SLA
8 6 (1.69%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.85%) NCSC
11 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.56%) GLBA
11 2 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (4.51%) Docker
2 11 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.56%) HDFS
5 2 (0.56%) NFS
5 2 (0.56%) Postfix
5 2 (0.56%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.56%) Varnish
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 29 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 23 (6.48%) Terraform
3 8 (2.25%) Ansible
4 7 (1.97%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.69%) Grafana
5 6 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.56%) Control-M
7 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.56%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.28%) IBM Guardium
8 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.28%) Puppet
8 1 (0.28%) QRadar
8 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.28%) SCCM
8 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 103 (29.01%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.73%) Databricks
3 27 (7.61%) Oracle
4 25 (7.04%) Google
5 16 (4.51%) OpenAI
6 15 (4.23%) SAP
7 12 (3.38%) Splunk
8 10 (2.82%) Foundry
9 8 (2.25%) Informatica
10 7 (1.97%) Varonis
11 6 (1.69%) IBM
11 6 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.69%) Workday
12 5 (1.41%) NEC
12 5 (1.41%) Talend
13 4 (1.13%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.13%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.13%) Thales
14 3 (0.85%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.85%) Zscaler