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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 211 304
Rank change year-on-year -87 +93 +70
Contract jobs citing Data Security 345 307 266
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 1.23% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.35% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 204 183
10th Percentile £353 £316 £353
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £554
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -6.14% -3.65%
75th Percentile £628 £620 £700
90th Percentile £775 £738 £770
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -6.67%
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 £64.00 £23.88 £40.00
% change year-on-year +168.06% -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 36,943 22,820 31,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 91.36% 85.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,357 14,745 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,312 1,098 2,392
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.06 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.67% -28.07% +7.07%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.13 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -64 165 £555 +0.45% 51
North of England -45 70 £599 +22.67% 14
Midlands -34 40 £533 +18.27% 20
North West -34 37 £583 +13.22% 9
West Midlands -41 33 £540 -8.47% 12
Yorkshire -37 26 £620 +50.30% 5
South East -86 22 £575 +21.37% 29
East of England -24 18 £400 -5.88% 2
South West -32 18 £525 +13.51% 11
East Midlands -15 7 £447 -0.39% 8
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 14 (4.06%) Apache Airflow
1 14 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.48%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.90%) Confluence
4 5 (1.45%) Apache
5 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.16%) SAS
5 4 (1.16%) TPMS
6 3 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.29%) CICS
7 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.74%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) InDesign
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.16%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.87%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 141 (40.87%) Azure
2 115 (33.33%) AWS
3 64 (18.55%) Power Platform
4 46 (13.33%) GCP
5 34 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (8.41%) Snowflake
7 25 (7.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 24 (6.96%) Entra ID
9 21 (6.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (6.09%) dbt
10 19 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (4.64%) GitHub
12 15 (4.35%) Azure AI
13 13 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
13 13 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (3.48%) Amazon Bedrock
14 12 (3.48%) Power Automate
15 11 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (2.90%) Copilot Studio
16 10 (2.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.38%) Network Security
2 16 (4.64%) Firewall
3 6 (1.74%) DNS
4 5 (1.45%) SSL
5 4 (1.16%) SNMP
5 4 (1.16%) SSH
6 3 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (0.87%) WAN
7 2 (0.58%) Internet
7 2 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.29%) DHCP
8 1 (0.29%) HTTP
8 1 (0.29%) SMTP
8 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.39%) Power BI
2 50 (14.49%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (8.41%) Metadata
4 28 (8.12%) Data Lake
5 20 (5.80%) SQL Server
6 19 (5.51%) Tableau
7 14 (4.06%) Delta Lake
7 14 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (3.77%) Big Data
9 12 (3.48%) NoSQL
10 10 (2.90%) Relational Database
11 9 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (2.32%) BigQuery
12 8 (2.32%) Star Schema
13 7 (2.03%) Hadoop
13 7 (2.03%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (1.74%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 27 (7.83%) JIRA
2 13 (3.77%) Git
3 9 (2.61%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.74%) GitLab
5 3 (0.87%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.58%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) ERwin
7 1 (0.29%) MSI
7 1 (0.29%) Snyk
7 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 117 (33.91%) Social Skills
2 95 (27.54%) Finance
3 46 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (12.46%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.67%) Banking
6 13 (3.77%) Legal
7 11 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.90%) Retail
9 9 (2.61%) Local Government
10 8 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.74%) Law
11 6 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.45%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.87%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.87%) Marketing
14 3 (0.87%) Military
14 3 (0.87%) Police
15 2 (0.58%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 77 (22.32%) Architect
2 49 (14.20%) Data Engineer
3 37 (10.72%) Lead
4 34 (9.86%) Analyst
5 31 (8.99%) Senior
6 27 (7.83%) Security Architect
6 27 (7.83%) Security Engineer
7 21 (6.09%) Developer
8 20 (5.80%) Data Architect
9 17 (4.93%) Data Analyst
10 12 (3.48%) Consultant
11 11 (3.19%) Project Manager
11 11 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 8 (2.32%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.32%) Lead Data Engineer
13 8 (2.32%) Senior Developer
14 7 (2.03%) Information Governance Officer
14 7 (2.03%) Security Analyst
14 7 (2.03%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.80%) PySpark
2 14 (4.06%) REST
3 13 (3.77%) Kafka
3 13 (3.77%) LangChain
4 10 (2.90%) OAuth
5 9 (2.61%) SAML
6 8 (2.32%) OpenID
6 8 (2.32%) PyTorch
6 8 (2.32%) scikit-learn
7 6 (1.74%) Middleware
7 6 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.45%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.45%) SOAP
9 3 (0.87%) A2A Protocol
9 3 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.87%) HTML
9 3 (0.87%) RESTful
10 2 (0.58%) .NET
10 2 (0.58%) LDAP
10 2 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.59%) Cloud Native
2 30 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 29 (8.41%) AI Agents
4 25 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (7.25%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.19%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.61%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.32%) NHS
9 7 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.74%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.45%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.45%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.16%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.93%) Linux
2 6 (1.74%) Windows
3 3 (0.87%) Unix
4 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (28.12%) Data Governance
2 96 (27.83%) AI
3 92 (26.67%) Analytics
4 82 (23.77%) Data Modelling
5 78 (22.61%) Cybersecurity
6 71 (20.58%) Data Pipeline
7 65 (18.84%) DevOps
8 62 (17.97%) Agile
8 62 (17.97%) Business Intelligence
9 61 (17.68%) CI/CD
9 61 (17.68%) Data Protection
10 58 (16.81%) Migration
10 58 (16.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 56 (16.23%) ETL
12 51 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
13 50 (14.49%) Roadmaps
14 49 (14.20%) Data Engineering
15 46 (13.33%) Cloud Security
16 44 (12.75%) Security Architecture
16 44 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 109 (31.59%) SQL
2 79 (22.90%) Python
3 17 (4.93%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.06%) Bash
5 11 (3.19%) Java
6 8 (2.32%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.74%) Bicep
7 6 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.74%) Scala
8 5 (1.45%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.45%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.87%) C#
9 3 (0.87%) Go
9 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.58%) R
10 2 (0.58%) Ruby
10 2 (0.58%) SOQL
11 1 (0.29%) C++
11 1 (0.29%) Groovy
11 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (20.87%) Security Cleared
2 56 (16.23%) SC Cleared
3 48 (13.91%) Degree
4 29 (8.41%) CISSP
5 18 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.48%) CISM
7 12 (3.48%) Master's Degree
8 10 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 10 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.90%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.61%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.03%) PMP
12 6 (1.74%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.45%) CCSP
14 4 (1.16%) CEH
14 4 (1.16%) FFIEC
14 4 (1.16%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (26.96%) GDPR
2 83 (24.06%) Data Quality
3 38 (11.01%) NIST
4 29 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (6.38%) PCI DSS
6 13 (3.77%) QA
7 11 (3.19%) GRC
8 10 (2.90%) HIPAA
9 9 (2.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (1.74%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.74%) SLA
10 6 (1.74%) SOC 2
11 5 (1.45%) ISO 19650
11 5 (1.45%) NCSC
12 4 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (1.16%) GLBA
12 4 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (4.35%) Docker
2 10 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.58%) HDFS
5 2 (0.58%) NFS
5 2 (0.58%) Postfix
5 2 (0.58%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.58%) Varnish
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 28 (8.12%) Kubernetes
2 22 (6.38%) Terraform
3 7 (2.03%) Ansible
4 6 (1.74%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.45%) Grafana
5 5 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.58%) Control-M
7 2 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.58%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.29%) IBM Guardium
8 1 (0.29%) QRadar
8 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.29%) SCCM
8 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 100 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.28%) Databricks
3 27 (7.83%) Oracle
4 25 (7.25%) Google
5 16 (4.64%) OpenAI
6 15 (4.35%) SAP
7 13 (3.77%) Splunk
8 10 (2.90%) Foundry
9 8 (2.32%) Informatica
10 7 (2.03%) Varonis
11 6 (1.74%) IBM
11 6 (1.74%) Thales
12 5 (1.45%) NEC
12 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.45%) Talend
12 5 (1.45%) Workday
13 4 (1.16%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.16%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.87%) Sparx
14 3 (0.87%) Zscaler