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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 258 313
Rank change year-on-year +3 +55 +172
Contract jobs citing Data Security 327 283 283
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 0.92% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.05% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 182 193
10th Percentile £362 £321 £326
25th Percentile £420 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £613 £663 £700
90th Percentile £733 £778 £787
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -2.38% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile £14.44 - £27.68
25th Percentile £15.16 - £39.96
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £49.75
75th Percentile £19.58 - £50.96
90th Percentile £21.30 - £57.71
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £26.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year -40.58% -46.15% +121.04%

All Process and 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 27,380 27,022 34,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.64% 87.64% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,423 16,566 23,536
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.42% -0.14%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,778 979 1,450
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.64
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.15
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.36% +24.64%

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 30 November 2025.

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
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 30 November 2025. 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 +33 159 £538 -2.27% 61
North of England -15 80 £488 -5.34% 25
Yorkshire +3 56 £515 - 11
Midlands +3 44 £484 +0.73% 28
West Midlands +1 31 £525 +9.38% 9
South East -15 28 £520 -11.49% 50
North West -20 23 £458 -23.75% 10
East Midlands -6 13 £447 -45.82% 19
South West +8 12 £575 +27.78% 13
East of England -14 7 £350 -30.00% 6
North East -9 1 £388 - 6
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 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.98%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.75%) Apache
5 6 (1.83%) Confluence
5 6 (1.83%) TPMS
6 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (3.06%) Chatbot
2 7 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.92%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.92%) Revit
5 2 (0.61%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.31%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.22%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.61%) ResourceLink
2 2 (0.61%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.61%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.61%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.61%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.61%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.61%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.61%) SAP SCM
2 2 (0.61%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.31%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.31%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.31%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.31%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 101 (30.89%) AWS
2 83 (25.38%) Azure
3 61 (18.65%) GCP
4 46 (14.07%) Serverless
5 38 (11.62%) Power Platform
6 26 (7.95%) Amazon S3
6 26 (7.95%) Snowflake
7 22 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (6.42%) GitHub
9 19 (5.81%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (4.89%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (4.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (4.59%) Entra ID
12 15 (4.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 14 (4.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (3.98%) PowerApps
15 11 (3.36%) dbt
16 10 (3.06%) Amazon EMR
17 9 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.20%) Firewall
2 15 (4.59%) Network Security
3 8 (2.45%) DNS
3 8 (2.45%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.83%) SNMP
4 6 (1.83%) SSH
4 6 (1.83%) SSL
5 4 (1.22%) DHCP
5 4 (1.22%) Internet
6 3 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.92%) Wireless
7 2 (0.61%) VPN
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) DKIM
8 1 (0.31%) DMARC
8 1 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.31%) NoSQL
2 35 (10.70%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (9.79%) Power BI
4 22 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (5.81%) Relational Database
6 16 (4.89%) Data Lake
7 15 (4.59%) Amazon Redshift
7 15 (4.59%) SQL Server
8 14 (4.28%) RDBMS
9 11 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.36%) Big Data
10 10 (3.06%) MySQL
10 10 (3.06%) Tableau
11 8 (2.45%) Hadoop
12 7 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (2.14%) Metadata
13 5 (1.53%) Apache Hive
13 5 (1.53%) HBase
14 4 (1.22%) Amazon QuickSight
14 4 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (9.79%) Jenkins
2 26 (7.95%) GitLab
3 18 (5.50%) Liquibase
4 12 (3.67%) Git
5 10 (3.06%) JIRA
6 6 (1.83%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.53%) PyCharm
8 4 (1.22%) Subversion
9 3 (0.92%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.31%) ERwin
10 1 (0.31%) Selenium
10 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.31%) Spinnaker
General
1 129 (39.45%) Social Skills
2 111 (33.94%) Finance
3 61 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (12.23%) Banking
5 38 (11.62%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.42%) Financial Institution
6 21 (6.42%) Marketing
7 19 (5.81%) Legal
8 10 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.22%) Local Government
12 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.61%) Military
12 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.61%) Retail
13 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.31%) Police
13 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 57 (17.43%) Architect
2 39 (11.93%) Senior
3 28 (8.56%) Analyst
4 27 (8.26%) Data Engineer
5 24 (7.34%) Lead
6 22 (6.73%) Developer
7 21 (6.42%) Security Architect
8 16 (4.89%) Security Engineer
9 15 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
9 15 (4.59%) Cloud Engineer
9 15 (4.59%) Consultant
10 14 (4.28%) GCP Engineer
10 14 (4.28%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.67%) Senior Architect
12 11 (3.36%) Business Analyst
12 11 (3.36%) Data Architect
12 11 (3.36%) Salesforce Architect
13 10 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.06%) Senior Security Architect
13 10 (3.06%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (15.29%) REST
2 25 (7.65%) RESTful
3 23 (7.03%) Elastic Stack
4 20 (6.12%) Lightning Web Components
5 16 (4.89%) SOAP
6 12 (3.67%) Middleware
6 12 (3.67%) PySpark
6 12 (3.67%) Visualforce
7 11 (3.36%) Kafka
8 9 (2.75%) Spark Streaming
9 8 (2.45%) LangChain
9 8 (2.45%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.14%) .NET
11 6 (1.83%) FastAPI
12 5 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (1.53%) Node.js
12 5 (1.53%) NumPy
12 5 (1.53%) Pandas
12 5 (1.53%) pytest
12 5 (1.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.48%) Cloud Native
2 30 (9.17%) Product Ownership
3 29 (8.87%) Public Cloud
4 28 (8.56%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (7.34%) Management Information System
6 19 (5.81%) Security Posture
7 18 (5.50%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (3.36%) Clustering
10 9 (2.75%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.75%) NHS
10 9 (2.75%) Onboarding
11 7 (2.14%) Algorithms
11 7 (2.14%) Low-Code
11 7 (2.14%) Replication
12 6 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
12 6 (1.83%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.53%) BYOD
13 5 (1.53%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 39 (11.93%) Linux
2 14 (4.28%) Windows
3 5 (1.53%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.22%) Solaris
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (29.05%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (27.83%) Agile
3 84 (25.69%) CI/CD
4 79 (24.16%) Data Governance
5 77 (23.55%) Cybersecurity
6 76 (23.24%) Data Modelling
7 75 (22.94%) DevOps
8 64 (19.57%) Analytics
9 57 (17.43%) AI
10 56 (17.13%) Computer Science
11 55 (16.82%) Migration
12 52 (15.90%) ETL
12 52 (15.90%) Infrastructure as Code
13 48 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 42 (12.84%) Data Engineering
14 42 (12.84%) Data Pipeline
14 42 (12.84%) Roadmaps
15 41 (12.54%) Machine Learning
16 37 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
17 36 (11.01%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 109 (33.33%) Python
2 77 (23.55%) SQL
3 26 (7.95%) Go
4 17 (5.20%) Apex Code
5 16 (4.89%) Java
6 13 (3.98%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.67%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.06%) C#
9 9 (2.75%) Bash
10 8 (2.45%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.53%) R
12 4 (1.22%) Perl
13 3 (0.92%) Korn
13 3 (0.92%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.61%) C++
14 2 (0.61%) Rust
14 2 (0.61%) Solidity
14 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.31%) Bicep
15 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (21.41%) Degree
2 43 (13.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (12.23%) Security Cleared
4 33 (10.09%) Master's Degree
5 24 (7.34%) SC Cleared
6 23 (7.03%) AWS Certification
7 19 (5.81%) Azure Certification
8 18 (5.50%) CISSP
9 8 (2.45%) CISM
10 7 (2.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.83%) CCSP
11 6 (1.83%) CEH
11 6 (1.83%) CISA
11 6 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.83%) FFIEC
11 6 (1.83%) PMP
12 5 (1.53%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (21.41%) GDPR
2 45 (13.76%) Data Quality
3 22 (6.73%) PCI DSS
4 18 (5.50%) NIST
5 16 (4.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 15 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (4.59%) QA
7 13 (3.98%) Accessibility
8 10 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.83%) EU AI Act
9 6 (1.83%) GLBA
9 6 (1.83%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.53%) PSD2
11 4 (1.22%) GRC
11 4 (1.22%) SLA
12 3 (0.92%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.92%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.61%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.61%) PMO
14 1 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 36 (11.01%) Docker
2 6 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.53%) HDFS
4 4 (1.22%) NFS
4 4 (1.22%) Veritas File System
4 4 (1.22%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (14.98%) Terraform
2 39 (11.93%) Kubernetes
3 33 (10.09%) Ansible
4 24 (7.34%) Grafana
4 24 (7.34%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.45%) SCCM
6 5 (1.53%) Hadoop YARN
6 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.53%) Puppet
7 4 (1.22%) QRadar
7 4 (1.22%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (1.22%) WSUS
8 3 (0.92%) CASB
8 3 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 76 (23.24%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.70%) Splunk
3 29 (8.87%) Google
4 22 (6.73%) Databricks
4 22 (6.73%) Salesforce
5 19 (5.81%) Oracle
6 13 (3.98%) SAP
7 9 (2.75%) Workday
8 7 (2.14%) Qualys
9 5 (1.53%) F5
9 5 (1.53%) Thales
10 4 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.22%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.22%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.22%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.22%) SaltStack
10 4 (1.22%) Sophos
10 4 (1.22%) VMware
11 3 (0.92%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.92%) Guidewire