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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 219 301
Rank change year-on-year -92 +82 +75
Contract jobs citing Data Security 358 328 251
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 1.20% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.32% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 220 169
10th Percentile £341 £319 £350
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.71% -6.82% -5.66%
75th Percentile £625 £604 £700
90th Percentile £744 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £536 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +5.15% -2.86% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 8
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.90 £20.46
25th Percentile £24.10 £16.88 £35.43
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 £42.56
90th Percentile £85.00 £66.66 £56.93
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £17.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +282.35% -57.50% +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 38,320 24,760 31,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 90.73% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,128 15,919 20,389
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,284 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.08 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -5.96%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.81 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £72.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -60 171 £560 +1.82% 75
North of England -47 71 £582 +31.97% 17
Midlands -27 48 £500 +9.95% 13
North West -41 38 £583 +19.49% 14
West Midlands -46 38 £513 -15.60% 7
Yorkshire -42 25 £564 +43.51% 2
South East -104 21 £550 +15.18% 30
South West -33 19 £500 -4.76% 14
East of England -20 15 £450 +12.50% 6
East Midlands -10 10 £438 -2.89% 6
North East - 8 £463 - 1
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 16 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.91%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.63%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.79%) Confluence
5 5 (1.40%) Apache
5 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.12%) SAS
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.56%) Apache Pig
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) IIS
9 1 (0.28%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) InDesign
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.12%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.84%) 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
1 149 (41.62%) Azure
2 126 (35.20%) AWS
3 71 (19.83%) Power Platform
4 49 (13.69%) GCP
5 36 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (8.10%) Snowflake
7 27 (7.54%) Microsoft Purview
8 26 (7.26%) Entra ID
9 23 (6.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 23 (6.42%) dbt
10 20 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (4.47%) GitHub
12 15 (4.19%) Azure AI
13 14 (3.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (3.91%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (3.35%) Amazon Bedrock
14 12 (3.35%) Amazon S3
14 12 (3.35%) Azure Key Vault
14 12 (3.35%) Power Automate
15 11 (3.07%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.15%) Network Security
2 16 (4.47%) Firewall
3 6 (1.68%) DNS
4 3 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (0.84%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (0.84%) WAN
5 2 (0.56%) Internet
5 2 (0.56%) SSL
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) HTTP
6 1 (0.28%) SMTP
6 1 (0.28%) SNMP
6 1 (0.28%) SSH
6 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (18.72%) Power BI
2 51 (14.25%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (9.78%) Metadata
4 28 (7.82%) Data Lake
5 21 (5.87%) SQL Server
6 19 (5.31%) Tableau
7 16 (4.47%) Big Data
8 14 (3.91%) Delta Lake
8 14 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (3.35%) NoSQL
10 11 (3.07%) Relational Database
11 9 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (2.51%) BigQuery
12 8 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (2.23%) Hadoop
12 8 (2.23%) Star Schema
13 7 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (1.68%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (1.68%) Semantic Layer
14 6 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (7.54%) JIRA
2 12 (3.35%) Git
3 9 (2.51%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.68%) GitLab
5 3 (0.84%) 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
1 122 (34.08%) Social Skills
2 95 (26.54%) Finance
3 53 (14.80%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.85%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.70%) Banking
6 14 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.63%) Legal
8 11 (3.07%) Retail
9 10 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.96%) Local Government
11 6 (1.68%) Law
11 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.40%) Police
13 4 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.84%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.84%) Marketing
14 3 (0.84%) Military
15 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 80 (22.35%) Architect
2 61 (17.04%) Data Engineer
3 38 (10.61%) Lead
4 34 (9.50%) Analyst
5 33 (9.22%) Senior
6 29 (8.10%) Security Engineer
7 28 (7.82%) Security Architect
8 22 (6.15%) Data Architect
8 22 (6.15%) Developer
9 17 (4.75%) Data Analyst
10 13 (3.63%) Consultant
11 12 (3.35%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.79%) Lead Data Engineer
13 9 (2.51%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 8 (2.23%) Business Analyst
14 8 (2.23%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.23%) Technical Architect
15 7 (1.96%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 7 (1.96%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.15%) PySpark
2 15 (4.19%) Kafka
3 14 (3.91%) REST
4 13 (3.63%) LangChain
5 11 (3.07%) OAuth
6 9 (2.51%) SAML
7 8 (2.23%) OpenID
7 8 (2.23%) PyTorch
7 8 (2.23%) scikit-learn
8 7 (1.96%) Middleware
9 6 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (1.40%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.40%) SOAP
11 3 (0.84%) A2A Protocol
11 3 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.84%) HTML
11 3 (0.84%) RESTful
12 2 (0.56%) .NET
12 2 (0.56%) LDAP
12 2 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.73%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.66%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.38%) AI Agents
4 28 (7.82%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (6.98%) Management Information System
6 15 (4.19%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.51%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.68%) NHS
11 6 (1.68%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.68%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.40%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.40%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.91%) Linux
2 4 (1.12%) Windows
3 3 (0.84%) Unix
4 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (29.61%) Analytics
2 105 (29.33%) Data Governance
3 102 (28.49%) AI
4 93 (25.98%) Data Modelling
5 77 (21.51%) Data Pipeline
6 76 (21.23%) Cybersecurity
7 69 (19.27%) Business Intelligence
8 67 (18.72%) Agile
8 67 (18.72%) DevOps
9 64 (17.88%) CI/CD
10 63 (17.60%) Migration
11 62 (17.32%) Data Protection
12 61 (17.04%) ETL
13 57 (15.92%) Data Engineering
13 57 (15.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 55 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
15 51 (14.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 49 (13.69%) Roadmaps
17 48 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
18 47 (13.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 115 (32.12%) SQL
2 86 (24.02%) Python
3 18 (5.03%) PowerShell
4 14 (3.91%) Bash
5 13 (3.63%) Java
6 8 (2.23%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.96%) Bicep
8 6 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.68%) Scala
9 5 (1.40%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.40%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.12%) R
11 3 (0.84%) C#
11 3 (0.84%) Go
11 3 (0.84%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.56%) Ruby
12 2 (0.56%) SOQL
13 1 (0.28%) Groovy
13 1 (0.28%) REXX
13 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 78 (21.79%) Security Cleared
2 61 (17.04%) SC Cleared
3 50 (13.97%) Degree
4 30 (8.38%) CISSP
5 20 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (5.31%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.63%) CISM
8 12 (3.35%) Master's Degree
9 11 (3.07%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (3.07%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.96%) PMP
13 6 (1.68%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.40%) CCSP
14 5 (1.40%) CEH
15 4 (1.12%) SAS Certification
16 3 (0.84%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (26.82%) GDPR
2 92 (25.70%) Data Quality
3 37 (10.34%) NIST
4 31 (8.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (5.59%) PCI DSS
6 15 (4.19%) QA
7 11 (3.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 11 (3.07%) GRC
7 11 (3.07%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.68%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.68%) ISO 19650
8 6 (1.68%) SLA
8 6 (1.68%) SOC 2
9 5 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.84%) NCSC
11 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.56%) COBIT
11 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (4.47%) Docker
2 12 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.84%) HDFS
4 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.56%) NFS
5 2 (0.56%) Postfix
5 2 (0.56%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.56%) Varnish
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 29 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.98%) Terraform
3 8 (2.23%) Ansible
4 7 (1.96%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.68%) Grafana
6 5 (1.40%) 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
1 106 (29.61%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.94%) Databricks
3 27 (7.54%) Oracle
4 26 (7.26%) Google
5 16 (4.47%) OpenAI
6 15 (4.19%) SAP
7 11 (3.07%) Splunk
8 10 (2.79%) Foundry
9 8 (2.23%) Informatica
10 7 (1.96%) Varonis
11 6 (1.68%) IBM
11 6 (1.68%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.68%) Workday
12 5 (1.40%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.40%) NEC
12 5 (1.40%) Talend
13 4 (1.12%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.84%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.84%) Thales
14 3 (0.84%) Zscaler