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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 213 295
Rank change year-on-year -90 +82 +71
Contract jobs citing Data Security 323 297 266
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 1.23% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.35% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 198 184
10th Percentile £350 £317 £386
25th Percentile £440 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £700
90th Percentile £766 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 10
10th Percentile £17.22 £15.90 £21.31
25th Percentile £23.50 £16.88 £23.75
Median hourly rate £50.66 £18.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +173.84% -53.75% +107.79%
75th Percentile £82.25 £48.60 -
90th Percentile £84.38 £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 35,421 21,987 31,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.31% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,454 14,284 20,634
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,213 963 2,325
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.84% -23.32% +0.29%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -72 154 £550 -2.22% 74
North of England -41 65 £600 +19.64% 31
Midlands -40 37 £513 +13.89% 20
North West -26 34 £583 +15.58% 16
West Midlands -44 30 £533 +10.36% 9
Yorkshire -43 27 £648 +50.58% 12
South East -87 22 £600 +25.65% 30
East of England -32 17 £339 -20.29% 6
South West -29 16 £500 +8.11% 20
East Midlands -26 7 £442 -1.45% 11
North East - 4 £450 - 3
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 12 (3.72%) Apache Spark
1 12 (3.72%) Confluence
1 12 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.41%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.55%) Apache
3 5 (1.55%) TPMS
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.93%) SAS
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Pig
5 1 (0.31%) CICS
5 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) InDesign
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.24%) NEC Housing
1 4 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 131 (40.56%) Azure
2 105 (32.51%) AWS
3 60 (18.58%) Power Platform
4 44 (13.62%) GCP
5 35 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (7.74%) Snowflake
7 24 (7.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 22 (6.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (5.88%) Entra ID
10 16 (4.95%) GitHub
11 15 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (4.64%) dbt
12 14 (4.33%) Power Automate
13 13 (4.02%) Azure AI
13 13 (4.02%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (3.72%) Amazon Bedrock
15 11 (3.41%) PowerApps
16 10 (3.10%) Copilot Studio
17 9 (2.79%) Amazon S3
17 9 (2.79%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.88%) Network Security
2 12 (3.72%) Firewall
3 6 (1.86%) SSL
4 5 (1.55%) DNS
4 5 (1.55%) SNMP
4 5 (1.55%) SSH
5 4 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.93%) DHCP
6 3 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.62%) VPN
8 1 (0.31%) HTTP
8 1 (0.31%) Internet
8 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (17.34%) Power BI
2 46 (14.24%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (8.05%) Metadata
4 24 (7.43%) Data Lake
5 20 (6.19%) SQL Server
6 18 (5.57%) Tableau
7 14 (4.33%) Big Data
8 13 (4.02%) Delta Lake
9 12 (3.72%) NoSQL
9 12 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (2.17%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.86%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.86%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.86%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (1.86%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (1.86%) Star Schema
13 5 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (8.05%) JIRA
2 12 (3.72%) Git
3 9 (2.79%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.17%) GitLab
5 3 (0.93%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.31%) ERwin
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
7 1 (0.31%) Snyk
7 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 103 (31.89%) Social Skills
2 81 (25.08%) Finance
3 41 (12.69%) Public Sector
4 39 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.81%) Banking
6 13 (4.02%) Legal
7 11 (3.41%) Local Government
8 10 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.17%) Law
10 6 (1.86%) Retail
11 5 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.93%) Police
14 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.62%) Back Office
14 2 (0.62%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.62%) Front Office
14 2 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 59 (18.27%) Architect
2 46 (14.24%) Data Engineer
3 34 (10.53%) Lead
4 33 (10.22%) Analyst
5 30 (9.29%) Security Engineer
5 30 (9.29%) Senior
6 21 (6.50%) Developer
7 19 (5.88%) Data Architect
7 19 (5.88%) Security Architect
8 15 (4.64%) Data Analyst
9 13 (4.02%) Consultant
10 10 (3.10%) Project Manager
11 9 (2.79%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 9 (2.79%) Senior Developer
11 9 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.48%) Business Analyst
13 7 (2.17%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 7 (2.17%) Information Governance Officer
13 7 (2.17%) Information Officer
13 7 (2.17%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.26%) PySpark
2 14 (4.33%) Kafka
3 13 (4.02%) REST
4 10 (3.10%) OAuth
5 9 (2.79%) LangChain
5 9 (2.79%) SAML
6 8 (2.48%) OpenID
7 7 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.55%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.55%) PyTorch
8 5 (1.55%) scikit-learn
8 5 (1.55%) SOAP
9 4 (1.24%) Middleware
9 4 (1.24%) RESTful
10 3 (0.93%) .NET
10 3 (0.93%) A2A Protocol
10 3 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.62%) Spark Streaming
11 2 (0.62%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.84%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.67%) AI Agents
3 23 (7.12%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (7.12%) Management Information System
3 23 (7.12%) Security Posture
4 11 (3.41%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.79%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (2.79%) NHS
5 9 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.55%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.55%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.55%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.24%) Data Fabric
10 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.26%) Linux
2 7 (2.17%) Windows
3 2 (0.62%) Unix
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (27.86%) Data Governance
2 89 (27.55%) Analytics
3 84 (26.01%) AI
4 75 (23.22%) Data Modelling
5 71 (21.98%) Cybersecurity
6 64 (19.81%) Data Pipeline
7 58 (17.96%) Business Intelligence
8 54 (16.72%) CI/CD
8 54 (16.72%) DevOps
9 53 (16.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 51 (15.79%) Data Protection
11 50 (15.48%) Migration
12 49 (15.17%) Agile
13 48 (14.86%) ETL
14 45 (13.93%) Cloud Security
15 43 (13.31%) Data Engineering
16 42 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
17 39 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 39 (12.07%) Roadmaps
18 38 (11.76%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 94 (29.10%) SQL
2 68 (21.05%) Python
3 17 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.33%) Bash
5 10 (3.10%) Java
6 8 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (2.48%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.86%) Scala
8 5 (1.55%) Bicep
8 5 (1.55%) C#
8 5 (1.55%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.24%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.24%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.93%) Go
11 2 (0.62%) Ruby
12 1 (0.31%) C++
12 1 (0.31%) COBOL
12 1 (0.31%) REXX
12 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (20.12%) Security Cleared
2 52 (16.10%) SC Cleared
3 43 (13.31%) Degree
4 25 (7.74%) CISSP
5 16 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.02%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.72%) Master's Degree
8 10 (3.10%) CISM
9 9 (2.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.48%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.86%) PMP
12 5 (1.55%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.55%) CCSP
12 5 (1.55%) FFIEC
12 5 (1.55%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.93%) ISEB
13 3 (0.93%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (26.01%) GDPR
2 73 (22.60%) Data Quality
3 39 (12.07%) NIST
4 28 (8.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (6.50%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.72%) GRC
7 10 (3.10%) QA
8 8 (2.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (2.48%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.86%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.86%) SLA
9 6 (1.86%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.55%) GLBA
10 5 (1.55%) NCSC
11 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.62%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.62%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (5.26%) Docker
2 7 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.62%) HDFS
4 2 (0.62%) NFS
4 2 (0.62%) Postfix
4 2 (0.62%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.62%) Varnish
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 28 (8.67%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.19%) Terraform
3 6 (1.86%) Ansible
3 6 (1.86%) Grafana
4 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.55%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.93%) SCCM
5 3 (0.93%) WSUS
6 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.62%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.31%) IBM Guardium
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
7 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 93 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.29%) Databricks
3 22 (6.81%) Google
3 22 (6.81%) Oracle
4 16 (4.95%) OpenAI
5 13 (4.02%) SAP
5 13 (4.02%) Splunk
6 10 (3.10%) Foundry
7 8 (2.48%) Informatica
8 7 (2.17%) Thales
9 6 (1.86%) Varonis
10 5 (1.55%) NEC
10 5 (1.55%) Talend
10 5 (1.55%) Workday
11 4 (1.24%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.24%) IBM
11 4 (1.24%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.93%) Sophos
12 3 (0.93%) Sparx
12 3 (0.93%) Zscaler