Data Security Contracts in England

Data Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Security over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 361 455
Rank change year-on-year +75 +94 -16
Contract jobs citing Data Security 273 320 365
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.64% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.71% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 228 251
10th Percentile £380 £389 £331
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £550 £554
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% -0.72% +10.80%
75th Percentile £700 £659 £681
90th Percentile £775 £738 £763
UK median daily rate £528 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 1
10th Percentile £18.00 £15.32 -
25th Percentile £22.74 £15.81 £22.37
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +107.79% -20.59% -43.28%
75th Percentile - £19.88 £26.12
90th Percentile £50.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £24.24
% change year-on-year +107.79% -20.59% -43.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,103 45,050 64,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,075 31,613 45,917
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 1,592 1,754
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.42
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Security in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +92 134 £600 -4.00% 65
South East +13 56 £488 -7.14% 71
North of England +17 27 £500 - 37
North West +34 23 £500 +2.88% 19
South West +22 23 £650 +18.18% 13
Midlands +22 13 £650 +28.08% 56
West Midlands +14 12 £650 +36.84% 8
East of England +10 6 £513 +2.50% 11
Yorkshire +3 4 £500 -3.38% 19
South Coast - 3 £500 -
East Midlands +16 1 - - 48
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.40%) SAS
3 11 (4.03%) Apache Spark
4 8 (2.93%) Confluence
5 6 (2.20%) Apache
6 3 (1.10%) CICS
6 3 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.37%) Luigi
Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.47%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle FAH
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.10%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.37%) Odoo
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.37%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 92 (33.70%) Azure
2 49 (17.95%) AWS
3 33 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (11.36%) GCP
5 17 (6.23%) Power Platform
6 16 (5.86%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (5.86%) SaaS
7 14 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (4.40%) Entra ID
8 12 (4.40%) PaaS
9 9 (3.30%) IaaS
10 8 (2.93%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.93%) Rubrik
10 8 (2.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (2.20%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.83%) Alation
13 5 (1.83%) Serverless
13 5 (1.83%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.49%) DNS
2 13 (4.76%) Firewall
3 12 (4.40%) TCP/IP
4 11 (4.03%) Network Security
5 10 (3.66%) DHCP
5 10 (3.66%) SAN
6 8 (2.93%) Kerberos
6 8 (2.93%) NAS
6 8 (2.93%) VLAN
7 5 (1.83%) VPN
8 3 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (1.10%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.73%) VoIP
10 1 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.37%) DWDM
10 1 (0.37%) Intranet
10 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (7.69%) Data Lake
3 17 (6.23%) Power BI
4 16 (5.86%) Big Data
5 13 (4.76%) Metadata
5 13 (4.76%) NoSQL
6 11 (4.03%) SQL Server
7 10 (3.66%) Crystal Reports
8 6 (2.20%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.20%) OLTP
8 6 (2.20%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.20%) Tableau
9 5 (1.83%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.83%) DB2
9 5 (1.83%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.47%) MySQL
11 3 (1.10%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.10%) HBase
11 3 (1.10%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 16 (5.86%) JIRA
2 14 (5.13%) Git
3 12 (4.40%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.93%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (1.10%) Toad
6 2 (0.73%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.73%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.73%) kappa
6 2 (0.73%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.37%) GoCD
7 1 (0.37%) JMeter
7 1 (0.37%) JUnit
7 1 (0.37%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.37%) Selenium
7 1 (0.37%) SoapUI
General
1 64 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (21.61%) Finance
4 26 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.23%) Banking
6 13 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.30%) Legal
8 8 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.56%) Marketing
9 7 (2.56%) Retail
10 6 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.47%) Electronics
11 4 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.10%) Back Office
12 3 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.10%) French Language
12 3 (1.10%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 63 (23.08%) Architect
2 40 (14.65%) Analyst
3 28 (10.26%) Data Architect
4 25 (9.16%) Data Engineer
5 23 (8.42%) Lead
6 17 (6.23%) Consultant
7 16 (5.86%) Developer
8 15 (5.49%) Data Analyst
8 15 (5.49%) Technical Architect
9 13 (4.76%) Project Manager
10 12 (4.40%) SharePoint Architect
11 11 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.66%) Security Architect
12 10 (3.66%) Security Specialist
12 10 (3.66%) Senior
13 9 (3.30%) Security Engineer
14 8 (2.93%) Business Analyst
14 8 (2.93%) Data Compliance Analyst
14 8 (2.93%) Data Manager
14 8 (2.93%) IT Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.93%) Kafka
1 8 (2.93%) LDAP
2 6 (2.20%) Web Services
3 5 (1.83%) OAuth
3 5 (1.83%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.83%) SAML
3 5 (1.83%) SOAP
3 5 (1.83%) XML
4 4 (1.47%) .NET
4 4 (1.47%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.47%) PySpark
5 3 (1.10%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.10%) CSS
5 3 (1.10%) HTML
5 3 (1.10%) Node.js
5 3 (1.10%) React
5 3 (1.10%) REST
5 3 (1.10%) RESTful
6 2 (0.73%) Android SDK
6 2 (0.73%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.26%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 20 (7.33%) Cloud Native
4 18 (6.59%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.30%) Clustering
5 9 (3.30%) Replication
6 8 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.20%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.10%) FMCG
10 3 (1.10%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.10%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.10%) NHS
10 3 (1.10%) Online Banking
10 3 (1.10%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.42%) Windows
2 17 (6.23%) Linux
3 9 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.93%) Oracle Linux
4 8 (2.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.93%) Solaris
5 5 (1.83%) Unix
5 5 (1.83%) zOS
6 3 (1.10%) Android
7 1 (0.37%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (22.34%) Analytics
3 60 (21.98%) Data Governance
4 46 (16.85%) Data Modelling
5 44 (16.12%) Agile
5 44 (16.12%) Incident Response
5 44 (16.12%) Project Management
6 42 (15.38%) Data Management
7 37 (13.55%) Data Integration
7 37 (13.55%) Data Loss Prevention
7 37 (13.55%) Vulnerability Management
8 36 (13.19%) ETL
8 36 (13.19%) Migration
9 34 (12.45%) Security Operations
10 32 (11.72%) Roadmaps
10 32 (11.72%) SIEM
11 28 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (10.26%) Data Migration
11 28 (10.26%) DevOps
12 26 (9.52%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.88%) SQL
2 39 (14.29%) Python
3 14 (5.13%) Java
4 11 (4.03%) JavaScript
4 11 (4.03%) TypeScript
5 10 (3.66%) Bash
5 10 (3.66%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.47%) C#
6 4 (1.47%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.47%) R
7 3 (1.10%) COBOL
7 3 (1.10%) Kotlin
7 3 (1.10%) PHP
7 3 (1.10%) REXX
7 3 (1.10%) Scala
7 3 (1.10%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.73%) U-SQL
9 1 (0.37%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 42 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 38 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 37 (13.55%) Degree
4 18 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.66%) CISM
5 10 (3.66%) CISSP
6 7 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.20%) PMP
8 5 (1.83%) CISA
9 4 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.73%) CEH
11 2 (0.73%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.73%) PhD
12 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.37%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.02%) GDPR
2 36 (13.19%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.13%) QA
4 11 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.66%) PCI DSS
6 9 (3.30%) NIST
6 9 (3.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (2.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.47%) SLA
10 3 (1.10%) GRC
10 3 (1.10%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.10%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.37%) GPG13
12 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (5.86%) Docker
2 14 (5.13%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 12 (4.40%) Terraform
2 11 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.66%) Ansible
4 8 (2.93%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (2.93%) Netcool
4 8 (2.93%) Tivoli
4 8 (2.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 5 (1.83%) CA Service Virtualization
6 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.73%) Ambari
7 2 (0.73%) Oozie
7 2 (0.73%) SCCM
7 2 (0.73%) WSUS
8 1 (0.37%) Avamar
8 1 (0.37%) CASB
8 1 (0.37%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.37%) Kibana
8 1 (0.37%) logstash
8 1 (0.37%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.37%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 77 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.52%) Qualys
3 22 (8.06%) Varonis
4 20 (7.33%) Databricks
5 19 (6.96%) Oracle
6 17 (6.23%) Splunk
7 16 (5.86%) Forcepoint
7 16 (5.86%) LogRhythm
8 15 (5.49%) NetApp
9 13 (4.76%) IBM
9 13 (4.76%) VMware
10 12 (4.40%) Google
10 12 (4.40%) SAP
11 11 (4.03%) Cisco
12 10 (3.66%) IFS
13 9 (3.30%) EMC
13 9 (3.30%) ServiceNow
14 8 (2.93%) CyberArk
14 8 (2.93%) Isilon
14 8 (2.93%) Talend