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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 219 291
Rank change year-on-year -77 +72 +76
Contract jobs citing Data Security 345 307 274
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.24% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.36% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 204 187
10th Percentile £357 £315 £400
25th Percentile £450 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £554
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -7.49% -1.95%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £700
90th Percentile £775 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -0.90%
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 36,481 22,561 31,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.14% 91.35% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,067 14,578 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £302 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -0.98% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,283 1,053 2,381
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.81 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% -26.67% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.32 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.02% -29.21% +6.23%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -67 169 £550 - 70
North of England -44 68 £600 +19.64% 20
Midlands -41 38 £533 +18.33% 28
North West -36 33 £583 +10.95% 13
West Midlands -42 32 £545 +21.11% 19
Yorkshire -37 28 £620 +50.30% 6
South East -87 21 £600 +25.65% 28
South West -27 18 £525 +13.51% 21
East of England -27 18 £400 -5.88% 4
North East - 7 £456 - 1
East Midlands -22 6 £442 -1.45% 9
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 11 (3.19%) Confluence
4 5 (1.45%) Apache
4 5 (1.45%) TPMS
5 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.16%) SAS
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
1 140 (40.58%) Azure
2 113 (32.75%) AWS
3 63 (18.26%) 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 14 (4.06%) Power Automate
13 13 (3.77%) Azure AI
13 13 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
13 13 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (3.48%) Amazon Bedrock
15 11 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 11 (3.19%) PowerApps
16 10 (2.90%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.09%) Network Security
2 12 (3.48%) Firewall
3 6 (1.74%) DNS
3 6 (1.74%) SSL
4 5 (1.45%) SNMP
4 5 (1.45%) SSH
5 3 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.87%) WAN
6 1 (0.29%) DHCP
6 1 (0.29%) HTTP
6 1 (0.29%) Internet
6 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.29%) SMTP
6 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (17.10%) Power BI
2 52 (15.07%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (8.99%) Metadata
4 29 (8.41%) Data Lake
5 20 (5.80%) SQL Server
6 19 (5.51%) Tableau
7 14 (4.06%) Big Data
7 14 (4.06%) Delta Lake
7 14 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (3.48%) NoSQL
9 10 (2.90%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.32%) BigQuery
11 8 (2.32%) Star Schema
12 7 (2.03%) Hadoop
12 7 (2.03%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (1.74%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 26 (7.54%) JIRA
2 12 (3.48%) 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
1 116 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 93 (26.96%) Finance
3 46 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 43 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.67%) Banking
6 14 (4.06%) Legal
7 11 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.19%) Local Government
8 10 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.61%) Retail
10 6 (1.74%) Law
11 5 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.16%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.87%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.87%) Marketing
13 3 (0.87%) Military
13 3 (0.87%) Police
14 2 (0.58%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 75 (21.74%) Architect
2 48 (13.91%) Data Engineer
3 37 (10.72%) Lead
4 35 (10.14%) Analyst
5 31 (8.99%) Senior
6 27 (7.83%) Security Engineer
7 24 (6.96%) Security Architect
8 23 (6.67%) Developer
9 21 (6.09%) Data Architect
10 16 (4.64%) Data Analyst
11 13 (3.77%) Consultant
12 11 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.90%) Project Manager
14 9 (2.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 9 (2.61%) Senior Developer
15 8 (2.32%) Business Analyst
15 8 (2.32%) Lead Data Engineer
15 8 (2.32%) Security Analyst
16 7 (2.03%) Information Governance Officer
16 7 (2.03%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.80%) PySpark
2 14 (4.06%) REST
3 13 (3.77%) Kafka
4 10 (2.90%) OAuth
5 9 (2.61%) LangChain
5 9 (2.61%) SAML
6 8 (2.32%) OpenID
7 6 (1.74%) Middleware
7 6 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.45%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.45%) PyTorch
8 5 (1.45%) scikit-learn
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 37 (10.72%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.41%) AI Agents
3 26 (7.54%) Security Posture
4 24 (6.96%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (6.38%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.77%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.19%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.19%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.61%) NHS
9 8 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.32%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.45%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.45%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.16%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.22%) Linux
2 7 (2.03%) Windows
3 3 (0.87%) Unix
4 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (28.12%) Data Governance
2 92 (26.67%) AI
2 92 (26.67%) Analytics
3 83 (24.06%) Data Modelling
4 75 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
5 70 (20.29%) Data Pipeline
6 64 (18.55%) DevOps
7 61 (17.68%) Business Intelligence
8 60 (17.39%) Agile
8 60 (17.39%) Data Protection
9 59 (17.10%) CI/CD
9 59 (17.10%) Stakeholder Management
10 56 (16.23%) Migration
11 55 (15.94%) ETL
12 49 (14.20%) Data Engineering
12 49 (14.20%) Roadmaps
13 48 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
14 46 (13.33%) Cloud Security
15 43 (12.46%) Validation
16 42 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 108 (31.30%) SQL
2 77 (22.32%) Python
3 18 (5.22%) 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%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.74%) Scala
8 5 (1.45%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.16%) C#
10 3 (0.87%) Go
10 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.58%) R
11 2 (0.58%) Ruby
11 2 (0.58%) SOQL
12 1 (0.29%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (20.87%) Security Cleared
2 57 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.04%) Degree
4 26 (7.54%) CISSP
5 18 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (4.06%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.48%) Master's Degree
8 11 (3.19%) CISM
9 10 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (2.90%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (2.03%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.74%) PMP
13 5 (1.45%) CCSP
13 5 (1.45%) FFIEC
13 5 (1.45%) PMI Certification
14 4 (1.16%) SAS Certification
15 3 (0.87%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (26.38%) GDPR
2 81 (23.48%) Data Quality
3 39 (11.30%) NIST
4 28 (8.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (6.67%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.48%) QA
7 11 (3.19%) GRC
8 9 (2.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (2.61%) HIPAA
9 7 (2.03%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.74%) SLA
10 6 (1.74%) SOC 2
11 5 (1.45%) GLBA
11 5 (1.45%) ISO 19650
11 5 (1.45%) NCSC
12 4 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
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 16 (4.64%) 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 23 (6.67%) 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 99 (28.70%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.28%) Databricks
3 27 (7.83%) Oracle
4 24 (6.96%) Google
5 16 (4.64%) OpenAI
6 15 (4.35%) SAP
7 14 (4.06%) Splunk
8 10 (2.90%) Foundry
9 8 (2.32%) Informatica
10 7 (2.03%) Thales
10 7 (2.03%) Varonis
11 5 (1.45%) NEC
11 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.45%) Talend
11 5 (1.45%) Workday
12 4 (1.16%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.16%) IBM
12 4 (1.16%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.87%) Sparx
13 3 (0.87%) Zscaler