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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 310 316
Rank change year-on-year +79 +6 +191
Contract jobs citing Data Security 306 233 306
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.10% 0.71% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.83% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 148 215
10th Percentile £363 £391 £385
25th Percentile £435 £475 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% - +5.22%
75th Percentile £631 £700 £700
90th Percentile £750 £776 £762
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -8.44% +2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £13.94 - -
25th Percentile £15.17 - £18.63
Median hourly rate £17.53 - £40.50
75th Percentile £19.57 - £50.19
90th Percentile £20.61 - £57.13
UK median hourly rate £13.60 - £49.50
% change year-on-year - - +144.57%

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 25,234 28,138 37,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.88% 86.06% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,038 17,541 26,048
10th Percentile £300 £313 £319
25th Percentile £405 £423 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,497 1,306 1,424
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%
75th Percentile £49.75 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.01%

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
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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +56 155 £550 -4.35% 79
North of England -9 51 £450 -14.29% 39
Midlands +9 35 £471 -27.50% 26
South East +31 32 £520 -16.80% 62
Yorkshire -9 28 £450 -12.62% 13
West Midlands +1 25 £558 -14.23% 18
North West -13 22 £475 -32.14% 22
South West +32 18 £550 +22.22% 13
East Midlands +3 9 £450 -45.45% 8
East of England +7 8 £500 -14.89% 15
North East -3 1 £388 - 5
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 19 (6.21%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.90%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.58%) Apache
4 12 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (2.29%) Confluence
6 4 (1.31%) IIS
6 4 (1.31%) Jupyter
6 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.31%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.33%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.31%) InfoPath
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.65%) Navisworks
3 2 (0.65%) ProjectWise
3 2 (0.65%) Revit
3 2 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.63%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.98%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.65%) ResourceLink
4 2 (0.65%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.65%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.65%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.33%) BambooHR
5 1 (0.33%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.33%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.33%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.33%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (25.49%) Azure
2 67 (21.90%) AWS
3 44 (14.38%) GCP
4 37 (12.09%) Power Platform
5 20 (6.54%) Serverless
6 17 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (4.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (4.58%) GitHub
8 14 (4.58%) Snowflake
9 13 (4.25%) Entra ID
10 12 (3.92%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (3.92%) PowerApps
10 12 (3.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 12 (3.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 11 (3.59%) dbt
12 10 (3.27%) SaaS
13 8 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.90%) Firewall
2 11 (3.59%) Network Security
3 8 (2.61%) DNS
4 7 (2.29%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.96%) SSH
6 3 (0.98%) DHCP
6 3 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.65%) SSL
7 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.65%) Wireless
8 1 (0.33%) Broadband
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.33%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.33%) Internet
8 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.33%) SNMP
8 1 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.15%) Data Warehouse
1 28 (9.15%) Power BI
2 25 (8.17%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.23%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.58%) Metadata
5 13 (4.25%) Data Lake
6 12 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (3.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (3.27%) Apache Hive
8 8 (2.61%) Data Mining
8 8 (2.61%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.29%) Delta Lake
10 6 (1.96%) Big Data
10 6 (1.96%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.96%) Tableau
11 5 (1.63%) HBase
11 5 (1.63%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (6.86%) Jenkins
2 18 (5.88%) Liquibase
3 16 (5.23%) GitLab
3 16 (5.23%) JIRA
4 12 (3.92%) Git
5 7 (2.29%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.31%) RStudio
6 4 (1.31%) Subversion
7 3 (0.98%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.65%) ERwin
9 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.33%) EasyMock
9 1 (0.33%) JBehave
9 1 (0.33%) JUnit
9 1 (0.33%) Mockito
9 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.33%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.33%) VisualVM
9 1 (0.33%) Xcode
9 1 (0.33%) YourKit
General
1 112 (36.60%) Social Skills
2 84 (27.45%) Finance
3 62 (20.26%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.13%) Banking
5 24 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.56%) Financial Institution
6 17 (5.56%) Marketing
7 10 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.94%) Legal
9 7 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.29%) Retail
10 6 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.31%) Police
12 3 (0.98%) Local Government
12 3 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.65%) Military
13 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (19.93%) Architect
2 38 (12.42%) Senior
3 32 (10.46%) Data Engineer
4 28 (9.15%) Analyst
5 23 (7.52%) Developer
6 20 (6.54%) Security Architect
7 19 (6.21%) Data Architect
8 18 (5.88%) Consultant
9 14 (4.58%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.92%) Business Analyst
10 12 (3.92%) Lead
10 12 (3.92%) Project Manager
10 12 (3.92%) Senior Architect
11 11 (3.59%) Security Engineer
12 10 (3.27%) Security Consultant
13 9 (2.94%) Administrator
13 9 (2.94%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (2.94%) Senior Security Architect
14 8 (2.61%) Cloud Engineer
14 8 (2.61%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.46%) REST
2 23 (7.52%) Kafka
3 16 (5.23%) Lightning Web Components
4 14 (4.58%) RESTful
5 13 (4.25%) Elastic Stack
5 13 (4.25%) PySpark
6 12 (3.92%) SOAP
7 9 (2.94%) Middleware
7 9 (2.94%) Visualforce
8 8 (2.61%) LangChain
9 7 (2.29%) Spark Streaming
10 6 (1.96%) JSON
11 5 (1.63%) .NET
11 5 (1.63%) pydantic
11 5 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.63%) YAML
12 4 (1.31%) FastAPI
12 4 (1.31%) SailPoint
12 4 (1.31%) SAP Fiori
13 3 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 26 (8.50%) Cloud Native
3 22 (7.19%) Management Information System
4 16 (5.23%) Public Cloud
5 15 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (4.25%) Data Structures
8 12 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (3.27%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.94%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.61%) Clustering
11 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.29%) Replication
12 7 (2.29%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.96%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.96%) Reference Data
14 5 (1.63%) Cyberattack
14 5 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (1.63%) Mobile App
15 4 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.46%) Linux
2 12 (3.92%) Windows
3 4 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.31%) Solaris
3 4 (1.31%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.37%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (24.18%) Agile
3 71 (23.20%) Data Governance
4 60 (19.61%) CI/CD
4 60 (19.61%) Data Modelling
5 59 (19.28%) Analytics
5 59 (19.28%) Cybersecurity
6 52 (16.99%) DevOps
7 49 (16.01%) Data Pipeline
8 45 (14.71%) Migration
9 43 (14.05%) ETL
10 41 (13.40%) Data Management
10 41 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (13.07%) Computer Science
12 35 (11.44%) Data Engineering
12 35 (11.44%) Decision-Making
13 34 (11.11%) Data Integration
14 33 (10.78%) Roadmaps
15 32 (10.46%) Artificial Intelligence
15 32 (10.46%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 78 (25.49%) Python
2 73 (23.86%) SQL
3 19 (6.21%) Java
4 15 (4.90%) Go
5 14 (4.58%) Bash
6 13 (4.25%) Apex Code
7 10 (3.27%) Scala
8 9 (2.94%) C#
8 9 (2.94%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.94%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.61%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.31%) Perl
11 2 (0.65%) C
11 2 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.65%) R
11 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.33%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.33%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.33%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (18.30%) Degree
2 45 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 35 (11.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (10.46%) SC Cleared
5 22 (7.19%) Master's Degree
6 16 (5.23%) AWS Certification
7 14 (4.58%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.59%) CISSP
9 10 (3.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.61%) PMP
11 7 (2.29%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.96%) CISM
13 5 (1.63%) CISA
13 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.31%) CCSP
14 4 (1.31%) CEH
14 4 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (1.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (20.92%) GDPR
2 45 (14.71%) Data Quality
3 16 (5.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 13 (4.25%) PCI DSS
5 11 (3.59%) QA
6 10 (3.27%) Accessibility
6 10 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (3.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (2.61%) NIST
8 6 (1.96%) GRC
8 6 (1.96%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.98%) PSD2
9 3 (0.98%) SLA
10 2 (0.65%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.65%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.65%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.33%) ITGC
11 1 (0.33%) PERC
11 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (8.82%) Docker
2 5 (1.63%) HDFS
2 5 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.31%) NFS
3 4 (1.31%) Veritas File System
3 4 (1.31%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 4 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.98%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (9.48%) Terraform
2 25 (8.17%) Ansible
2 25 (8.17%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.90%) Grafana
4 14 (4.58%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.96%) SCCM
6 5 (1.63%) Hadoop YARN
6 5 (1.63%) Puppet
7 4 (1.31%) QRadar
7 4 (1.31%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.98%) WSUS
9 2 (0.65%) CASB
9 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 62 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.17%) Google
3 21 (6.86%) SAP
4 20 (6.54%) Databricks
4 20 (6.54%) Oracle
4 20 (6.54%) Splunk
5 18 (5.88%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.94%) Workday
7 8 (2.61%) Qualys
8 7 (2.29%) F5
9 5 (1.63%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.31%) SaltStack
10 4 (1.31%) VMware
11 3 (0.98%) IBM
11 3 (0.98%) IBM Sterling
11 3 (0.98%) Informatica
11 3 (0.98%) Sophos
11 3 (0.98%) Teradata