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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 265 310
Rank change year-on-year +11 +45 +180
Contract jobs citing Data Security 326 271 285
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 0.88% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.02% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 172 189
10th Percentile £363 £325 £322
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +3.00%
75th Percentile £613 £663 £700
90th Percentile £750 £778 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile £14.44 - £27.68
25th Percentile £15.16 - £39.96
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £49.75
75th Percentile £19.58 - £50.96
90th Percentile £21.30 - £57.71
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £26.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year -40.58% -46.15% +132.56%

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 27,183 26,639 35,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.25% 86.82% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,253 16,245 24,094
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 955 1,480
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £47.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.94 £74.82 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +27 153 £550 - 120
North of England -11 75 £488 -6.25% 36
Yorkshire -8 52 £511 -1.68% 14
Midlands +2 48 £484 +17.93% 34
West Midlands -3 34 £525 +28.05% 13
South East 0 32 £510 -18.40% 52
North West -21 22 £464 -22.71% 18
East Midlands -4 14 £447 -45.82% 21
South West 0 11 £575 +27.78% 17
East of England -19 8 £400 -20.00% 10
North East -8 1 £388 - 4
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 (4.91%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.29%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.99%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.76%) Apache
5 6 (1.84%) Confluence
6 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.23%) TPMS
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (3.07%) Chatbot
2 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.92%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.92%) Revit
5 2 (0.61%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.31%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.23%) Workday HCM
2 3 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.61%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.61%) SAP CX
3 2 (0.61%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.61%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.61%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.61%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.61%) SAP PP
3 2 (0.61%) SAP SCM
3 2 (0.61%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.31%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.31%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.31%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 99 (30.37%) AWS
2 81 (24.85%) Azure
3 63 (19.33%) GCP
4 47 (14.42%) Serverless
5 39 (11.96%) Power Platform
6 27 (8.28%) Amazon S3
7 24 (7.36%) Snowflake
8 21 (6.44%) GitHub
8 21 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (6.13%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.91%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 15 (4.60%) Entra ID
11 15 (4.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 14 (4.29%) Amazon EMR
12 14 (4.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (3.68%) Amazon Kinesis
13 12 (3.68%) dbt
13 12 (3.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.21%) Firewall
2 15 (4.60%) Network Security
3 7 (2.15%) DNS
3 7 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.53%) Internet
5 4 (1.23%) SNMP
5 4 (1.23%) SSH
5 4 (1.23%) SSL
6 3 (0.92%) DHCP
6 3 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.92%) Wireless
7 2 (0.61%) VPN
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) DKIM
8 1 (0.31%) DMARC
8 1 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.58%) NoSQL
2 40 (12.27%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (10.43%) Power BI
4 22 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (6.44%) Relational Database
6 17 (5.21%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (4.91%) Data Lake
8 14 (4.29%) RDBMS
8 14 (4.29%) SQL Server
9 11 (3.37%) Big Data
9 11 (3.37%) Tableau
10 10 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (3.07%) MySQL
11 9 (2.76%) Metadata
12 8 (2.45%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.53%) Apache Hive
13 5 (1.53%) BigQuery
13 5 (1.53%) HBase
14 4 (1.23%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 36 (11.04%) Jenkins
2 26 (7.98%) GitLab
3 17 (5.21%) Liquibase
4 11 (3.37%) JIRA
5 10 (3.07%) Git
6 7 (2.15%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.53%) PyCharm
8 4 (1.23%) Subversion
9 3 (0.92%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.31%) EasyMock
10 1 (0.31%) ERwin
10 1 (0.31%) JBehave
10 1 (0.31%) JUnit
10 1 (0.31%) Mockito
10 1 (0.31%) Selenium
10 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.31%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.31%) VisualVM
10 1 (0.31%) YourKit
General
1 136 (41.72%) Social Skills
2 107 (32.82%) Finance
3 69 (21.17%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.58%) Banking
5 35 (10.74%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.44%) Financial Institution
6 21 (6.44%) Marketing
7 18 (5.52%) Legal
8 8 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.92%) Local Government
10 3 (0.92%) Retail
11 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Military
11 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.31%) Police
12 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (17.79%) Architect
2 39 (11.96%) Senior
3 29 (8.90%) Analyst
3 29 (8.90%) Data Engineer
4 24 (7.36%) Lead
5 21 (6.44%) Security Architect
6 20 (6.13%) Developer
7 17 (5.21%) AWS Engineer
7 17 (5.21%) Cloud Engineer
8 15 (4.60%) Consultant
8 15 (4.60%) Security Engineer
8 15 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.29%) GCP Engineer
10 13 (3.99%) Data Architect
10 13 (3.99%) Senior Architect
11 11 (3.37%) Business Analyst
11 11 (3.37%) Salesforce Architect
12 10 (3.07%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.07%) Senior Security Architect
12 10 (3.07%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (15.03%) REST
2 25 (7.67%) RESTful
3 23 (7.06%) Elastic Stack
4 20 (6.13%) Lightning Web Components
5 16 (4.91%) Kafka
5 16 (4.91%) SOAP
6 12 (3.68%) Middleware
6 12 (3.68%) Visualforce
7 10 (3.07%) PySpark
8 9 (2.76%) Spark Streaming
9 8 (2.45%) LangChain
9 8 (2.45%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.84%) .NET
11 5 (1.53%) FastAPI
11 5 (1.53%) Node.js
11 5 (1.53%) NumPy
11 5 (1.53%) OAuth
11 5 (1.53%) Pandas
11 5 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.12%) Product Ownership
2 30 (9.20%) Cloud Native
3 28 (8.59%) Public Cloud
4 26 (7.98%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (7.36%) Management Information System
6 19 (5.83%) Security Posture
7 18 (5.52%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.37%) Clustering
9 9 (2.76%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (2.76%) Onboarding
10 8 (2.45%) Algorithms
11 7 (2.15%) Data Structures
11 7 (2.15%) Low-Code
11 7 (2.15%) NHS
11 7 (2.15%) Replication
12 6 (1.84%) Cloud Security Posture
12 6 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.53%) BYOD
13 5 (1.53%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 40 (12.27%) Linux
2 12 (3.68%) Windows
3 5 (1.53%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.23%) Solaris
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (31.29%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (28.22%) Agile
3 85 (26.07%) CI/CD
3 85 (26.07%) Data Governance
4 80 (24.54%) Data Modelling
5 77 (23.62%) DevOps
6 76 (23.31%) Cybersecurity
7 68 (20.86%) Analytics
8 59 (18.10%) Computer Science
9 55 (16.87%) AI
10 54 (16.56%) ETL
10 54 (16.56%) Migration
11 51 (15.64%) Infrastructure as Code
12 46 (14.11%) Data Pipeline
13 45 (13.80%) Data Engineering
14 44 (13.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 43 (13.19%) Business Intelligence
16 40 (12.27%) Roadmaps
17 39 (11.96%) Containerisation
17 39 (11.96%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 110 (33.74%) Python
2 82 (25.15%) SQL
3 25 (7.67%) Go
4 22 (6.75%) Java
5 17 (5.21%) Apex Code
6 12 (3.68%) PowerShell
7 11 (3.37%) JavaScript
8 10 (3.07%) Bash
9 9 (2.76%) C#
10 8 (2.45%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.53%) R
12 4 (1.23%) Perl
12 4 (1.23%) Scala
13 3 (0.92%) Korn
13 3 (0.92%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.61%) C++
14 2 (0.61%) Rust
14 2 (0.61%) Solidity
15 1 (0.31%) Bicep
15 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (22.39%) Degree
2 46 (14.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 41 (12.58%) Security Cleared
4 34 (10.43%) Master's Degree
5 26 (7.98%) AWS Certification
5 26 (7.98%) SC Cleared
6 20 (6.13%) Azure Certification
7 18 (5.52%) CISSP
8 10 (3.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.45%) CISM
9 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.84%) CCSP
10 6 (1.84%) CEH
10 6 (1.84%) CISA
10 6 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.84%) PMP
11 5 (1.53%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (20.55%) GDPR
2 49 (15.03%) Data Quality
3 20 (6.13%) PCI DSS
4 16 (4.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 16 (4.91%) NIST
5 15 (4.60%) QA
6 14 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (3.68%) Accessibility
8 10 (3.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.84%) EU AI Act
10 5 (1.53%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.53%) PSD2
11 4 (1.23%) GLBA
11 4 (1.23%) SLA
12 3 (0.92%) GRC
12 3 (0.92%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.92%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.61%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.61%) PMO
14 1 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 38 (11.66%) Docker
2 6 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.53%) HDFS
4 4 (1.23%) NFS
4 4 (1.23%) Veritas File System
4 4 (1.23%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (14.72%) Terraform
2 43 (13.19%) Kubernetes
3 33 (10.12%) Ansible
4 25 (7.67%) Grafana
5 24 (7.36%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.15%) SCCM
7 5 (1.53%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (1.53%) Puppet
8 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.23%) QRadar
8 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.92%) CASB
9 3 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.92%) WSUS
10 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 71 (21.78%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.43%) Splunk
3 31 (9.51%) Google
4 22 (6.75%) Salesforce
5 21 (6.44%) Oracle
6 19 (5.83%) Databricks
7 13 (3.99%) SAP
8 9 (2.76%) Workday
9 7 (2.15%) Qualys
10 5 (1.53%) F5
11 4 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.23%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.23%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.23%) SaltStack
11 4 (1.23%) VMware
12 3 (0.92%) OneTrust
12 3 (0.92%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.92%) Sophos
12 3 (0.92%) Thales
12 3 (0.92%) UiPath