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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 240 306
Rank change year-on-year -115 +66 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Security 302 301 228
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 1.10% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.21% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 200 144
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £434 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £518 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.83% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £652 £628 £700
90th Percentile £700 £750 £778
UK median daily rate £535 £515 £570
% change year-on-year +3.88% -9.65% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 0
10th Percentile £13.62 £13.94 -
25th Percentile £14.25 £15.17 -
Median hourly rate £17.60 £17.53 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% - -
75th Percentile £69.50 £19.57 -
90th Percentile £82.25 £20.61 -
UK median hourly rate £19.80 £13.60 -
% change year-on-year +45.59% - -

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 39,157 24,863 28,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.69% 90.87% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,010 15,784 17,561
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,714 1,478 1,320
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.29 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.74 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -86 147 £570 +3.64% 362
North of England -57 62 £513 +13.89% 73
Midlands -42 37 £500 +6.10% 48
Yorkshire -27 31 £463 +6.32% 16
West Midlands -46 30 £500 -10.31% 21
North West -45 22 £550 +15.79% 45
South East -74 21 £550 +5.77% 64
South West -53 14 £525 -4.55% 28
East of England -25 12 £500 - 22
North East -30 9 £463 +19.35% 12
East Midlands -13 7 £304 -32.44% 27
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 17 (5.63%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (5.30%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.64%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.99%) Apache
4 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.66%) Confluence
6 4 (1.32%) SAS
7 2 (0.66%) Apache Pig
7 2 (0.66%) CICS
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.99%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.99%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (0.99%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 116 (38.41%) Azure
2 97 (32.12%) AWS
3 49 (16.23%) Power Platform
4 39 (12.91%) GCP
5 28 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (8.28%) Snowflake
7 23 (7.62%) dbt
8 22 (7.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (7.28%) Entra ID
9 21 (6.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 17 (5.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 14 (4.64%) Serverless
12 13 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (3.97%) Amazon S3
14 11 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (3.31%) GitHub
16 8 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (2.65%) Azure AI
17 7 (2.32%) Azure Key Vault
17 7 (2.32%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.63%) Network Security
2 7 (2.32%) Firewall
3 6 (1.99%) DNS
4 3 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (0.99%) WAN
5 2 (0.66%) DHCP
5 2 (0.66%) SSL
5 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.33%) Internet
6 1 (0.33%) SSH
6 1 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (15.23%) Power BI
2 35 (11.59%) Metadata
3 34 (11.26%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (7.62%) Data Lake
5 14 (4.64%) Big Data
5 14 (4.64%) SQL Server
6 13 (4.30%) BigQuery
7 12 (3.97%) Delta Lake
8 11 (3.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (3.31%) Tableau
10 9 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (2.65%) Relational Database
12 7 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.99%) Hadoop
13 6 (1.99%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.99%) Star Schema
14 5 (1.66%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (1.66%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.64%) JIRA
2 13 (4.30%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.33%) GitLab
4 1 (0.33%) MLflow
4 1 (0.33%) Snyk
4 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
General
1 117 (38.74%) Social Skills
2 73 (24.17%) Finance
3 55 (18.21%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.58%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.30%) Banking
6 15 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.64%) Legal
8 11 (3.64%) Retail
9 10 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.99%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.99%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.99%) Japanese Language
12 3 (0.99%) Marketing
12 3 (0.99%) Military
13 2 (0.66%) Advertising
13 2 (0.66%) Automotive
13 2 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 68 (22.52%) Architect
2 61 (20.20%) Data Engineer
3 50 (16.56%) Lead
4 24 (7.95%) Analyst
4 24 (7.95%) Security Architect
5 22 (7.28%) Data Architect
6 15 (4.97%) Security Engineer
7 14 (4.64%) Senior
8 12 (3.97%) Data Analyst
8 12 (3.97%) Lead Data Engineer
8 12 (3.97%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.31%) Consultant
9 10 (3.31%) Developer
10 8 (2.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 8 (2.65%) Technical Architect
11 6 (1.99%) Security Analyst
11 6 (1.99%) Security Consultant
11 6 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.66%) Business Analyst
12 5 (1.66%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.96%) PySpark
2 17 (5.63%) Terraform
3 11 (3.64%) Kafka
3 11 (3.64%) REST
4 6 (1.99%) LangChain
4 6 (1.99%) OAuth
5 5 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (1.32%) Middleware
6 4 (1.32%) OpenID
6 4 (1.32%) SAML
7 3 (0.99%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.99%) HTML
7 3 (0.99%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.99%) scikit-learn
7 3 (0.99%) XGBoost
8 2 (0.66%) Apache Beam
8 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.66%) Snowpark
8 2 (0.66%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.94%) Cloud Native
2 21 (6.95%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (5.96%) Onboarding
4 17 (5.63%) Security Posture
5 13 (4.30%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.97%) AI Agents
7 9 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.65%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.65%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.32%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.99%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.99%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.66%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.66%) Replication
12 4 (1.32%) Credit Risk
12 4 (1.32%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (1.32%) PKI
12 4 (1.32%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.99%) Windows
2 5 (1.66%) Unix
3 3 (0.99%) Linux
4 2 (0.66%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (32.12%) Analytics
2 89 (29.47%) Data Modelling
3 84 (27.81%) Data Governance
4 80 (26.49%) AI
5 65 (21.52%) Migration
6 63 (20.86%) Cybersecurity
6 63 (20.86%) Data Pipeline
7 61 (20.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 60 (19.87%) Data Protection
9 59 (19.54%) CI/CD
10 57 (18.87%) ETL
10 57 (18.87%) Roadmaps
11 56 (18.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 55 (18.21%) Data Engineering
13 54 (17.88%) Agile
14 50 (16.56%) DevOps
15 46 (15.23%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (15.23%) Technical Leadership
16 43 (14.24%) Machine Learning
17 42 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 85 (28.15%) SQL
2 73 (24.17%) Python
3 12 (3.97%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.64%) Java
5 7 (2.32%) Bash
6 6 (1.99%) R
7 5 (1.66%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.32%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.32%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.32%) Scala
9 3 (0.99%) C#
10 2 (0.66%) Bicep
10 2 (0.66%) COBOL
10 2 (0.66%) Korn
10 2 (0.66%) REXX
10 2 (0.66%) SOQL
10 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.33%) Go
11 1 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 76 (25.17%) Security Cleared
2 58 (19.21%) SC Cleared
3 39 (12.91%) Degree
4 33 (10.93%) CISSP
5 20 (6.62%) CISM
6 17 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (4.97%) Azure Certification
8 14 (4.64%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (3.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (2.98%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.65%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.66%) CCSP
14 5 (1.66%) CEH
15 4 (1.32%) PMP
15 4 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (1.32%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (25.17%) Data Quality
2 75 (24.83%) GDPR
3 28 (9.27%) NIST
4 25 (8.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (3.97%) PCI DSS
6 11 (3.64%) QA
7 7 (2.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (2.32%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.99%) ISO 19650
9 5 (1.66%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.66%) GRC
9 5 (1.66%) SLA
10 4 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.99%) Basel III
12 2 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.66%) NCSC
13 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.33%) ITGC
13 1 (0.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 12 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.32%) Docker
3 5 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.66%) HDFS
6 1 (0.33%) NFS
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.33%) Postfix
6 1 (0.33%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.33%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 14 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.32%) Ansible
4 3 (0.99%) Grafana
4 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.66%) Control-M
5 2 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.66%) SCCM
6 1 (0.33%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.33%) IBM Guardium
6 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.33%) Puppet
6 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 75 (24.83%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.26%) Databricks
3 22 (7.28%) Google
4 18 (5.96%) Oracle
5 8 (2.65%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.65%) Zscaler
6 5 (1.66%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.66%) SAP
6 5 (1.66%) Workday
7 4 (1.32%) Delphix
7 4 (1.32%) Splunk
8 3 (0.99%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.99%) Foundry
8 3 (0.99%) IBM
8 3 (0.99%) Informatica
8 3 (0.99%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.66%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.66%) Varonis
10 1 (0.33%) Broadcom
10 1 (0.33%) ServiceNow