Data Security Contracts in England

Data Security
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Security over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 283 356
Rank change year-on-year +72 +73 +97
Contract jobs citing Data Security 306 267 308
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.26% 0.73% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.85% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 184 224
10th Percentile £315 £380 £400
25th Percentile £418 £439 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £552 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +0.36% -3.34%
75th Percentile £640 £700 £675
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £528 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.82% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 5
10th Percentile £15.90 £18.00 £15.32
25th Percentile £16.88 £22.74 £15.81
Median hourly rate £18.50 £40.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -53.75% +107.79% -20.59%
75th Percentile £48.60 - £19.88
90th Percentile £66.66 £50.25 -
UK median hourly rate £23.88 £40.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -40.31% +107.79% -20.59%

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 22,200 31,464 43,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.22% 86.38% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,506 20,624 30,476
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 952 2,249 1,526
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.20
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.40
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% +0.29% +45.58%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 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 +81 168 £565 -5.36% 286
South East +33 52 £494 +3.89% 121
North of England +15 29 £502 +0.30% 78
North West +10 20 £504 -4.00% 34
South West +34 17 £525 -19.23% 29
Midlands +22 17 £449 -31.00% 44
East of England +32 15 £438 -14.63% 25
West Midlands +5 12 £463 -28.85% 25
Yorkshire +15 9 £430 -14.00% 34
East Midlands +15 4 £447 - 17
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 25 (8.17%) Apache Spark
2 22 (7.19%) Apache
3 19 (6.21%) SharePoint
4 13 (4.25%) Confluence
5 10 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.96%) Jupyter
7 4 (1.31%) IIS
7 4 (1.31%) SAS
7 4 (1.31%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.65%) CMS
10 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.96%) Oracle Smart View
3 5 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.31%) InfoPath
4 4 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.63%) Aladdin
4 4 (1.31%) SAP GRC
4 4 (1.31%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.98%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.98%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.65%) SAP PLM
6 2 (0.65%) SAP SRM
7 1 (0.33%) Magento
7 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.33%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.33%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.33%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.33%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.33%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.33%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 94 (30.72%) Azure
2 81 (26.47%) AWS
3 53 (17.32%) Power Platform
4 41 (13.40%) GCP
5 23 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (6.86%) Snowflake
7 15 (4.90%) Entra ID
7 15 (4.90%) GitHub
8 14 (4.58%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (4.58%) SaaS
9 13 (4.25%) Amazon S3
9 13 (4.25%) Serverless
10 12 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (3.27%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.61%) PowerApps
13 7 (2.29%) dbt
13 7 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (2.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.92%) SSH
1 12 (3.92%) SSL
2 11 (3.59%) DNS
3 10 (3.27%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.94%) Network Security
5 6 (1.96%) HTTPS
5 6 (1.96%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.63%) Firewall
6 5 (1.63%) VPN
7 4 (1.31%) 2G
7 4 (1.31%) 3G
7 4 (1.31%) 4G
7 4 (1.31%) 5G
7 4 (1.31%) DHCP
8 3 (0.98%) NGFW
9 2 (0.65%) Intranet
9 2 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.33%) Broadband
10 1 (0.33%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (18.95%) Data Warehouse
2 45 (14.71%) Power BI
3 31 (10.13%) Data Lake
4 27 (8.82%) Big Data
5 25 (8.17%) Metadata
6 24 (7.84%) SQL Server
7 22 (7.19%) Tableau
8 20 (6.54%) NoSQL
9 15 (4.90%) Relational Database
10 11 (3.59%) Apache Hive
10 11 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (3.59%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (3.27%) Hadoop
11 10 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.94%) Delta Lake
13 8 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (2.61%) BigQuery
14 7 (2.29%) MongoDB
15 6 (1.96%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 22 (7.19%) JIRA
2 14 (4.58%) Git
3 10 (3.27%) ERwin
4 9 (2.94%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.29%) Oracle Forms
5 7 (2.29%) TeamCity
6 6 (1.96%) GitLab
6 6 (1.96%) RStudio
7 5 (1.63%) Subversion
8 4 (1.31%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.98%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.33%) LSMW
10 1 (0.33%) MLflow
10 1 (0.33%) Postman
10 1 (0.33%) Serena SBM
10 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.33%) Xcode
General
1 110 (35.95%) Social Skills
2 66 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (19.93%) Finance
4 23 (7.52%) Banking
5 21 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.58%) Marketing
7 12 (3.92%) Legal
7 12 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.94%) Retail
9 8 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.63%) Military
10 5 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.63%) Police
10 5 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.31%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.98%) German Language
13 2 (0.65%) Automotive
13 2 (0.65%) Law
Job Titles
1 70 (22.88%) Architect
2 54 (17.65%) Data Engineer
3 35 (11.44%) Data Architect
4 27 (8.82%) Analyst
5 25 (8.17%) Consultant
6 21 (6.86%) Senior
7 15 (4.90%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.58%) Security Architect
9 13 (4.25%) Data Analyst
9 13 (4.25%) Developer
9 13 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.92%) Lead
11 10 (3.27%) Security Consultant
12 9 (2.94%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (2.94%) Data Consultant
13 8 (2.61%) Administrator
14 7 (2.29%) Applications Support
14 7 (2.29%) DBA
14 7 (2.29%) SAP Consultant
14 7 (2.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.13%) Kafka
2 23 (7.52%) PySpark
3 9 (2.94%) REST
3 9 (2.94%) SAP Fiori
4 8 (2.61%) JSON
4 8 (2.61%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (2.61%) SAML
5 7 (2.29%) OAuth
5 7 (2.29%) pydantic
5 7 (2.29%) YAML
6 5 (1.63%) OpenID
7 4 (1.31%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.31%) LDAP
7 4 (1.31%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (1.31%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.31%) React
8 3 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.98%) Pandas
8 3 (0.98%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.90%) Data Structures
3 14 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.59%) Replication
6 10 (3.27%) Reference Data
7 9 (2.94%) Clustering
8 8 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.61%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.29%) IoT
9 7 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.96%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.96%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.63%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.31%) NHS
12 4 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.31%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.52%) Windows
2 18 (5.88%) Linux
3 13 (4.25%) Unix
4 9 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.96%) Solaris
6 5 (1.63%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.31%) Android
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.07%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (25.82%) Analytics
3 76 (24.84%) Data Governance
4 75 (24.51%) Data Modelling
5 69 (22.55%) ETL
6 61 (19.93%) Data Pipeline
7 50 (16.34%) Agile
7 50 (16.34%) Business Intelligence
7 50 (16.34%) CI/CD
8 47 (15.36%) Data Management
8 47 (15.36%) Migration
9 41 (13.40%) DevOps
10 40 (13.07%) Data Architecture
10 40 (13.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (12.42%) Data Integration
12 37 (12.09%) Data Engineering
12 37 (12.09%) Visualisation
13 33 (10.78%) Decision-Making
14 31 (10.13%) Data Protection
14 31 (10.13%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 101 (33.01%) SQL
2 79 (25.82%) Python
3 24 (7.84%) Bash
4 17 (5.56%) Scala
5 15 (4.90%) Java
6 14 (4.58%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.94%) ActionScript
7 9 (2.94%) ActionScript 2.0
7 9 (2.94%) PL/SQL
8 7 (2.29%) C
9 6 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.63%) C#
10 5 (1.63%) Perl
10 5 (1.63%) R
11 4 (1.31%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.98%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.98%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.33%) Groovy
13 1 (0.33%) Ruby
13 1 (0.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 60 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 35 (11.44%) Degree
4 20 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.92%) CISSP
6 8 (2.61%) CISM
6 8 (2.61%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.29%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.96%) FFIEC
9 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.31%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.31%) PMP
11 3 (0.98%) CEH
11 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.33%) CISA
12 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (23.20%) GDPR
2 63 (20.59%) Data Quality
3 16 (5.23%) Accessibility
4 13 (4.25%) HIPAA
5 12 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (3.27%) GRC
7 9 (2.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.96%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.96%) QA
9 5 (1.63%) NIST
9 5 (1.63%) PMO
10 3 (0.98%) GxP
11 2 (0.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.33%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.33%) ITGC
System Software
1 15 (4.90%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.58%) Docker
3 9 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.31%) NFS
5 4 (1.31%) Veritas File System
5 4 (1.31%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) HDFS
6 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (7.84%) Terraform
2 17 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.27%) Ansible
4 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.63%) QRadar
4 5 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.31%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (1.31%) Tivoli
6 3 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.98%) Control-M
6 3 (0.98%) Grafana
6 3 (0.98%) Kibana
6 3 (0.98%) logstash
6 3 (0.98%) Netcool
6 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.98%) SCCM
6 3 (0.98%) WSUS
7 2 (0.65%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.33%) MOM
Vendors
1 57 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.17%) SAP
3 23 (7.52%) Oracle
4 21 (6.86%) Databricks
5 16 (5.23%) Google
6 11 (3.59%) IBM
7 9 (2.94%) CyberArk
7 9 (2.94%) VMware
8 7 (2.29%) IBM Sterling
8 7 (2.29%) Informatica
8 7 (2.29%) Qualys
8 7 (2.29%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.96%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.96%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.96%) Splunk
10 4 (1.31%) Dataiku
10 4 (1.31%) SaltStack
10 4 (1.31%) Siemens
10 4 (1.31%) Talend
11 3 (0.98%) Rapid7