Data Security Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Data Security
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Security 5 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 2.10% 6.98% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 7.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 0
10th Percentile £396 £308 -
25th Percentile £405 £528 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £648 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.50% - -
75th Percentile £456 £722 -
90th Percentile £470 £788 -
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -24.00% +20.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 232 122 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.48% 94.57% 96.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 100 62
10th Percentile £310 £321 £450
25th Percentile £358 £356 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.25% -23.81% +12.18%
75th Percentile £488 £518 £582
90th Percentile £577 £638 £587
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £23.18 £24.18 £24.81
% change year-on-year -4.16% -2.52% +83.00%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Data Security job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Data Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Data Security

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Product Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Kafka
2 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Business Case
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Feasibility Study
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Review
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CBAP
1 2 (40.00%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 20022
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (20.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) IBM
2 2 (40.00%) IBM Sterling
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce