Data Security Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Data Security
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Security 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.32% - 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% - 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £700
75th Percentile £688 - £725
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £458 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -12.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £36.32 - -
North West median hourly rate £19.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 188 112 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 82.82% 81.75% 90.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 56 102
10th Percentile £165 £356 £350
25th Percentile £356 £484 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +3.29%
75th Percentile £634 £575 £717
90th Percentile £700 £619 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 17 49
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.05 £13.34
25th Percentile £41.94 £30.40 £37.80
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +13.81%
75th Percentile £59.63 £51.00 -
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £50.30
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £30.95 £35.48
% change year-on-year +35.51% -12.76% -4.89%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Data Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Data Security

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 27 January 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
Preston - 2 - - 1
Lancaster - 1 £675 - 1
Data Security
North West

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Key Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Anywhere