Data Security Contract Job Trends in London

Data Security
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 213 269
Rank change year-on-year -92 +56 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Security 149 155 120
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 1.15% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.25% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 103 77
10th Percentile £363 £400 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -4.35% -9.80%
75th Percentile £700 £691 £717
90th Percentile £764 £750 £777
England median daily rate £550 £520 £575
% change year-on-year +5.77% -9.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.25 - -
Median hourly rate £17.60 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £24.00 - -
England median hourly rate £17.60 £17.53 -
% change year-on-year +0.43% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,943 12,436 14,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.58% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,720 8,226 9,619
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 251 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -10.00% -12.31%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.38 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in London

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in London

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Security in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Security in London

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London -44 10 £550 - 21
West London -16 6 £594 - 1
South London - 2 - - 2
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 12 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.37%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.36%) Apache
3 5 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.01%) Confluence
6 1 (0.67%) CICS
Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.34%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.34%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.01%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (2.01%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 60 (40.27%) Azure
2 52 (34.90%) AWS
3 31 (20.81%) Power Platform
4 22 (14.77%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (12.75%) dbt
6 17 (11.41%) GCP
7 15 (10.07%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (9.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (9.40%) Entra ID
9 13 (8.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (8.72%) Snowflake
10 10 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (5.37%) GitHub
12 6 (4.03%) Amazon S3
12 6 (4.03%) OneDrive
13 5 (3.36%) Azure AI
13 5 (3.36%) Serverless
14 4 (2.68%) Azure Databricks
14 4 (2.68%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.07%) Network Security
2 3 (2.01%) DNS
3 2 (1.34%) DHCP
3 2 (1.34%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.67%) Firewall
4 1 (0.67%) Internet
4 1 (0.67%) SSH
4 1 (0.67%) SSL
4 1 (0.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (19.46%) Power BI
2 19 (12.75%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (11.41%) Metadata
4 10 (6.71%) Data Lake
5 9 (6.04%) Delta Lake
6 7 (4.70%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (4.03%) Big Data
8 5 (3.36%) BigQuery
8 5 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (3.36%) SQL Server
8 5 (3.36%) Star Schema
9 4 (2.68%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (2.68%) Apache Iceberg
9 4 (2.68%) Relational Database
9 4 (2.68%) Semantic Layer
9 4 (2.68%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (2.01%) MongoDB
10 3 (2.01%) NoSQL
10 3 (2.01%) Tableau
11 2 (1.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (6.71%) Git
2 9 (6.04%) JIRA
3 2 (1.34%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.67%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.67%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) Snyk
4 1 (0.67%) SonarQube
General
1 58 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 38 (25.50%) Finance
3 17 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.74%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.05%) Banking
6 10 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (6.04%) Retail
8 7 (4.70%) Legal
9 5 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.68%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.01%) General Ledger
11 3 (2.01%) Japanese Language
12 2 (1.34%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.34%) Law
13 1 (0.67%) Advertising
13 1 (0.67%) Automotive
13 1 (0.67%) Back Office
13 1 (0.67%) Electronics
13 1 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (24.16%) Architect
2 35 (23.49%) Data Engineer
3 26 (17.45%) Lead
4 12 (8.05%) Data Architect
5 11 (7.38%) Lead Data Engineer
5 11 (7.38%) Security Architect
6 9 (6.04%) Analyst
7 8 (5.37%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 6 (4.03%) Senior
10 5 (3.36%) Developer
11 4 (2.68%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (2.68%) Business Analyst
11 4 (2.68%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.68%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (2.68%) Databricks Data Engineer
11 4 (2.68%) Databricks Engineer
11 4 (2.68%) Platform Architect
11 4 (2.68%) Security Engineer
12 3 (2.01%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.40%) PySpark
2 11 (7.38%) Terraform
3 9 (6.04%) REST
4 4 (2.68%) Kafka
5 3 (2.01%) HTML
5 3 (2.01%) XGBoost
6 2 (1.34%) Apache Beam
6 2 (1.34%) Flask
6 2 (1.34%) Middleware
6 2 (1.34%) OAuth
6 2 (1.34%) Snowpark
6 2 (1.34%) Spark Streaming
7 1 (0.67%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.67%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.67%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.67%) JWT
7 1 (0.67%) LangChain
7 1 (0.67%) LangGraph
7 1 (0.67%) LlamaIndex
7 1 (0.67%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.75%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (11.41%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.37%) AI Agents
3 8 (5.37%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.37%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.70%) Algorithms
5 6 (4.03%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.03%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.36%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.68%) Replication
8 3 (2.01%) Credit Risk
8 3 (2.01%) FMCG
8 3 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.01%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.34%) Genomics
9 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.34%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.34%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.34%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.36%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Unix
3 1 (0.67%) Linux
3 1 (0.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (37.58%) Analytics
2 53 (35.57%) Data Modelling
3 46 (30.87%) AI
4 40 (26.85%) Data Governance
5 39 (26.17%) Data Engineering
6 36 (24.16%) Data Pipeline
6 36 (24.16%) Migration
7 33 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (21.48%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (20.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (19.46%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (18.12%) Agile
11 27 (18.12%) Data Protection
11 27 (18.12%) Roadmaps
12 26 (17.45%) CI/CD
12 26 (17.45%) ETL
13 24 (16.11%) DevOps
13 24 (16.11%) Technical Leadership
14 22 (14.77%) Machine Learning
15 20 (13.42%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 47 (31.54%) Python
2 45 (30.20%) SQL
3 8 (5.37%) PowerShell
4 7 (4.70%) Java
5 4 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.68%) R
5 4 (2.68%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.01%) C#
7 2 (1.34%) Bash
7 2 (1.34%) Korn
7 2 (1.34%) Scala
8 1 (0.67%) Bicep
8 1 (0.67%) COBOL
8 1 (0.67%) REXX
8 1 (0.67%) Ruby
8 1 (0.67%) SOQL
8 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (17.45%) Security Cleared
2 25 (16.78%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.74%) CISSP
4 14 (9.40%) Degree
5 11 (7.38%) Azure Certification
6 9 (6.04%) CISM
7 8 (5.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (4.03%) AWS Certification
8 6 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.68%) CCSP
9 4 (2.68%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.01%) PMP
11 2 (1.34%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.34%) IIBA
11 2 (1.34%) ISACA
11 2 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (27.52%) Data Quality
2 36 (24.16%) GDPR
3 15 (10.07%) NIST
4 12 (8.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (5.37%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (2.01%) Basel III
8 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.34%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (1.34%) QA
9 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.67%) GRC
9 1 (0.67%) ITGC
9 1 (0.67%) PSD2
9 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.36%) Docker
3 2 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.67%) NFS
4 1 (0.67%) Postfix
4 1 (0.67%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.67%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.36%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.34%) Ansible
3 2 (1.34%) Control-M
3 2 (1.34%) Grafana
3 2 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.67%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.67%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.67%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.67%) Puppet
4 1 (0.67%) SCCM
4 1 (0.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (31.54%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.42%) Databricks
3 7 (4.70%) Google
3 7 (4.70%) Oracle
4 6 (4.03%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.36%) Zscaler
6 4 (2.68%) SAP
7 3 (2.01%) Foundry
7 3 (2.01%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.34%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.34%) Informatica
8 2 (1.34%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.34%) Splunk
8 2 (1.34%) Workday
9 1 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.67%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.67%) Sage
9 1 (0.67%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.67%) Talend
9 1 (0.67%) Varonis