Data Security Contract Job Trends in the North East

Data Security
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Security 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.31% 1.08% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 1.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £369 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £406 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 277 256 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 86.02% 92.09% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 96 153
10th Percentile £172 £325 £308
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £589 £575
90th Percentile £613 £694 £645
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 34 13
10th Percentile £13.98 £14.78 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.08 £15.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £34.02 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.42% +6.31% +82.86%
75th Percentile £20.63 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £46.85 £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in the North East

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data Security

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data Security

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £388 - 6
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft