Data Security Contract Job Trends in the South West

Data Security
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 117 141
Rank change year-on-year -5 +24 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Security 11 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.47% 0.43% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.49% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 6
10th Percentile £375 £256 £463
25th Percentile £441 £347 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £638
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -25.49% +15.91%
75th Percentile £588 £528 £694
90th Percentile £594 £663 £719
England median daily rate £523 £550 £537
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.42% +2.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,949 1,835 2,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.65% 86.88% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,124 1,725
10th Percentile £263 £280 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £733 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 126 270
10th Percentile £15.25 £21.16 £20.48
25th Percentile £19.70 £48.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.75 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.62% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Security

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the South West over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in the South West

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Security

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Devon - 6 £575 - 5
Bristol -5 3 £400 -23.81% 8
Wiltshire -15 2 - - 5
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Scylla
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Local Government
2 2 (18.18%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Applications Support
1 2 (18.18%) Senior
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Applications Support
1 2 (18.18%) Support Officer
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Data Governance Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Data Governance Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Data Manager
2 1 (9.09%) ERP Support
2 1 (9.09%) Governance Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Head of Data Management
2 1 (9.09%) Head of Implementation
2 1 (9.09%) Head of Risk Management
2 1 (9.09%) Head of Strategy
2 1 (9.09%) Software Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Data Governance
1 7 (63.64%) Data Management
1 7 (63.64%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (54.55%) AI
2 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (54.55%) Data Strategy
2 6 (54.55%) Risk Management
3 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) Benchmarking
5 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (9.09%) Agile
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) Data Design
6 1 (9.09%) Data Stewardship
6 1 (9.09%) Digital Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) ERP
6 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Liquidlogic
1 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
1 1 (9.09%) Talend