Data Security Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Data Security
Hampshire > Southampton

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Security 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 0.78% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £450 £700 -
% change year-on-year -35.71% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 108 115 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.38% 71.43% 85.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 78 105
10th Percentile £170 £200 £263
25th Percentile £323 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -3.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £603 £634 £610
90th Percentile £686 £650 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £533 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -7.39% +9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £70.60 £46.00 £18.74
25th Percentile £70.75 - £21.23
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +223.23% +121.77%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £27.00
90th Percentile £74.60 - £32.88
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +4.27% +22.22%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Southampton

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Intel