Data Security Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Data Security
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 45 55
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Security 6 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.92% 1.70% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.80% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile - £495 -
25th Percentile £325 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +30.00% +4.92%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - £538 -
South East median daily rate £550 £510 £600
% change year-on-year +7.84% -15.00% +14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 549 333 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 83.82% 94.60% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 218 304
10th Percentile £200 £202 £203
25th Percentile £363 £241 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £539
90th Percentile £638 £621 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 35 26
10th Percentile £14.03 £16.27 £13.25
25th Percentile £27.81 £25.15 £30.00
Median hourly rate £61.25 £55.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% -4.35% -6.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £71.42
90th Percentile - - £75.93
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £22.19 £58.38
% change year-on-year +114.06% -61.99% +7.35%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in Surrey

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in Surrey over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in Surrey

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Staines - 4 £450 - 1
Redhill - 1 - -
Data Security
South East

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 (16.67%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Data Migration Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Officer
1 2 (33.33%) Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Anomaly Detection
2 2 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Data Stewardship
2 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Measurement
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Runbook
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Bash
2 2 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 3 (50.00%) QA
3 2 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle