Disk Encryption Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Disk Encryption
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Disk Encryption skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 362 422
Rank change year-on-year +2 +60 +95
Contract jobs citing Disk Encryption 7 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.045% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.054% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 3
10th Percentile £118 - -
25th Percentile £124 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £260 £250
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £405 £500 -
90th Percentile £580 £545 -
UK median daily rate £255 £260 £250
% change year-on-year -1.92% +4.00% -31.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Disk Encryption 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,584 14,732 19,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.17% 82.94% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,164 8,537 12,631
10th Percentile £235 £247 £262
25th Percentile £368 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,412 1,226 1,261
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.67% +6.17% +76.09%
75th Percentile £42.25 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Disk Encryption
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Disk Encryption as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Disk Encryption in the UK excluding London

Disk Encryption
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disk Encryption.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disk Encryption

Disk Encryption
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disk Encryption in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Disk Encryption in the UK excluding London

Disk Encryption
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disk Encryption.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disk Encryption

Disk Encryption
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disk Encryption within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Midlands - 3 £140 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £140 - 1
South East +21 2 £255 -1.92% 3
Scotland -5 1 £600 +4.35%
South West - 1 £500 -
Disk Encryption
UK

Disk Encryption
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DHCP
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
1 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 3 (42.86%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) IT Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) IT Support
1 3 (42.86%) IT Support Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
2 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (42.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) CRM
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
3 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Refactoring
4 1 (14.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) MCDST
1 3 (42.86%) MCP
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) SCCM
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) iManage
2 3 (42.86%) Mitel
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) Wyse
4 1 (14.29%) Splunk