Data Encryption Contracts

Data Encryption
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Encryption skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Encryption over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 618 793
Rank change year-on-year +97 +175 -103
Contract jobs citing Data Encryption 66 71 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.14% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 59 36
10th Percentile £415 £423 £409
25th Percentile £449 £475 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £514
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% +4.62% +22.32%
75th Percentile £586 £584 £642
90th Percentile £600 £650 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £517
% change year-on-year -18.18% +6.38% +25.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £97.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Encryption is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,603 50,558 80,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.40% 89.70% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,483 35,017 56,266
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,521 1,671 1,882
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Data Encryption
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Encryption as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Encryption in the UK

Data Encryption
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Encryption.

Daily rate trend for Data Encryption in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Encryption over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Encryption in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Encryption.

Hourly rate trend for Data Encryption in the UK

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Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Encryption within the UK over the 6 months to 3 June 2024. 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
England +79 53 £500 -6.98% 9
Work from Home +133 37 £545 +0.93% 2
London +76 29 £550 +4.76% 5
UK excluding London +57 22 £450 -18.18% 4
North of England +34 9 £500 -23.08% 1
South East +20 8 £435 -19.07%
North West - 5 £675 - 1
East of England +9 4 £420 - 1
North East - 3 £475 -
Midlands +22 1 £500 -9.09% 2
Yorkshire +14 1 £500 -23.08%
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 2

Data Encryption
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (39.39%) AWS
2 17 (25.76%) Azure
3 5 (7.58%) GCP
3 5 (7.58%) Power Platform
3 5 (7.58%) PowerApps
4 4 (6.06%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (3.03%) Amazon Cognito
6 2 (3.03%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (3.03%) Amazon Kinesis
6 2 (3.03%) Amazon S3
6 2 (3.03%) GitHub
6 2 (3.03%) iPaaS
6 2 (3.03%) Stripe
6 2 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.52%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (22.73%) Firewall
2 11 (16.67%) WAN
3 10 (15.15%) SD-WAN
4 5 (7.58%) Network Security
5 3 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.52%) DHCP
6 1 (1.52%) DNS
6 1 (1.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (27.27%) NoSQL
2 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.55%) BigQuery
4 2 (3.03%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (3.03%) Apache Hive
4 2 (3.03%) Big Data
4 2 (3.03%) Bigtable
4 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.03%) DynamoDB
4 2 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (3.03%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.03%) HBase
4 2 (3.03%) IBM BigInsights
4 2 (3.03%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.03%) Parquet
4 2 (3.03%) PolyBase
4 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.03%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.03%) Liquibase
3 1 (1.52%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.52%) Git
3 1 (1.52%) GitLab
3 1 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 20 (30.30%) Finance
2 12 (18.18%) Banking
3 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
3 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Legal
5 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.52%) Advertising
6 1 (1.52%) Automotive
6 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.52%) Law
6 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Developer
2 11 (16.67%) Consultant
2 11 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 11 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 10 (15.15%) Architect
4 7 (10.61%) Platform Engineer
5 6 (9.09%) Python Developer
6 5 (7.58%) Azure Consultant
6 5 (7.58%) Cloud Consultant
6 5 (7.58%) Cloud Security Consultant
6 5 (7.58%) DBA
6 5 (7.58%) Security Architect
6 5 (7.58%) SQL DBA
7 4 (6.06%) Applications Developer
7 4 (6.06%) DevSecOps Consultant
7 4 (6.06%) Power Apps Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Applications Consultant
8 3 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (24.24%) FastAPI
2 15 (22.73%) RESTful
2 15 (22.73%) WebSockets
3 7 (10.61%) REST
4 4 (6.06%) CSS
4 4 (6.06%) HTML
4 4 (6.06%) HTML5 Canvas
4 4 (6.06%) Kafka
4 4 (6.06%) Middleware
5 2 (3.03%) .NET
5 2 (3.03%) Apache Avro
5 2 (3.03%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (3.03%) FIDO
6 1 (1.52%) J2EE
6 1 (1.52%) ODBC
6 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.18%) PKI
2 4 (6.06%) Clustering
2 4 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.03%) Contactless
3 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.03%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.52%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.52%) SCADA
4 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.64%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.03%) Linux
3 2 (3.03%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) Key Management
2 18 (27.27%) Analytics
3 17 (25.76%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (24.24%) Cloud Security
5 15 (22.73%) API Development
5 15 (22.73%) End-to-End Testing
5 15 (22.73%) Integration Testing
6 14 (21.21%) Unit Testing
7 13 (19.70%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (18.18%) Database Security
8 12 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (18.18%) Security Auditing
9 11 (16.67%) LLM
9 11 (16.67%) SIEM
10 10 (15.15%) Application Security
10 10 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (15.15%) Ethical Hacking
10 10 (15.15%) Knowledge Transfer
10 10 (15.15%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 26 (39.39%) SQL
2 17 (25.76%) Python
3 6 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 5 (7.58%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (6.06%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.03%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.03%) U-SQL
7 1 (1.52%) Go
7 1 (1.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 12 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.67%) Degree
3 5 (7.58%) MCSE
3 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.55%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.03%) CISA
5 2 (3.03%) CISM
5 2 (3.03%) CISSP
6 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 5 (7.58%) GDPR
4 3 (4.55%) GPG13
4 3 (4.55%) NCSC
4 3 (4.55%) NIST
5 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.03%) PSD2
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (4.55%) Ansible
3 2 (3.03%) Ambari
3 2 (3.03%) Oozie
3 2 (3.03%) Terraform
4 1 (1.52%) CASB
4 1 (1.52%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.52%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (18.18%) OpenAI
3 8 (12.12%) Salesforce
4 5 (7.58%) Google
4 5 (7.58%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.55%) Databricks
6 2 (3.03%) CA
6 2 (3.03%) F5
6 2 (3.03%) IBM
6 2 (3.03%) MuleSoft
6 2 (3.03%) PayPal
6 2 (3.03%) SAP
7 1 (1.52%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco
7 1 (1.52%) Citrix
7 1 (1.52%) Oracle
7 1 (1.52%) Remedy
7 1 (1.52%) Siebel
7 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.52%) VMware