Disk Encryption Contract Job Trends

Disk Encryption
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Disk Encryption skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 513 589
Rank change year-on-year -48 +76 +180
Contract jobs citing Disk Encryption 25 11 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.035% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.077% 0.039% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 3
10th Percentile £120 - -
25th Percentile £128 £260 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +90.00% -24.24%
75th Percentile £613 £500 -
90th Percentile £630 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £499 £380 £250
% change year-on-year +31.32% +52.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,565 28,230 37,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.70% 88.92% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,598 17,153 25,051
10th Percentile £304 £308 £304
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,982 906 1,726
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.15
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.80 £17.54
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +17.96%
75th Percentile £56.69 £62.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.81 £75.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £40.28
% change year-on-year -22.03% -23.58% +46.45%

Disk Encryption
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Disk Encryption relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Disk Encryption job vacancy trend in the UK

Disk Encryption
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Disk Encryption
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disk Encryption over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Disk Encryption in the UK

Disk Encryption
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Disk Encryption
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 January 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
UK excluding London -49 20 £499 +31.32% 1
England -43 19 £450 -5.26%
North West -22 8 £628 -
North of England -46 8 £628 -
Work from Home -4 5 £500 -0.10% 1
West Midlands - 5 £145 -
Scotland - 5 £460 - 1
Midlands - 5 £145 -
London -8 4 £450 -5.26%
South East -25 1 £260 -31.58%
South West - 1 £500 -

Disk Encryption
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (32.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.00%) Azure
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
4 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (4.00%) GitHub
5 1 (4.00%) IaaS
5 1 (4.00%) PaaS
5 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (60.00%) VPN
2 14 (56.00%) DHCP
2 14 (56.00%) DNS
3 9 (36.00%) LAN
3 9 (36.00%) WAN
3 9 (36.00%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (32.00%) Skype
4 8 (32.00%) VLAN
5 6 (24.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (8.00%) Firewall
7 1 (4.00%) Internet
7 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Architect
1 7 (28.00%) Technical Architect
2 5 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 5 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) IT Support
2 5 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Migration Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Field Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) SCCM Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Automation Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (52.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (32.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (16.00%) Mac OS
4 4 (16.00%) Unix
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (32.00%) ITSM
2 8 (32.00%) Service Management
3 6 (24.00%) Agile
3 6 (24.00%) DevOps
3 6 (24.00%) ITIL
4 5 (20.00%) Change Management
4 5 (20.00%) CRM
4 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (20.00%) Migration
4 5 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 5 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (16.00%) Refactoring
5 4 (16.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (4.00%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (32.00%) VB
2 8 (32.00%) VBScript
3 5 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (28.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (20.00%) MCDST
4 5 (20.00%) MCP
4 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
6 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) BitLocker
2 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (88.00%) SCCM
2 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (32.00%) ServiceNow
3 5 (20.00%) iManage
3 5 (20.00%) Mitel
3 5 (20.00%) Splunk
4 1 (4.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) Wyse