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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 512 576
Rank change year-on-year -97 +64 +157
Contract jobs citing Disk Encryption 19 15 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.051% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.057% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 6
10th Percentile £128 £374 £384
25th Percentile £401 £450 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -19.13% +74.24%
75th Percentile £616 £494 £613
90th Percentile £660 £570 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £546 £465 £575
% change year-on-year +17.47% -19.13% -
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 37,130 26,538 38,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.00% 90.38% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,530 17,031 25,049
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £745 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,210 919 2,337
10th Percentile £14.89 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.62 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -13.41% +0.83% -10.07%

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 17 March 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 9 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 17 March 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 -89 15 £546 +17.47% 2
England -100 14 £546 +17.47% 1
North West -31 9 £626 +34.62%
North of England -66 9 £626 +34.62%
Work from Home -22 4 £500 -0.10% 1
Scotland - 4 £420 - 1
London -53 3 £450 -2.70%
West Midlands - 2 £145 -
Midlands - 2 £145 -

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 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (47.37%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (63.16%) VPN
2 11 (57.89%) DHCP
2 11 (57.89%) DNS
3 10 (52.63%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (47.37%) LAN
4 9 (47.37%) Skype
4 9 (47.37%) VLAN
4 9 (47.37%) WAN
5 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.26%) Firewall
General
1 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Architect
1 7 (36.84%) Technical Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Migration Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Security Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 2 (10.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Field Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) IT Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) IT Support
4 2 (10.53%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) SCCM Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Network Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (10.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (57.89%) Windows 10
3 9 (47.37%) Windows 7
4 3 (15.79%) Mac OS
4 3 (15.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) ITSM
1 9 (47.37%) Service Management
2 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
3 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (21.05%) DevOps
3 4 (21.05%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Refactoring
4 3 (15.79%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (10.53%) Change Management
5 2 (10.53%) CRM
5 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 2 (10.53%) ITIL
5 2 (10.53%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
5 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.26%) Channel Management
6 1 (5.26%) Cyber Resilience
6 1 (5.26%) Runbook
6 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) PowerShell
2 9 (47.37%) VB
2 9 (47.37%) VBScript
3 4 (21.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) DV Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
4 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (10.53%) MCDST
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
6 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 9 (47.37%) BitLocker
2 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (94.74%) SCCM
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) ServiceNow
3 4 (21.05%) Splunk
4 2 (10.53%) iManage
4 2 (10.53%) Mitel