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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 509 567
Rank change year-on-year -99 +58 +112
Contract jobs citing Disk Encryption 15 11 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.037% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.041% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 6
10th Percentile £306 - £528
25th Percentile £337 £450 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £458 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% -20.43% +130.00%
75th Percentile £610 £484 £613
90th Percentile £629 £581 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £355 £465 £575
% change year-on-year -23.76% -19.13% +130.00%
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 40,590 26,723 36,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.97% 86.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,485 17,182 23,610
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,403 1,090 2,438
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.39 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.72 £18.21 £15.96
Median hourly rate £42.30 £28.30 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +49.50% -21.50% +1.11%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.43 £37.50
% change year-on-year +76.96% -32.19% +7.14%

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 May 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 7 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 May 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 -95 13 £355 -23.76% 7
England -115 11 £365 -20.22% 6
North West -32 10 £355 -23.76% 5
North of England -62 10 £355 -23.76% 6
Scotland - 3 £362 - 1
London -65 1 £450 -
Work from Home - 1 £400 -

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 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (66.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) Skype
2 5 (33.33%) VPN
2 5 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (26.67%) DHCP
3 4 (26.67%) DNS
3 4 (26.67%) LAN
3 4 (26.67%) VLAN
3 4 (26.67%) WAN
4 1 (6.67%) Firewall
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Automation Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) SCCM Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Security Technical Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Specialist
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 10 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
3 2 (13.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) ITSM
2 9 (60.00%) Service Management
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (20.00%) DevOps
3 3 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) User Experience
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Refactoring
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (6.67%) Change Management
5 1 (6.67%) Channel Management
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (6.67%) Runbook
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (6.67%) Task Automation
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) PowerShell
2 10 (66.67%) VBScript
3 9 (60.00%) VB
4 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) DBS Check
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (93.33%) SCCM
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (66.67%) ServiceNow
3 3 (20.00%) Splunk