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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 541 543
Rank change year-on-year -123 +2 +81
Contract jobs citing Disk Encryption 24 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.043% 0.045% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.050% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 8
10th Percentile £305 £122 -
25th Percentile £323 £128 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £255 £260
Median % change year-on-year +41.02% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £513 £450 £500
90th Percentile £519 £535 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £349 £250 £260
% change year-on-year +39.64% -3.85% +4.00%

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 46,826 30,024 32,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.73% 90.50% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,144 18,679 19,408
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,407 1,886 1,245
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.72 £65.07 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -94 22 £349 +39.64% 1
England -112 22 £354 +41.68% 6
North of England - 17 £354 - 1
North West - 16 £360 - 1
Scotland -24 2 £650 +30.26%
South West -33 2 £331 -33.80%
London -103 2 £450 - 3
South East -63 1 £280 +9.80%
North East - 1 £275 -

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 17 (70.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (70.83%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
1 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (70.83%) Skype
2 8 (33.33%) DNS
2 8 (33.33%) LAN
2 8 (33.33%) WAN
3 7 (29.17%) DHCP
3 7 (29.17%) VLAN
3 7 (29.17%) VPN
3 7 (29.17%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (8.33%) Firewall
4 2 (8.33%) Network Security
4 2 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) MSI
General
1 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) IT Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) IT Support
3 2 (8.33%) Support Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Windows Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 1 (4.17%) Subject Matter Expert
4 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Software Packaging
2 1 (4.17%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 23 (95.83%) Windows
2 20 (83.33%) Windows 10
3 17 (70.83%) Windows 7
4 3 (12.50%) macOS
5 1 (4.17%) Android
5 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.17%) Linux
5 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) ITSM
1 16 (66.67%) Service Management
2 7 (29.17%) User Experience
3 3 (12.50%) Change Management
3 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (4.17%) Containerisation
5 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.17%) DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.17%) Internal Audit
5 1 (4.17%) Observability
5 1 (4.17%) Runbook
5 1 (4.17%) Server Management
5 1 (4.17%) Task Automation
5 1 (4.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 20 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 17 (70.83%) VBScript
3 16 (66.67%) VB
4 2 (8.33%) Python
5 1 (4.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 14 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (79.17%) BitLocker
2 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
3 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (4.17%) Docker
5 1 (4.17%) Firmware
5 1 (4.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 20 (83.33%) SCCM
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.17%) Ansible
3 1 (4.17%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 16 (66.67%) ServiceNow
3 7 (29.17%) VMware
4 6 (25.00%) CyberArk
5 1 (4.17%) Citrix
5 1 (4.17%) Dell
5 1 (4.17%) F5
5 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.17%) Splunk
5 1 (4.17%) Wyse
5 1 (4.17%) Zscaler