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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 555 653
Rank change year-on-year +13 +98 +195
Contract jobs citing Disk Encryption 11 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.021% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.024% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 3
10th Percentile £120 - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £260 £250
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +4.00% -31.03%
75th Percentile £450 £500 -
90th Percentile £558 £545 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £260 £250
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -16.67%

All Process and 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 29,589 32,869 44,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.52% 85.60% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,385 20,313 30,580
10th Percentile £300 £310 £314
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,782 1,485 1,560
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.77
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.95 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -47.67% +7.50% +73.91%

Disk Encryption
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Disk Encryption 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 September 2025.

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 September 2025. 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 +13 10 £250 -3.85% 6
UK excluding London -5 7 £250 -3.85% 4
London - 4 £450 - 4
Midlands - 3 £140 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £140 - 1
South East +9 2 £255 -1.92% 3
Scotland +2 1 £600 +4.35%
South West - 1 £500 -
Work from Home - 1 - -

Disk 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
3 1 (9.09%) PaaS
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) DHCP
1 6 (54.55%) DNS
1 6 (54.55%) TCP/IP
2 4 (36.36%) VPN
3 3 (27.27%) LAN
3 3 (27.27%) WAN
4 1 (9.09%) Firewall
4 1 (9.09%) Internet
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 3 (27.27%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Desktop Support
1 3 (27.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) IT Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) IT Support
1 3 (27.27%) IT Support Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Support Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Migration Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (27.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 1 (9.09%) Unix
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Problem Management
4 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
6 1 (9.09%) Code Quality
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (9.09%) High Availability
6 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
6 1 (9.09%) Password Management
6 1 (9.09%) Refactoring
6 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (9.09%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) MCDST
1 3 (27.27%) MCP
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) SCCM
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
2 3 (27.27%) iManage
2 3 (27.27%) Mitel
2 3 (27.27%) Wyse
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk