Data Security Contract Job Trends in Wales

Data Security
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Data Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Security 7 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.29% 0.98% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £160 -
Median % change year-on-year +93.75% - -
75th Percentile £315 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £29.25 -
UK median hourly rate £22.75 £26.93 £40.00
% change year-on-year -15.52% -32.69% +130.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Data Security 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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 426 265 339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 78.45% 86.60% 79.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 188 248
10th Percentile £214 £185 £152
25th Percentile £305 £267 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £509 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £625 £655
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 29 27
10th Percentile £12.21 £16.00 £11.51
25th Percentile £14.08 £20.12 £13.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.00 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.76% +1.89%
75th Percentile £30.19 £29.25 £36.68
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £86.72
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% -10.34%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Data Security job vacancy trend in Wales

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data Security

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Wales region over the 6 months to 29 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
South Wales -9 1 £310 +93.75% 3
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Geospatial Data
1 6 (85.71%) GIS
1 6 (85.71%) Power BI
1 6 (85.71%) Spatial Data
General
1 6 (85.71%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Welsh Language
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) GIS Officer
1 6 (85.71%) GIS Support
1 6 (85.71%) Support Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Data Structures
1 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (85.71%) Data Collection
1 6 (85.71%) Data Entry
1 6 (85.71%) Data Governance
1 6 (85.71%) Data Management
1 6 (85.71%) Mentoring
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (85.71%) Spatial Analysis
1 6 (85.71%) Spatial Data Management
1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) DBS Check
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft