Data Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Security over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 335 395
Rank change year-on-year +142 +60 +17
Contract jobs citing Data Security 156 122 237
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.06% 0.51% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.57% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 80 173
10th Percentile £325 £411 £335
25th Percentile £425 £480 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.34% +8.38%
75th Percentile £672 £658 £688
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £561 £552
% change year-on-year -2.00% +1.68% +0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £23.75 - -
25th Percentile £35.94 £18.63 £22.37
Median hourly rate £44.25 £19.25 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +129.87% -20.59% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £22.97 £26.12
90th Percentile - £28.54 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £22.87
% change year-on-year +107.79% -15.83% +44.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Data Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Security.

Data Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Security over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Data Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Security.

Data Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Security over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Data Security hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.85%) SAS
3 5 (3.21%) Confluence
4 3 (1.92%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (1.28%) CICS
6 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle FAH
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.28%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (31.41%) Azure
2 25 (16.03%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (15.38%) AWS
4 15 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 11 (7.05%) GCP
6 8 (5.13%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.49%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (4.49%) SaaS
8 6 (3.85%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.21%) CloudFront
9 5 (3.21%) IaaS
9 5 (3.21%) Nutanix
9 5 (3.21%) PaaS
9 5 (3.21%) Rubrik
9 5 (3.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.56%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.92%) GitHub
12 2 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.41%) DNS
2 9 (5.77%) Firewall
3 8 (5.13%) NAS
3 8 (5.13%) SAN
4 7 (4.49%) Network Security
5 5 (3.21%) DHCP
5 5 (3.21%) Kerberos
5 5 (3.21%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.21%) VLAN
5 5 (3.21%) VPN
6 3 (1.92%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.64%) 4G
7 1 (0.64%) 5G
7 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.69%) Power BI
2 11 (7.05%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (7.05%) MySQL
3 8 (5.13%) Relational Database
4 7 (4.49%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (3.85%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (3.85%) Metadata
6 5 (3.21%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.56%) Couchbase
7 4 (2.56%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.56%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.92%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.28%) DB2
9 2 (1.28%) EDMS
9 2 (1.28%) OLTP
9 2 (1.28%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.64%) Big Data
10 1 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (5.77%) Git
2 7 (4.49%) JIRA
3 6 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.21%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.92%) Toad
6 2 (1.28%) Android Studio
6 2 (1.28%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.64%) JMeter
7 1 (0.64%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.64%) Selenium
7 1 (0.64%) SoapUI
General
1 31 (19.87%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (17.31%) Finance
2 27 (17.31%) Social Skills
3 23 (14.74%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (4.49%) Banking
5 7 (4.49%) Legal
5 7 (4.49%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.85%) Retail
7 4 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.28%) Local Government
10 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.64%) Billing
10 1 (0.64%) Marketing
10 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (21.15%) Architect
2 23 (14.74%) Analyst
3 19 (12.18%) Technical Architect
4 18 (11.54%) Developer
4 18 (11.54%) SharePoint Architect
5 14 (8.97%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.41%) Consultant
6 10 (6.41%) Data Analyst
7 9 (5.77%) Security Specialist
8 8 (5.13%) IT Security Specialist
8 8 (5.13%) Security Operations Specialist
8 8 (5.13%) SOC Analyst
9 6 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (3.85%) Data Architect
9 6 (3.85%) IFS Developer
9 6 (3.85%) Lead
9 6 (3.85%) Security Engineer
10 5 (3.21%) Applications Engineer
10 5 (3.21%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.21%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.13%) AngularJS
2 7 (4.49%) CSS
2 7 (4.49%) HTML
3 5 (3.21%) LDAP
3 5 (3.21%) Node.js
3 5 (3.21%) OAuth
3 5 (3.21%) OAuth2
3 5 (3.21%) SAML
4 4 (2.56%) Web Services
5 2 (1.28%) Android SDK
5 2 (1.28%) React
5 2 (1.28%) RESTful
6 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.64%) JSON
6 1 (0.64%) Kafka
6 1 (0.64%) PySpark
6 1 (0.64%) REST
6 1 (0.64%) Sass
6 1 (0.64%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 24 (15.38%) Cloud Native
3 19 (12.18%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.21%) Clustering
5 5 (3.21%) Replication
6 3 (1.92%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.92%) Online Banking
7 2 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.28%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.28%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.28%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.28%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.64%) FMCG
8 1 (0.64%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.64%) PKI
8 1 (0.64%) SCADA
8 1 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.33%) Windows
2 9 (5.77%) Linux
3 5 (3.21%) Oracle Linux
3 5 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.21%) Solaris
3 5 (3.21%) Unix
3 5 (3.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.28%) Android
5 2 (1.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (21.79%) Data Governance
1 34 (21.79%) Migration
2 29 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (17.95%) Data Migration
3 28 (17.95%) Incident Response
4 27 (17.31%) Data Management
5 25 (16.03%) Analytics
6 24 (15.38%) Data Modelling
6 24 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
7 21 (13.46%) Data Loss Prevention
7 21 (13.46%) Project Management
8 20 (12.82%) Change Management
8 20 (12.82%) Computer Science
9 19 (12.18%) SIEM
10 18 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (10.90%) Security Operations
12 16 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (10.26%) Performance Tuning
13 15 (9.62%) Agile
14 13 (8.33%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.79%) SQL
2 24 (15.38%) Python
3 11 (7.05%) JavaScript
4 10 (6.41%) Java
5 7 (4.49%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.85%) Bash
7 5 (3.21%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.56%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.92%) PHP
10 2 (1.28%) COBOL
10 2 (1.28%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.28%) REXX
10 2 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.64%) C#
11 1 (0.64%) Go
11 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (18.59%) Degree
2 26 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 25 (16.03%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.41%) PMP
6 8 (5.13%) PMI Certification
7 7 (4.49%) AWS Certification
8 6 (3.85%) CISSP
9 4 (2.56%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.28%) CISM
10 2 (1.28%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.64%) CCSP
11 1 (0.64%) CISA
11 1 (0.64%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.64%) ISEB
11 1 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (17.95%) Data Quality
2 16 (10.26%) GDPR
3 7 (4.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 7 (4.49%) QA
4 5 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.28%) GRC
5 2 (1.28%) NIST
6 1 (0.64%) COBIT
6 1 (0.64%) GPG13
6 1 (0.64%) NCSC
6 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.33%) Docker
3 5 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.49%) Terraform
3 5 (3.21%) Ansible
3 5 (3.21%) EMC NetWorker
3 5 (3.21%) Netcool
3 5 (3.21%) Tivoli
3 5 (3.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.64%) Argo
4 1 (0.64%) CASB
4 1 (0.64%) Kibana
4 1 (0.64%) logstash
4 1 (0.64%) Puppet
4 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (35.26%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.46%) Qualys
3 19 (12.18%) NetApp
4 16 (10.26%) Forcepoint
4 16 (10.26%) LogRhythm
4 16 (10.26%) Varonis
5 12 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 11 (7.05%) Oracle
7 9 (5.77%) CyberArk
7 9 (5.77%) Splunk
8 8 (5.13%) Cisco
8 8 (5.13%) HP
9 6 (3.85%) IFS
10 5 (3.21%) Databricks
10 5 (3.21%) Dell
10 5 (3.21%) EMC
10 5 (3.21%) IBM
10 5 (3.21%) Isilon
10 5 (3.21%) Serena
10 5 (3.21%) VMware