Data Security Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 188 346
Rank change year-on-year +10 +158 +53
Contract jobs citing Data Security 127 163 132
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.28% 1.06% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.21% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 117 89
10th Percentile £325 £325 £410
25th Percentile £424 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -0.36%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £658
90th Percentile £763 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 4
10th Percentile £15.58 £23.75 £16.09
25th Percentile £16.06 £35.94 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.00 £44.25 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -61.58% +129.87% -12.97%
75th Percentile £17.81 £72.50 £19.88
90th Percentile £18.23 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.93 £40.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -32.69% +107.79% -12.97%

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 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Security trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Data Security over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options citing Data Security.

Data Security hourly rate 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 6 (4.72%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.94%) Apache
3 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.57%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.57%) Confluence
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.79%) CMS
5 1 (0.79%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.79%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Aladdin
1 5 (3.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.57%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.79%) Primavera
3 1 (0.79%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.79%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.79%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.79%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 42 (33.07%) Azure
2 31 (24.41%) AWS
3 19 (14.96%) GCP
3 19 (14.96%) Power Platform
4 14 (11.02%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (9.45%) Snowflake
6 10 (7.87%) Serverless
7 9 (7.09%) Amazon S3
7 9 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (6.30%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (4.72%) Amazon EMR
9 6 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (3.94%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (3.94%) Entra ID
10 5 (3.94%) Power Automate
10 5 (3.94%) PowerApps
10 5 (3.94%) SaaS
11 4 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (3.15%) dbt
12 3 (2.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.72%) DNS
1 6 (4.72%) SSL
1 6 (4.72%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.94%) Firewall
2 5 (3.94%) VPN
3 3 (2.36%) 2G
3 3 (2.36%) 3G
3 3 (2.36%) 4G
3 3 (2.36%) 5G
3 3 (2.36%) Network Security
3 3 (2.36%) SSH
4 2 (1.57%) DHCP
4 2 (1.57%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.57%) NGFW
5 1 (0.79%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.79%) NAS
5 1 (0.79%) SAN
5 1 (0.79%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.75%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (10.24%) Power BI
3 12 (9.45%) Data Lake
4 11 (8.66%) NoSQL
5 8 (6.30%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (6.30%) Big Data
5 8 (6.30%) Tableau
6 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
7 5 (3.94%) Hadoop
8 4 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (3.15%) Metadata
9 3 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.36%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.36%) MySQL
9 3 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (2.36%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (2.36%) Star Schema
10 2 (1.57%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.15%) JIRA
3 3 (2.36%) Git
4 1 (0.79%) ERwin
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.79%) Postman
4 1 (0.79%) RStudio
4 1 (0.79%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (38.58%) Social Skills
2 26 (20.47%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (19.69%) Finance
4 15 (11.81%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.45%) Banking
6 8 (6.30%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.15%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.15%) Marketing
7 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.36%) Local Government
9 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Legal
9 2 (1.57%) Military
9 2 (1.57%) Retail
10 1 (0.79%) Billing
10 1 (0.79%) German Language
10 1 (0.79%) International Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (23.62%) Architect
2 20 (15.75%) Data Engineer
3 19 (14.96%) Data Architect
4 15 (11.81%) Analyst
5 14 (11.02%) Developer
6 11 (8.66%) Consultant
6 11 (8.66%) Lead
7 10 (7.87%) Python Engineer
8 8 (6.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 8 (6.30%) JavaScript Engineer
8 8 (6.30%) Security Architect
9 7 (5.51%) Data Analyst
10 5 (3.94%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Data Consultant
10 5 (3.94%) Senior
11 4 (3.15%) AWS Data Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) Platform Architect
12 3 (2.36%) Administrator
12 3 (2.36%) Cloud Engineer
12 3 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.09%) Kafka
2 6 (4.72%) PySpark
3 3 (2.36%) .NET
3 3 (2.36%) RESTful
4 2 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.57%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.57%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.57%) REST
4 2 (1.57%) SAML
4 2 (1.57%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.57%) Shiny
4 2 (1.57%) SpaCy
4 2 (1.57%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.79%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.79%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.79%) Node.js
5 1 (0.79%) NumPy
5 1 (0.79%) pydantic
5 1 (0.79%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.24%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.87%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.94%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.15%) Clustering
4 4 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.36%) IoT
5 3 (2.36%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.36%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.36%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.57%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.57%) Life Science
6 2 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.57%) Replication
6 2 (1.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.72%) Linux
2 4 (3.15%) Unix
2 4 (3.15%) Windows
3 3 (2.36%) Android
3 3 (2.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.79%) CentOS
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Solaris
4 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (31.50%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (29.13%) Data Governance
3 34 (26.77%) Analytics
4 30 (23.62%) Data Modelling
4 30 (23.62%) ETL
5 29 (22.83%) Data Management
6 24 (18.90%) Data Pipeline
7 23 (18.11%) DevOps
8 22 (17.32%) Data Architecture
9 20 (15.75%) Decision-Making
10 18 (14.17%) CI/CD
10 18 (14.17%) Data Science
11 17 (13.39%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (12.60%) Agile
12 16 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (11.81%) Regulatory Compliance
14 14 (11.02%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 14 (11.02%) Machine Learning
15 13 (10.24%) Data Integration
16 12 (9.45%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 41 (32.28%) Python
2 40 (31.50%) SQL
3 13 (10.24%) Java
4 11 (8.66%) JavaScript
5 8 (6.30%) TypeScript
6 6 (4.72%) Bash
6 6 (4.72%) Scala
7 4 (3.15%) C#
8 3 (2.36%) ActionScript
8 3 (2.36%) ActionScript 2.0
8 3 (2.36%) R
9 2 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.79%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.79%) C
10 1 (0.79%) Go
10 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (12.60%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.24%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.66%) Degree
4 7 (5.51%) AWS Certification
5 6 (4.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (3.94%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.15%) CISSP
8 3 (2.36%) CISM
8 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (22.05%) Data Quality
2 20 (15.75%) GDPR
3 6 (4.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (3.94%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.36%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.57%) GRC
6 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.57%) NIST
6 2 (1.57%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.79%) QA
7 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.09%) Docker
3 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (9.45%) Terraform
2 10 (7.87%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.15%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.57%) Ansible
4 2 (1.57%) CloudHub
4 2 (1.57%) Kibana
4 2 (1.57%) logstash
5 1 (0.79%) CASB
5 1 (0.79%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.79%) Grafana
5 1 (0.79%) Netcool
5 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.79%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 26 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.09%) Databricks
3 6 (4.72%) Google
3 6 (4.72%) Informatica
4 5 (3.94%) CyberArk
4 5 (3.94%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.15%) Oracle
6 3 (2.36%) IBM
7 2 (1.57%) Cisco
7 2 (1.57%) IBM Sterling
7 2 (1.57%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.57%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.57%) Sage
7 2 (1.57%) SAP
7 2 (1.57%) Symantec
8 1 (0.79%) Delphix
8 1 (0.79%) Isilon
8 1 (0.79%) Splunk
8 1 (0.79%) Varonis
8 1 (0.79%) Workday