Data Security Contracts in England

Data Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Security over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 359 455
Rank change year-on-year +76 +96 -14
Contract jobs citing Data Security 265 310 351
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.73% 0.64% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.71% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 224 245
10th Percentile £382 £400 £331
25th Percentile £450 £485 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year +2.18% -3.34% +13.80%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.70% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 1
10th Percentile £18.00 £15.32 -
25th Percentile £22.74 £15.81 £22.37
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +107.79% -20.59% -57.84%
75th Percentile - £19.88 £26.12
90th Percentile £50.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £24.24
% change year-on-year +107.79% -20.59% -57.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Security in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
London +77 129 £597 -6.35% 81
South East +17 55 £475 -9.52% 32
North of England +22 31 £500 +2.88% 50
North West +22 24 £525 +8.02% 27
South West +8 23 £650 +18.18% 14
Midlands +11 13 £650 +19.54% 31
West Midlands +17 12 £650 +160.00% 11
Yorkshire +5 7 £500 -1.96% 20
East of England +11 5 £513 +2.50% 16
South Coast - 3 £500 -
East Midlands +14 1 - - 20
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 27 (10.19%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.53%) SAS
3 11 (4.15%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.26%) Confluence
5 5 (1.89%) Apache
6 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.13%) CICS
7 3 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.38%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.51%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle FAH
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.13%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.38%) Odoo
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.38%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 91 (34.34%) Azure
2 48 (18.11%) AWS
3 32 (12.08%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (10.57%) GCP
5 18 (6.79%) Power Platform
6 15 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (5.28%) Entra ID
8 13 (4.91%) SaaS
9 12 (4.53%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (3.40%) PaaS
11 8 (3.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (2.64%) Amazon S3
12 7 (2.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.64%) IaaS
13 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (2.26%) Nutanix
13 6 (2.26%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.26%) Rubrik
14 5 (1.89%) Alation
14 5 (1.89%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.91%) DNS
1 13 (4.91%) Firewall
2 12 (4.53%) Network Security
3 10 (3.77%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.02%) DHCP
4 8 (3.02%) SAN
5 6 (2.26%) Kerberos
5 6 (2.26%) NAS
5 6 (2.26%) VLAN
6 5 (1.89%) VPN
7 3 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.13%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.75%) Internet
8 2 (0.75%) VoIP
8 2 (0.75%) WAN
8 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.38%) DWDM
9 1 (0.38%) Intranet
9 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (15.47%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (7.92%) Data Lake
3 18 (6.79%) Power BI
4 15 (5.66%) Big Data
5 13 (4.91%) Metadata
6 12 (4.53%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.15%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.77%) Crystal Reports
9 9 (3.40%) Relational Database
10 8 (3.02%) MySQL
11 6 (2.26%) OLTP
12 5 (1.89%) DB2
12 5 (1.89%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.89%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.89%) Tableau
13 4 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.51%) BigQuery
14 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.13%) Parquet
14 3 (1.13%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 16 (6.04%) JIRA
2 11 (4.15%) Git
3 10 (3.77%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.26%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (1.13%) Toad
6 2 (0.75%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.75%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.75%) kappa
6 2 (0.75%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.38%) GoCD
7 1 (0.38%) JMeter
7 1 (0.38%) JUnit
7 1 (0.38%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.38%) Selenium
7 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 60 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
2 59 (22.26%) Social Skills
3 54 (20.38%) Finance
4 24 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.42%) Banking
6 9 (3.40%) Legal
6 9 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.40%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.26%) Retail
9 4 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.13%) Back Office
10 3 (1.13%) French Language
10 3 (1.13%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.13%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.13%) Marketing
11 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 61 (23.02%) Architect
2 38 (14.34%) Analyst
3 25 (9.43%) Data Architect
3 25 (9.43%) Data Engineer
4 21 (7.92%) Lead
5 17 (6.42%) Consultant
6 16 (6.04%) Developer
6 16 (6.04%) Technical Architect
7 15 (5.66%) Data Analyst
8 13 (4.91%) SharePoint Architect
9 12 (4.53%) Security Architect
10 11 (4.15%) Security Engineer
10 11 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.77%) Security Specialist
12 9 (3.40%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.40%) Senior
13 8 (3.02%) Data Compliance Analyst
13 8 (3.02%) Data Manager
13 8 (3.02%) IT Security Specialist
13 8 (3.02%) Security Operations Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.40%) Kafka
2 6 (2.26%) CSS
2 6 (2.26%) HTML
2 6 (2.26%) LDAP
2 6 (2.26%) Web Services
3 5 (1.89%) OAuth
3 5 (1.89%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.89%) SAML
3 5 (1.89%) XML
4 4 (1.51%) .NET
4 4 (1.51%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.51%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.51%) PySpark
4 4 (1.51%) RESTful
4 4 (1.51%) SOAP
5 3 (1.13%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.13%) Node.js
5 3 (1.13%) React
6 2 (0.75%) Apache Avro
6 2 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.32%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.68%) Data Structures
3 21 (7.92%) Cloud Native
4 17 (6.42%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.64%) Clustering
6 7 (2.64%) Replication
7 6 (2.26%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.51%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.13%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.13%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.13%) NHS
10 3 (1.13%) Online Banking
10 3 (1.13%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.68%) Windows
2 17 (6.42%) Linux
3 9 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.26%) Oracle Linux
4 6 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.26%) Solaris
5 5 (1.89%) Unix
5 5 (1.89%) zOS
6 3 (1.13%) Android
7 1 (0.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (23.40%) Analytics
2 61 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (21.89%) Data Governance
4 44 (16.60%) Data Modelling
4 44 (16.60%) Incident Response
5 42 (15.85%) Agile
5 42 (15.85%) Data Management
6 40 (15.09%) Project Management
7 39 (14.72%) Vulnerability Management
8 37 (13.96%) Data Loss Prevention
9 36 (13.58%) ETL
9 36 (13.58%) Security Operations
10 35 (13.21%) Migration
11 34 (12.83%) Data Integration
12 33 (12.45%) Roadmaps
13 32 (12.08%) SIEM
14 29 (10.94%) Data Migration
15 25 (9.43%) DevOps
16 24 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (9.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (23.02%) SQL
2 37 (13.96%) Python
3 16 (6.04%) Java
4 15 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.15%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.02%) Bash
7 7 (2.64%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.51%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.13%) C#
9 3 (1.13%) COBOL
9 3 (1.13%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.13%) PHP
9 3 (1.13%) R
9 3 (1.13%) REXX
9 3 (1.13%) Scala
9 3 (1.13%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.75%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (15.47%) Security Cleared
2 38 (14.34%) Degree
3 37 (13.96%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.77%) CISM
5 10 (3.77%) CISSP
6 8 (3.02%) PMP
7 7 (2.64%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.26%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.89%) CISA
9 5 (1.89%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.51%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.75%) CEH
11 2 (0.75%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.75%) PhD
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.38%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.96%) GDPR
2 35 (13.21%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.91%) QA
4 10 (3.77%) NIST
5 8 (3.02%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (2.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.51%) SLA
10 3 (1.13%) GRC
10 3 (1.13%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.13%) JSP 440
10 3 (1.13%) NCSC
11 2 (0.75%) COBIT
11 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.38%) GPG13
System Software
1 14 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.91%) Docker
3 10 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 9 (3.40%) Terraform
2 8 (3.02%) Ansible
2 8 (3.02%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.26%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (2.26%) Netcool
3 6 (2.26%) Tivoli
3 6 (2.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 4 (1.51%) SCCM
5 3 (1.13%) CASB
5 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.75%) Ambari
6 2 (0.75%) Oozie
6 2 (0.75%) SCOrch
6 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.75%) WSUS
7 1 (0.38%) CA Service Virtualization
7 1 (0.38%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.38%) Kibana
7 1 (0.38%) logstash
7 1 (0.38%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 75 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.06%) Qualys
3 22 (8.30%) Varonis
4 20 (7.55%) Databricks
5 17 (6.42%) Oracle
6 16 (6.04%) Forcepoint
6 16 (6.04%) LogRhythm
6 16 (6.04%) NetApp
7 15 (5.66%) Splunk
8 11 (4.15%) Google
8 11 (4.15%) IBM
8 11 (4.15%) VMware
9 10 (3.77%) IFS
9 10 (3.77%) ServiceNow
10 9 (3.40%) Cisco
11 8 (3.02%) SAP
11 8 (3.02%) Talend
12 7 (2.64%) EMC
12 7 (2.64%) Informatica
12 7 (2.64%) Virgin Media