Data Security Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Security
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 245 278 372
Rank change year-on-year +33 +94 -18
Contract jobs citing Data Security 151 170 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 0.73% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.82% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 141 101
10th Percentile £380 £331 £208
25th Percentile £425 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £656 £575 £638
90th Percentile £700 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.70% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £20.24 £15.08 -
25th Percentile £30.87 £15.20 £22.37
Median hourly rate £40.00 £15.41 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +159.66% -36.45% -61.98%
75th Percentile - £15.61 £26.12
90th Percentile £53.00 £15.73 -
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the UK excluding London

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Security in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Security in the UK excluding London

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in the UK excluding London

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Security in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in the UK excluding London

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Data Security in the UK excluding London

Data Security
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland +40 21 £420 -16.00% 9
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 the UK excluding London 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 10 (6.62%) SAS
2 7 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.99%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.99%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.32%) Apache
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (3.31%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle FAH
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.99%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.66%) Odoo
3 1 (0.66%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.56%) Azure
2 16 (10.60%) AWS
3 9 (5.96%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.64%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.31%) CloudFront
6 5 (3.31%) SaaS
6 5 (3.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.65%) GCP
7 4 (2.65%) OCI
8 3 (1.99%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.32%) PaaS
9 2 (1.32%) Serverless
9 2 (1.32%) Sumo Logic
10 1 (0.66%) Amazon Kinesis
10 1 (0.66%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.64%) Network Security
2 5 (3.31%) DNS
2 5 (3.31%) SAN
2 5 (3.31%) VPN
3 3 (1.99%) Firewall
3 3 (1.99%) NAS
3 3 (1.99%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.27%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (6.62%) Crystal Reports
3 8 (5.30%) Data Lake
4 6 (3.97%) MySQL
4 6 (3.97%) Power BI
5 5 (3.31%) Metadata
5 5 (3.31%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.99%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.99%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (1.99%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.32%) Big Data
7 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.32%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.32%) OLAP
7 2 (1.32%) OLTP
7 2 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.32%) Tableau
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.66%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 10 (6.62%) JIRA
2 3 (1.99%) Git
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (1.99%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.99%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.99%) Toad
3 2 (1.32%) Android Studio
3 2 (1.32%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.32%) kappa
4 1 (0.66%) GoCD
4 1 (0.66%) JUnit
General
1 37 (24.50%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.21%) Finance
3 27 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.28%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.96%) Banking
6 7 (4.64%) Legal
6 7 (4.64%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.97%) Retail
8 5 (3.31%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.99%) Back Office
9 3 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.66%) Aviation
11 1 (0.66%) Military
11 1 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (21.85%) Analyst
2 21 (13.91%) Architect
3 17 (11.26%) Lead
4 15 (9.93%) Developer
5 12 (7.95%) Data Architect
6 11 (7.28%) Data Engineer
7 9 (5.96%) SOC Analyst
8 8 (5.30%) Compliance Analyst
8 8 (5.30%) Data Analyst
8 8 (5.30%) Data Compliance Analyst
8 8 (5.30%) IT Security Specialist
8 8 (5.30%) Security Engineer
8 8 (5.30%) Security Operations Specialist
8 8 (5.30%) Security Specialist
9 7 (4.64%) IFS Developer
9 7 (4.64%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.97%) Azure Data Engineer
10 6 (3.97%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (3.97%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.97%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.31%) OAuth
1 5 (3.31%) OAuth2
1 5 (3.31%) SAML
2 4 (2.65%) AngularJS
2 4 (2.65%) Kafka
2 4 (2.65%) XML
3 3 (1.99%) CSS
3 3 (1.99%) HTML
3 3 (1.99%) React
3 3 (1.99%) RESTful
3 3 (1.99%) SOAP
4 2 (1.32%) Android SDK
4 2 (1.32%) Jest
4 2 (1.32%) Node.js
5 1 (0.66%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (0.66%) Dagger
5 1 (0.66%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (0.66%) Retrofit
5 1 (0.66%) RxJava
5 1 (0.66%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.22%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.95%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.31%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.31%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.99%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.99%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.99%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.99%) Online Banking
7 2 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.32%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.32%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.32%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.66%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.27%) Windows
2 6 (3.97%) Linux
3 3 (1.99%) Android
3 3 (1.99%) Unix
3 3 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.99%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (27.81%) Incident Response
2 40 (26.49%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (23.18%) Analytics
4 29 (19.21%) SIEM
5 27 (17.88%) Security Operations
5 27 (17.88%) Vulnerability Management
6 22 (14.57%) Data Modelling
7 19 (12.58%) ERP
8 18 (11.92%) Data Loss Prevention
9 17 (11.26%) Computer Science
9 17 (11.26%) ETL
10 16 (10.60%) Data Governance
10 16 (10.60%) Data Integration
10 16 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (10.60%) User Experience
11 15 (9.93%) Project Management
12 14 (9.27%) Incident Management
12 14 (9.27%) Roadmaps
13 13 (8.61%) Decision-Making
14 11 (7.28%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 31 (20.53%) SQL
2 8 (5.30%) Java
2 8 (5.30%) Python
3 6 (3.97%) PL/SQL
4 4 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.99%) Kotlin
5 3 (1.99%) PHP
6 2 (1.32%) R
6 2 (1.32%) Scala
6 2 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (19.87%) Degree
2 15 (9.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (9.27%) Security Cleared
4 13 (8.61%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.64%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.97%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.31%) PMP
8 4 (2.65%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.32%) PhD
10 1 (0.66%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.66%) CCNA
10 1 (0.66%) CISA
10 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.66%) CISM
10 1 (0.66%) CISSP
10 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.66%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.27%) GDPR
2 6 (3.97%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.97%) NIST
3 5 (3.31%) HIPAA
3 5 (3.31%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.31%) QA
4 3 (1.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.99%) JSP 440
5 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.31%) Docker
3 3 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.66%) CA Service Virtualization
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (17.22%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.58%) Qualys
3 16 (10.60%) Forcepoint
3 16 (10.60%) LogRhythm
3 16 (10.60%) Varonis
4 12 (7.95%) Oracle
4 12 (7.95%) Splunk
5 11 (7.28%) IFS
6 7 (4.64%) Databricks
6 7 (4.64%) Virgin Media
7 3 (1.99%) Cisco
7 3 (1.99%) Citrix
7 3 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.99%) F5
7 3 (1.99%) HP
7 3 (1.99%) Microgen
7 3 (1.99%) SAP
7 3 (1.99%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.99%) VMware
7 3 (1.99%) Workday