Data Security Contracts

Data Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 370 445
Rank change year-on-year +87 +75 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Security 332 378 459
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.65% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.73% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 272 318
10th Percentile £338 £413 £331
25th Percentile £425 £480 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £658 £688
90th Percentile £750 £736 £752
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 1
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.32 -
25th Percentile £23.75 £15.81 £22.37
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +107.79% -20.59% -43.28%
75th Percentile £50.25 £19.88 £26.12
90th Percentile £72.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £15.41 £24.24
% change year-on-year +159.66% -36.45% -57.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Security over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 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
England +60 272 £554 +0.73% 183
Work from Home +134 160 £500 -9.09% 68
UK excluding London +33 150 £500 -1.04% 127
London +74 134 £600 -4.00% 55
South East +18 56 £488 -7.14% 36
North of England +26 30 £500 +2.88% 38
North West +29 23 £500 +2.88% 19
South West +17 23 £650 +18.18% 9
Scotland +36 21 £420 -16.00% 2
Midlands +15 12 £650 +28.08% 31
West Midlands +10 11 £650 +36.84% 9
Yorkshire +5 7 £500 -1.96% 18
East of England +15 5 £513 +2.50% 13
East Midlands +19 1 - - 22

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 34 (10.24%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.61%) SAS
3 10 (3.01%) Apache Spark
4 8 (2.41%) Confluence
5 5 (1.51%) Apache
5 5 (1.51%) CICS
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.51%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle FAH
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.30%) Odoo
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 104 (31.33%) Azure
2 56 (16.87%) AWS
3 40 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (9.04%) GCP
5 26 (7.83%) Power Platform
6 19 (5.72%) SaaS
7 15 (4.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (4.52%) Entra ID
8 14 (4.22%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (3.31%) PaaS
9 11 (3.31%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.71%) IaaS
11 8 (2.41%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.41%) Nutanix
11 8 (2.41%) PowerApps
11 8 (2.41%) Rubrik
11 8 (2.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.82%) Firewall
2 15 (4.52%) DNS
3 13 (3.92%) SAN
4 12 (3.61%) TCP/IP
5 11 (3.31%) NAS
5 11 (3.31%) Network Security
6 10 (3.01%) DHCP
7 8 (2.41%) Kerberos
7 8 (2.41%) VLAN
8 5 (1.51%) VPN
9 3 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.90%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.60%) VoIP
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.30%) DWDM
11 1 (0.30%) Intranet
11 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.35%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (6.93%) Power BI
3 22 (6.63%) Data Lake
4 18 (5.42%) Metadata
5 16 (4.82%) NoSQL
6 15 (4.52%) Big Data
7 12 (3.61%) SQL Server
8 11 (3.31%) MySQL
9 10 (3.01%) Crystal Reports
10 9 (2.71%) Relational Database
11 8 (2.41%) OLTP
12 7 (2.11%) DB2
12 7 (2.11%) Tableau
13 6 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.51%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.51%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.51%) MongoDB
15 4 (1.20%) Couchbase
15 4 (1.20%) Oracle Database
15 4 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (4.82%) JIRA
2 13 (3.92%) Git
2 13 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.41%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.90%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.90%) Toad
5 2 (0.60%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.60%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.60%) kappa
5 2 (0.60%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.30%) GoCD
6 1 (0.30%) JMeter
6 1 (0.30%) JUnit
6 1 (0.30%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
General
1 81 (24.40%) Social Skills
2 78 (23.49%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (18.07%) Finance
4 38 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.42%) Banking
6 14 (4.22%) Legal
7 11 (3.31%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.41%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.81%) Retail
12 5 (1.51%) Marketing
13 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.90%) Back Office
14 3 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.90%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.90%) French Language
14 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 69 (20.78%) Architect
2 49 (14.76%) Analyst
3 30 (9.04%) Data Engineer
4 28 (8.43%) Data Architect
5 26 (7.83%) Developer
5 26 (7.83%) Lead
6 22 (6.63%) Consultant
7 18 (5.42%) Technical Architect
8 17 (5.12%) Data Analyst
9 15 (4.52%) Project Manager
9 15 (4.52%) SharePoint Architect
10 13 (3.92%) Senior
11 12 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.31%) Security Architect
12 11 (3.31%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.01%) Security Specialist
14 9 (2.71%) Business Analyst
14 9 (2.71%) SOC Analyst
15 8 (2.41%) Data Compliance Analyst
15 8 (2.41%) Security Operations Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.71%) Kafka
1 9 (2.71%) Node.js
2 8 (2.41%) LDAP
3 7 (2.11%) CSS
3 7 (2.11%) HTML
3 7 (2.11%) Web Services
4 5 (1.51%) .NET
4 5 (1.51%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.51%) OAuth
4 5 (1.51%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.51%) SAML
4 5 (1.51%) XML
5 4 (1.20%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (1.20%) PySpark
5 4 (1.20%) React
5 4 (1.20%) REST
5 4 (1.20%) SOAP
6 3 (0.90%) RESTful
7 2 (0.60%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.24%) Management Information System
2 24 (7.23%) Data Structures
3 23 (6.93%) Cloud Native
4 18 (5.42%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.71%) Clustering
6 9 (2.71%) Replication
7 8 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.51%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.20%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.20%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.90%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.90%) NHS
11 3 (0.90%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.13%) Windows
2 19 (5.72%) Linux
3 9 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.41%) Oracle Linux
4 8 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.41%) Solaris
4 8 (2.41%) zOS
5 5 (1.51%) Unix
6 3 (0.90%) Android
6 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (20.78%) Data Governance
3 68 (20.48%) Analytics
4 52 (15.66%) Data Modelling
5 51 (15.36%) Project Management
6 49 (14.76%) Data Management
7 48 (14.46%) Incident Response
8 47 (14.16%) Agile
9 43 (12.95%) Migration
10 40 (12.05%) Vulnerability Management
11 38 (11.45%) Data Loss Prevention
11 38 (11.45%) ETL
12 36 (10.84%) Computer Science
12 36 (10.84%) Data Integration
13 34 (10.24%) Data Migration
13 34 (10.24%) Security Operations
13 34 (10.24%) SIEM
13 34 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (9.64%) Roadmaps
15 31 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 65 (19.58%) SQL
2 46 (13.86%) Python
3 21 (6.33%) Java
4 17 (5.12%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.61%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.31%) Bash
7 9 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.11%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.51%) COBOL
9 5 (1.51%) PHP
9 5 (1.51%) REXX
10 4 (1.20%) C#
10 4 (1.20%) R
11 3 (0.90%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.90%) Scala
11 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.60%) U-SQL
13 1 (0.30%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.30%) Go
Qualifications
1 58 (17.47%) Degree
2 46 (13.86%) Security Cleared
3 42 (12.65%) SC Cleared
4 31 (9.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.61%) CISSP
6 10 (3.01%) CISM
7 9 (2.71%) PMP
8 8 (2.41%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.11%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.81%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.51%) CISA
12 4 (1.20%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.90%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.60%) CEH
14 2 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
14 2 (0.60%) PhD
15 1 (0.30%) A+ Certification
15 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.30%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.46%) GDPR
2 45 (13.55%) Data Quality
3 17 (5.12%) QA
4 13 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (3.31%) NIST
6 9 (2.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (2.41%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.51%) GRC
8 5 (1.51%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.20%) SLA
10 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.90%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.30%) GPG13
12 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (5.42%) Active Directory
1 18 (5.42%) Docker
2 12 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 13 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.61%) Terraform
3 10 (3.01%) Ansible
4 8 (2.41%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (2.41%) Netcool
4 8 (2.41%) Tivoli
4 8 (2.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.90%) CA Service Virtualization
7 2 (0.60%) Ambari
7 2 (0.60%) Oozie
7 2 (0.60%) SCCM
7 2 (0.60%) WSUS
8 1 (0.30%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.30%) Kibana
8 1 (0.30%) logstash
8 1 (0.30%) Puppet
8 1 (0.30%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.30%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 88 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.43%) Oracle
3 27 (8.13%) Qualys
4 22 (6.63%) Varonis
5 20 (6.02%) Databricks
5 20 (6.02%) Splunk
6 19 (5.72%) NetApp
7 16 (4.82%) Forcepoint
7 16 (4.82%) LogRhythm
8 14 (4.22%) Cisco
9 13 (3.92%) IBM
9 13 (3.92%) VMware
10 12 (3.61%) CyberArk
10 12 (3.61%) SAP
11 11 (3.31%) Google
11 11 (3.31%) HP
11 11 (3.31%) IFS
11 11 (3.31%) ServiceNow
12 9 (2.71%) EMC
13 8 (2.41%) Dell