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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 374 461
Rank change year-on-year +88 +87 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Security 329 346 442
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.62% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.69% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 245 307
10th Percentile £339 £413 £337
25th Percentile £425 £486 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year - -3.34% +8.38%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £749 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £516
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.74% +3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 2
10th Percentile £21.93 £15.41 £20.01
25th Percentile £23.75 £16.51 £20.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +107.79% -15.83% -37.62%
75th Percentile £55.81 £19.88 £25.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £26.06 £25.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £15.81 £22.87
% change year-on-year +153.00% -30.87% -60.23%

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +71 266 £570 +3.64% 226
UK excluding London +44 157 £500 -4.76% 144
Work from Home +135 154 £500 -9.09% 103
London +71 124 £575 -13.53% 79
South East +16 56 £500 -9.09% 29
North of England +25 36 £525 +8.02% 60
North West +30 25 £513 +5.45% 31
South West +11 23 £650 +18.18% 11
Scotland +31 22 £420 -16.00% 5
Midlands +19 13 £650 +15.56% 27
West Midlands +13 12 £650 +52.94% 12
Yorkshire +11 11 £554 +9.70% 25
East of England +4 4 £600 +20.00% 10
East Midlands +9 1 - - 15

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 35 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.65%) Apache Spark
2 12 (3.65%) SAS
3 6 (1.82%) Apache
4 5 (1.52%) CICS
4 5 (1.52%) Confluence
5 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.22%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle FAH
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.30%) Odoo
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (29.79%) Azure
2 58 (17.63%) AWS
3 38 (11.55%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (8.21%) GCP
5 26 (7.90%) Power Platform
6 16 (4.86%) Entra ID
6 16 (4.86%) SaaS
7 15 (4.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (3.65%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.34%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (3.04%) Power Automate
11 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (2.43%) Amazon EMR
12 8 (2.43%) PaaS
12 8 (2.43%) PowerApps
13 7 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.13%) GitHub
13 7 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.95%) Firewall
2 12 (3.65%) DNS
3 11 (3.34%) Network Security
4 10 (3.04%) SAN
5 8 (2.43%) NAS
5 8 (2.43%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.13%) DHCP
7 5 (1.52%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.52%) VLAN
7 5 (1.52%) VPN
8 3 (0.91%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.61%) Internet
9 2 (0.61%) VoIP
9 2 (0.61%) WAN
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.30%) DWDM
10 1 (0.30%) Intranet
10 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.77%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (6.99%) Power BI
3 22 (6.69%) Data Lake
4 18 (5.47%) Metadata
5 17 (5.17%) MySQL
6 15 (4.56%) NoSQL
7 14 (4.26%) Big Data
7 14 (4.26%) Relational Database
8 12 (3.65%) SQL Server
9 10 (3.04%) Crystal Reports
10 8 (2.43%) DB2
10 8 (2.43%) OLTP
11 7 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (2.13%) Qlik Sense
12 6 (1.82%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.82%) Tableau
13 5 (1.52%) BigQuery
13 5 (1.52%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.22%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 17 (5.17%) JIRA
2 12 (3.65%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.34%) Git
4 6 (1.82%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.91%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.91%) Toad
6 2 (0.61%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.61%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.61%) kappa
6 2 (0.61%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.30%) GitLab
7 1 (0.30%) GoCD
7 1 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.30%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
7 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
General
1 76 (23.10%) Social Skills
2 74 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (16.41%) Finance
4 40 (12.16%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.78%) Banking
6 15 (4.56%) Legal
7 11 (3.34%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.13%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.82%) Retail
12 5 (1.52%) Marketing
13 4 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.91%) Back Office
14 3 (0.91%) French Language
14 3 (0.91%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.61%) Police
16 1 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (21.58%) Architect
2 43 (13.07%) Analyst
3 32 (9.73%) Data Engineer
4 30 (9.12%) Data Architect
5 28 (8.51%) Developer
6 24 (7.29%) Lead
7 22 (6.69%) Consultant
8 18 (5.47%) Technical Architect
9 17 (5.17%) Data Analyst
9 17 (5.17%) SharePoint Architect
10 15 (4.56%) Security Architect
10 15 (4.56%) Security Engineer
11 11 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.04%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.04%) Security Specialist
12 10 (3.04%) Senior
13 9 (2.74%) SOC Analyst
14 8 (2.43%) Data Compliance Analyst
14 8 (2.43%) Security Operations Specialist
14 8 (2.43%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.95%) Kafka
2 11 (3.34%) CSS
2 11 (3.34%) HTML
3 9 (2.74%) AngularJS
3 9 (2.74%) Node.js
4 7 (2.13%) Web Services
5 6 (1.82%) OAuth
6 5 (1.52%) .NET
6 5 (1.52%) LDAP
6 5 (1.52%) OAuth2
6 5 (1.52%) SAML
7 4 (1.22%) .NET Framework
7 4 (1.22%) Apache NiFi
7 4 (1.22%) PySpark
7 4 (1.22%) React
7 4 (1.22%) REST
7 4 (1.22%) RESTful
7 4 (1.22%) XML
8 3 (0.91%) SOAP
9 2 (0.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.94%) Management Information System
2 24 (7.29%) Data Structures
3 23 (6.99%) Cloud Native
4 18 (5.47%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.82%) Clustering
7 6 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.82%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.82%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.82%) Replication
7 6 (1.82%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.52%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.22%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.91%) Online Banking
10 3 (0.91%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.29%) Windows
2 17 (5.17%) Linux
3 9 (2.74%) zOS
4 8 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.52%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.52%) Solaris
6 3 (0.91%) Android
6 3 (0.91%) Unix
6 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.30%) VMS
7 1 (0.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (21.28%) Data Governance
3 69 (20.97%) Analytics
4 53 (16.11%) Data Modelling
5 49 (14.89%) Incident Response
6 47 (14.29%) Data Management
7 45 (13.68%) Project Management
8 43 (13.07%) Migration
9 42 (12.77%) Agile
9 42 (12.77%) Vulnerability Management
10 41 (12.46%) Computer Science
11 39 (11.85%) ETL
12 36 (10.94%) Data Loss Prevention
13 34 (10.33%) Data Integration
13 34 (10.33%) SIEM
14 33 (10.03%) Data Migration
15 32 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
15 32 (9.73%) Data Pipeline
15 32 (9.73%) Roadmaps
15 32 (9.73%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 72 (21.88%) SQL
2 45 (13.68%) Python
3 24 (7.29%) Java
4 22 (6.69%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.65%) TypeScript
6 8 (2.43%) Bash
6 8 (2.43%) PL/SQL
6 8 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.52%) COBOL
7 5 (1.52%) PHP
7 5 (1.52%) REXX
8 4 (1.22%) C#
8 4 (1.22%) Scala
9 3 (0.91%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.91%) R
9 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.61%) Go
10 2 (0.61%) U-SQL
11 1 (0.30%) C++
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 62 (18.84%) Degree
2 44 (13.37%) Security Cleared
3 39 (11.85%) SC Cleared
4 36 (10.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.26%) CISSP
6 13 (3.95%) Master's Degree
7 12 (3.65%) PMP
8 10 (3.04%) CISM
9 9 (2.74%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.74%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.52%) CISA
10 5 (1.52%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.91%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.61%) CEH
12 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.61%) PhD
13 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.68%) Data Quality
2 42 (12.77%) GDPR
3 17 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (4.56%) QA
5 12 (3.65%) NIST
6 11 (3.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (2.74%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.52%) GRC
10 4 (1.22%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (1.22%) SLA
11 3 (0.91%) COBIT
11 3 (0.91%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.91%) NCSC
12 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.30%) GPG13
System Software
1 17 (5.17%) Active Directory
1 17 (5.17%) Docker
2 8 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.30%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 14 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.74%) Terraform
3 7 (2.13%) Ansible
4 5 (1.52%) EMC NetWorker
4 5 (1.52%) Netcool
4 5 (1.52%) Tivoli
4 5 (1.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (1.22%) SCCM
6 3 (0.91%) CASB
6 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.61%) Ambari
7 2 (0.61%) Oozie
7 2 (0.61%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.61%) WSUS
8 1 (0.30%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.30%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.30%) Kibana
8 1 (0.30%) logstash
8 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 86 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.90%) Oracle
3 25 (7.60%) Qualys
4 21 (6.38%) Varonis
5 20 (6.08%) Databricks
6 19 (5.78%) NetApp
7 18 (5.47%) Splunk
8 16 (4.86%) Forcepoint
8 16 (4.86%) LogRhythm
9 13 (3.95%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.65%) Google
10 12 (3.65%) SAP
11 11 (3.34%) Cisco
11 11 (3.34%) IFS
12 10 (3.04%) IBM
13 9 (2.74%) CyberArk
13 9 (2.74%) VMware
14 8 (2.43%) HP
15 7 (2.13%) Talend
15 7 (2.13%) Virgin Media