Data Security Contracts

Data Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 389 483
Rank change year-on-year +92 +94 +14
Contract jobs citing Data Security 335 336 433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.60% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.67% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 240 300
10th Percentile £338 £413 £331
25th Percentile £425 £486 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £561 £552
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +1.68% +0.36%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 2
10th Percentile £21.93 - £20.01
25th Percentile £23.75 £18.63 £20.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +107.79% -15.83% +44.56%
75th Percentile £55.81 £22.97 £25.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £28.54 £25.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.50 £22.87
% change year-on-year +26.98% +37.74% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,161 49,793 79,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.16% 89.64% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,765 34,463 55,606
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,583 1,678 1,849
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £33.14 £21.00
% change year-on-year +15.02% +57.82% -

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +91 273 £554 -1.51% 189
UK excluding London +62 162 £501 -4.67% 136
Work from Home +127 157 £500 -9.09% 87
London +55 123 £575 -14.81% 53
South East +22 52 £488 -11.36% 27
North of England +43 46 £525 +8.02% 58
North West +23 25 £525 +8.02% 26
South West +13 23 £525 -4.55% 12
Yorkshire +10 21 £525 +3.96% 27
Scotland +29 20 £423 -15.50% 7
Midlands +14 14 £650 +15.56% 22
West Midlands +13 13 £650 +52.94% 11
East of England +2 4 £600 +20.00% 8
East Midlands +6 1 - - 11

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 (10.45%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.88%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.58%) SAS
4 6 (1.79%) Apache
5 5 (1.49%) CICS
5 5 (1.49%) Confluence
6 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.19%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.60%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
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 96 (28.66%) Azure
2 60 (17.91%) AWS
3 38 (11.34%) Power Platform
4 34 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (8.06%) GCP
6 16 (4.78%) Entra ID
7 15 (4.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (4.18%) Amazon S3
9 13 (3.88%) SaaS
10 11 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (2.99%) Amazon EMR
11 10 (2.99%) Power Automate
12 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (2.39%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (2.09%) GitHub
14 7 (2.09%) PaaS
14 7 (2.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (1.79%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.88%) Firewall
2 12 (3.58%) DNS
3 11 (3.28%) Network Security
4 10 (2.99%) SAN
5 8 (2.39%) NAS
6 7 (2.09%) DHCP
6 7 (2.09%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.49%) Kerberos
7 5 (1.49%) VLAN
7 5 (1.49%) VPN
8 3 (0.90%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.60%) Internet
9 2 (0.60%) VoIP
9 2 (0.60%) 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 41 (12.24%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (10.45%) Power BI
3 30 (8.96%) MySQL
4 26 (7.76%) Relational Database
5 23 (6.87%) Data Lake
6 19 (5.67%) Qlik Sense
7 15 (4.48%) Metadata
7 15 (4.48%) NoSQL
8 14 (4.18%) Big Data
8 14 (4.18%) SQL Server
9 10 (2.99%) Crystal Reports
10 9 (2.69%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (2.39%) DB2
12 6 (1.79%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.79%) Oracle Database
12 6 (1.79%) Tableau
13 5 (1.49%) BigQuery
13 5 (1.49%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.49%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 19 (5.67%) JIRA
2 12 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.28%) Git
4 6 (1.79%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.90%) Toad
6 2 (0.60%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.60%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.60%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.60%) 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%) JUnit
7 1 (0.30%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
7 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
General
1 73 (21.79%) Analytical Skills
2 71 (21.19%) Social Skills
3 56 (16.72%) Finance
4 39 (11.64%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.67%) Banking
6 15 (4.48%) Legal
7 11 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.28%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.79%) Retail
10 5 (1.49%) Marketing
11 4 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.90%) Back Office
12 3 (0.90%) French Language
12 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.60%) Local Government
13 2 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 69 (20.60%) Architect
2 39 (11.64%) Analyst
3 35 (10.45%) Data Engineer
4 29 (8.66%) Developer
5 28 (8.36%) Data Architect
6 25 (7.46%) Consultant
7 22 (6.57%) Lead
8 19 (5.67%) Technical Architect
9 18 (5.37%) SharePoint Architect
10 17 (5.07%) Data Analyst
10 17 (5.07%) Security Architect
11 16 (4.78%) Data Scientist
12 14 (4.18%) Security Engineer
13 13 (3.88%) Senior
14 11 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.99%) Project Manager
15 10 (2.99%) Security Specialist
16 9 (2.69%) SOC Analyst
17 8 (2.39%) Data Compliance Analyst
17 8 (2.39%) Security Operations Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.57%) CSS
1 22 (6.57%) HTML
2 20 (5.97%) AngularJS
3 14 (4.18%) Kafka
4 9 (2.69%) Node.js
5 7 (2.09%) Web Services
6 6 (1.79%) OAuth
6 6 (1.79%) RESTful
7 5 (1.49%) .NET
7 5 (1.49%) LDAP
7 5 (1.49%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.49%) PySpark
7 5 (1.49%) SAML
8 4 (1.19%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.19%) Apache NiFi
8 4 (1.19%) React
8 4 (1.19%) REST
8 4 (1.19%) XML
9 3 (0.90%) SOAP
10 2 (0.60%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.34%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.76%) Data Structures
3 24 (7.16%) Cloud Native
4 18 (5.37%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.39%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (1.79%) Clustering
9 6 (1.79%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.79%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.79%) Replication
10 5 (1.49%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.19%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.90%) FMCG
12 3 (0.90%) Online Banking
12 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.87%) Windows
2 18 (5.37%) Linux
3 9 (2.69%) zOS
4 8 (2.39%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.49%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.49%) Solaris
5 5 (1.49%) Unix
6 3 (0.90%) Android
6 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.30%) VMS
7 1 (0.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (20.60%) Analytics
3 68 (20.30%) Data Governance
4 62 (18.51%) Data Modelling
5 50 (14.93%) Incident Response
6 47 (14.03%) Computer Science
6 47 (14.03%) Data Management
7 43 (12.84%) Migration
7 43 (12.84%) Project Management
7 43 (12.84%) Vulnerability Management
8 42 (12.54%) Agile
8 42 (12.54%) ETL
9 38 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
10 35 (10.45%) Data Loss Prevention
11 34 (10.15%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (10.15%) SIEM
12 33 (9.85%) Data Migration
12 33 (9.85%) Data Pipeline
13 31 (9.25%) Data Integration
13 31 (9.25%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 88 (26.27%) SQL
2 45 (13.43%) Python
3 35 (10.45%) JavaScript
4 25 (7.46%) Java
5 12 (3.58%) TypeScript
6 10 (2.99%) PL/SQL
7 8 (2.39%) Bash
7 8 (2.39%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.49%) COBOL
8 5 (1.49%) PHP
8 5 (1.49%) REXX
9 4 (1.19%) C#
9 4 (1.19%) Scala
10 3 (0.90%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.90%) R
10 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.60%) Go
11 2 (0.60%) U-SQL
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (20.30%) Degree
2 43 (12.84%) Security Cleared
3 42 (12.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (11.04%) SC Cleared
5 24 (7.16%) PMP
6 21 (6.27%) Master's Degree
6 21 (6.27%) PMI Certification
7 14 (4.18%) CISSP
8 10 (2.99%) CISM
9 9 (2.69%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.49%) CISA
10 5 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.60%) CEH
12 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.60%) PhD
13 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (14.93%) Data Quality
2 43 (12.84%) GDPR
3 18 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (4.48%) QA
5 14 (4.18%) NIST
6 11 (3.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 8 (2.39%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.49%) GRC
9 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (1.19%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.19%) NCSC
10 4 (1.19%) SLA
11 3 (0.90%) COBIT
12 2 (0.60%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.30%) GPG13
System Software
1 18 (5.37%) Docker
2 17 (5.07%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.30%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.69%) Terraform
3 7 (2.09%) Ansible
4 5 (1.49%) EMC NetWorker
4 5 (1.49%) Netcool
4 5 (1.49%) Tivoli
4 5 (1.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (1.19%) SCCM
6 3 (0.90%) CASB
6 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.60%) Ambari
7 2 (0.60%) Oozie
7 2 (0.60%) SCOrch
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
Vendors
1 83 (24.78%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.06%) Oracle
3 25 (7.46%) Qualys
3 25 (7.46%) ServiceNow
4 21 (6.27%) Databricks
4 21 (6.27%) Varonis
5 19 (5.67%) NetApp
6 18 (5.37%) Splunk
7 16 (4.78%) Forcepoint
7 16 (4.78%) LogRhythm
8 13 (3.88%) SAP
9 12 (3.58%) Google
10 11 (3.28%) Cisco
11 10 (2.99%) IBM
11 10 (2.99%) IFS
12 9 (2.69%) CyberArk
12 9 (2.69%) VMware
13 8 (2.39%) HP
14 7 (2.09%) Talend
14 7 (2.09%) Virgin Media