Data Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 332 393
Rank change year-on-year +132 +61 +21
Contract jobs citing Data Security 154 128 246
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.05% 0.53% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.59% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 84 180
10th Percentile £325 £404 £350
25th Percentile £425 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £652 £691
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £568
% change year-on-year - -3.08% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 1
10th Percentile £23.75 £16.45 -
25th Percentile £35.94 £18.63 £22.37
Median hourly rate £44.25 £19.25 £24.24
Median % change year-on-year +129.87% -20.59% -57.84%
75th Percentile £72.50 £19.88 £26.12
90th Percentile - £27.30 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.25 £22.87
% change year-on-year +107.79% -15.83% -37.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Data Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Security.

Data Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Security over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Data Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Security.

Data Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Security over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Data Security hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 29 (18.83%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.90%) SAS
3 5 (3.25%) Confluence
4 3 (1.95%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (1.30%) CICS
6 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle FAH
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.65%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (31.82%) Azure
2 26 (16.88%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (15.58%) AWS
4 11 (7.14%) GCP
5 9 (5.84%) Power Platform
6 8 (5.19%) Entra ID
6 8 (5.19%) SaaS
7 7 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (3.90%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.25%) CloudFront
9 5 (3.25%) IaaS
9 5 (3.25%) Nutanix
9 5 (3.25%) PaaS
9 5 (3.25%) Rubrik
9 5 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.60%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.95%) GitHub
12 2 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.49%) DNS
2 9 (5.84%) Firewall
3 8 (5.19%) NAS
3 8 (5.19%) SAN
4 7 (4.55%) Network Security
5 5 (3.25%) DHCP
5 5 (3.25%) Kerberos
5 5 (3.25%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.25%) VLAN
5 5 (3.25%) VPN
6 3 (1.95%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.65%) 4G
7 1 (0.65%) 5G
7 1 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.65%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.44%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (5.19%) Metadata
3 6 (3.90%) Crystal Reports
3 6 (3.90%) MySQL
3 6 (3.90%) Power BI
4 4 (2.60%) Couchbase
4 4 (2.60%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.60%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.60%) OLTP
5 3 (1.95%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.95%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.30%) DB2
6 2 (1.30%) EDMS
6 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.30%) OLAP
6 2 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.65%) Big Data
7 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.84%) Git
2 7 (4.55%) JIRA
3 6 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.25%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.95%) Toad
6 2 (1.30%) Android Studio
6 2 (1.30%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.65%) JMeter
7 1 (0.65%) kappa
7 1 (0.65%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.65%) Selenium
7 1 (0.65%) SoapUI
General
1 32 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 30 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (18.18%) Finance
4 24 (15.58%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.55%) Banking
5 7 (4.55%) Legal
5 7 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.90%) Retail
7 4 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.95%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.65%) Billing
9 1 (0.65%) Marketing
9 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (22.08%) Architect
2 25 (16.23%) Analyst
3 18 (11.69%) Technical Architect
4 17 (11.04%) SharePoint Architect
5 16 (10.39%) Developer
6 14 (9.09%) Data Engineer
7 10 (6.49%) Data Analyst
8 9 (5.84%) Consultant
8 9 (5.84%) Security Specialist
9 8 (5.19%) Data Architect
9 8 (5.19%) IT Security Specialist
9 8 (5.19%) Security Operations Specialist
9 8 (5.19%) SOC Analyst
10 7 (4.55%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.90%) IFS Developer
11 6 (3.90%) Lead
12 5 (3.25%) Applications Engineer
12 5 (3.25%) Project Manager
13 4 (2.60%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.25%) LDAP
1 5 (3.25%) Node.js
1 5 (3.25%) OAuth
1 5 (3.25%) OAuth2
1 5 (3.25%) SAML
2 4 (2.60%) Web Services
3 3 (1.95%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.30%) Android SDK
4 2 (1.30%) CSS
4 2 (1.30%) HTML
4 2 (1.30%) React
4 2 (1.30%) RESTful
5 1 (0.65%) .NET
5 1 (0.65%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.65%) JSON
5 1 (0.65%) REST
5 1 (0.65%) Sass
5 1 (0.65%) Spring
5 1 (0.65%) Swagger
5 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.58%) Management Information System
2 23 (14.94%) Cloud Native
3 19 (12.34%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.25%) Clustering
5 5 (3.25%) Replication
6 3 (1.95%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.95%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.95%) Online Banking
7 2 (1.30%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.30%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.30%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.30%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.30%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.30%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.65%) FMCG
8 1 (0.65%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.65%) PKI
8 1 (0.65%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.44%) Windows
2 7 (4.55%) Linux
3 5 (3.25%) Oracle Linux
3 5 (3.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.25%) Solaris
3 5 (3.25%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.95%) Unix
4 3 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.30%) Android
5 2 (1.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.38%) Data Governance
2 34 (22.08%) Migration
3 30 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (18.83%) Data Management
5 28 (18.18%) Analytics
5 28 (18.18%) Data Migration
5 28 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 24 (15.58%) Vulnerability Management
7 21 (13.64%) Data Loss Prevention
7 21 (13.64%) Data Modelling
7 21 (13.64%) Project Management
8 19 (12.34%) Change Management
8 19 (12.34%) Computer Science
8 19 (12.34%) SIEM
9 18 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (11.04%) Security Operations
11 16 (10.39%) Agile
11 16 (10.39%) Performance Tuning
12 13 (8.44%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.53%) SQL
2 25 (16.23%) Python
3 11 (7.14%) Java
4 7 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.90%) Bash
5 6 (3.90%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.60%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.95%) PHP
7 3 (1.95%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.30%) COBOL
8 2 (1.30%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.30%) REXX
8 2 (1.30%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.65%) C#
9 1 (0.65%) C++
9 1 (0.65%) Go
9 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (18.18%) Degree
2 26 (16.88%) Security Cleared
3 25 (16.23%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.55%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.90%) CISSP
7 4 (2.60%) PMP
8 2 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.30%) CISM
8 2 (1.30%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.30%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.65%) CCSP
9 1 (0.65%) CISA
9 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.65%) ISEB
9 1 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.88%) Data Quality
2 16 (10.39%) GDPR
3 7 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 7 (4.55%) QA
4 5 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.30%) GRC
5 2 (1.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.65%) COBIT
6 1 (0.65%) GPG13
6 1 (0.65%) NCSC
6 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.44%) Docker
3 5 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.55%) Terraform
3 5 (3.25%) Ansible
3 5 (3.25%) EMC NetWorker
3 5 (3.25%) Netcool
3 5 (3.25%) Tivoli
3 5 (3.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.65%) Argo
4 1 (0.65%) CASB
4 1 (0.65%) Kibana
4 1 (0.65%) logstash
4 1 (0.65%) Puppet
4 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (37.01%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.64%) Qualys
3 18 (11.69%) NetApp
4 16 (10.39%) Forcepoint
4 16 (10.39%) LogRhythm
4 16 (10.39%) Varonis
5 10 (6.49%) Oracle
6 9 (5.84%) CyberArk
6 9 (5.84%) Splunk
7 8 (5.19%) Cisco
7 8 (5.19%) HP
8 6 (3.90%) IFS
8 6 (3.90%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.25%) Databricks
9 5 (3.25%) Dell
9 5 (3.25%) EMC
9 5 (3.25%) IBM
9 5 (3.25%) Isilon
9 5 (3.25%) Serena
9 5 (3.25%) VMware