Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Loss Prevention skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 677 616 678
Rank change year-on-year -61 +62 -70
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 229 394 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.39% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.41% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 176 279 427
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,200 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £91,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -15.22% -0.86% -7.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Loss Prevention is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Loss Prevention.

Salary trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Loss Prevention within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -26 213 £60,000 -7.69% 53
London -3 120 £72,500 +7.41% 27
UK excluding London -24 91 £48,750 -15.22% 28
Work from Home +14 69 £60,000 -11.11% 23
South East -10 24 £52,500 -6.67% 13
North of England +38 22 £56,500 -11.02% 4
South West -8 17 £47,500 - 5
East of England +31 14 £32,500 -38.10% 4
Yorkshire +78 13 £56,500 -29.38% 2
Midlands -27 10 £40,000 -30.43%
North West +10 9 £45,000 -10.00% 2
West Midlands +1 9 £40,000 -36.00%
Scotland -66 3 £50,000 -52.49% 1
Wales -4 1 - - 1
East Midlands -22 1 - -

Data Loss Prevention
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 43 (18.78%) SharePoint
2 38 (16.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.44%) nginx
3 1 (0.44%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 116 (50.66%) Azure
2 95 (41.48%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (21.40%) AWS
4 31 (13.54%) Microsoft Purview
5 27 (11.79%) Entra ID
6 22 (9.61%) Cloud Computing
7 21 (9.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 18 (7.86%) OneDrive
8 18 (7.86%) Power Platform
9 15 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (3.93%) IaaS
10 9 (3.93%) PowerApps
10 9 (3.93%) SaaS
11 7 (3.06%) PaaS
12 6 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (2.62%) Mimecast
13 5 (2.18%) GCP
14 3 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 3 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 69 (30.13%) Firewall
2 38 (16.59%) TCP/IP
3 32 (13.97%) DNS
4 29 (12.66%) Network Security
5 28 (12.23%) DHCP
6 21 (9.17%) LAN
7 19 (8.30%) WAN
8 16 (6.99%) Wireshark
9 13 (5.68%) VPN
10 10 (4.37%) VLAN
11 9 (3.93%) Structured Cabling
12 7 (3.06%) Internet
12 7 (3.06%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (2.62%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.75%) Wireless
14 4 (1.75%) WLAN
15 3 (1.31%) OSPF
15 3 (1.31%) VoIP
16 2 (0.87%) MPLS
17 1 (0.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.49%) Power BI
2 6 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.62%) Metadata
3 4 (1.75%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.44%) Big Data
5 1 (0.44%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.44%) MySQL
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Git
1 1 (0.44%) JIRA
1 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 54 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.27%) Finance
3 32 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.55%) Legal
5 13 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.80%) Retail
7 10 (4.37%) Games
8 9 (3.93%) Law
9 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.31%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.87%) Advertising
11 2 (0.87%) Banking
11 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.44%) French Language
12 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (24.89%) Analyst
2 49 (21.40%) Security Engineer
3 44 (19.21%) Senior
4 32 (13.97%) Security Analyst
5 29 (12.66%) IT Analyst
6 28 (12.23%) IT Engineer
7 25 (10.92%) IT Support
7 25 (10.92%) Security Manager
8 21 (9.17%) Lead
9 20 (8.73%) Architect
10 19 (8.30%) Senior Security Engineer
11 18 (7.86%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (6.55%) IT Security Analyst
13 14 (6.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 14 (6.11%) Security Architect
14 12 (5.24%) Information Security Engineer
14 12 (5.24%) IT Security Engineer
14 12 (5.24%) Senior Security Analyst
15 11 (4.80%) IT Support Analyst
15 11 (4.80%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) Web Services
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.87%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) ADO
3 1 (0.44%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.85%) Security Operations Centre
2 32 (13.97%) Management Information System
3 28 (12.23%) Security Posture
4 20 (8.73%) Onboarding
5 16 (6.99%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (6.11%) Replication
7 12 (5.24%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (5.24%) Operational Technology
8 10 (4.37%) Cloud Security Posture
9 9 (3.93%) SCADA
10 7 (3.06%) Cloud Native
10 7 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (2.62%) Data Centre
11 6 (2.62%) iPad
12 5 (2.18%) PKI
12 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.75%) NHS
13 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
14 3 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 65 (28.38%) Windows
2 36 (15.72%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.48%) Apple iOS
4 22 (9.61%) Windows 10
5 18 (7.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (6.55%) Android
7 14 (6.11%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (5.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (3.93%) Linux
10 4 (1.75%) Kali Linux
10 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.31%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (56.77%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (41.05%) Information Security
3 79 (34.50%) SIEM
4 65 (28.38%) Security Operations
5 62 (27.07%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (26.64%) Cloud Security
7 54 (23.58%) Vulnerability Management
8 45 (19.65%) Incident Response
9 42 (18.34%) Identity Access Management
10 40 (17.47%) Cryptography
11 36 (15.72%) Data Protection
11 36 (15.72%) Data Security
12 31 (13.54%) Risk Management
13 30 (13.10%) Process Improvement
13 30 (13.10%) Roadmaps
14 28 (12.23%) Agile
14 28 (12.23%) Security Management
15 26 (11.35%) ITIL
16 25 (10.92%) Information Security Management
16 25 (10.92%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 46 (20.09%) PowerShell
2 28 (12.23%) Python
3 8 (3.49%) Bash
4 6 (2.62%) SQL
5 4 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 71 (31.00%) CISSP
2 68 (29.69%) Degree
3 34 (14.85%) CEH
4 28 (12.23%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (11.35%) CCSP
6 24 (10.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 23 (10.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (9.61%) CISA
8 22 (9.61%) CISM
9 16 (6.99%) SANS
10 15 (6.55%) AWS Certification
11 14 (6.11%) CREST Certified
11 14 (6.11%) MCSA
11 14 (6.11%) SSCP
12 12 (5.24%) Master's Degree
13 11 (4.80%) CompTIA CySA+
13 11 (4.80%) CRISC
14 10 (4.37%) ISACA
15 8 (3.49%) CCSK
16 7 (3.06%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (27.95%) NIST
2 62 (27.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (15.28%) PCI DSS
4 27 (11.79%) GDPR
5 24 (10.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 14 (6.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 13 (5.68%) GRC
9 11 (4.80%) QA
10 7 (3.06%) Data Quality
11 6 (2.62%) NIST 800
12 5 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (1.75%) HIPAA
13 4 (1.75%) TickIT
14 3 (1.31%) NCSC
14 3 (1.31%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.87%) COBIT
16 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (22.71%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 26 (11.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.93%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.18%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.44%) Snort
8 1 (0.44%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (11.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.61%) CASB
3 14 (6.11%) Nmap
4 10 (4.37%) QRadar
5 7 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.62%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.75%) Suricata
7 4 (1.75%) Terraform
8 3 (1.31%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.31%) HP Fortify
8 3 (1.31%) Nessus
9 2 (0.87%) SCCM
10 1 (0.44%) Ansible
10 1 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.44%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.44%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.44%) vMotion
Vendors
1 138 (60.26%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.79%) Cisco
2 27 (11.79%) VMware
3 23 (10.04%) Splunk
4 22 (9.61%) Citrix
5 21 (9.17%) Qualys
6 19 (8.30%) Rapid7
7 14 (6.11%) Bloomberg
7 14 (6.11%) FactSet
7 14 (6.11%) MobileIron
7 14 (6.11%) Refinitiv
7 14 (6.11%) Thycotic
8 10 (4.37%) CyberArk
9 9 (3.93%) Adobe
9 9 (3.93%) Avaya
9 9 (3.93%) Darktrace
9 9 (3.93%) Palo Alto
10 6 (2.62%) CA
10 6 (2.62%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.18%) Juniper