Data Loss Prevention Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 102 117
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 +5
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 10 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.68% 0.61% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.67% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £410 £412 -
25th Percentile £448 £420 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.71% -12.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £561 £497 -
90th Percentile £696 £581 -
South East median daily rate £499 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +10.89% -14.29% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Loss Prevention 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 in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,302 1,343 1,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.03% 90.80% 91.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 747 957
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -0.15%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £687 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 39 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.31
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%
75th Percentile £80.50 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £96.00 £68.57 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.38 £47.51 £54.56
% change year-on-year -52.89% -12.92% +45.49%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Loss Prevention relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Data Loss Prevention job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Loss Prevention.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Loss Prevention

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in Berkshire

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Loss Prevention within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Reading +15 9 £480 +14.63%
Data Loss Prevention
South East

Data Loss Prevention
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (30.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) GCP
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (30.00%) SaaS
4 2 (20.00%) IaaS
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (20.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Network Security
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) IPsec
3 1 (10.00%) MQTT
3 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Architect
1 6 (60.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Security Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (30.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (30.00%) Public Cloud
1 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Security Architecture
3 5 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 5 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 5 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 4 (40.00%) Architectural Design
4 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (40.00%) Zero Trust
5 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (30.00%) Data Privacy
5 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (30.00%) DevOps
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (30.00%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) Security Testing
5 3 (30.00%) SIEM
5 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 5 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
2 3 (30.00%) CCSP
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) NIST
2 5 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (30.00%) GRC
3 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (30.00%) PSD2
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (10.00%) NCSC
5 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Docker
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (20.00%) Tenable
3 1 (10.00%) BiZZdesign