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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 90 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 9 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.62% 0.65% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £469 £412 -
25th Percentile £475 £420 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £594 £497 -
90th Percentile £708 £581 -
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%

All Process & 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 1,260 1,266 1,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.60% 91.28% 91.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 700 923
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £515
% change year-on-year -2.12% -0.81% +1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 35 67
10th Percentile £15.27 £26.85 £28.00
25th Percentile £19.38 £41.88 £48.40
Median hourly rate £58.00 £59.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -4.29% +12.08%
75th Percentile £82.00 £64.73 £67.50
90th Percentile £98.50 £71.72 £77.57
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +29.67%

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 9 January 2026.

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 9 January 2026. 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 +10 6 £480 +14.63%
Wokingham -25 2 £500 +11.11% 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Confluence
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 7 (77.78%) Entra ID
3 5 (55.56%) AWS
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (33.33%) GCP
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (33.33%) SaaS
6 2 (22.22%) Azure Event Grid
6 2 (22.22%) Azure Functions
6 2 (22.22%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (22.22%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (22.22%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (22.22%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (22.22%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
6 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
6 2 (22.22%) PowerApps
6 2 (22.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (11.11%) IPsec
3 1 (11.11%) MQTT
3 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Architect
2 6 (66.67%) Security Architect
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Platform Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Power Platform Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
1 3 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (22.22%) Operational Technology
2 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 5 (55.56%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) TOGAF
3 4 (44.44%) Architectural Design
3 4 (44.44%) Cyber Resilience
3 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (44.44%) Zero Trust
4 3 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 3 (33.33%) SDLC
4 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 3 (33.33%) SIEM
4 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 3 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Azure Certification
1 5 (55.56%) CISSP
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 3 (33.33%) CCSP
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) NIST
2 5 (55.56%) GDPR
3 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 3 (33.33%) PSD2
4 2 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
5 1 (11.11%) NCSC
5 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (22.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
2 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
2 2 (22.22%) OpenAI
2 2 (22.22%) Tenable
3 1 (11.11%) BiZZdesign