Data Loss Prevention Contracts in England

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Loss Prevention skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 408 463
Rank change year-on-year +47 +55 -15
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 190 263 323
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.52% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.58% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 180 224
10th Percentile £425 £425 £378
25th Percentile £475 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% -
75th Percentile £755 £691 £650
90th Percentile £824 £800 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in England

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in England

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in England

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in England

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
London +87 129 £643 +5.33% 32
South East +24 31 £450 -10.00% 18
East of England +2 6 £650 +20.93% 3
Midlands +21 5 £550 -24.14% 2
West Midlands +24 4 £550 -24.14%
South West +20 4 £700 +40.00% 9
North West -1 3 £620 +15.13% 3
North of England -2 3 £620 +20.98% 5
East Midlands +22 1 - - 2
Data Loss Prevention
UK

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 28 (14.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.63%) Confluence
3 5 (2.63%) IBM Notes
4 4 (2.11%) IBM Domino
5 3 (1.58%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.53%) Apache
7 1 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.53%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 68 (35.79%) Azure
2 61 (32.11%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (18.95%) Microsoft Purview
4 31 (16.32%) Entra ID
5 24 (12.63%) IaaS
6 19 (10.00%) AWS
7 17 (8.95%) SaaS
8 9 (4.74%) Mimecast
9 8 (4.21%) OneDrive
10 7 (3.68%) GCP
11 6 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (3.16%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.63%) Alation
13 4 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 2 (1.05%) Amazon EMR
15 2 (1.05%) Amazon Kinesis
15 2 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 2 (1.05%) GitHub
15 2 (1.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (25.26%) Firewall
2 21 (11.05%) DNS
3 14 (7.37%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.26%) MPLS
4 10 (5.26%) Network Security
5 8 (4.21%) SMTP
6 5 (2.63%) DHCP
6 5 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (2.11%) FTP
7 4 (2.11%) HTTP
7 4 (2.11%) ICMP
7 4 (2.11%) Internet
7 4 (2.11%) POP3
7 4 (2.11%) SSH
7 4 (2.11%) SSL
7 4 (2.11%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.58%) LAN
8 3 (1.58%) VPN
9 2 (1.05%) SAN
9 2 (1.05%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.68%) NoSQL
2 6 (3.16%) Big Data
2 6 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.63%) Metadata
4 3 (1.58%) Power BI
5 2 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.05%) Apache Hive
5 2 (1.05%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.05%) Bigtable
5 2 (1.05%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.05%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.05%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.05%) HBase
5 2 (1.05%) IBM BigInsights
5 2 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.05%) Parquet
5 2 (1.05%) PolyBase
5 2 (1.05%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 3 (1.58%) Artifactory
1 3 (1.58%) Git
1 3 (1.58%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.05%) Liquibase
2 2 (1.05%) Subversion
3 1 (0.53%) Fiddler
General
1 76 (40.00%) Finance
2 52 (27.37%) Banking
3 38 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 17 (8.95%) Legal
5 16 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.74%) Financial Institution
7 8 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.68%) French Language
8 7 (3.68%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.68%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.63%) Electronics
9 5 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.63%) Marketing
9 5 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.11%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.11%) Law
11 3 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.05%) German Language
13 1 (0.53%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 52 (27.37%) Architect
2 34 (17.89%) Security Architect
3 29 (15.26%) Senior
4 22 (11.58%) Analyst
5 21 (11.05%) Consultant
6 15 (7.89%) Project Manager
7 14 (7.37%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 13 (6.84%) Senior Architect
8 13 (6.84%) Senior Security Architect
9 10 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.26%) Security Analyst
9 10 (5.26%) Security Specialist
9 10 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
10 9 (4.74%) Microsoft Consultant
10 9 (4.74%) Security Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) IT Security Specialist
11 8 (4.21%) Security Operations Specialist
12 7 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (3.16%) Security Manager
14 5 (2.63%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.11%) .NET
1 4 (2.11%) .NET Framework
1 4 (2.11%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.11%) OAuth
2 3 (1.58%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (1.58%) CSS
2 3 (1.58%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (1.58%) jQuery
2 3 (1.58%) Kafka
2 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.58%) SAML
3 2 (1.05%) Apache Avro
3 2 (1.05%) LDAP
3 2 (1.05%) OpenID
3 2 (1.05%) SPML
4 1 (0.53%) JSON
4 1 (0.53%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.53%) XML
4 1 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.95%) Management Information System
2 16 (8.42%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.37%) PKI
4 7 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (3.68%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (3.16%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.63%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.58%) Insider Threat
8 3 (1.58%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.58%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.05%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.05%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.05%) IoT
9 2 (1.05%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.53%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.53%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (18.42%) Windows
2 15 (7.89%) Linux
3 13 (6.84%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.16%) Unix
5 5 (2.63%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.11%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.11%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.05%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.47%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (26.84%) SIEM
3 37 (19.47%) Data Security
4 36 (18.95%) Incident Response
5 32 (16.84%) Vulnerability Management
6 31 (16.32%) Security Operations
7 30 (15.79%) Cloud Security
8 29 (15.26%) Agile
9 28 (14.74%) Information Security
10 22 (11.58%) Migration
11 21 (11.05%) Roadmaps
12 20 (10.53%) PRINCE2
12 20 (10.53%) Project Management
13 19 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (10.00%) Risk Management
13 19 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (8.95%) Computer Science
15 16 (8.42%) Change Management
15 16 (8.42%) Project Delivery
15 16 (8.42%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.05%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.74%) Python
3 5 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (2.63%) SQL
4 4 (2.11%) Search Processing Language
4 4 (2.11%) VBScript
5 3 (1.58%) Bash
5 3 (1.58%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.05%) Perl
6 2 (1.05%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (18.42%) Degree
2 25 (13.16%) CISSP
3 17 (8.95%) CISM
4 13 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (4.21%) CISA
7 6 (3.16%) Security Cleared
8 5 (2.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.63%) CCSK
8 5 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.63%) CRISC
8 5 (2.63%) FFIEC
8 5 (2.63%) GIAC
9 4 (2.11%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.11%) SANS
9 4 (2.11%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.58%) PMP
11 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.05%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.47%) GDPR
2 14 (7.37%) NIST
3 11 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (2.63%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.11%) NIST 800
6 4 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.11%) SLA
7 3 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.58%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (1.58%) GRC
8 2 (1.05%) COBIT
8 2 (1.05%) QA
9 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.53%) GLBA
9 1 (0.53%) GxP
9 1 (0.53%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.53%) NCSC
9 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.16%) XenApp
4 2 (1.05%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 2 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.05%) vSphere
5 1 (0.53%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (11.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.74%) SCCM
3 8 (4.21%) PingFederate
4 5 (2.63%) Ansible
4 5 (2.63%) CASB
4 5 (2.63%) QRadar
5 4 (2.11%) Kibana
5 4 (2.11%) logstash
6 3 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.58%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (1.05%) Ambari
7 2 (1.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (1.05%) Nessus
7 2 (1.05%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.05%) Oozie
7 2 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (1.05%) SELinux
8 1 (0.53%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 100 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.05%) Varonis
3 17 (8.95%) Forcepoint
4 16 (8.42%) LogRhythm
4 16 (8.42%) Qualys
4 16 (8.42%) Symantec
5 11 (5.79%) Citrix
5 11 (5.79%) Splunk
5 11 (5.79%) VMware
6 9 (4.74%) Okta
7 8 (4.21%) Cisco
7 8 (4.21%) IBM
8 7 (3.68%) Proofpoint
8 7 (3.68%) SAP
9 5 (2.63%) Informatica
9 5 (2.63%) Lotus
9 5 (2.63%) Talend
10 4 (2.11%) ArcSight
10 4 (2.11%) McAfee
10 4 (2.11%) Palo Alto