Data Loss Prevention Contracts in England

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 351 405
Rank change year-on-year +29 +54 +70
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 166 193 261
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.52% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.60% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 129 180
10th Percentile £401 £425 £425
25th Percentile £459 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £707 £750 £691
90th Percentile £798 £820 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £565
% change year-on-year - +6.19% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - £70.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
London -4 89 £650 +2.36% 102
North of England +40 24 £591 -4.76% 90
South East +38 23 £450 - 94
North West +36 22 £583 -6.01% 49
South West +54 12 £425 -39.29% 44
Midlands +29 12 £775 +40.91% 76
West Midlands +22 12 £775 +40.91% 44
Yorkshire - 2 £625 - 33
East of England +25 1 £700 +7.69% 54
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 38 (22.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (15.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 75 (45.18%) Azure
2 69 (41.57%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (24.10%) Microsoft Purview
4 39 (23.49%) Entra ID
5 21 (12.65%) OneDrive
6 17 (10.24%) AWS
7 16 (9.64%) IaaS
8 12 (7.23%) SaaS
9 10 (6.02%) Power Platform
10 9 (5.42%) PowerApps
11 7 (4.22%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (4.22%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (3.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (3.61%) Serverless
13 5 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (3.01%) GCP
13 5 (3.01%) Power Automate
14 4 (2.41%) Azure Functions
14 4 (2.41%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 45 (27.11%) Firewall
2 21 (12.65%) DNS
3 20 (12.05%) Network Security
4 15 (9.04%) MPLS
5 10 (6.02%) VPN
6 6 (3.61%) Skype
7 5 (3.01%) DHCP
7 5 (3.01%) Internet
8 4 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (2.41%) SD-WAN
8 4 (2.41%) WAN
9 3 (1.81%) LAN
9 3 (1.81%) SAN
9 3 (1.81%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (1.20%) VoIP
10 2 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.60%) SSL
11 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.42%) Power BI
2 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (1.81%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) Subversion
General
1 51 (30.72%) Finance
2 46 (27.71%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.05%) Legal
4 14 (8.43%) Banking
5 10 (6.02%) Marketing
6 7 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.22%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.61%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.01%) Spanish Language
8 5 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.41%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.81%) Law
10 3 (1.81%) Publishing
11 2 (1.20%) Billing
11 2 (1.20%) French Language
12 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Local Government
12 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (21.69%) Architect
2 20 (12.05%) Security Architect
3 18 (10.84%) Senior
4 15 (9.04%) Lead
4 15 (9.04%) Security Engineer
5 14 (8.43%) Consultant
6 12 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (7.23%) Senior Architect
7 10 (6.02%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 9 (5.42%) Integration Engineer
8 9 (5.42%) Senior Security Architect
9 8 (4.82%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.22%) Analyst
10 7 (4.22%) IT Engineer
10 7 (4.22%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 6 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (3.61%) Security Analyst
12 5 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 5 (3.01%) Data Protection Officer
12 5 (3.01%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.81%) .NET
2 3 (1.81%) OAuth
3 2 (1.20%) LDAP
3 2 (1.20%) OpenID
3 2 (1.20%) SAML
4 1 (0.60%) Kafka
4 1 (0.60%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.64%) Management Information System
2 15 (9.04%) Security Posture
3 10 (6.02%) Insider Threat
4 7 (4.22%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (3.61%) PKI
6 3 (1.81%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.81%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.20%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 34 (20.48%) Windows
2 23 (13.86%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.42%) Linux
4 5 (3.01%) Unix
5 4 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.20%) Android
7 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.20%) Solaris
7 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (28.31%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (20.48%) SIEM
3 33 (19.88%) Data Protection
4 31 (18.67%) Cloud Security
5 28 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (16.87%) Vulnerability Management
6 24 (14.46%) Information Security
7 22 (13.25%) Migration
8 19 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (11.45%) Project Delivery
9 18 (10.84%) Identity Access Management
9 18 (10.84%) Risk Management
9 18 (10.84%) Security Operations
10 17 (10.24%) Roadmaps
11 16 (9.64%) Agile
12 15 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (9.04%) Technical Leadership
13 14 (8.43%) Data Privacy
13 14 (8.43%) Incident Response
13 14 (8.43%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.67%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.82%) Python
3 3 (1.81%) Bash
4 2 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.20%) Perl
4 2 (1.20%) VB
4 2 (1.20%) VBScript
5 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (19.88%) CISSP
2 25 (15.06%) Degree
3 21 (12.65%) Security Cleared
4 20 (12.05%) SC Cleared
5 19 (11.45%) CISM
6 18 (10.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (5.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (4.82%) CCSP
9 6 (3.61%) GCIH
9 6 (3.61%) Master's Degree
10 5 (3.01%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.01%) CEH
10 5 (3.01%) ISEB
11 4 (2.41%) CISA
11 4 (2.41%) SANS
12 3 (1.81%) CISMP
12 3 (1.81%) GIAC
13 2 (1.20%) CRISC
13 2 (1.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.05%) GDPR
2 19 (11.45%) NIST
3 17 (10.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (7.83%) HIPAA
5 11 (6.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (6.02%) SOC 2
7 8 (4.82%) SLA
8 6 (3.61%) NCSC
9 3 (1.81%) QA
10 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (1.20%) GRC
11 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (25.90%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.20%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.20%) Docker
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.20%) vSphere
4 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 29 (17.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (10.84%) CASB
3 5 (3.01%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (2.41%) Terraform
5 3 (1.81%) PingFederate
5 3 (1.81%) SCCM
6 2 (1.20%) Ansible
6 2 (1.20%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.20%) QRadar
6 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (1.20%) SELinux
7 1 (0.60%) Nessus
Vendors
1 94 (56.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.02%) Cisco
2 10 (6.02%) Palo Alto
3 7 (4.22%) Zscaler
4 6 (3.61%) VMware
5 4 (2.41%) Google
5 4 (2.41%) Symantec
6 3 (1.81%) Aruba
6 3 (1.81%) McAfee
6 3 (1.81%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.81%) Tenable
7 2 (1.20%) Forcepoint
7 2 (1.20%) Oracle
7 2 (1.20%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.20%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.20%) Splunk
7 2 (1.20%) Thycotic
7 2 (1.20%) TOWER Software
7 2 (1.20%) Veritas