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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 387 449
Rank change year-on-year +14 +62 +14
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 178 265 374
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.56% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.63% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 185 257
10th Percentile £425 £446 £385
25th Percentile £475 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -
75th Percentile £725 £720 £650
90th Percentile £800 £800 £744
UK median daily rate £583 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +2.19% +3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - - £77.63
25th Percentile - - £77.81
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £81.25
Median % change year-on-year - -13.85% -
75th Percentile - - £85.31
90th Percentile - - £85.88
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - +29.63% -

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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +50 121 £613 +0.41% 20
South East +21 29 £450 -18.18% 9
North West -9 8 £568 +16.77% 3
North of England -15 8 £568 +15.11% 8
Midlands +4 4 - - 5
West Midlands +5 3 - - 4
South West -1 3 £675 +17.39% 7
East of England -7 3 £650 -18.75%
East Midlands +7 1 - - 1
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 25 (14.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (12.36%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.06%) Confluence
4 2 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 60 (33.71%) Azure
2 47 (26.40%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (21.35%) Microsoft Purview
4 27 (15.17%) Entra ID
5 21 (11.80%) IaaS
6 20 (11.24%) AWS
7 14 (7.87%) SaaS
8 9 (5.06%) OneDrive
9 7 (3.93%) Mimecast
9 7 (3.93%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.81%) GCP
12 4 (2.25%) Alation
13 3 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (1.69%) PowerApps
14 2 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (1.12%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.56%) AWS KMS
15 1 (0.56%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 46 (25.84%) Firewall
2 13 (7.30%) DNS
3 10 (5.62%) Network Security
4 7 (3.93%) TCP/IP
5 6 (3.37%) MPLS
6 5 (2.81%) DHCP
6 5 (2.81%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (2.25%) Internet
7 4 (2.25%) WAN
8 3 (1.69%) FTP
8 3 (1.69%) HTTP
8 3 (1.69%) ICMP
8 3 (1.69%) LAN
8 3 (1.69%) POP3
8 3 (1.69%) SMTP
8 3 (1.69%) SSH
8 3 (1.69%) SSL
8 3 (1.69%) VPN
9 2 (1.12%) DKIM
9 2 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.81%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.25%) Big Data
2 4 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.25%) Metadata
2 4 (2.25%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.56%) Bigtable
3 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.56%) HBase
3 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (0.56%) Parquet
3 1 (0.56%) PolyBase
3 1 (0.56%) Sqoop
3 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.25%) Git
1 4 (2.25%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) Artifactory
2 3 (1.69%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.12%) Subversion
4 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.56%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 74 (41.57%) Finance
2 54 (30.34%) Banking
3 39 (21.91%) Social Skills
4 18 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.43%) Legal
6 9 (5.06%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.93%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.37%) Electronics
8 6 (3.37%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.37%) Marketing
8 6 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.81%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.25%) French Language
11 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.12%) Retail
13 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (23.60%) Architect
2 29 (16.29%) Security Architect
3 24 (13.48%) Senior
4 23 (12.92%) Consultant
5 20 (11.24%) Analyst
6 14 (7.87%) Project Manager
7 13 (7.30%) Security Engineer
8 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Consultant
9 10 (5.62%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 10 (5.62%) Security Specialist
9 10 (5.62%) SOC Analyst
10 9 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.49%) IT Security Specialist
11 8 (4.49%) Security Analyst
11 8 (4.49%) Security Operations Specialist
11 8 (4.49%) Senior Architect
11 8 (4.49%) Senior Security Architect
12 7 (3.93%) Security Manager
13 6 (3.37%) Lead
13 6 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.81%) .NET
2 4 (2.25%) .NET Framework
2 4 (2.25%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (2.25%) OAuth
3 3 (1.69%) CSS
3 3 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.69%) jQuery
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.69%) SAML
4 2 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (1.12%) Kafka
4 2 (1.12%) LDAP
4 2 (1.12%) OpenID
4 2 (1.12%) SPML
5 1 (0.56%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.56%) JSON
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.56%) XML
5 1 (0.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (18.54%) Management Information System
2 17 (9.55%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.87%) PKI
4 7 (3.93%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.81%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.69%) Insider Threat
8 3 (1.69%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.69%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.12%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.12%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.12%) PMI
9 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (17.42%) Windows
2 15 (8.43%) Linux
3 11 (6.18%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.62%) Unix
5 5 (2.81%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.25%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.25%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.25%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.25%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (33.71%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (29.21%) SIEM
3 39 (21.91%) Incident Response
4 36 (20.22%) Cloud Security
5 34 (19.10%) Vulnerability Management
6 32 (17.98%) Data Security
7 31 (17.42%) Security Operations
8 29 (16.29%) Agile
8 29 (16.29%) Information Security
9 24 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (12.36%) Migration
11 21 (11.80%) Project Management
12 18 (10.11%) PRINCE2
12 18 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (9.55%) Computer Science
14 16 (8.99%) Data Protection
14 16 (8.99%) Risk Management
14 16 (8.99%) Security Architecture
15 15 (8.43%) Security Monitoring
16 14 (7.87%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.73%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.49%) Python
3 5 (2.81%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (2.81%) SQL
4 4 (2.25%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.25%) Search Processing Language
4 4 (2.25%) VBScript
5 3 (1.69%) Bash
6 2 (1.12%) Perl
7 1 (0.56%) Bicep
7 1 (0.56%) C#
7 1 (0.56%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (17.98%) Degree
2 18 (10.11%) CISSP
3 17 (9.55%) CISM
4 12 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (5.62%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (3.37%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.81%) CISA
8 4 (2.25%) GIAC
8 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.69%) FFIEC
9 3 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.69%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.12%) CEH
10 2 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.12%) CRISC
10 2 (1.12%) GSEC
10 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.12%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.80%) GDPR
2 14 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (7.87%) NIST
3 8 (4.49%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (2.25%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.25%) NIST 800
5 4 (2.25%) SLA
6 3 (1.69%) COBIT
6 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.69%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (1.69%) NCSC
7 2 (1.12%) QA
8 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.56%) GLBA
8 1 (0.56%) GRC
8 1 (0.56%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (14.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.37%) Docker
3 6 (3.37%) XenApp
4 3 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (1.12%) Snort
5 2 (1.12%) vSphere
6 1 (0.56%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (10.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.06%) SCCM
3 8 (4.49%) CASB
3 8 (4.49%) PingFederate
4 5 (2.81%) logstash
5 4 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (2.25%) Ansible
5 4 (2.25%) QRadar
6 3 (1.69%) Kibana
6 3 (1.69%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.69%) Terraform
7 2 (1.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.12%) Nessus
7 2 (1.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (1.12%) SCOrch
7 2 (1.12%) SELinux
8 1 (0.56%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 94 (52.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.24%) Varonis
3 17 (9.55%) Forcepoint
4 16 (8.99%) LogRhythm
4 16 (8.99%) Qualys
4 16 (8.99%) Symantec
5 12 (6.74%) Splunk
6 10 (5.62%) Citrix
7 8 (4.49%) SAP
7 8 (4.49%) VMware
8 7 (3.93%) Okta
8 7 (3.93%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.25%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.25%) Cisco
9 4 (2.25%) IBM
9 4 (2.25%) Imperva
9 4 (2.25%) Informatica
9 4 (2.25%) Ivanti
9 4 (2.25%) McAfee
9 4 (2.25%) Talend