Data Loss Prevention Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.28% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £540 - -
90th Percentile £553 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 688 420 779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.21% 91.50% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 267 483
10th Percentile £306 £263 £294
25th Percentile £413 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £550 £567 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £460 £490
% change year-on-year +8.70% -6.12% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 16
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.43
25th Percentile £14.25 £26.25 £12.05
Median hourly rate £14.50 £41.00 £12.42
Median % change year-on-year -64.63% +230.25% -80.14%
75th Percentile £28.75 £96.64 £15.24
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £18.61
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.56 £22.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% +50.00% -57.21%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Data Loss Prevention job vacancy trend in Leeds

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Data Loss Prevention
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
1 5 (50.00%) GCP
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (30.00%) OCI
4 1 (10.00%) Azure AI
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (10.00%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (10.00%) GitHub
4 1 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Lead
1 3 (30.00%) Operations Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Security Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) OAuth
2 1 (10.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) NHS
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) SIEM
3 5 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (40.00%) SOAR
5 3 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (30.00%) Data Governance
5 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 3 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
5 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
6 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (30.00%) GCIA
1 3 (30.00%) GCIH
1 3 (30.00%) GIAC
1 3 (30.00%) SSCP
2 2 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCSP
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 5 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (30.00%) NIST 800
4 2 (20.00%) GDPR
4 2 (20.00%) PSD2
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Rapid7
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) OpenAI