Data Loss Prevention Contracts in the North of England

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 183 171
Rank change year-on-year +32 -12 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 17 3 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.52% 0.065% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.076% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 24
10th Percentile £403 £553 £466
25th Percentile £443 £575 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £620 £493
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +25.76% +3.79%
75th Percentile £610 £629 £544
90th Percentile £686 £634 £568
England median daily rate £583 £595 £575
% change year-on-year -2.06% +3.48% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,955 3,922 5,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.84% 85.13% 90.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,898 2,403 3,468
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £645 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 364 203
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.94 £12.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £27.50 £17.72 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +55.19% -36.03% +45.79%
75th Percentile £57.93 £45.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £59.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in the North of England

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the North of England

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the North of England

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the North of England

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 22 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
North West +25 16 £475 -23.39% 59
North East - 1 £550 - 15
Data Loss Prevention
England

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (76.47%) Azure
2 12 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (41.18%) OneDrive
4 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (17.65%) AWS
5 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
6 2 (11.76%) SaaS
7 1 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Publishing
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Security Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Architect
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Wintel Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) LDAP
1 1 (5.88%) OAuth
1 1 (5.88%) OAuth2
1 1 (5.88%) OpenID
1 1 (5.88%) SAML
1 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.88%) PKI
3 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Android
2 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Cloud Security
2 6 (35.29%) Data Governance
2 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
3 5 (29.41%) Data Protection
3 5 (29.41%) Performance Optimisation
3 5 (29.41%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (29.41%) Zero Trust
4 4 (23.53%) Agile
4 4 (23.53%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Data Management
5 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (17.65%) SIEM
5 3 (17.65%) Task Automation
6 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
6 2 (11.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.88%) VB
3 1 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.88%) MCP
4 1 (5.88%) MCSA
4 1 (5.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) NCSC
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) BitLocker
3 1 (5.88%) Docker
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (17.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Thycotic
2 2 (11.76%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Darktrace
3 1 (5.88%) McAfee
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Symantec
3 1 (5.88%) Varonis
3 1 (5.88%) Zscaler