Data Loss Prevention Contracts in the North West

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 98 134 132
Rank change year-on-year +36 -2 +22
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 22 3 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.12% 0.11% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 0.13% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 11
10th Percentile £439 £553 £463
25th Percentile £461 £575 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £620 £533
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% +16.43% +1.43%
75th Percentile £673 £629 £565
90th Percentile £747 £634 £569
England median daily rate £600 £600 £570
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate - - £70.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in the North West

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the North West

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the North West

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the North West

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cheshire +10 12 £475 -23.69% 2
Manchester +26 10 £625 +8.70% 16
Data Loss Prevention
England

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 9 (40.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (81.82%) Azure
2 17 (77.27%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (31.82%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (31.82%) OneDrive
3 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
4 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (27.27%) PowerApps
5 3 (13.64%) AWS
6 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
6 2 (9.09%) SaaS
7 1 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) DNS
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Marketing
2 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
3 4 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) CRM Specialist
2 3 (13.64%) Dynamics CRM Specialist
2 3 (13.64%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Security Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Architect
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Wintel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) LDAP
1 1 (4.55%) OAuth
1 1 (4.55%) OAuth2
1 1 (4.55%) OpenID
1 1 (4.55%) SAML
1 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) PKI
3 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (31.82%) CRM
3 7 (31.82%) Customer Insight
4 6 (27.27%) Data Governance
4 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
5 5 (22.73%) Cloud Security
5 5 (22.73%) Data Protection
5 5 (22.73%) Performance Optimisation
5 5 (22.73%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (22.73%) Zero Trust
6 4 (18.18%) Migration
7 3 (13.64%) Data Modelling
7 3 (13.64%) Release Management
7 3 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.64%) Task Automation
7 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.55%) VB
3 1 (4.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) MCP
4 1 (4.55%) MCSA
4 1 (4.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) NCSC
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.55%) BitLocker
3 1 (4.55%) Docker
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Thycotic
2 2 (9.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) McAfee
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Symantec