Data Loss Prevention Contract Job Trends in the North West

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 104 103
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 +60
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 14 17 39
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.64% 0.70% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.84% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 21
10th Percentile £400 £491 -
25th Percentile £403 £538 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £568 £486
Median % change year-on-year -24.01% +16.77% -2.80%
75th Percentile £492 £600 £588
90th Percentile £555 £633 £627
England median daily rate £528 £567 £560
% change year-on-year -7.01% +1.29% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £64.25 £45.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +42.78% -35.71% -

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 1,938 2,021 2,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.53% 83.48% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 1,103 1,711
10th Percentile £268 £295 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £595
90th Percentile £680 £668 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 111 168
10th Percentile £13.82 £16.50 £15.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £29.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £31.77
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +33.77% +35.83%
75th Percentile £47.12 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.56 £67.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +47.11%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Data Loss Prevention job vacancy trend in the North West

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Loss Prevention.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Loss Prevention

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 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the North West

Data Loss Prevention
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Loss Prevention.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Loss Prevention

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 5 October 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
Merseyside - 6 £413 -
Cheshire -29 4 £475 -16.30% 4
Manchester 0 3 £575 +3.14% 7
Lancashire - 1 £400 - 3
Data Loss Prevention
England

Data Loss Prevention
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 7 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) BIG-IP
2 3 (21.43%) DNS
2 3 (21.43%) HTTP
2 3 (21.43%) SSL
2 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 3 (21.43%) Wireshark
3 2 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (7.14%) DMZ
4 1 (7.14%) Network Security
4 1 (7.14%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Fiddler
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Banking
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Cloud Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Web Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Blue Coat Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) IP Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Junior Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Security Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Cloud Security
1 5 (35.71%) Information Security
2 4 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 4 (28.57%) Fintech
2 4 (28.57%) Server Hardening
3 3 (21.43%) Data Management
3 3 (21.43%) Load Balancing
3 3 (21.43%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) Data Security
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Test Management
5 1 (7.14%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
1 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Firmware
1 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Darktrace
2 4 (28.57%) Zscaler
3 3 (21.43%) Blue Coat
3 3 (21.43%) F5
3 3 (21.43%) McAfee
3 3 (21.43%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) NetApp
4 2 (14.29%) Varonis
5 1 (7.14%) Thycotic