Data Loss Prevention Contract Job Trends in Reading

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 59 94
Rank change year-on-year -22 +35 -
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.49% 0.55% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.60% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £432 - -
25th Percentile £461 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 - £425
75th Percentile £700 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £523 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +16.11% +5.88% -8.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 861 497 1,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 84.58% 91.70% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 520 322 555
10th Percentile £319 £328 £213
25th Percentile £422 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 2 51
10th Percentile £56.90 £67.34 £14.50
25th Percentile £80.75 £68.99 £52.21
Median hourly rate £84.00 £72.35 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% +17.44% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £75.08 £80.69
90th Percentile £107.40 £76.35 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.25 £61.50 £60.80
% change year-on-year +35.38% +1.14% -4.76%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Data Loss Prevention job vacancy trend in Reading

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in Reading over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in Reading

Data Loss Prevention
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (80.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (80.00%) IPsec
2 4 (80.00%) MQTT
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Security Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Security Solutions Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Architectural Design
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 4 (80.00%) Data Lineage
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 4 (80.00%) Network Segmentation
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Platform Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (80.00%) Security Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Supplier Management
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 4 (80.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (80.00%) NCSC
2 4 (80.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) BiZZdesign
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto