Data Loss Prevention Contracts in Scotland

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Loss Prevention skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 151 161
Rank change year-on-year +25 +10 -19
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 3 15 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.14% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.57% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 7
10th Percentile - £360 £264
25th Percentile - £375 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +25.71% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £650 £473
90th Percentile - £675 £525
UK median daily rate £600 £565 £550
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.98
Median hourly rate - - £41.95
75th Percentile - - £42.93
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £41.95
% change year-on-year - +66.87% +4.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Loss Prevention is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,942 2,610 3,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.68% 92.55% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,872 2,340
10th Percentile £228 £260 £244
25th Percentile £399 £406 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in Scotland

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in Scotland

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -5 2 - - 2
Edinburgh +34 1 - -
Data Loss Prevention
UK

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) UEBA
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk
77 Data Loss Prevention jobs Nationwide