Data Loss Prevention Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -49 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.42% 0.65% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £625 -
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 689 282 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.43% 92.16% 96.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 162 233
10th Percentile £319 £220 £390
25th Percentile £401 £421 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.14% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £650
90th Percentile £621 £675 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £515 £539
% change year-on-year -6.80% -4.41% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £19.10
25th Percentile £14.71 £14.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.08 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -19.58% +18.42%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile - £21.05 £28.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.08 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -19.58% +52.54%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Data Loss Prevention job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Data Loss Prevention
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (66.67%) ShareGate
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DKIM
1 2 (66.67%) DMARC
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) SMTP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (33.33%) LDAP
2 1 (33.33%) OAuth
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) E-Discovery
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Google