Data Loss Prevention Contracts in the South East

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 167 187
Rank change year-on-year +38 +20 +33
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 23 31 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.76% 0.56% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.66% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 28 20
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £381 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £523 £481 £616
90th Percentile £575 £614 £854
England median daily rate £600 £600 £565
% change year-on-year - +6.19% +7.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 4,707 5,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.81% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 2,740 3,571
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 435 221
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.79
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in the South East

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the South East

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the South East

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the South East

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +51 17 £425 - 10
Berkshire +38 14 £450 +5.88% 4
Buckinghamshire - 3 £400 - 3
Hampshire +27 2 - - 3
West Sussex -4 2 £550 +22.22% 2
Kent - 2 £398 - 6
Data Loss Prevention
England

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) Mimecast
4 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Firewall
2 4 (17.39%) DNS
3 3 (13.04%) DHCP
3 3 (13.04%) Network Security
4 2 (8.70%) Internet
4 2 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (8.70%) MPLS
4 2 (8.70%) VPN
4 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.35%) LAN
5 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
5 1 (4.35%) SSL
5 1 (4.35%) WAN
5 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) Subversion
General
1 17 (73.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Legal
3 5 (21.74%) Marketing
3 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Law
4 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Local Government
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Data Protection Officer
2 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Administrator
3 2 (8.70%) Auditor
3 2 (8.70%) Information Security Auditor
3 2 (8.70%) Linux Administrator
3 2 (8.70%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Security Auditor
3 2 (8.70%) Security Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Security Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Information Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Information Officer
4 1 (4.35%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Security Officer
4 1 (4.35%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) NHS
3 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
1 2 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (8.70%) Solaris
1 2 (8.70%) Unix
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) Data Protection
2 6 (26.09%) Roadmaps
3 5 (21.74%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (21.74%) B2C
3 5 (21.74%) Data Privacy
3 5 (21.74%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (17.39%) Data Security
4 4 (17.39%) Information Security
4 4 (17.39%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (17.39%) Migration
4 4 (17.39%) Security Operations
5 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
5 3 (13.04%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (8.70%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (8.70%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) Bash
2 2 (8.70%) Perl
3 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) ISEB
3 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
4 3 (13.04%) CISMP
4 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
5 2 (8.70%) CEH
5 2 (8.70%) CISSP
5 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) CISM
6 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) GDPR
2 3 (13.04%) NIST
3 2 (8.70%) GRC
3 2 (8.70%) HIPAA
3 2 (8.70%) QA
4 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (8.70%) vSphere
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Ansible
1 2 (8.70%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (8.70%) SELinux
2 1 (4.35%) CASB
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Aruba
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco
2 3 (13.04%) Palo Alto
3 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
3 2 (8.70%) SolarWinds
3 2 (8.70%) Symantec
3 2 (8.70%) Veritas
3 2 (8.70%) VMware
4 1 (4.35%) Commvault
4 1 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.35%) Imperva
4 1 (4.35%) Netskope
4 1 (4.35%) Proofpoint