Data Loss Prevention Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 43 -
Rank change year-on-year -49 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.39% 0.60% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.65% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £540 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -13.60% +13.64% +41.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 737 308 423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 95.34% 91.94% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 178 260
10th Percentile £316 £213 £375
25th Percentile £400 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £515 £539
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% -4.41% +2.62%
75th Percentile £538 £595 £625
90th Percentile £638 £675 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £477 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -4.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £19.25
25th Percentile £14.71 £14.35 £20.31
Median hourly rate £20.08 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -19.58% +52.54%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.38 £29.38
90th Percentile - £21.05 £40.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +11.78% +5.58% +1.48%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Data Loss Prevention job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Sheffield -47 3 £550 -12.00% 1
Data Loss Prevention
Yorkshire

Data Loss Prevention
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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