Data Loss Prevention Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 107 135
Rank change year-on-year -4 +28 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 15 14 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.72% 0.70% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.78% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 2
10th Percentile £410 £395 £511
25th Percentile £448 £425 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £509 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% -9.60% +18.42%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £603
90th Percentile £696 £660 £624
South East median daily rate £499 £509 £525
% change year-on-year -1.87% -3.14% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £36.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £36.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,817 1,784 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.74% 88.84% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,045 1,475
10th Percentile £268 £292 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 54 104
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.92 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.40 £29.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £49.87
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.80% +137.45%
75th Percentile £56.50 £63.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £89.63 £69.03 £74.37
South East median hourly rate £22.23 £50.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -55.55% -5.66% +41.33%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Data Loss Prevention job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Loss Prevention.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Loss Prevention

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the Thames Valley

Data Loss Prevention
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Loss Prevention.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Loss Prevention

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire -7 10 £480 +9.71%
Buckinghamshire +5 4 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
Data Loss Prevention
South East

Data Loss Prevention
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (73.33%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (33.33%) AWS
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (26.67%) SaaS
5 3 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (20.00%) GCP
5 3 (20.00%) IaaS
5 3 (20.00%) PaaS
6 1 (6.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Network Security
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
3 1 (6.67%) DNS
3 1 (6.67%) IPsec
3 1 (6.67%) MPLS
3 1 (6.67%) MQTT
3 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Architect
1 6 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (13.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Security Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Security Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Information Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (20.00%) Public Cloud
1 3 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 5 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 5 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
3 5 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 4 (26.67%) Application Packaging
4 4 (26.67%) Architectural Design
4 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (26.67%) Information Security
4 4 (26.67%) Patch Management
4 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
4 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (26.67%) Zero Trust
5 3 (20.00%) DevOps
5 3 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (20.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 5 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (20.00%) AWS Certification
2 3 (20.00%) CCSP
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) NIST
2 6 (40.00%) GDPR
3 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (26.67%) GRC
5 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (20.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (20.00%) PSD2
6 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (6.67%) NCSC
6 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) Docker
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
2 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (13.33%) Tanium
2 2 (13.33%) Tenable
3 1 (6.67%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) VMware