Data Loss Prevention Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 127 135
Rank change year-on-year +28 +8 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 14 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.84% 0.24% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.28% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £375 £369 £483
25th Percentile £394 £397 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £481 £591 £555
90th Percentile £508 £686 £591
South East median daily rate £436 £463 £580
% change year-on-year -5.68% -20.26% +32.72%

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 1,529 2,150 2,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.11% 84.65% 90.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 909 1,195 1,835
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £400 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £598 £608 £619
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £519 £515
% change year-on-year -3.57% +0.68% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 139 83
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.37 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.84 £19.31 £21.45
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.03 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.57% +6.06% +190.53%
75th Percentile £54.69 £66.75 £66.21
90th Percentile £81.50 £86.01 £75.20
South East median hourly rate £22.07 £54.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year -59.78% +9.75% +105.25%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in the Thames Valley

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the Thames Valley

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the Thames Valley

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 22 July 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 +30 10 £436 +2.65% 1
Buckinghamshire +8 4 £400 -23.81% 2
Data Loss Prevention
South East

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (7.14%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
1 5 (35.71%) Network Security
2 3 (21.43%) MPLS
3 2 (14.29%) DNS
3 2 (14.29%) Internet
3 2 (14.29%) VPN
3 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (7.14%) DHCP
4 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Auditor
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Information Security Auditor
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) Security Auditor
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (28.57%) Data Security
2 4 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
2 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
3 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
3 3 (21.43%) Information Security
3 3 (21.43%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (21.43%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CISMP
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
1 3 (21.43%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.14%) CEH
2 1 (7.14%) CISM
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) GRC
2 2 (14.29%) NIST
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (7.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Aruba
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.14%) Citrix
3 1 (7.14%) Commvault
3 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (7.14%) Imperva
3 1 (7.14%) Netskope
3 1 (7.14%) Proofpoint
3 1 (7.14%) VMware