Data Loss Prevention Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 343 335
Rank change year-on-year +86 -8 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 77 51 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 0.25% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.29% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 35 73
10th Percentile £402 - £415
25th Percentile £425 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £636 £600 £590
90th Percentile £754 £683 £748
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £565
% change year-on-year - +6.19% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +66.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,544 17,537 21,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.36% 84.72% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,245 10,476 14,867
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 2,058 1,303
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £15.24 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Loss Prevention as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +28 23 £450 - 25
North of England +30 22 £591 -4.76% 23
North West +27 20 £583 -6.01% 20
South West +38 12 £425 -39.29% 8
Midlands +26 12 £775 - 7
West Midlands +22 12 £775 - 6
Scotland +17 9 £580 - 15
Yorkshire - 2 £625 - 3
East of England +33 1 £700 +7.69% 6
Data Loss Prevention
UK

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (23.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (23.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (48.05%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (44.16%) Azure
3 15 (19.48%) OneDrive
4 14 (18.18%) Entra ID
5 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (10.39%) AWS
6 8 (10.39%) SaaS
7 7 (9.09%) Power Platform
8 6 (7.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (7.79%) PowerApps
9 5 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.60%) Power Automate
11 1 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (1.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (1.30%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.30%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (23.38%) Firewall
2 7 (9.09%) Network Security
3 6 (7.79%) DNS
3 6 (7.79%) Skype
4 3 (3.90%) DHCP
4 3 (3.90%) Internet
4 3 (3.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.90%) VPN
5 2 (2.60%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (2.60%) MPLS
5 2 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.30%) LAN
6 1 (1.30%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.30%) SSL
6 1 (1.30%) WAN
6 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.30%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.30%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Git
2 2 (2.60%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) Subversion
General
1 35 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.38%) Finance
3 15 (19.48%) Legal
4 8 (10.39%) Marketing
4 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.49%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.19%) Banking
6 4 (5.19%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.90%) Publishing
8 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Law
8 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Local Government
9 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (15.58%) Architect
2 8 (10.39%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 7 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 6 (7.79%) Senior
5 5 (6.49%) Data Protection Officer
5 5 (6.49%) Developer
6 4 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Python Developer
6 4 (5.19%) Security Architect
7 3 (3.90%) Administrator
7 3 (3.90%) Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) CRM Specialist
7 3 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM Specialist
7 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Network Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Security Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Security Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) .NET
1 3 (3.90%) FastAPI
1 3 (3.90%) pytest
2 1 (1.30%) LDAP
2 1 (1.30%) OAuth
2 1 (1.30%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.30%) OpenID
2 1 (1.30%) SAML
2 1 (1.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (7.79%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (7.79%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.90%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.30%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.30%) NHS
5 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.30%) PKI
5 1 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.88%) Windows
2 7 (9.09%) Linux
3 5 (6.49%) Mac OS
4 4 (5.19%) Unix
5 3 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.60%) Android
6 2 (2.60%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.60%) Solaris
6 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (25.97%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (22.08%) Migration
4 16 (20.78%) Data Protection
5 15 (19.48%) Agile
6 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 11 (14.29%) SIEM
8 10 (12.99%) Data Security
9 9 (11.69%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
10 8 (10.39%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (9.09%) Data Governance
11 7 (9.09%) E-Discovery
11 7 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
11 7 (9.09%) Information Security
11 7 (9.09%) ITIL
11 7 (9.09%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 21 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 10 (12.99%) Python
3 2 (2.60%) Bash
3 2 (2.60%) Perl
3 2 (2.60%) VB
3 2 (2.60%) VBScript
4 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 16 (20.78%) Degree
2 14 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 13 (16.88%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.09%) CISSP
5 6 (7.79%) Master's Degree
5 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (6.49%) ISEB
7 4 (5.19%) CISM
8 3 (3.90%) CEH
8 3 (3.90%) CISMP
9 2 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (2.60%) CISA
9 2 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.60%) GIAC
9 2 (2.60%) ISACA
9 2 (2.60%) MCP
9 2 (2.60%) MCSA
9 2 (2.60%) MCSE
9 2 (2.60%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) GDPR
2 4 (5.19%) NIST
3 3 (3.90%) HIPAA
3 3 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.90%) NCSC
3 3 (3.90%) QA
4 2 (2.60%) GRC
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.49%) Docker
2 5 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.60%) BitLocker
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.49%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (5.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (5.19%) CASB
4 3 (3.90%) PingFederate
4 3 (3.90%) SCCM
4 3 (3.90%) Terraform
5 2 (2.60%) Ansible
5 2 (2.60%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.60%) Podman
5 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Satellite
5 2 (2.60%) RSA Archer
5 2 (2.60%) SELinux
6 1 (1.30%) Nessus
Vendors
1 33 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.09%) Symantec
3 6 (7.79%) Cisco
4 5 (6.49%) Oracle
4 5 (6.49%) Palo Alto
4 5 (6.49%) Proofpoint
4 5 (6.49%) VMware
5 4 (5.19%) Netskope
6 3 (3.90%) Aruba
6 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.90%) Splunk
6 3 (3.90%) Tenable
7 2 (2.60%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.60%) McAfee
7 2 (2.60%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.60%) Thycotic
7 2 (2.60%) TOWER Software
7 2 (2.60%) Veritas
8 1 (1.30%) Zscaler