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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 330 320
Rank change year-on-year +57 -10 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 65 48 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.24% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.28% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 34 66
10th Percentile £400 - £425
25th Percentile £413 £425 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £539
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -11.79% +7.70%
75th Percentile £589 £584 £644
90th Percentile £713 £675 £763
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £71.75 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +29.63%

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 11,628 17,095 20,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.68% 83.93% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,259 10,219 14,066
10th Percentile £234 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £377 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.63%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 824 2,090 1,248
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.37 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.19 £15.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.38% +7.86% +75.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.63
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.61% - +40.19%

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 24 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 24 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 +33 18 £450 - 167
North of England +26 17 £500 -16.32% 144
North West +22 16 £475 -20.50% 67
South West +50 11 £425 -37.04% 75
West Midlands +20 11 £675 - 69
Midlands +16 11 £675 - 129
Scotland +7 9 £580 - 51
East of England +22 1 £700 +7.69% 98
North East - 1 £550 - 18
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 (27.69%) SharePoint
2 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.08%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (49.23%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (41.54%) Azure
3 14 (21.54%) OneDrive
4 13 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 11 (16.92%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (13.85%) AWS
7 7 (10.77%) SaaS
8 5 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (3.08%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
9 2 (3.08%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.54%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.54%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (24.62%) Firewall
2 7 (10.77%) Network Security
3 6 (9.23%) DNS
4 5 (7.69%) Skype
5 3 (4.62%) DHCP
5 3 (4.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (4.62%) VPN
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (3.08%) Internet
6 2 (3.08%) MPLS
6 2 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.54%) LAN
7 1 (1.54%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.54%) SSL
7 1 (1.54%) WAN
7 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Power BI
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.54%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.54%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.54%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Git
2 2 (3.08%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) Subversion
3 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.62%) Finance
3 9 (13.85%) Legal
4 5 (7.69%) Banking
5 4 (6.15%) Financial Institution
5 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Publishing
7 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.54%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.54%) Local Government
8 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (15.38%) Architect
2 8 (12.31%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 8 (12.31%) Security Engineer
3 5 (7.69%) Developer
4 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (6.15%) Python Developer
5 3 (4.62%) Administrator
5 3 (4.62%) Analyst
5 3 (4.62%) Consultant
5 3 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Network Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Programme Manager
5 3 (4.62%) Security Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Linux Administrator
6 2 (3.08%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) Service Delivery Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Service Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Support Engineer
6 2 (3.08%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) FastAPI
1 3 (4.62%) pytest
2 2 (3.08%) .NET
3 1 (1.54%) LDAP
3 1 (1.54%) OAuth
3 1 (1.54%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.54%) OpenID
3 1 (1.54%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.54%) SAML
3 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.54%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.54%) CCTV
5 1 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.54%) NHS
5 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.54%) PKI
5 1 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.00%) Windows
2 8 (12.31%) Linux
3 5 (7.69%) Mac OS
4 3 (4.62%) Android
4 3 (4.62%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.62%) Unix
4 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.08%) Solaris
5 2 (3.08%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.92%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (29.23%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (21.54%) Migration
4 10 (15.38%) Cloud Security
4 10 (15.38%) Data Security
5 9 (13.85%) Agile
5 9 (13.85%) Data Protection
5 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.85%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.31%) SIEM
7 7 (10.77%) Data Governance
7 7 (10.77%) ITIL
7 7 (10.77%) Roadmaps
7 7 (10.77%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (9.23%) E-Discovery
8 6 (9.23%) Information Security
8 6 (9.23%) Kalman Filter
8 6 (9.23%) Mentoring
8 6 (9.23%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 20 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 10 (15.38%) Python
3 2 (3.08%) Bash
3 2 (3.08%) Perl
3 2 (3.08%) VB
3 2 (3.08%) VBScript
4 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (21.54%) Security Cleared
2 13 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 12 (18.46%) Degree
4 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (7.69%) CISSP
6 4 (6.15%) CISM
6 4 (6.15%) Master's Degree
7 3 (4.62%) CEH
7 3 (4.62%) CISMP
8 2 (3.08%) CISA
8 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.08%) GIAC
8 2 (3.08%) ISACA
8 2 (3.08%) MCP
8 2 (3.08%) MCSA
8 2 (3.08%) MCSE
8 2 (3.08%) SANS
9 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) GDPR
2 4 (6.15%) NIST
3 3 (4.62%) HIPAA
3 3 (4.62%) NCSC
4 2 (3.08%) GRC
4 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.08%) QA
System Software
1 14 (21.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.69%) Docker
2 5 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.08%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (18.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (6.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (4.62%) PingFederate
4 3 (4.62%) SCCM
4 3 (4.62%) Terraform
5 2 (3.08%) Ansible
5 2 (3.08%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.08%) Podman
5 2 (3.08%) Red Hat Satellite
5 2 (3.08%) RSA Archer
5 2 (3.08%) SELinux
6 1 (1.54%) CASB
6 1 (1.54%) Grafana
6 1 (1.54%) Nessus
6 1 (1.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (43.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) Symantec
3 5 (7.69%) Cisco
3 5 (7.69%) Proofpoint
3 5 (7.69%) VMware
4 4 (6.15%) Netskope
4 4 (6.15%) Palo Alto
4 4 (6.15%) Splunk
5 3 (4.62%) Aruba
5 3 (4.62%) Oracle
5 3 (4.62%) Tenable
6 2 (3.08%) McAfee
6 2 (3.08%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.08%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.08%) Thycotic
6 2 (3.08%) Varonis
6 2 (3.08%) Veritas
7 1 (1.54%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.54%) Zscaler