Data Loss Prevention Contracts

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Loss Prevention skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 395 403 456
Rank change year-on-year +8 +53 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 194 316 464
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.56% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.62% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 213 320
10th Percentile £425 £425 £385
25th Percentile £475 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £650
90th Percentile £800 £775 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £547 £500
% change year-on-year -13.20% +9.45% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 5
10th Percentile - - £46.19
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - +29.63% +35.00%
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - £84.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £41.95
% change year-on-year - +66.87% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Loss Prevention is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,645 50,890 79,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.73% 89.71% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,625 35,239 56,102
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,484 1,674 1,897
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% +41.73% +9.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Loss Prevention as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 May 2024. 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
England +21 179 £583 +1.30% 79
London +60 123 £625 +4.17% 46
Work from Home +13 56 £475 -20.83% 26
UK excluding London -23 48 £475 -13.20% 50
South East +19 30 £450 -18.18% 26
Midlands +15 4 - - 2
North West +2 4 £598 +22.94% 3
East of England +1 4 £650 +13.04% 1
North of England -3 4 £598 +21.20% 11
Scotland +29 3 - - 2
South West +7 3 £675 - 7
West Midlands +7 3 - - 1
East Midlands +18 1 - - 1

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 26 (13.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (12.37%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.09%) Confluence
4 3 (1.55%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.52%) Apache
6 1 (0.52%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 66 (34.02%) Azure
2 57 (29.38%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (21.13%) Microsoft Purview
4 29 (14.95%) Entra ID
5 22 (11.34%) AWS
6 21 (10.82%) IaaS
7 14 (7.22%) SaaS
8 9 (4.64%) Mimecast
8 9 (4.64%) OneDrive
9 7 (3.61%) GCP
9 7 (3.61%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.58%) Alation
12 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.55%) PowerApps
13 2 (1.03%) Amazon Cognito
13 2 (1.03%) Amazon Kinesis
13 2 (1.03%) Amazon S3
13 2 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (23.71%) Firewall
2 14 (7.22%) Network Security
3 13 (6.70%) DNS
4 9 (4.64%) TCP/IP
5 8 (4.12%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (3.09%) MPLS
7 5 (2.58%) DHCP
7 5 (2.58%) Internet
8 4 (2.06%) WAN
9 3 (1.55%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (1.55%) FTP
9 3 (1.55%) HTTP
9 3 (1.55%) ICMP
9 3 (1.55%) LAN
9 3 (1.55%) NGFW
9 3 (1.55%) POP3
9 3 (1.55%) SMTP
9 3 (1.55%) SSH
9 3 (1.55%) SSL
9 3 (1.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.61%) NoSQL
2 6 (3.09%) Big Data
2 6 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.58%) Metadata
4 4 (2.06%) Power BI
5 2 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.03%) Apache Hive
5 2 (1.03%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.03%) Bigtable
5 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.03%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.03%) HBase
5 2 (1.03%) IBM BigInsights
5 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.03%) Parquet
5 2 (1.03%) PolyBase
5 2 (1.03%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 4 (2.06%) Git
2 3 (1.55%) Artifactory
2 3 (1.55%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.03%) Liquibase
3 2 (1.03%) Subversion
4 1 (0.52%) JIRA
4 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (36.08%) Finance
2 53 (27.32%) Banking
3 41 (21.13%) Social Skills
4 21 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.25%) Legal
6 9 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.61%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.61%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.09%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.58%) Electronics
10 5 (2.58%) French Language
10 5 (2.58%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.58%) Marketing
11 4 (2.06%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.52%) German Language
13 1 (0.52%) Law
13 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (24.23%) Architect
2 30 (15.46%) Security Architect
3 27 (13.92%) Consultant
4 24 (12.37%) Senior
5 22 (11.34%) Analyst
6 15 (7.73%) Project Manager
7 13 (6.70%) Security Engineer
8 12 (6.19%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 11 (5.67%) Microsoft Consultant
10 10 (5.15%) Security Analyst
10 10 (5.15%) Security Specialist
10 10 (5.15%) SOC Analyst
11 9 (4.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.12%) IT Security Specialist
12 8 (4.12%) Security Consultant
12 8 (4.12%) Security Operations Specialist
12 8 (4.12%) Senior Architect
12 8 (4.12%) Senior Security Architect
13 7 (3.61%) Security Manager
13 7 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.58%) .NET
2 4 (2.06%) .NET Framework
2 4 (2.06%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (2.06%) OAuth
3 3 (1.55%) Apache NiFi
3 3 (1.55%) CSS
3 3 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.55%) jQuery
3 3 (1.55%) Kafka
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.55%) SAML
4 2 (1.03%) Apache Avro
4 2 (1.03%) LDAP
4 2 (1.03%) OpenID
4 2 (1.03%) SPML
5 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.52%) JSON
5 1 (0.52%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.52%) XML
5 1 (0.52%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.56%) Management Information System
2 16 (8.25%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.22%) PKI
4 8 (4.12%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.58%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.06%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.06%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.55%) Insider Threat
8 3 (1.55%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.03%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.03%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.03%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.03%) PMI
9 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.52%) Clustering
10 1 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.43%) Windows
2 15 (7.73%) Linux
3 11 (5.67%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.09%) Unix
5 5 (2.58%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.06%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.06%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.03%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.96%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (26.80%) SIEM
3 43 (22.16%) Incident Response
4 39 (20.10%) Data Security
5 38 (19.59%) Cloud Security
6 36 (18.56%) Information Security
7 35 (18.04%) Vulnerability Management
8 34 (17.53%) Security Operations
9 31 (15.98%) Agile
10 25 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (12.37%) Migration
12 23 (11.86%) Project Management
13 19 (9.79%) PRINCE2
14 18 (9.28%) Data Protection
14 18 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (8.76%) Risk Management
16 16 (8.25%) Security Architecture
17 15 (7.73%) Change Management
17 15 (7.73%) Computer Science
17 15 (7.73%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.37%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.61%) Python
3 6 (3.09%) SQL
4 5 (2.58%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.06%) Search Processing Language
5 4 (2.06%) VBScript
6 3 (1.55%) Bash
7 2 (1.03%) Perl
7 2 (1.03%) U-SQL
8 1 (0.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 32 (16.49%) Degree
2 21 (10.82%) CISSP
3 16 (8.25%) CISM
4 12 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (5.15%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (4.12%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.58%) CISA
7 5 (2.58%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.06%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.55%) FFIEC
10 2 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.03%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.03%) CRISC
10 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.03%) GIAC
10 2 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.03%) PMP
10 2 (1.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.82%) GDPR
2 13 (6.70%) NIST
3 12 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.09%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.58%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (2.06%) COBIT
6 4 (2.06%) SLA
7 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.55%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (1.55%) NCSC
8 2 (1.03%) GRC
8 2 (1.03%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.03%) QA
9 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.52%) GLBA
9 1 (0.52%) GxP
9 1 (0.52%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (12.89%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.09%) XenApp
4 3 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.03%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (1.03%) vSphere
6 1 (0.52%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.64%) CASB
2 9 (4.64%) SCCM
3 8 (4.12%) PingFederate
4 5 (2.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (2.58%) Ansible
5 4 (2.06%) QRadar
6 3 (1.55%) Kibana
6 3 (1.55%) logstash
6 3 (1.55%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.03%) Ambari
7 2 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (1.03%) Nessus
7 2 (1.03%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.03%) Oozie
7 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (1.03%) SCOrch
7 2 (1.03%) SELinux
8 1 (0.52%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 99 (51.03%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.82%) Varonis
3 19 (9.79%) Forcepoint
4 16 (8.25%) LogRhythm
4 16 (8.25%) Qualys
4 16 (8.25%) Symantec
5 11 (5.67%) Splunk
6 9 (4.64%) Citrix
7 8 (4.12%) Okta
7 8 (4.12%) VMware
8 7 (3.61%) Cisco
8 7 (3.61%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.61%) SAP
9 6 (3.09%) Zscaler
10 5 (2.58%) CheckPoint
10 5 (2.58%) IBM
10 5 (2.58%) Informatica
10 5 (2.58%) Netskope
10 5 (2.58%) Talend
11 4 (2.06%) McAfee