Data Loss Prevention Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 247 284 308
Rank change year-on-year +37 +24 +106
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 54 60 167
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.55% 0.39% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.45% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 42 116
10th Percentile £408 - £425
25th Percentile £513 £425 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £775 £713 £709
90th Percentile £800 £868 £788
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,020 13,413 23,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.92% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,959 16,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 580 529
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.38 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Data Loss Prevention
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Loss Prevention as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Loss Prevention trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Loss Prevention.

Data Loss Prevention daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Data Loss Prevention daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Loss Prevention
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Loss Prevention.

Data Loss Prevention hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (46.30%) Azure
2 18 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (14.81%) AWS
4 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
5 5 (9.26%) OneDrive
6 4 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 4 (7.41%) SaaS
7 3 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
8 2 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (3.70%) GCP
9 1 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.85%) IaaS
9 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.22%) Firewall
2 10 (18.52%) Network Security
3 3 (5.56%) Internet
3 3 (5.56%) SD-WAN
3 3 (5.56%) Skype
3 3 (5.56%) SSL
4 2 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.70%) LAN
4 2 (3.70%) VPN
4 2 (3.70%) WAN
5 1 (1.85%) DNS
5 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.19%) Finance
2 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Banking
4 5 (9.26%) Legal
4 5 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.70%) French Language
6 2 (3.70%) Marketing
7 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Local Government
7 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (27.78%) Architect
2 11 (20.37%) Security Architect
3 10 (18.52%) Consultant
4 6 (11.11%) Security Manager
4 6 (11.11%) Senior
5 5 (9.26%) Senior Architect
5 5 (9.26%) Senior Security Architect
6 4 (7.41%) Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) IT Architect
6 4 (7.41%) IT Security Architect
6 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Operational Security Manager
6 4 (7.41%) Operations Manager
6 4 (7.41%) Security Operations Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) Security Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) SIEM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (1.85%) LDAP
2 1 (1.85%) OAuth
2 1 (1.85%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.85%) OpenID
2 1 (1.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 4 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.70%) PKI
4 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.85%) Life Science
5 1 (1.85%) NHS
5 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Linux
3 5 (9.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (35.19%) SIEM
3 14 (25.93%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (24.07%) Identity Access Management
5 11 (20.37%) Incident Response
6 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 8 (14.81%) Security Architecture
8 7 (12.96%) Cloud Security
8 7 (12.96%) Data Protection
8 7 (12.96%) Migration
8 7 (12.96%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (11.11%) Agile
9 6 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (9.26%) Data Security
10 5 (9.26%) SOAR
10 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (9.26%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 5 (9.26%) Use Case
10 5 (9.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (1.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) CISSP
2 9 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.11%) Degree
5 4 (7.41%) Azure Certification
5 4 (7.41%) CEH
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.56%) CISM
6 3 (5.56%) GCIH
7 2 (3.70%) CCSP
7 2 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.85%) CASP
8 1 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.85%) GCIA
8 1 (1.85%) GIAC
8 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.52%) NIST
2 9 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (9.26%) GDPR
4 4 (7.41%) SLA
5 2 (3.70%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.85%) NCSC
6 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.56%) QRadar
3 2 (3.70%) CASB
4 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) Splunk
2 4 (7.41%) VMware
3 3 (5.56%) Cisco
3 3 (5.56%) LogRhythm
3 3 (5.56%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.70%) ArcSight
4 2 (3.70%) Forcepoint
4 2 (3.70%) Symantec
5 1 (1.85%) Aruba
5 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) Mellanox
5 1 (1.85%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.85%) Qualys
5 1 (1.85%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.85%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.85%) Varonis