Data Loss Prevention Jobs in England

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 636 578
Rank change year-on-year +78 -58 +134
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 126 208 366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.24% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.28% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 89 160 270
10th Percentile £45,600 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,750 £45,000 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -5.77% -7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.69% -7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Loss Prevention falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in England

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in England.

Salary trend for Data Loss Prevention in England

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Loss Prevention in England

Data Loss Prevention
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Loss Prevention within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +79 80 £80,000 +10.34% 59
West Midlands +71 15 £53,974 +34.93% 5
Midlands +66 15 £53,974 +34.93% 7
South West +109 9 £51,058 +4.73% 2
North of England +28 9 £51,250 -9.29% 15
South East +74 7 - - 5
North West -3 5 £48,250 +7.22% 11
Yorkshire +53 4 £52,500 -7.08% 2
East of England +36 4 £60,000 +84.62% 5
Data Loss Prevention
UK

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.59%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (50.00%) Azure
2 43 (34.13%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (22.22%) AWS
3 28 (22.22%) GCP
4 21 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 18 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
6 15 (11.90%) OneDrive
7 14 (11.11%) Power Platform
8 10 (7.94%) Power Automate
8 10 (7.94%) PowerApps
9 8 (6.35%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (5.56%) SaaS
11 6 (4.76%) GitHub
11 6 (4.76%) IaaS
12 5 (3.97%) PaaS
13 4 (3.17%) Cloud Composer
14 3 (2.38%) Google Analytics
14 3 (2.38%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 47 (37.30%) Firewall
2 28 (22.22%) Network Security
3 21 (16.67%) VPN
4 14 (11.11%) DNS
5 7 (5.56%) Wireshark
6 6 (4.76%) DHCP
7 5 (3.97%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (3.97%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.97%) WAN
7 5 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.38%) LAN
9 2 (1.59%) DKIM
9 2 (1.59%) DMARC
9 2 (1.59%) NAS
9 2 (1.59%) SAN
9 2 (1.59%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.59%) VLAN
10 1 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.79%) Internet
10 1 (0.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.97%) Power BI
2 4 (3.17%) BigQuery
2 4 (3.17%) Data Lake
2 4 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.38%) Looker
4 1 (0.79%) Metadata
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Burp Suite
2 4 (3.17%) Git
2 4 (3.17%) JIRA
3 3 (2.38%) CircleCI
3 3 (2.38%) Cypress.io
3 3 (2.38%) JMeter
3 3 (2.38%) Mocha
3 3 (2.38%) MSTest
3 3 (2.38%) NUnit
3 3 (2.38%) Postman
3 3 (2.38%) Selenium
3 3 (2.38%) SoapUI
3 3 (2.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 33 (26.19%) Legal
2 30 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 22 (17.46%) Retail
4 20 (15.87%) Finance
5 15 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (7.94%) Law
7 9 (7.14%) Banking
8 6 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.38%) Marketing
9 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Games
10 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.79%) Automotive
11 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (23.81%) Analyst
2 25 (19.84%) Security Analyst
3 19 (15.08%) Security Engineer
3 19 (15.08%) Senior
4 14 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 14 (11.11%) Information Analyst
4 14 (11.11%) Information Security Analyst
5 13 (10.32%) Lead
6 9 (7.14%) Head of Security
7 8 (6.35%) Security Manager
8 6 (4.76%) Head of Information
8 6 (4.76%) Head of Information Security
8 6 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.76%) Senior Manager
9 5 (3.97%) Architect
9 5 (3.97%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) IT Security Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) Operations Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) SOC Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.38%) Jest
1 3 (2.38%) Playwright
1 3 (2.38%) Swagger
1 3 (2.38%) Web Services
1 3 (2.38%) WebdriverIO
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.79%) REST
2 1 (0.79%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 44 (34.92%) Security Posture
2 34 (26.98%) Management Information System
3 17 (13.49%) PKI
4 15 (11.90%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (9.52%) Cloud Security Posture
6 10 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (5.56%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.97%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (3.97%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (3.17%) Product Ownership
10 3 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (2.38%) Freedom of Information
10 3 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (2.38%) Onboarding
10 3 (2.38%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.59%) Biopharmaceutical
11 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.59%) Replication
12 1 (0.79%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.79%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 33 (26.19%) Windows
2 19 (15.08%) Linux
3 8 (6.35%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.38%) CentOS
6 3 (2.38%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.38%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.59%) Android
7 2 (1.59%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (50.00%) Information Security
2 63 (50.00%) SIEM
3 46 (36.51%) Vulnerability Management
4 44 (34.92%) Incident Response
4 44 (34.92%) Security Operations
5 35 (27.78%) Risk Management
6 29 (23.02%) Cloud Security
7 28 (22.22%) Data Protection
7 28 (22.22%) Data Security
8 27 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
9 23 (18.25%) Threat Intelligence
10 21 (16.67%) Data Privacy
10 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (15.87%) Incident Management
11 20 (15.87%) Security Monitoring
11 20 (15.87%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 19 (15.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 19 (15.08%) DevOps
13 18 (14.29%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.81%) PowerShell
2 18 (14.29%) Python
3 9 (7.14%) Bash
4 8 (6.35%) SQL
5 6 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.38%) C#
6 3 (2.38%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.79%) VB
7 1 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (25.40%) Degree
2 23 (18.25%) CISSP
3 16 (12.70%) Security Cleared
4 13 (10.32%) SC Cleared
5 11 (8.73%) GCIH
6 10 (7.94%) CISM
7 9 (7.14%) GCIA
7 9 (7.14%) GIAC
8 8 (6.35%) CEH
9 7 (5.56%) GCFA
9 7 (5.56%) SANS
10 6 (4.76%) CCSP
10 6 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (4.76%) OSCP
11 5 (3.97%) Azure Certification
12 4 (3.17%) AWS Certification
12 4 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (2.38%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (26.98%) GDPR
2 32 (25.40%) NIST
3 29 (23.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (13.49%) PCI DSS
5 16 (12.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (3.17%) HIPAA
8 4 (3.17%) NCSC
8 4 (3.17%) QA
8 4 (3.17%) SLA
9 3 (2.38%) COBIT
9 3 (2.38%) GRC
10 2 (1.59%) JSP 440
10 2 (1.59%) NIST 800
10 2 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (1.59%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
System Software
1 27 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.76%) Docker
4 5 (3.97%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.17%) BitLocker
6 3 (2.38%) Dovecot
6 3 (2.38%) Postfix
7 2 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (13.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (9.52%) CASB
3 8 (6.35%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.35%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (6.35%) Terraform
4 4 (3.17%) CSIRT
5 3 (2.38%) Ansible
5 3 (2.38%) Nessus
5 3 (2.38%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.38%) Puppet
5 3 (2.38%) QRadar
6 2 (1.59%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.59%) SCCM
7 1 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (43.65%) Microsoft
2 17 (13.49%) VMware
3 7 (5.56%) Google
4 6 (4.76%) Cisco
5 5 (3.97%) Splunk
5 5 (3.97%) Tenable
6 4 (3.17%) Okta
6 4 (3.17%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.17%) Proofpoint
6 4 (3.17%) Symantec
6 4 (3.17%) Zscaler
7 3 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.38%) Ping Identity
7 3 (2.38%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.38%) Snowplow
7 3 (2.38%) Varonis
8 2 (1.59%) Dell
8 2 (1.59%) EMC
8 2 (1.59%) McAfee
8 2 (1.59%) SonicWALL