Data Loss Prevention Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Data Loss Prevention skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 648 652 597
Rank change year-on-year +4 -55 -118
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 94 112 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.18% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.19% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 63 65 189
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,564 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £73,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £83,900 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 58,708 59,916 66,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.65% 95.65% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 40,950 30,677 41,791
10th Percentile £27,139 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +40 21 £56,500 +8.25% 10
South East -7 19 £52,500 -4.55% 23
East of England +49 18 £32,500 -38.10% 6
South West +7 17 £47,500 - 12
Yorkshire +90 12 £56,500 -11.02% 2
Midlands +4 12 £40,000 -42.86% 4
West Midlands +27 11 £40,000 -42.86% 2
North West +8 9 £45,000 -10.00% 8
Scotland -59 5 £50,000 -52.49% 4
Wales -2 2 - -
East Midlands -20 1 - - 2
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 17 (18.09%) SharePoint
2 12 (12.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 44 (46.81%) Azure
2 38 (40.43%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (14.89%) AWS
4 11 (11.70%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (10.64%) Entra ID
6 9 (9.57%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (6.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (6.38%) Power Platform
8 6 (6.38%) PowerApps
9 5 (5.32%) OneDrive
10 4 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (4.26%) SaaS
11 3 (3.19%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (3.19%) Azure Storage
11 3 (3.19%) Fivetran
12 2 (2.13%) Google Workspace
12 2 (2.13%) Power Automate
13 1 (1.06%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (25.53%) Firewall
2 12 (12.77%) Network Security
3 11 (11.70%) LAN
3 11 (11.70%) WAN
4 9 (9.57%) TCP/IP
5 7 (7.45%) Wireshark
6 6 (6.38%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (5.32%) DHCP
7 5 (5.32%) DNS
7 5 (5.32%) Internet
7 5 (5.32%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (5.32%) VLAN
7 5 (5.32%) VPN
8 3 (3.19%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (2.13%) FTP
9 2 (2.13%) HTTP
9 2 (2.13%) SMTP
9 2 (2.13%) Sourcefire
9 2 (2.13%) Wireless
9 2 (2.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.38%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.19%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.19%) Power BI
3 1 (1.06%) Metadata
3 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.06%) GitLab
1 1 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 28 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.21%) Finance
3 13 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.64%) Retail
5 6 (6.38%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.26%) Legal
7 3 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.19%) Games
8 2 (2.13%) Law
8 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Advertising
9 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (26.60%) Analyst
2 19 (20.21%) IT Engineer
3 15 (15.96%) IT Analyst
3 15 (15.96%) Security Analyst
4 13 (13.83%) IT Support
4 13 (13.83%) Security Engineer
5 11 (11.70%) Senior
6 10 (10.64%) Architect
6 10 (10.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (9.57%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (8.51%) IT Security Analyst
8 8 (8.51%) Lead
9 7 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.45%) IT Support Analyst
9 7 (7.45%) Operations Manager
9 7 (7.45%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (7.45%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 7 (7.45%) Senior Security Analyst
9 7 (7.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.13%) LDAP
2 1 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.15%) Management Information System
2 17 (18.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 15 (15.96%) Onboarding
4 11 (11.70%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (7.45%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (7.45%) Security Posture
6 6 (6.38%) iPad
7 4 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (4.26%) Operational Technology
7 4 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.13%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (2.13%) Cyberattack
8 2 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.13%) PKI
9 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.06%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (22.34%) Windows
2 13 (13.83%) Windows Server
3 12 (12.77%) Apple iOS
4 11 (11.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (7.45%) Android
6 6 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.13%) Linux
7 2 (2.13%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.06%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (54.26%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (39.36%) SIEM
3 31 (32.98%) Security Operations
4 30 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (29.79%) Information Security
6 26 (27.66%) Vulnerability Management
7 25 (26.60%) Data Protection
8 21 (22.34%) Process Improvement
9 17 (18.09%) Cloud Security
10 16 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (14.89%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (14.89%) Inventory Control
11 14 (14.89%) Inventory Management
11 14 (14.89%) Operations Management
11 14 (14.89%) Planning and Forecasting
11 14 (14.89%) Six Sigma
12 12 (12.77%) Agile
12 12 (12.77%) Data Security
12 12 (12.77%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 11 (11.70%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.45%) PowerShell
1 7 (7.45%) Python
2 1 (1.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (34.04%) Degree
2 20 (21.28%) CISSP
3 9 (9.57%) Master's Degree
4 8 (8.51%) CEH
4 8 (8.51%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (6.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (6.38%) AWS Certification
5 6 (6.38%) CCSP
5 6 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (6.38%) SANS
5 6 (6.38%) SSCP
6 5 (5.32%) SC Cleared
6 5 (5.32%) Security Cleared
7 4 (4.26%) CISM
8 3 (3.19%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.19%) CISA
9 2 (2.13%) CASP
9 2 (2.13%) GCIA
9 2 (2.13%) GCIH
9 2 (2.13%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (27.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (26.60%) NIST
3 17 (18.09%) GDPR
3 17 (18.09%) PCI DSS
4 14 (14.89%) QA
4 14 (14.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (10.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (5.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (4.26%) TickIT
8 3 (3.19%) GRC
8 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (3.19%) SOC 2
9 2 (2.13%) NCSC
10 1 (1.06%) COBIT
10 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
10 1 (1.06%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (18.09%) Virtual Desktop
2 16 (17.02%) Active Directory
3 7 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (6.38%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.38%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (5.32%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.06%) Snort
7 1 (1.06%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (9.57%) CASB
1 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.38%) Nmap
3 4 (4.26%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.19%) HP Fortify
5 2 (2.13%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.13%) Nessus
6 1 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.06%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.06%) QRadar
6 1 (1.06%) Suricata
Vendors
1 57 (60.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.83%) Citrix
3 11 (11.70%) Qualys
4 10 (10.64%) Splunk
5 7 (7.45%) VMware
6 6 (6.38%) Rapid7
6 6 (6.38%) Thycotic
7 5 (5.32%) Adobe
7 5 (5.32%) Avaya
8 4 (4.26%) Cisco
9 3 (3.19%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.19%) Forcepoint
9 3 (3.19%) Juniper
9 3 (3.19%) LogRhythm
9 3 (3.19%) Veracode
10 2 (2.13%) ArcSight
10 2 (2.13%) Atlassian
10 2 (2.13%) Google
10 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.13%) Varonis