Data Loss Prevention Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 527 678 640
Rank change year-on-year +151 -38 -20
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 44 87 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26 61 76
10th Percentile £42,875 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £37,500 £47,361
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.49% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £58,250 £57,500 £70,625
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £90,000
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
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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
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 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 28 May 2025.

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 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
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
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5
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 12 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 11 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.27%) Apache
3 1 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.27%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (43.18%) Azure
3 14 (31.82%) AWS
4 12 (27.27%) Entra ID
5 11 (25.00%) OneDrive
6 8 (18.18%) Power Platform
7 7 (15.91%) Power Automate
7 7 (15.91%) PowerApps
8 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (9.09%) IaaS
9 4 (9.09%) SaaS
10 3 (6.82%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (4.55%) Mimecast
11 2 (4.55%) PaaS
12 1 (2.27%) Cloud Composer
12 1 (2.27%) Cloud Functions
12 1 (2.27%) GCP
12 1 (2.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.00%) Firewall
2 10 (22.73%) VPN
3 7 (15.91%) Network Security
4 6 (13.64%) DNS
5 5 (11.36%) DHCP
5 5 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.55%) LAN
7 2 (4.55%) VLAN
7 2 (4.55%) WAN
8 1 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (2.27%) Internet
8 1 (2.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (2.27%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Git
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Legal
3 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Finance
4 4 (9.09%) Retail
5 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.27%) Automotive
7 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Law
7 1 (2.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 8 (18.18%) Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Vulnerability Manager
4 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Security Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Architect
5 3 (6.82%) IT Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) IT Support
5 3 (6.82%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Lead
5 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365 Expert
5 3 (6.82%) SOC Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) AWS Security Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.09%) Security Posture
2 14 (31.82%) Management Information System
3 7 (15.91%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (11.36%) Cloud Native
5 5 (11.36%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (11.36%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (6.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (6.82%) PKI
7 2 (4.55%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (2.27%) Cybercrime
8 1 (2.27%) IoT
8 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Windows
2 3 (6.82%) CentOS
2 3 (6.82%) Linux
2 3 (6.82%) Ubuntu
2 3 (6.82%) Windows 10
2 3 (6.82%) Windows Server
2 3 (6.82%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.27%) Android
3 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (34.09%) Cloud Security
3 14 (31.82%) Information Security
4 13 (29.55%) SIEM
4 13 (29.55%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (27.27%) Security Operations
6 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (22.73%) Threat Intelligence
8 9 (20.45%) Agile
8 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (20.45%) Incident Response
8 9 (20.45%) Risk Management
9 8 (18.18%) ITIL
9 8 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
10 7 (15.91%) Creative Thinking
10 7 (15.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 7 (15.91%) Identity Access Management
10 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (13.64%) API Integration
11 6 (13.64%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 13 (29.55%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.82%) Bash
2 3 (6.82%) Python
3 1 (2.27%) SQL
3 1 (2.27%) VB
3 1 (2.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) CISSP
2 13 (29.55%) Degree
2 13 (29.55%) SC Cleared
2 13 (29.55%) Security Cleared
3 6 (13.64%) CISM
3 6 (13.64%) SANS
4 5 (11.36%) CEH
4 5 (11.36%) GIAC
5 4 (9.09%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.82%) AWS Certification
6 3 (6.82%) CISA
6 3 (6.82%) ISACA
6 3 (6.82%) Linux+ Certification
6 3 (6.82%) RHCE
7 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.55%) ISSAP
7 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.27%) MCP
8 1 (2.27%) MCSE
8 1 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) GDPR
1 10 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (20.45%) NIST
3 4 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (9.09%) HIPAA
3 4 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (9.09%) NCSC
3 4 (9.09%) SLA
4 3 (6.82%) COBIT
4 3 (6.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.55%) GRC
5 2 (4.55%) JSP 440
5 2 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (4.55%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
6 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 13 (29.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.82%) Docker
3 3 (6.82%) Dovecot
3 3 (6.82%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.82%) Postfix
4 1 (2.27%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) CASB
2 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.82%) Nessus
2 3 (6.82%) QRadar
2 3 (6.82%) Terraform
3 2 (4.55%) Ansible
3 2 (4.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (65.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) Tenable
3 4 (9.09%) Google
3 4 (9.09%) VMware
4 3 (6.82%) Cisco
4 3 (6.82%) Okta
4 3 (6.82%) Ping Identity
4 3 (6.82%) Red Hat
4 3 (6.82%) Splunk
5 2 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (4.55%) Varonis
6 1 (2.27%) McAfee
6 1 (2.27%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.27%) Qualys
6 1 (2.27%) Symantec
6 1 (2.27%) Zscaler