Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 673 609 656
Rank change year-on-year -64 +47 -65
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 233 397 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.40% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 179 280 447
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,225 £41,697
25th Percentile £44,000 £52,500 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,875 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -4.00%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 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
England -16 214 £60,000 -10.78% 70
London +24 121 £72,500 +7.41% 31
UK excluding London -29 94 £50,000 -13.04% 44
Work from Home +28 73 £60,000 -14.29% 32
South East +8 22 £52,500 -6.67% 19
North of England +22 21 £56,500 +2.73% 7
South West -4 18 £48,750 +2.63% 8
East of England +26 16 £32,500 -38.10% 5
Yorkshire +83 12 £56,500 -27.10% 3
Midlands -18 10 £40,000 -38.46% 2
West Midlands +14 9 £40,000 -40.74% 1
North West +12 9 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Scotland -59 5 £50,000 -52.49% 2
Wales +7 2 - - 1
East Midlands -17 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 44 (18.88%) SharePoint
2 39 (16.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) nginx
3 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 115 (49.36%) Azure
2 95 (40.77%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (21.03%) AWS
4 29 (12.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 25 (10.73%) Entra ID
6 21 (9.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 20 (8.58%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (7.73%) OneDrive
8 18 (7.73%) Power Platform
9 15 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (4.72%) SaaS
11 10 (4.29%) IaaS
12 9 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (3.86%) PowerApps
13 8 (3.43%) PaaS
14 6 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (2.58%) Mimecast
15 5 (2.15%) GCP
16 3 (1.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 3 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 70 (30.04%) Firewall
2 41 (17.60%) TCP/IP
3 34 (14.59%) DNS
4 30 (12.88%) Network Security
5 29 (12.45%) DHCP
6 21 (9.01%) LAN
7 20 (8.58%) WAN
8 15 (6.44%) Wireshark
9 13 (5.58%) VPN
10 10 (4.29%) VLAN
11 9 (3.86%) Structured Cabling
12 6 (2.58%) Internet
12 6 (2.58%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (2.58%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.72%) Wireless
13 4 (1.72%) WLAN
14 3 (1.29%) VoIP
15 2 (0.86%) FTP
15 2 (0.86%) HTTP
15 2 (0.86%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.43%) Power BI
2 6 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.15%) Metadata
4 4 (1.72%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.86%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.43%) Big Data
6 1 (0.43%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.43%) MySQL
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Git
1 1 (0.43%) GitLab
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
1 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 56 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 53 (22.75%) Finance
3 35 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.58%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (5.15%) Legal
6 11 (4.72%) Games
6 11 (4.72%) Retail
7 10 (4.29%) Law
8 5 (2.15%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.29%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.86%) Advertising
10 2 (0.86%) Banking
10 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.43%) French Language
11 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 60 (25.75%) Analyst
2 49 (21.03%) Security Engineer
3 46 (19.74%) Senior
4 31 (13.30%) Security Analyst
5 29 (12.45%) IT Analyst
5 29 (12.45%) IT Engineer
6 25 (10.73%) IT Support
6 25 (10.73%) Security Manager
7 21 (9.01%) Lead
8 19 (8.15%) Senior Analyst
8 19 (8.15%) Senior Security Engineer
9 18 (7.73%) Architect
10 15 (6.44%) IT Security Analyst
11 13 (5.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 13 (5.58%) Senior Security Analyst
12 12 (5.15%) Information Security Engineer
12 12 (5.15%) IT Security Engineer
12 12 (5.15%) Security Architect
13 11 (4.72%) IT Support Analyst
13 11 (4.72%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.86%) LDAP
1 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (0.86%) REST
1 2 (0.86%) Web Services
2 1 (0.43%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.45%) Security Operations Centre
2 32 (13.73%) Management Information System
3 26 (11.16%) Security Posture
4 20 (8.58%) Onboarding
5 17 (7.30%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (6.87%) Replication
7 13 (5.58%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (5.15%) Operational Technology
9 10 (4.29%) Cloud Security Posture
10 9 (3.86%) SCADA
11 7 (3.00%) Cloud Native
12 6 (2.58%) iPad
12 6 (2.58%) PKI
13 5 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
15 3 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
15 3 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 3 (1.29%) Public Cloud
15 3 (1.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (29.18%) Windows
2 39 (16.74%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.73%) Windows 10
4 24 (10.30%) Apple iOS
5 19 (8.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (6.87%) Windows Server 2008
7 15 (6.44%) Android
8 14 (6.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (3.86%) Linux
10 4 (1.72%) Mac OS X
10 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.86%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (56.65%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (40.34%) Information Security
3 80 (34.33%) SIEM
4 64 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (26.61%) Security Operations
6 61 (26.18%) Cloud Security
7 52 (22.32%) Vulnerability Management
8 43 (18.45%) Incident Response
9 40 (17.17%) Cryptography
9 40 (17.17%) Identity Access Management
10 36 (15.45%) Data Protection
11 33 (14.16%) Data Security
12 31 (13.30%) Process Improvement
12 31 (13.30%) Roadmaps
13 29 (12.45%) Agile
14 28 (12.02%) ITIL
14 28 (12.02%) Kalman Filter
14 28 (12.02%) Risk Management
14 28 (12.02%) Security Management
15 25 (10.73%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.17%) PowerShell
2 26 (11.16%) Python
3 9 (3.86%) Bash
4 8 (3.43%) SQL
5 3 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 73 (31.33%) Degree
2 70 (30.04%) CISSP
3 34 (14.59%) CEH
4 28 (12.02%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (11.16%) CCSP
6 25 (10.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (10.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 23 (9.87%) CISA
8 23 (9.87%) CISM
9 16 (6.87%) CREST Certified
9 16 (6.87%) MCSA
9 16 (6.87%) SANS
10 14 (6.01%) SSCP
11 13 (5.58%) AWS Certification
12 12 (5.15%) CRISC
12 12 (5.15%) Master's Degree
13 11 (4.72%) CompTIA CySA+
13 11 (4.72%) ISACA
14 8 (3.43%) CCSK
15 6 (2.58%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (25.75%) NIST
2 59 (25.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (13.73%) PCI DSS
4 28 (12.02%) GDPR
5 25 (10.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (6.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 13 (5.58%) QA
8 10 (4.29%) GRC
9 6 (2.58%) Data Quality
9 6 (2.58%) NIST 800
10 5 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (1.72%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.72%) SOC 2
11 4 (1.72%) TickIT
12 2 (0.86%) NCSC
13 1 (0.43%) COBIT
13 1 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (22.32%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.45%) Virtual Desktop
2 29 (12.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.29%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.43%) Snort
7 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 26 (11.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (9.87%) CASB
3 14 (6.01%) Nmap
4 10 (4.29%) QRadar
5 7 (3.00%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.58%) Kubernetes
7 5 (2.15%) Terraform
8 3 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.29%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.29%) HP Fortify
8 3 (1.29%) Nessus
9 2 (0.86%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.86%) SCCM
9 2 (0.86%) Suricata
10 1 (0.43%) Ansible
10 1 (0.43%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.43%) Puppet
10 1 (0.43%) vMotion
Vendors
1 134 (57.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.45%) VMware
3 27 (11.59%) Cisco
4 23 (9.87%) Splunk
5 22 (9.44%) Citrix
6 21 (9.01%) Qualys
7 19 (8.15%) Rapid7
8 16 (6.87%) Bloomberg
8 16 (6.87%) FactSet
8 16 (6.87%) MobileIron
8 16 (6.87%) Refinitiv
9 14 (6.01%) Thycotic
10 10 (4.29%) CyberArk
11 9 (3.86%) Adobe
11 9 (3.86%) Avaya
11 9 (3.86%) Darktrace
12 7 (3.00%) CA
12 7 (3.00%) CheckPoint
12 7 (3.00%) Palo Alto
13 6 (2.58%) LogRhythm