Data Loss Prevention Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 536 604
Rank change year-on-year +19 +68 -149
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 69 127 255
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.31% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.32% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 60 101 181
10th Percentile £35,750 £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £55,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +1.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,500 £100,000 £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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,775 39,955 66,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.47% 96.10% 96.96%
Number of salaries quoted 23,345 27,739 41,261
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Data Loss Prevention
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Loss Prevention as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Loss Prevention trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Loss Prevention.

Data Loss Prevention salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Data Loss Prevention salary histogram 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 (14.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (14.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (65.22%) Azure
2 41 (59.42%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Purview
4 14 (20.29%) AWS
5 13 (18.84%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (18.84%) Azure Sentinel
5 13 (18.84%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (8.70%) Entra ID
7 5 (7.25%) Power Platform
8 3 (4.35%) Azure Storage
8 3 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (4.35%) Fivetran
8 3 (4.35%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.90%) Amazon S3
10 1 (1.45%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.45%) Route 53
10 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (28.99%) Firewall
2 18 (26.09%) TCP/IP
3 17 (24.64%) Network Security
4 15 (21.74%) LAN
5 14 (20.29%) WAN
5 14 (20.29%) Wireshark
6 6 (8.70%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (4.35%) DNS
8 2 (2.90%) Internet
8 2 (2.90%) VPN
9 1 (1.45%) DHCP
9 1 (1.45%) OSPF
9 1 (1.45%) tcpdump
9 1 (1.45%) Wireless
9 1 (1.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (7.25%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 21 (30.43%) Finance
3 10 (14.49%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (11.59%) Law
5 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Legal
7 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (40.58%) Security Engineer
2 18 (26.09%) IT Engineer
3 17 (24.64%) Senior
4 12 (17.39%) Lead
5 11 (15.94%) Information Security Engineer
5 11 (15.94%) Senior Security Engineer
6 9 (13.04%) Team Leader
7 7 (10.14%) IT Security Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Analyst
8 6 (8.70%) Architect
8 6 (8.70%) IT Support
8 6 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Security Manager
8 6 (8.70%) Support Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Information Security Manager
9 4 (5.80%) Information Security Project Manager
9 4 (5.80%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (28.99%) Security Operations Centre
2 15 (21.74%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.70%) iPad
4 5 (7.25%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.90%) Handset
5 2 (2.90%) Insider Threat
5 2 (2.90%) NHS
5 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) CSOC
6 1 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.45%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.45%) PKI
6 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (36.23%) Windows
2 13 (18.84%) Android
2 13 (18.84%) Apple iOS
3 10 (14.49%) Windows Server
3 10 (14.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (4.35%) Mac OS X
5 3 (4.35%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.45%) Linux
6 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (57.97%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (43.48%) Information Security
3 29 (42.03%) Security Operations
4 27 (39.13%) SIEM
5 26 (37.68%) Cloud Security
6 22 (31.88%) Vulnerability Management
7 21 (30.43%) Roadmaps
8 17 (24.64%) Incident Response
9 16 (23.19%) Agile
9 16 (23.19%) Identity Access Management
9 16 (23.19%) Security Management
10 14 (20.29%) DevOps
10 14 (20.29%) Ethical Hacking
10 14 (20.29%) Regulatory Compliance
11 13 (18.84%) Cryptography
11 13 (18.84%) Information Security Management
11 13 (18.84%) Key Management
11 13 (18.84%) Privileged Access Management
11 13 (18.84%) Process Improvement
11 13 (18.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (27.54%) PowerShell
2 16 (23.19%) Python
3 4 (5.80%) Bash
3 4 (5.80%) SQL
4 2 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 25 (36.23%) CISSP
2 21 (30.43%) CEH
3 15 (21.74%) SANS
4 14 (20.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 14 (20.29%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (18.84%) CCSP
5 13 (18.84%) SSCP
6 6 (8.70%) CISM
7 4 (5.80%) CISA
7 4 (5.80%) Degree
8 3 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.35%) GIAC
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.45%) GCIA
10 1 (1.45%) GCIH
10 1 (1.45%) GSEC
10 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (27.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (27.54%) NIST
2 15 (21.74%) PCI DSS
3 7 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (10.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (7.25%) GDPR
5 2 (2.90%) GRC
5 2 (2.90%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 19 (27.54%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (13.04%) Hyper-V
4 6 (8.70%) Active Directory
4 6 (8.70%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.45%) Snort
6 1 (1.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (18.84%) Nmap
3 4 (5.80%) Terraform
4 2 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.90%) CASB
5 1 (1.45%) Ansible
5 1 (1.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.45%) HAProxy
5 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.45%) Nessus
5 1 (1.45%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (1.45%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.45%) Puppet
5 1 (1.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 48 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (24.64%) Splunk
3 16 (23.19%) Qualys
4 14 (20.29%) Rapid7
5 13 (18.84%) Thycotic
6 10 (14.49%) VMware
7 7 (10.14%) Citrix
7 7 (10.14%) CyberArk
8 6 (8.70%) Cisco
9 3 (4.35%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (4.35%) Okta
10 2 (2.90%) Forcepoint
10 2 (2.90%) LogRhythm
10 2 (2.90%) Palo Alto
10 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.90%) Sophos
10 2 (2.90%) Varonis
11 1 (1.45%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.45%) IBM
11 1 (1.45%) Wallstreet Suite