Data Loss Prevention Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 423 518 522
Rank change year-on-year +95 +4 +83
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 38 67 124
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.20% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.22% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 31 59 97
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,250 £47,387
25th Percentile £46,000 £55,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.90% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £69,750 £79,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,500 £100,000
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,249 30,823 39,093
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.20% 91.36% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,742 23,354 27,124
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Data Loss Prevention
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Loss Prevention as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Loss Prevention trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

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 9 (23.68%) SharePoint
2 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.63%) Apache
3 1 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (36.84%) Azure
3 13 (34.21%) AWS
4 9 (23.68%) Entra ID
5 8 (21.05%) OneDrive
6 7 (18.42%) Power Platform
7 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (13.16%) Power Automate
8 5 (13.16%) PowerApps
9 4 (10.53%) SaaS
10 3 (7.89%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (7.89%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (7.89%) GCP
10 3 (7.89%) PaaS
11 2 (5.26%) GitHub
11 2 (5.26%) Google Workspace
11 2 (5.26%) IaaS
12 1 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (2.63%) AWS CloudTrail
12 1 (2.63%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (36.84%) Firewall
1 14 (36.84%) VPN
2 5 (13.16%) DHCP
2 5 (13.16%) DNS
2 5 (13.16%) Network Security
2 5 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (7.89%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (7.89%) LAN
3 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
3 3 (7.89%) WAN
4 2 (5.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Power BI
2 3 (7.89%) BigQuery
3 2 (5.26%) Tableau
4 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 16 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Finance
2 7 (18.42%) Legal
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Law
4 4 (10.53%) Retail
5 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Banking
6 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Games
7 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Analyst
1 10 (26.32%) Security Engineer
2 6 (15.79%) Security Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Information Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Information Security Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Operations Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Architect
4 3 (7.89%) AWS Architect
4 3 (7.89%) AWS Security Architect
4 3 (7.89%) IT Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) IT Support
4 3 (7.89%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Lead
4 3 (7.89%) Security Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Senior
4 3 (7.89%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Malware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Security Posture
2 7 (18.42%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (18.42%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.53%) PKI
3 4 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (5.26%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) IoT
5 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 5 (13.16%) Linux
3 3 (7.89%) CentOS
3 3 (7.89%) Ubuntu
4 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) Information Security
2 15 (39.47%) SIEM
3 13 (34.21%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (31.58%) Security Operations
5 9 (23.68%) Risk Management
6 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (21.05%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (18.42%) Cloud Security
7 7 (18.42%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 7 (18.42%) Security Architecture
7 7 (18.42%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (15.79%) Analytics
8 6 (15.79%) API Integration
8 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (15.79%) DevOps
8 6 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (13.16%) Incident Response
10 4 (10.53%) CI/CD
10 4 (10.53%) Containerisation
10 4 (10.53%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.16%) Python
3 3 (7.89%) Bash
3 3 (7.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (21.05%) Degree
2 7 (18.42%) CISM
2 7 (18.42%) CISSP
2 7 (18.42%) SC Cleared
2 7 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) AWS Certification
3 4 (10.53%) GIAC
3 4 (10.53%) SANS
4 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
4 3 (7.89%) Linux+ Certification
4 3 (7.89%) RHCE
5 2 (5.26%) CEH
5 2 (5.26%) CISA
5 2 (5.26%) ISACA
5 2 (5.26%) ISSAP
6 1 (2.63%) CASP
6 1 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) GDPR
2 9 (23.68%) NIST
3 8 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (10.53%) COBIT
6 3 (7.89%) HIPAA
6 3 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (7.89%) NCSC
6 3 (7.89%) SLA
7 2 (5.26%) GRC
7 2 (5.26%) JSP 440
7 2 (5.26%) PCI DSS
7 2 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (5.26%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) Docker
2 3 (7.89%) Dovecot
2 3 (7.89%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.89%) Postfix
2 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
1 4 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.26%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (5.26%) Nessus
3 2 (5.26%) Progress Chef
3 2 (5.26%) Puppet
4 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.63%) CASB
4 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) VMware
3 3 (7.89%) Google
3 3 (7.89%) Okta
3 3 (7.89%) Ping Identity
3 3 (7.89%) Red Hat
4 2 (5.26%) Tenable
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco
5 1 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.63%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.63%) Juniper
5 1 (2.63%) McAfee
5 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.63%) Splunk