Data Loss Prevention Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Data Loss Prevention skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 69 97
Rank change year-on-year -22 +28 +2
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 17 18 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.19% 1.74% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.91% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 1
10th Percentile £421 £540 -
25th Percentile £505 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £669 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +67.19% -5.88%
75th Percentile £599 £746 -
90th Percentile £616 £789 -
North West median daily rate £540 £600 £400
% change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Data Loss Prevention falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,236 940 1,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.49% 91.09% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 618 941
10th Percentile £311 £294 £313
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £574 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £669
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 32 74
10th Percentile £19.75 £15.92 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £23.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £32.50 £25.10
Median % change year-on-year +63.08% +29.51% -36.47%
75th Percentile £66.25 £42.75 £60.94
90th Percentile £78.13 £64.50 £77.25
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £25.30
% change year-on-year +38.46% +28.46% -32.53%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Loss Prevention relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Data Loss Prevention job vacancy trend in Manchester

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Loss Prevention.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Loss Prevention

Data Loss Prevention
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Loss Prevention in Manchester

Data Loss Prevention
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Loss Prevention.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Loss Prevention

Data Loss Prevention
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (64.71%) Azure
2 8 (47.06%) AWS
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (23.53%) OpenShift
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (11.76%) Azure AI
5 2 (11.76%) IBM Watson
5 2 (11.76%) Vertex AI
6 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
6 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) BIG-IP
2 1 (5.88%) DMZ
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) JIRA
General
1 4 (23.53%) Legal
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Security Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) LangChain
1 2 (11.76%) PyTorch
1 2 (11.76%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Cloud Native
1 6 (35.29%) Security Posture
2 4 (23.53%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) SIEM
1 9 (52.94%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (35.29%) Data Privacy
3 6 (35.29%) Data Security
4 5 (29.41%) Data Pipeline
4 5 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
4 5 (29.41%) Security Architecture
5 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
5 4 (23.53%) Data Governance
5 4 (23.53%) Data Protection
5 4 (23.53%) E-Discovery
6 3 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (17.65%) Containerisation
6 3 (17.65%) Data Discovery
6 3 (17.65%) Information Governance
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) Python
2 4 (23.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) CISM
1 2 (11.76%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) GDPR
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (17.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (17.65%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Varonis
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco
4 2 (11.76%) Google
4 2 (11.76%) IBM
5 1 (5.88%) AlienVault
5 1 (5.88%) Blue Coat
5 1 (5.88%) F5
5 1 (5.88%) McAfee
5 1 (5.88%) Qualys
5 1 (5.88%) VMware