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 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 80 80
Rank change year-on-year -33 0 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 11 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.56% 0.30% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.34% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £413 £555 £522
25th Percentile £439 £563 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £575 £558
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +3.14% +31.18%
75th Percentile £510 £588 £599
90th Percentile £525 £595 £607
North West median daily rate £472 £431 £568
% change year-on-year +9.45% -24.01% +16.77%

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 1,651 892 1,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.72% 89.83% 87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 957 577 588
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £418 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £465 £486
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -4.37% -2.75%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £700 £678 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 68 36
10th Percentile £19.60 £15.71 £15.96
25th Percentile £33.73 £19.02 £24.51
Median hourly rate £60.25 £22.63 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +166.24% -37.14% +84.62%
75th Percentile £73.94 £35.50 £63.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £64.13 £83.75
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +86.12% -40.84% +33.77%

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
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 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) GCP
2 4 (36.36%) OneDrive
3 3 (27.27%) Asana
3 3 (27.27%) Google Drive
3 3 (27.27%) Google Workspace
3 3 (27.27%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) OCI
4 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) SMTP
2 3 (27.27%) DKIM
2 3 (27.27%) DMARC
2 3 (27.27%) DNS
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) Messaging Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Messaging Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Messaging Support
3 2 (18.18%) Messaging Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Freedom of Information
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) AI Agents
2 2 (18.18%) Blockchain
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Content Management
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (36.36%) Kalman Filter
1 4 (36.36%) Security Operations
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Operations
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Document Management
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Records Management
3 2 (18.18%) AI
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Clearswift
2 4 (36.36%) Proofpoint
3 3 (27.27%) Google
4 1 (9.09%) Rapid7