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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 78 98
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 23 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.25% 0.44% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 0.49% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 2
10th Percentile £410 £606 £522
25th Percentile £485 £614 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £631 £558
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% +13.23% +11.50%
75th Percentile £599 £652 £599
90th Percentile £616 £662 £607
North West median daily rate £540 £468 £568
% change year-on-year +15.51% -17.62% +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 1,536 813 1,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.52% 88.95% 85.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 918 563 837
10th Percentile £299 £308 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £576 £559 £588
90th Percentile £650 £671 £688
North West median daily rate £475 £460 £495
% change year-on-year +3.26% -7.07% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 27 83
10th Percentile £22.63 £14.17 £12.50
25th Percentile £30.00 £22.48 £14.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £26.52
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +126.24% +17.87%
75th Percentile £77.25 £74.38 £57.50
90th Percentile £89.50 £86.20 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £32.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year +56.25% +4.92% +0.76%

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 21 June 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 (17.39%) Confluence
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (52.17%) Azure
3 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (30.43%) AWS
5 4 (17.39%) GCP
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (17.39%) OpenShift
6 3 (13.04%) Asana
6 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
6 3 (13.04%) Google Drive
6 3 (13.04%) Google Workspace
6 3 (13.04%) Power Automate
6 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
6 3 (13.04%) PowerApps
6 3 (13.04%) SaaS
7 2 (8.70%) Azure AI
7 2 (8.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (8.70%) IBM Watson
7 2 (8.70%) Vertex AI
8 1 (4.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) DKIM
2 3 (13.04%) DMARC
2 3 (13.04%) DNS
3 1 (4.35%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) JIRA
General
1 7 (30.43%) Legal
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.70%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Security Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Administrator
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Information Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) OAuth
2 2 (8.70%) LangChain
2 2 (8.70%) PyTorch
2 2 (8.70%) scikit-learn
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Cloud Native
1 6 (26.09%) Management Information System
1 6 (26.09%) Security Posture
2 4 (17.39%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (13.04%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (8.70%) AI Agents
4 2 (8.70%) Blockchain
5 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (34.78%) SIEM
2 8 (34.78%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (26.09%) Data Privacy
3 6 (26.09%) Data Security
3 6 (26.09%) Roadmaps
4 5 (21.74%) Change Management
4 5 (21.74%) Data Governance
4 5 (21.74%) Data Pipeline
4 5 (21.74%) Data Protection
4 5 (21.74%) E-Discovery
4 5 (21.74%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (21.74%) Records Management
4 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
4 5 (21.74%) Security Architecture
4 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (17.39%) AI
5 4 (17.39%) Cloud Security
5 4 (17.39%) Machine Learning
6 3 (13.04%) Data Discovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
2 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) GDPR
2 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (13.04%) HIPAA
4 2 (8.70%) NIST
5 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (17.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Google
3 4 (17.39%) Varonis
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco
5 2 (8.70%) IBM
6 1 (4.35%) Rapid7