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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 85 85
Rank change year-on-year -23 0 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 22 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.12% 0.50% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 0.56% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 2
10th Percentile £408 £560 £522
25th Percentile £468 £575 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £600 £558
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +7.62% +11.50%
75th Percentile £599 £634 £599
90th Percentile £616 £655 £607
North West median daily rate £549 £454 £568
% change year-on-year +21.00% -20.09% +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 1,647 895 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.60% 88.88% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 571 658
10th Percentile £302 £305 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £677 £675 £704
North West median daily rate £495 £455 £500
% change year-on-year +8.79% -9.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 54 50
10th Percentile £21.00 £17.14 £15.92
25th Percentile £28.75 £19.07 £23.96
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.63 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +120.95% -41.60% +98.72%
75th Percentile £75.50 £60.00 £67.19
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.75 £84.00
North West median hourly rate £45.97 £27.90 £34.21
% change year-on-year +64.73% -18.44% +0.62%

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 9 August 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 6 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (45.45%) Azure
3 7 (31.82%) AWS
4 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (18.18%) GCP
5 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (18.18%) OpenShift
6 3 (13.64%) Asana
6 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
6 3 (13.64%) Google Drive
6 3 (13.64%) Google Workspace
6 3 (13.64%) Power Automate
6 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
6 3 (13.64%) PowerApps
6 3 (13.64%) SaaS
7 2 (9.09%) Azure AI
7 2 (9.09%) IBM Watson
7 2 (9.09%) OneDrive
7 2 (9.09%) Vertex AI
8 1 (4.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) DKIM
1 3 (13.64%) DMARC
1 3 (13.64%) DNS
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) JIRA
General
1 7 (31.82%) Legal
2 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
3 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Security Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Administrator
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Messaging Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Messaging Support
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) OAuth
2 2 (9.09%) LangChain
2 2 (9.09%) PyTorch
2 2 (9.09%) scikit-learn
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Cloud Native
1 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
1 6 (27.27%) Security Posture
2 4 (18.18%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (13.64%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (13.64%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (9.09%) AI Agents
4 2 (9.09%) Blockchain
5 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) SIEM
2 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (27.27%) Data Privacy
2 6 (27.27%) Data Security
2 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
2 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (22.73%) Data Governance
3 5 (22.73%) Data Pipeline
3 5 (22.73%) Data Protection
3 5 (22.73%) E-Discovery
3 5 (22.73%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (22.73%) Records Management
3 5 (22.73%) Security Architecture
3 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (18.18%) AI
4 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 4 (18.18%) Machine Learning
5 3 (13.64%) Containerisation
5 3 (13.64%) Data Discovery
5 3 (13.64%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 4 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) GDPR
2 3 (13.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 3 (13.64%) HIPAA
3 2 (9.09%) NIST
4 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Google
3 4 (18.18%) Varonis
4 2 (9.09%) Clearswift
4 2 (9.09%) IBM
4 2 (9.09%) Proofpoint
5 1 (4.55%) Rapid7