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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 70 97
Rank change year-on-year -19 +27 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 20 20 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.21% 2.15% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 2.38% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 1
10th Percentile £417 £540 -
25th Percentile £485 £575 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £669 £575
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +16.30% +21.05%
75th Percentile £599 £746 £613
90th Percentile £616 £789 -
North West median daily rate £540 £600 £598
% change year-on-year -10.00% +0.42% +11.73%

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 1,393 841 1,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.97% 90.33% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 588 925
10th Percentile £308 £304 £313
25th Percentile £383 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.00% -
75th Percentile £574 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
North West median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 34 73
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.95 £12.42
25th Percentile £29.25 £24.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% +25.00% -30.29%
75th Percentile £77.50 £62.81 £57.50
90th Percentile £91.00 £76.75 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +42.06% +52.38% -40.00%

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 19 April 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 (20.00%) Confluence
2 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) Azure
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 8 (40.00%) AWS
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (20.00%) OpenShift
6 3 (15.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (10.00%) Asana
7 2 (10.00%) Azure AI
7 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
7 2 (10.00%) GCP
7 2 (10.00%) Google Drive
7 2 (10.00%) Google Workspace
7 2 (10.00%) IBM Watson
7 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
7 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
7 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
7 2 (10.00%) SaaS
7 2 (10.00%) Vertex AI
8 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) DKIM
2 2 (10.00%) DMARC
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (5.00%) Network Security
3 1 (5.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (30.00%) Legal
2 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Administrator
2 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) LangChain
1 2 (10.00%) OAuth
1 2 (10.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (10.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Cloud Native
1 6 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (15.00%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (45.00%) SIEM
1 9 (45.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (30.00%) Data Privacy
2 6 (30.00%) Data Security
3 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 5 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 5 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 5 (25.00%) E-Discovery
3 5 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 4 (20.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 4 (20.00%) Records Management
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.00%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) Python
2 4 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) CISM
2 2 (10.00%) CISSP
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) GDPR
2 4 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (15.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (15.00%) HIPAA
4 2 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (20.00%) Docker
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Google
2 4 (20.00%) Varonis
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco
4 2 (10.00%) IBM
5 1 (5.00%) AlienVault
5 1 (5.00%) Qualys
5 1 (5.00%) VMware