Data Loss Prevention Jobs

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Loss Prevention skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 683 594 710
Rank change year-on-year -89 +116 -92
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 229 386 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.41% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.43% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 175 286 400
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,375 £41,737
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £96,500 £91,875 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% -8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Loss Prevention is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Loss Prevention
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Loss Prevention as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Loss Prevention.

Salary trend for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Loss Prevention over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Loss Prevention in the UK

Data Loss Prevention
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Loss Prevention within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -87 214 £62,500 -3.85% 51
London +21 125 £72,500 +7.41% 24
UK excluding London -67 89 £47,500 -13.64% 28
Work from Home -19 63 £65,000 - 17
South East -18 23 £65,000 +25.00% 9
North of England +18 22 £56,500 +2.73% 9
South West -12 19 £48,750 +14.71% 5
Yorkshire +52 13 £56,500 -30.46% 5
East of England +7 12 £32,500 -38.10% 1
North West -8 9 £45,000 -10.00% 2
Midlands -33 9 £40,000 -30.43% 1
West Midlands -28 8 £40,000 -31.91%
Scotland -66 4 £44,500 -40.67% 2
East Midlands -24 1 - - 1

Data Loss Prevention
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 43 (18.78%) SharePoint
2 37 (16.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.44%) nginx
3 1 (0.44%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (8.30%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 113 (49.34%) Azure
2 93 (40.61%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (21.40%) AWS
4 32 (13.97%) Microsoft Purview
5 28 (12.23%) Entra ID
6 23 (10.04%) Power Platform
7 22 (9.61%) Cloud Computing
8 19 (8.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 19 (8.30%) OneDrive
9 17 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (4.37%) IaaS
10 10 (4.37%) SaaS
11 9 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (3.93%) PowerApps
12 7 (3.06%) Mimecast
12 7 (3.06%) PaaS
13 6 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (2.18%) GCP
15 3 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 74 (32.31%) Firewall
2 32 (13.97%) TCP/IP
3 28 (12.23%) DNS
4 26 (11.35%) DHCP
4 26 (11.35%) LAN
4 26 (11.35%) Network Security
5 25 (10.92%) WAN
6 19 (8.30%) Wireshark
7 13 (5.68%) VPN
8 12 (5.24%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (4.37%) VLAN
10 9 (3.93%) Structured Cabling
11 8 (3.49%) VoIP
12 6 (2.62%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.18%) Internet
14 4 (1.75%) SSL
15 3 (1.31%) Wireless
15 3 (1.31%) WLAN
16 2 (0.87%) MPLS
16 2 (0.87%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.68%) Power BI
2 6 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.62%) Metadata
3 4 (1.75%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.44%) Big Data
5 1 (0.44%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.44%) MySQL
5 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (24.02%) Finance
2 54 (23.58%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.30%) Legal
5 12 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.80%) Retail
7 9 (3.93%) Games
7 9 (3.93%) Law
8 6 (2.62%) Banking
9 4 (1.75%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.87%) Advertising
11 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.44%) French Language
12 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 60 (26.20%) Analyst
2 50 (21.83%) Security Engineer
3 46 (20.09%) Senior
4 39 (17.03%) Security Analyst
5 29 (12.66%) IT Analyst
6 25 (10.92%) IT Support
7 24 (10.48%) IT Engineer
8 23 (10.04%) Security Manager
9 21 (9.17%) Senior Analyst
9 21 (9.17%) Senior Security Engineer
10 20 (8.73%) Architect
10 20 (8.73%) Lead
11 17 (7.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 16 (6.99%) IT Security Analyst
13 15 (6.55%) Senior Security Analyst
14 14 (6.11%) Security Architect
15 13 (5.68%) Information Analyst
15 13 (5.68%) Information Security Analyst
16 12 (5.24%) Information Security Engineer
17 11 (4.80%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) Web Services
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.87%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.28%) Management Information System
2 34 (14.85%) Security Operations Centre
3 26 (11.35%) Security Posture
4 19 (8.30%) Onboarding
5 15 (6.55%) Cyber Threat
6 13 (5.68%) Replication
7 11 (4.80%) Operational Technology
8 10 (4.37%) Cloud Security Posture
8 10 (4.37%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (3.93%) Cloud Native
9 9 (3.93%) SCADA
10 7 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (2.62%) Data Centre
11 6 (2.62%) iPad
11 6 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.75%) NHS
12 4 (1.75%) PKI
13 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 70 (30.57%) Windows
2 36 (15.72%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.48%) Apple iOS
4 18 (7.86%) Windows 10
5 15 (6.55%) Android
5 15 (6.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (5.68%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (4.37%) Linux
7 10 (4.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.49%) Unix
9 4 (1.75%) Kali Linux
9 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.75%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (57.21%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (46.72%) Information Security
3 89 (38.86%) SIEM
4 67 (29.26%) Cloud Security
5 66 (28.82%) Security Operations
6 58 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (24.45%) Vulnerability Management
8 55 (24.02%) Incident Response
9 41 (17.90%) Identity Access Management
10 38 (16.59%) Cryptography
11 36 (15.72%) Data Protection
11 36 (15.72%) Data Security
12 35 (15.28%) Risk Management
13 31 (13.54%) Security Management
14 28 (12.23%) Agile
14 28 (12.23%) Roadmaps
15 26 (11.35%) Kalman Filter
15 26 (11.35%) Process Improvement
16 25 (10.92%) Information Security Management
17 24 (10.48%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 46 (20.09%) PowerShell
2 31 (13.54%) Python
3 5 (2.18%) Bash
4 4 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (34.06%) CISSP
2 55 (24.02%) Degree
3 35 (15.28%) CEH
4 28 (12.23%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (12.23%) CISM
5 26 (11.35%) CCSP
6 24 (10.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 24 (10.48%) CISA
7 22 (9.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (6.99%) CompTIA CySA+
8 16 (6.99%) SANS
9 15 (6.55%) AWS Certification
10 14 (6.11%) SSCP
11 13 (5.68%) CREST Certified
11 13 (5.68%) MCSA
12 10 (4.37%) Master's Degree
13 9 (3.93%) GCIH
14 8 (3.49%) CCSK
14 8 (3.49%) CRISC
15 7 (3.06%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (30.13%) NIST
2 65 (28.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (15.28%) PCI DSS
4 26 (11.35%) GDPR
5 24 (10.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (6.99%) GRC
7 15 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (4.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (3.06%) Data Quality
9 7 (3.06%) QA
10 6 (2.62%) NIST 800
11 5 (2.18%) COBIT
12 4 (1.75%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.75%) TickIT
13 3 (1.31%) NCSC
13 3 (1.31%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (21.40%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 22 (9.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.62%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.18%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.44%) Snort
8 1 (0.44%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (11.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.61%) CASB
3 14 (6.11%) Nmap
4 10 (4.37%) QRadar
5 8 (3.49%) Kubernetes
6 7 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.75%) Ansible
7 4 (1.75%) Suricata
7 4 (1.75%) Terraform
8 3 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.31%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.31%) HP Fortify
8 3 (1.31%) Nessus
9 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.87%) Puppet
9 2 (0.87%) SCCM
10 1 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.44%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.44%) vMotion
Vendors
1 139 (60.70%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.66%) Cisco
3 27 (11.79%) VMware
4 22 (9.61%) Citrix
5 20 (8.73%) Splunk
6 19 (8.30%) Rapid7
7 18 (7.86%) Qualys
8 14 (6.11%) Thycotic
9 13 (5.68%) Bloomberg
9 13 (5.68%) FactSet
9 13 (5.68%) MobileIron
9 13 (5.68%) Refinitiv
10 10 (4.37%) CyberArk
11 9 (3.93%) Adobe
11 9 (3.93%) Avaya
11 9 (3.93%) Darktrace
11 9 (3.93%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.62%) CA
13 5 (2.18%) CheckPoint
13 5 (2.18%) Zscaler