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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 677 590 716
Rank change year-on-year -87 +126 -90
Permanent jobs citing Data Loss Prevention 230 388 624
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% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 175 287 398
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £42,275
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,625 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,500 £91,750 £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 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 2 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 2 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 -53 215 £62,500 -3.85% 55
London +12 126 £72,500 +7.41% 25
UK excluding London -74 89 £47,500 -13.64% 31
Work from Home -16 63 £65,000 - 18
South East -23 23 £65,000 +25.00% 9
North of England +18 22 £56,500 +2.73% 10
South West -14 19 £48,750 +14.71% 7
Yorkshire +50 13 £56,500 -30.46% 5
East of England +2 12 £32,500 -35.00% 1
North West -16 9 £45,000 -10.00% 2
Midlands -31 9 £40,000 -30.43% 1
West Midlands -24 8 £40,000 -31.91%
Scotland -68 4 £44,500 -40.67% 2
East Midlands -21 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 (18.70%) SharePoint
2 37 (16.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) nginx
3 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 113 (49.13%) Azure
2 93 (40.43%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (21.74%) AWS
4 32 (13.91%) Microsoft Purview
5 28 (12.17%) Entra ID
6 24 (10.43%) Power Platform
7 22 (9.57%) Cloud Computing
8 19 (8.26%) Azure Sentinel
8 19 (8.26%) OneDrive
9 17 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (4.35%) IaaS
10 10 (4.35%) SaaS
11 9 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (3.91%) PowerApps
12 7 (3.04%) Mimecast
12 7 (3.04%) PaaS
13 6 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (2.17%) GCP
15 3 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 75 (32.61%) Firewall
2 32 (13.91%) TCP/IP
3 28 (12.17%) DNS
4 26 (11.30%) DHCP
4 26 (11.30%) LAN
4 26 (11.30%) Network Security
5 25 (10.87%) WAN
6 19 (8.26%) Wireshark
7 13 (5.65%) Intrusion Detection
7 13 (5.65%) VPN
8 10 (4.35%) VLAN
9 9 (3.91%) Structured Cabling
9 9 (3.91%) VoIP
10 6 (2.61%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (2.17%) Internet
12 4 (1.74%) SSL
13 3 (1.30%) Wireless
13 3 (1.30%) WLAN
14 2 (0.87%) MPLS
14 2 (0.87%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.09%) Power BI
2 6 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.61%) Metadata
3 4 (1.74%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.43%) Big Data
5 1 (0.43%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Git
2 1 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 56 (24.35%) Finance
2 54 (23.48%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.26%) Legal
5 12 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.78%) Retail
7 9 (3.91%) Games
7 9 (3.91%) Law
8 6 (2.61%) Banking
9 4 (1.74%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.30%) 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 (0.43%) French Language
12 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 61 (26.52%) Analyst
2 50 (21.74%) Security Engineer
3 47 (20.43%) Senior
4 40 (17.39%) Security Analyst
5 29 (12.61%) IT Analyst
6 25 (10.87%) IT Support
7 24 (10.43%) IT Engineer
8 23 (10.00%) Security Manager
9 22 (9.57%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (9.13%) Senior Security Engineer
11 20 (8.70%) Architect
11 20 (8.70%) Lead
12 17 (7.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 16 (6.96%) IT Security Analyst
13 16 (6.96%) Senior Security Analyst
14 14 (6.09%) Security Architect
15 13 (5.65%) Information Analyst
15 13 (5.65%) Information Security Analyst
16 12 (5.22%) Information Security Engineer
17 11 (4.78%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.74%) Web Services
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.87%) REST
3 1 (0.43%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.65%) Management Information System
2 35 (15.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 26 (11.30%) Security Posture
4 19 (8.26%) Onboarding
5 15 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
6 13 (5.65%) Replication
7 11 (4.78%) Operational Technology
8 10 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
8 10 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (3.91%) Cloud Native
9 9 (3.91%) SCADA
10 8 (3.48%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (3.04%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (2.61%) Data Centre
12 6 (2.61%) iPad
12 6 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.74%) NHS
13 4 (1.74%) PKI
14 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (30.43%) Windows
2 36 (15.65%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.43%) Apple iOS
4 18 (7.83%) Windows 10
5 15 (6.52%) Android
5 15 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (5.65%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (4.35%) Linux
7 10 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.48%) Unix
9 4 (1.74%) Kali Linux
9 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.74%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (56.96%) Cybersecurity
2 108 (46.96%) Information Security
3 90 (39.13%) SIEM
4 67 (29.13%) Cloud Security
4 67 (29.13%) Security Operations
5 58 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (24.35%) Incident Response
6 56 (24.35%) Vulnerability Management
7 41 (17.83%) Identity Access Management
8 38 (16.52%) Cryptography
9 36 (15.65%) Data Protection
9 36 (15.65%) Data Security
10 35 (15.22%) Risk Management
11 31 (13.48%) Security Management
12 28 (12.17%) Agile
12 28 (12.17%) Roadmaps
13 27 (11.74%) Kalman Filter
14 26 (11.30%) Process Improvement
15 25 (10.87%) Information Security Management
16 24 (10.43%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 46 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 31 (13.48%) Python
3 5 (2.17%) Bash
4 4 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (1.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (34.35%) CISSP
2 55 (23.91%) Degree
3 35 (15.22%) CEH
4 29 (12.61%) CISM
5 28 (12.17%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (11.30%) CCSP
7 25 (10.87%) CISA
8 24 (10.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 22 (9.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (7.39%) CompTIA CySA+
11 16 (6.96%) SANS
12 15 (6.52%) AWS Certification
13 14 (6.09%) SSCP
14 13 (5.65%) CREST Certified
14 13 (5.65%) MCSA
15 10 (4.35%) Master's Degree
16 9 (3.91%) GCIH
17 8 (3.48%) CCSK
17 8 (3.48%) CRISC
18 7 (3.04%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (30.00%) NIST
2 65 (28.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (15.22%) PCI DSS
4 26 (11.30%) GDPR
5 24 (10.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (6.96%) GRC
7 15 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (3.04%) Data Quality
9 7 (3.04%) QA
10 6 (2.61%) NIST 800
11 5 (2.17%) COBIT
12 4 (1.74%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.74%) TickIT
13 3 (1.30%) NCSC
13 3 (1.30%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (21.30%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 22 (9.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.61%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.43%) Snort
8 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (11.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.57%) CASB
3 14 (6.09%) Nmap
4 10 (4.35%) QRadar
5 8 (3.48%) Kubernetes
6 7 (3.04%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.74%) Ansible
7 4 (1.74%) Suricata
7 4 (1.74%) Terraform
8 3 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.30%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.30%) HP Fortify
8 3 (1.30%) Nessus
9 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.87%) Puppet
9 2 (0.87%) SCCM
10 1 (0.43%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.43%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.43%) vMotion
Vendors
1 140 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.61%) Cisco
3 27 (11.74%) VMware
4 22 (9.57%) Citrix
5 20 (8.70%) Splunk
6 19 (8.26%) Rapid7
7 18 (7.83%) Qualys
8 14 (6.09%) Thycotic
9 13 (5.65%) Bloomberg
9 13 (5.65%) FactSet
9 13 (5.65%) MobileIron
9 13 (5.65%) Refinitiv
10 10 (4.35%) CyberArk
11 9 (3.91%) Adobe
11 9 (3.91%) Avaya
11 9 (3.91%) Darktrace
11 9 (3.91%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.61%) CA
13 5 (2.17%) CheckPoint
13 5 (2.17%) Zscaler