Data Protection Act (DPA)
Kent > Folkestone
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in contract job vacancies in Folkestone. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 4 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Folkestone | - | 25.00% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 100.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Kent median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Folkestone
Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Folkestone.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Folkestone | - | 25.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Kent median daily rate | £338 | £513 | £365 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.15% | +40.41% | -12.84% |
Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Folkestone
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Folkestone.
