Data Acquisition Contract Job Trends in Kent

Data Acquisition
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Data Acquisition skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Acquisition 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Data Acquisition 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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 107 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 62.45% 82.31% 69.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 84 64
10th Percentile £192 £181 £153
25th Percentile £204 £256 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £375 £443
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -15.25% -6.84%
75th Percentile £625 £516 £586
90th Percentile £650 £624 £634
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 5 12
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.98 -
25th Percentile £17.23 - £15.00
Median hourly rate £38.89 £20.40 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.61% +4.62% -65.33%
75th Percentile £42.00 - £53.25
90th Percentile £57.11 - £54.32
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £20.58 £57.35
% change year-on-year +154.80% -64.12% +9.24%

Data Acquisition
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Acquisition relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Data Acquisition job vacancy trend in Kent

Data Acquisition
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Principal Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Development Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Design for Test
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared