Data Protection
South East > Kent
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 28 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | -1 | +12 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Protection | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent | 2.86% | 0.50% | 2.74% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.16% | 0.75% | 3.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £246 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £316 | £375 | £106 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £400 | £113 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.38% | +255.56% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £425 | £123 |
| 90th Percentile | £639 | - | £392 |
| South East median daily rate | £510 | £425 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.94% | -17.07% | -2.38% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent
Data Protection 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 | 95 | 133 | 166 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent | 90.48% | 65.84% | 75.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 70 | 93 | 126 |
| 10th Percentile | £199 | £205 | £122 |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | £263 | £205 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £333 | £425 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.76% | +21.43% | -19.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £540 | £514 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £656 | £674 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £508 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.53% | +1.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 13 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.68 | £11.47 | £36.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.52 | £15.00 | £41.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.43 | £35.50 | £52.28 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.63% | -32.09% | +47.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.61 | £46.87 | £57.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £51.55 | £62.96 | £62.25 |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.00 | £47.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.05% | -5.00% | +122.22% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Kent.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Kent
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Kent over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Kent.
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Contract Job Locations in Kent
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkestone | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Maidstone | - | 1 | £200 | - | 11 |
| Data Protection South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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: