Data Protection Contract Job Trends in Kent

Data Protection
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Data Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 23 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.45% 2.50% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 3.00% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 -
South East median daily rate £494 £531 £485
% change year-on-year -6.97% +9.48% +0.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.40 -
South East median hourly rate £24.73 £15.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year +62.16% -44.55% -34.52%

All Process & 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 148 100 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 67.27% 83.33% 64.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 80 72
10th Percentile £180 £160 £155
25th Percentile £193 £220 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £503 £556
90th Percentile £649 £623 £728
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 4 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.36 -
Median hourly rate £41.06 £18.38 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.39% +22.53% -75.90%
75th Percentile £42.00 £20.66 £53.27
90th Percentile £60.32 £21.12 £60.38
South East median hourly rate £57.79 £21.58 £57.35
% change year-on-year +167.83% -62.38% +14.70%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Kent

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Protection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Protection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Protection

Data Protection
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 4 August 2026. 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
Dartford - 1 £200 - 2
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft