Data Security Contract Job Trends in Kent

Data Security
South East > Kent

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 23 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -
Contract jobs citing Data Security 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.92% 1.68% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.89% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £205 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £210 £157
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% +33.69% -
75th Percentile - £215 £158
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £550 £478 £450
% change year-on-year +15.18% +6.11% -18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Data Security 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 154 106 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 70.64% 89.08% 60.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 84 79
10th Percentile £157 £169 £160
25th Percentile £192 £220 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £369 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.86% -13.24% +13.33%
75th Percentile £593 £548 £550
90th Percentile £650 £630 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 3 15
10th Percentile £21.00 - £11.69
25th Percentile £34.01 - -
Median hourly rate £41.56 £16.36 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.00% +9.07% -74.03%
75th Percentile £42.00 £18.90 £19.50
90th Percentile £73.16 £20.42 £58.21
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +125.00% -52.00% -

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in Kent

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Data Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) EDMS
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Document Controller
1 1 (50.00%) ERP Manager
1 1 (50.00%) ERP Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 19650
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft