Data Protection Jobs in Kent

Data Protection
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Data Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 68 100
Rank change year-on-year -9 +32 -46
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 29 33 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.97% 2.83% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.95% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 28 18 18
10th Percentile £46,875 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,625 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -14.89% +29.12%
75th Percentile £71,500 £54,688 £88,750
90th Percentile £79,650 £58,750 -
South East median annual salary £45,901 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.54% +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

Data Protection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,217 1,119 1,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.68% 95.89% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 894 550 700
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,425 £26,475
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +11.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £64,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.91%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Kent

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in Kent.

Salary trend for Data Protection in Kent

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Kent over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Kent

Data Protection
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Kent region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chatham -6 3 £95,000 +65.22%
Sevenoaks -2 2 £52,500 -
Ramsgate - 2 £62,500 -
Rochester - 2 £38,000 -
Maidstone - 1 - - 1
Tunbridge Wells - 1 £105,000 -
Canterbury - 1 £45,000 -
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 17 (58.62%) AWS
1 17 (58.62%) Azure
2 10 (34.48%) GCP
3 7 (24.14%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (24.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 7 (24.14%) Azure Functions
3 7 (24.14%) IaaS
3 7 (24.14%) PaaS
3 7 (24.14%) Serverless
4 2 (6.90%) Firebase
4 2 (6.90%) Google Analytics
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.90%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) HTTP
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (51.72%) SQL Server
2 9 (31.03%) MySQL
3 8 (27.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (24.14%) DynamoDB
4 7 (24.14%) NoSQL
4 7 (24.14%) Relational Database
5 2 (6.90%) MongoDB
5 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
1 2 (6.90%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Agriculture
4 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Backend Developer
1 9 (31.03%) Developer
2 8 (27.59%) DBA
2 8 (27.59%) Lead
3 7 (24.14%) AWS Developer
3 7 (24.14%) Azure Developer
4 6 (20.69%) IT Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Governance Manager
5 3 (10.34%) IT Governance Manager
5 3 (10.34%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) IT Risk Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Risk Manager
5 3 (10.34%) SQL DBA
6 2 (6.90%) Audit Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Head of DevOps
6 2 (6.90%) ICT Manager
6 2 (6.90%) IT Audit Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Records Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) .NET
1 9 (31.03%) Web Services
2 7 (24.14%) gRPC
2 7 (24.14%) RESTful
3 2 (6.90%) .NET Framework
3 2 (6.90%) AngularJS
3 2 (6.90%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Management Information System
2 7 (24.14%) Algorithms
2 7 (24.14%) Cloud Native
2 7 (24.14%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (6.90%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (37.93%) DevOps
3 10 (34.48%) Capacity Planning
3 10 (34.48%) Database Optimisation
4 9 (31.03%) CI/CD
4 9 (31.03%) Clean Code
4 9 (31.03%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (31.03%) Decision-Making
5 8 (27.59%) Data Security
5 8 (27.59%) Data Validation
5 8 (27.59%) Validation
6 7 (24.14%) API Development
6 7 (24.14%) Computer Science
6 7 (24.14%) Continuous Deployment
6 7 (24.14%) Data Privacy
6 7 (24.14%) Microservices
6 7 (24.14%) Performance Optimisation
6 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (24.14%) Software Architecture
6 7 (24.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) C#
2 8 (27.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 7 (24.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (24.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) GIAC
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) PMP
3 1 (3.45%) Postgraduate
3 1 (3.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) GDPR
2 7 (24.14%) HIPAA
3 4 (13.79%) PCI DSS
4 2 (6.90%) GRC
5 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (3.45%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
1 2 (6.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Google
2 2 (6.90%) Civica
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft