Data Protection Jobs in Kent

Data Protection
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 81 64
Rank change year-on-year +23 -17 +45
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 13 30 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.62% 1.95% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.43% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9 29 21
10th Percentile - £47,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £25,250 £51,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -60.77% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £41,250 £71,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £72,250 £58,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.16% -17.23% +4.76%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 657 1,234 1,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.82% 80.39% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 306 894 500
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £27,725
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,200
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tunbridge Wells - 8 £25,500 - 3
Canterbury +13 3 - -
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 (15.38%) CMS
1 2 (15.38%) IIS
1 2 (15.38%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) SaaS
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) GitHub
3 2 (15.38%) Google Workspace
3 2 (15.38%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Git
2 3 (23.08%) PHPUnit
3 2 (15.38%) Bitbucket
3 2 (15.38%) JIRA
3 2 (15.38%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
3 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (15.38%) Vite
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Advertising
2 2 (15.38%) Back Office
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
1 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Developer
1 5 (38.46%) IT Support
2 3 (23.08%) SaaS Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Information Governance Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Information Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) CSS
1 5 (38.46%) HTML
2 3 (23.08%) Jest
2 3 (23.08%) jQuery
2 3 (23.08%) LAMP
2 3 (23.08%) Laravel
2 3 (23.08%) React
2 3 (23.08%) REST
2 3 (23.08%) RESTful
3 2 (15.38%) .NET
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Core
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
3 2 (15.38%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) CCTV
2 3 (23.08%) Distributed Architecture
2 3 (23.08%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (7.69%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
1 5 (38.46%) Software Licensing
2 3 (23.08%) B2B
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) Data Privacy
2 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
2 3 (23.08%) Fintech
2 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
2 3 (23.08%) Mobile First
2 3 (23.08%) OOP
2 3 (23.08%) Refactoring
2 3 (23.08%) Responsive Web Design
2 3 (23.08%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) Front End Development
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) SEO
3 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 2 (15.38%) Time Management
3 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
3 2 (15.38%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) PHP
3 2 (15.38%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) CEH
2 1 (7.69%) CISM
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) GIAC
2 1 (7.69%) OSCP
2 1 (7.69%) SANS
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Sage