The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Protection over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Rank 29 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.541% 1.064% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.680% 1.515% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £300 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £22.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-27.27% +11.39%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 198 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 79.46% 70.21% 72.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 106 104
Average daily rate £350 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Data Protection
East of England

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Protection across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Data Protection Jobs Demand Trend

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Protection across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Data Protection Daily Rate Trend

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Protection across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Data Protection Hourly Rate Trend

Data Protection
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford - 1 £300 -
Data Protection
East of England

Data Protection
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Data Protection also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Data Protection.

1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) TickIT
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Data Protection also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Data Protection. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) TickIT
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001