Cambridgeshire Data Protection Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Data Protection (Data Privacy) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Colchester Coventry Croydon Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Home Counties Leeds London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Plymouth Scotland South East South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Swindon Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	66
Rank change on same period last year	+28
Matching contract IT job ads	20	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.028 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	5.764 %	1.887 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£250
Average daily rate	-	£300
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£364	£355
% change on same period last year	+2.36 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.24	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£14.06	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-59.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.88	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.69	£25.29
% change on same period last year	-37.95 %
Processes & Methodologies Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	347	530
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.486 %	0.544 %
Daily rates quoted	82	114
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£349
Average daily rate	£348	£366
% change on same period last year	-5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	78
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.84	£34.39
Average hourly rate	£25.93	£36.82
% change on same period last year	-29.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.03	£39.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.37	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-2.09 %
Data Protection East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Data Protection
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Data Protection across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Data Protection
Daily Rate Trend

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

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Protection across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridge	+23	17	-	-

Data Protection East of England

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 16 (72.73 %) Data Protection Act 2 6 (27.27 %) Windows 2 6 (27.27 %) Microsoft Certification 3 5 (22.73 %) A+ Certification 3 5 (22.73 %) MCP 4 4 (18.18 %) Capita 4 4 (18.18 %) MS Excel 4 4 (18.18 %) IIS 4 4 (18.18 %) EPoS 4 4 (18.18 %) Terminal Services 4 4 (18.18 %) ISA Server 4 4 (18.18 %) LAN 4 4 (18.18 %) WAN 4 4 (18.18 %) SLA 5 3 (13.64 %) Microsoft

5 3 (13.64 %) Python 5 3 (13.64 %) MS Office 5 3 (13.64 %) C 5 3 (13.64 %) C++ 5 3 (13.64 %) AIX 5 3 (13.64 %) HPUX 5 3 (13.64 %) Solaris 5 3 (13.64 %) Linux 5 3 (13.64 %) UNIX 5 3 (13.64 %) VMware 5 3 (13.64 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 3 (13.64 %) Change Management 5 3 (13.64 %) Identity Management 6 2 (9.091 %) Network+ Certification 6 2 (9.091 %) Firewall

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Platforms 1 4 (18.18 %) IIS	Applications 1 4 (18.18 %) MS Excel 2 3 (13.64 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 4 (18.18 %) LAN 1 4 (18.18 %) WAN 2 2 (9.091 %) Firewall 3 1 (4.545 %) DHCP 3 1 (4.545 %) DNS 3 1 (4.545 %) Intranet	Job Titles 1 5 (22.73 %) Analyst 1 5 (22.73 %) 2nd Line Support 2 4 (18.18 %) Support Engineer 2 4 (18.18 %) Trainer 2 4 (18.18 %) IT Support Engineer 3 2 (9.091 %) Coordinator 3 2 (9.091 %) Software Engineer 3 2 (9.091 %) Consultant 3 2 (9.091 %) Helpdesk Analyst 3 2 (9.091 %) IT Trainer 3 2 (9.091 %) Helpdesk Support 4 1 (4.545 %) Service Desk Analyst 4 1 (4.545 %) Service Analyst 4 1 (4.545 %) Field Engineer 4 1 (4.545 %) Change Manager 4 1 (4.545 %) Desktop Support Analyst 4 1 (4.545 %) 1st Line Support 4 1 (4.545 %) Support Analyst 4 1 (4.545 %) Developer 4 1 (4.545 %) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous 1 16 (72.73 %) Data Protection Act 2 4 (18.18 %) EPoS	Operating Systems 1 6 (27.27 %) Windows 2 3 (13.64 %) AIX 2 3 (13.64 %) HPUX 2 3 (13.64 %) Solaris 2 3 (13.64 %) Linux 2 3 (13.64 %) UNIX 3 1 (4.545 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (4.545 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (13.64 %) Change Management 1 3 (13.64 %) Identity Management 2 2 (9.091 %) Asset Management 3 1 (4.545 %) CRM 3 1 (4.545 %) ERP 3 1 (4.545 %) Configuration Management 3 1 (4.545 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 3 (13.64 %) C 1 3 (13.64 %) C++ 1 3 (13.64 %) Python
Qualifications 1 6 (27.27 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (22.73 %) A+ Certification 2 5 (22.73 %) MCP 3 2 (9.091 %) MCSE 3 2 (9.091 %) MCSA 3 2 (9.091 %) Network+ Certification 3 2 (9.091 %) CCNA 3 2 (9.091 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (4.545 %) CCNP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (18.18 %) SLA 2 1 (4.545 %) QA
System Software 1 4 (18.18 %) Terminal Services 1 4 (18.18 %) ISA Server 2 3 (13.64 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (4.545 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 1 (4.545 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 4 (18.18 %) Capita 2 3 (13.64 %) Microsoft 2 3 (13.64 %) VMware 3 1 (4.545 %) LANDesk