The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Protection over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Rank 59 60 75
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 4 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.544% 0.745% 0.103%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.729% 1.217% 0.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
Average daily rate £188 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.30% -23.52%
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
549 493 670
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 74.69% 61.24% 68.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 250 374
Average daily rate £375 £353 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.30% +8.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £271 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +17.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Data Protection
North West

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Chester - 2 £175 -
Warrington - 1 - -
Data Protection
North West

Data Protection
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Security
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) GIS
3 1 (25.00%) MS Project
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (25.00%) EnCE

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Graduate
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Junior
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Information Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Security
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) EnCE
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