East Midlands Data Protection Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Data Protection (Data Privacy) skills within the East Midlands 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Bristol 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 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 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	81	84
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	9	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.984 %	0.738 %
Daily rates quoted	8	1
Average minimum daily rate	£438	£450
Average daily rate	£459	£450
% change on same period last year	+2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£481	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£370	£355
% change on same period last year	+4.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£6.55	£8.20
Average hourly rate	£6.55	£8.70
% change on same period last year	-24.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£6.55	£9.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.48	£24.23
% change on same period last year	-36.12 %
Processes & Methodologies East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	915	949
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.288 %	0.959 %
Daily rates quoted	301	194
Average minimum daily rate	£379	£351
Average daily rate	£402	£373
% change on same period last year	+7.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	70	120
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.70	£24.39
Average hourly rate	£31.21	£26.52
% change on same period last year	+17.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.72	£28.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.44	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
Data Protection 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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Protection across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 East Midlands region.

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 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
Northamptonshire	+16	7	£471	+4.76 %
Nottinghamshire	-	2	£375	-

Data Protection England

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 9 (50.00 %) Finance 2 7 (38.89 %) Information Security 3 3 (16.67 %) Banking 3 3 (16.67 %) Retail 3 3 (16.67 %) Stakeholder Management 3 3 (16.67 %) Retail Banking 3 3 (16.67 %) Marketing 3 3 (16.67 %) ISO27001 3 3 (16.67 %) Information Management 3 3 (16.67 %) Business Objects 3 3 (16.67 %) CRM 3 3 (16.67 %) B2B 3 3 (16.67 %) BusinessObjects 4 2 (11.11 %) CICS 4 2 (11.11 %) ITIL

4 2 (11.11 %) BCP 4 2 (11.11 %) Internet 4 2 (11.11 %) Data Analysis 4 2 (11.11 %) Business Continuity 4 2 (11.11 %) WSUS 4 2 (11.11 %) Data Protection Act 5 1 (5.556 %) Freedom of Information Act 5 1 (5.556 %) Matrix Management 5 1 (5.556 %) COBIT 5 1 (5.556 %) Oracle RMAN 5 1 (5.556 %) Health 5 1 (5.556 %) Data Management 5 1 (5.556 %) Freedom of Information 5 1 (5.556 %) SCCM 5 1 (5.556 %) Performance Management

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (11.11 %) CICS	Applications 1 1 (5.556 %) MS Office 1 1 (5.556 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 2 (11.11 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (16.67 %) BusinessObjects 2 1 (5.556 %) MS Access
General 1 9 (50.00 %) Finance 2 3 (16.67 %) Banking 2 3 (16.67 %) Retail 2 3 (16.67 %) Retail Banking 2 3 (16.67 %) Marketing 3 1 (5.556 %) Health	Job Titles 1 9 (50.00 %) Analyst 2 8 (44.44 %) Business Analyst 3 3 (16.67 %) Banking Business Analyst 3 3 (16.67 %) CRM Manager 4 2 (11.11 %) Project Manager 5 1 (5.556 %) Consultant 5 1 (5.556 %) Security Consultant 5 1 (5.556 %) Administrator 5 1 (5.556 %) Information Analyst 5 1 (5.556 %) Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 2 (11.11 %) Data Protection Act 2 1 (5.556 %) Freedom of Information Act 2 1 (5.556 %) NHS 2 1 (5.556 %) Management Information System 2 1 (5.556 %) Freedom of Information	Operating Systems 1 1 (5.556 %) Windows 1 1 (5.556 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (38.89 %) Information Security 2 3 (16.67 %) CRM 2 3 (16.67 %) B2B 2 3 (16.67 %) Stakeholder Management 2 3 (16.67 %) Information Management 3 2 (11.11 %) Data Analysis 3 2 (11.11 %) Business Continuity 3 2 (11.11 %) ITIL 3 2 (11.11 %) BCP 4 1 (5.556 %) Service Management 4 1 (5.556 %) CMMI 4 1 (5.556 %) Data Security 4 1 (5.556 %) Risk Management 4 1 (5.556 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (5.556 %) Data Modelling 4 1 (5.556 %) Business Intelligence 4 1 (5.556 %) Six Sigma 4 1 (5.556 %) Matrix Management 4 1 (5.556 %) Performance Management 4 1 (5.556 %) Data Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (5.556 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 1 (5.556 %) CISSP 1 1 (5.556 %) CISM	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (16.67 %) ISO27001 2 1 (5.556 %) COBIT 2 1 (5.556 %) PCI DSS 2 1 (5.556 %) BS7799 2 1 (5.556 %) Basel II 2 1 (5.556 %) BS15000
System Software 1 1 (5.556 %) Oracle RMAN	Systems Management 1 2 (11.11 %) WSUS 2 1 (5.556 %) SCCM 2 1 (5.556 %) Tivoli 2 1 (5.556 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 1 (5.556 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 3 (16.67 %) Business Objects 2 1 (5.556 %) Microsoft 2 1 (5.556 %) Oracle