Data Protection Act Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Protection Act 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the England 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 Act (DPA)
Rank 430 493 525
Rank change year-on-year
+63 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 80 65 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.192% 0.122% 0.083%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.718% 0.482% 0.284%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 46 22
Average daily rate £355 £366 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +1.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £250 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £428 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £600
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £17.75 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +1.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +25.71%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 11144 13491 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.81% 25.29% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6882 8110 9959
Average daily rate £443 £430 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -18.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 619 691
Average hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Data Protection Act
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Data Protection Act
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Protection Act across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Data Protection Act Jobs Demand Trend

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Data Protection Act Daily Rate Trend

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Protection Act across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Data Protection Act Daily Rate Histogram

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Data Protection Act Hourly Rate Trend

Data Protection Act
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 Act within the England 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
London +21 57 £382 +4.65%
South East +38 15 £425 -
West Midlands +9 4 £245 -72.77%
North West +15 2 - -
East of England +14 1 - -
South West - 1 £300 -
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Data Protection Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Data Protection Act 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 Act.

1 188 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 62 (32.98%) Freedom of Information
3 51 (27.13%) Freedom of Information Act
4 46 (24.47%) ITIL
5 45 (23.94%) Management Information System
6 38 (20.21%) Information Security
7 37 (19.68%) SQL
8 35 (18.62%) PRINCE2
8 35 (18.62%) Risk Management
9 32 (17.02%) Service Management
10 27 (14.36%) Service Delivery
10 27 (14.36%) Legal
10 27 (14.36%) Degree
11 25 (13.30%) Project Management
11 25 (13.30%) Microsoft
12 24 (12.77%) Finance
12 24 (12.77%) PCI DSS
13 23 (12.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 21 (11.17%) Information Assurance
15 20 (10.64%) Music
16 19 (10.11%) Agile Software Development
16 19 (10.11%) Windows
17 18 (9.574%) Linux
18 16 (8.511%) Information Governance
19 15 (7.979%) Security Architecture
19 15 (7.979%) Security Cleared
19 15 (7.979%) MS Excel
19 15 (7.979%) Web Services
19 15 (7.979%) TCP/IP
20 14 (7.447%) SQL Server

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Data Protection Act 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 Act. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (7.979%) Web Services
2 14 (7.447%) HTML
3 13 (6.915%) XML
4 6 (3.191%) Middleware
5 4 (2.128%) CSS
5 4 (2.128%) SOAP
5 4 (2.128%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.596%) RESTful
6 3 (1.596%) Spring
6 3 (1.596%) J2EE
6 3 (1.596%) JMS
7 2 (1.064%) SAP Basis
7 2 (1.064%) COM
7 2 (1.064%) JSP
8 1 (0.532%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.532%) .NET
8 1 (0.532%) SAP XI
8 1 (0.532%) XSLT
8 1 (0.532%) Flash
8 1 (0.532%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.787%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.191%) MS Exchange
3 4 (2.128%) WebSphere MQ
3 4 (2.128%) IIS
3 4 (2.128%) Tomcat
3 4 (2.128%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 3 (1.596%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (1.596%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (1.596%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (1.596%) Confluence
5 2 (1.064%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (1.064%) SAP Portal
5 2 (1.064%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.532%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (0.532%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.532%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.532%) CM System
6 1 (0.532%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.532%) Apache
6 1 (0.532%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (7.979%) MS Excel
2 11 (5.851%) MS Office
3 5 (2.660%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (1.596%) FastStats
5 1 (0.532%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.532%) MS Project
5 1 (0.532%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.596%) SAP SD
1 3 (1.596%) SAP PM
2 2 (1.064%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.064%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.064%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.532%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.532%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.979%) TCP/IP
2 9 (4.787%) VPN
2 9 (4.787%) Firewall
3 8 (4.255%) HTTP
4 7 (3.723%) HTTPS
5 5 (2.660%) Internet
5 5 (2.660%) Network Security
6 4 (2.128%) X.509
7 3 (1.596%) 4G
7 3 (1.596%) IMAP
7 3 (1.596%) 3G
7 3 (1.596%) DNS
7 3 (1.596%) Kerberos
7 3 (1.596%) VoIP
7 3 (1.596%) POP3
7 3 (1.596%) SMTP
7 3 (1.596%) FTP
8 2 (1.064%) LDAP
8 2 (1.064%) SNMP
8 2 (1.064%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.447%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.723%) MySQL
3 5 (2.660%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.128%) SAP BW
4 4 (2.128%) SAP BI
5 3 (1.596%) Sybase IQ
5 3 (1.596%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (1.596%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.596%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.596%) SAP Data Services
5 3 (1.596%) MarkLogic
6 2 (1.064%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.064%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (1.064%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.064%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.532%) MS Access
7 1 (0.532%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.532%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.532%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.532%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 5 (2.660%) Subversion
2 4 (2.128%) Maven
2 4 (2.128%) ClearCase
2 4 (2.128%) ClearQuest
3 3 (1.596%) Bugzilla
3 3 (1.596%) JUnit
3 3 (1.596%) JIRA
3 3 (1.596%) Git (software)
3 3 (1.596%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.064%) Ant
5 1 (0.532%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.532%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.532%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.532%) Synon
5 1 (0.532%) COOL2E
5 1 (0.532%) ERwin
General
1 27 (14.36%) Legal
2 24 (12.77%) Finance
3 20 (10.64%) Music
4 10 (5.319%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.723%) Marketing
5 7 (3.723%) Law
6 4 (2.128%) Music Industry
7 3 (1.596%) Retail
8 2 (1.064%) Local Government
8 2 (1.064%) Back Office
9 1 (0.532%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.532%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.532%) Military
9 1 (0.532%) Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (27.13%) Analyst
2 17 (9.043%) Consultant
3 15 (7.979%) Developer
3 15 (7.979%) Security Analyst
4 14 (7.447%) Project Manager
5 13 (6.915%) Architect
6 10 (5.319%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (4.787%) Service Analyst
8 8 (4.255%) Security Consultant
8 8 (4.255%) Support Analyst
8 8 (4.255%) Senior Security Analyst
8 8 (4.255%) Service Transition Analyst
8 8 (4.255%) Risk Consultant
9 7 (3.723%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.723%) Security Architect
10 6 (3.191%) Java Developer
10 6 (3.191%) Coordinator
10 6 (3.191%) Business Analyst
11 5 (2.660%) Trainer
11 5 (2.660%) Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 62 (32.98%) Freedom of Information
2 51 (27.13%) Freedom of Information Act
3 45 (23.94%) Management Information System
4 12 (6.383%) NHS
5 8 (4.255%) Open Source
6 7 (3.723%) Computer Science
7 6 (3.191%) Statistics
8 5 (2.660%) PKI
9 4 (2.128%) CESG
9 4 (2.128%) DataPower
9 4 (2.128%) Social Media
10 3 (1.596%) RMADS
10 3 (1.596%) Wiki
10 3 (1.596%) Psychology
11 2 (1.064%) Mathematics
11 2 (1.064%) Fat Client
11 2 (1.064%) Data Extraction
11 2 (1.064%) Thin Client
11 2 (1.064%) PMI
11 2 (1.064%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.11%) Windows
2 18 (9.574%) Linux
3 6 (3.191%) Windows XP
3 6 (3.191%) UNIX
4 5 (2.660%) Windows 7
5 4 (2.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.128%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (2.128%) AIX
5 4 (2.128%) Solaris
6 3 (1.596%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.064%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (1.064%) CentOS
7 2 (1.064%) Windows 2000
7 2 (1.064%) VMS
7 2 (1.064%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.532%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 46 (24.47%) ITIL
3 38 (20.21%) Information Security
4 35 (18.62%) Risk Management
4 35 (18.62%) PRINCE2
5 32 (17.02%) Service Management
6 27 (14.36%) Service Delivery
7 25 (13.30%) Project Management
8 21 (11.17%) Information Assurance
9 19 (10.11%) Agile Software Development
10 16 (8.511%) Information Governance
11 15 (7.979%) Security Architecture
12 14 (7.447%) Change Management
12 14 (7.447%) Incident Management
13 13 (6.915%) Technical Architecture
13 13 (6.915%) CRM
13 13 (6.915%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (6.915%) Security Management
14 12 (6.383%) Information Security Management
14 12 (6.383%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (19.68%) SQL
2 12 (6.383%) JavaScript
3 10 (5.319%) Java
4 5 (2.660%) ActionScript
5 4 (2.128%) ActionScript 2.0
6 2 (1.064%) DCL
6 2 (1.064%) Python
6 2 (1.064%) VB
6 2 (1.064%) ABAP
6 2 (1.064%) PHP
6 2 (1.064%) C
7 1 (0.532%) C#
7 1 (0.532%) COBOL
7 1 (0.532%) Perl
7 1 (0.532%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.532%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.532%) Ruby
7 1 (0.532%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 27 (14.36%) Degree
2 15 (7.979%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.851%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.851%) CISSP
4 8 (4.255%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 6 (3.191%) BC Cleared
6 4 (2.128%) CISA
6 4 (2.128%) CISM
6 4 (2.128%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.596%) Postgraduate
7 3 (1.596%) MCSE
8 2 (1.064%) ISEB
8 2 (1.064%) CCA
8 2 (1.064%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (1.064%) OCP
8 2 (1.064%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.064%) RHCE
8 2 (1.064%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.064%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.064%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.77%) PCI DSS
2 23 (12.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.255%) SLA
4 7 (3.723%) QA
5 5 (2.660%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.596%) COBIT
7 2 (1.064%) JSP 440
7 2 (1.064%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.532%) ISO/IEC 17799
8 1 (0.532%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.532%) TickIT
8 1 (0.532%) BS25999
System Software
1 11 (5.851%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.660%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.596%) XenApp
4 2 (1.064%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.064%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.532%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.532%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.532%) IAG
5 1 (0.532%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (1.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (1.064%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (1.064%) DameWare
1 2 (1.064%) SCCM
1 2 (1.064%) Backup Exec
1 2 (1.064%) Puppet
1 2 (1.064%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (0.532%) Cobbler
2 1 (0.532%) Splunk
2 1 (0.532%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.532%) SCOM
2 1 (0.532%) Zenoss
2 1 (0.532%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (0.532%) YUM
2 1 (0.532%) Ionix
2 1 (0.532%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 25 (13.30%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.915%) Remedy
3 11 (5.851%) Symantec
4 9 (4.787%) VMware
4 9 (4.787%) SAP
5 8 (4.255%) Oracle
6 6 (3.191%) Citrix
7 5 (2.660%) HP
7 5 (2.660%) Cisco
8 4 (2.128%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.596%) Veritas
9 3 (1.596%) Juniper
9 3 (1.596%) Business Objects
9 3 (1.596%) Teradata
9 3 (1.596%) Facebook
9 3 (1.596%) Twitter
10 2 (1.064%) Qualys
10 2 (1.064%) Intel
10 2 (1.064%) Novell
11 1 (0.532%) JD Edwards
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