North West Data Protection Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Data Protection (Data Privacy) skills within the North West 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Coventry Croydon Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Epping 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 Southampton Swindon Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	143
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	11	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.583 %	0.103 %
Daily rates quoted	4	0
Average minimum daily rate	£238	-
Average daily rate	£283	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£328	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£355
% change on same period last year	+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£9.10	-
Average hourly rate	£9.44	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£9.77	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.06	£25.29
% change on same period last year	-36.51 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1888	1940
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.637 %	1.949 %
Daily rates quoted	482	483
Average minimum daily rate	£354	£332
Average daily rate	£376	£350
% change on same period last year	+7.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£398	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£372
% change on same period last year	+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	185	151
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.85	£26.93
Average hourly rate	£26.35	£29.10
% change on same period last year	-9.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.84	£31.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.30	£30.27
% change on same period last year	-3.20 %
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 North West 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 North West region.

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Protection across the North West region over the 3 months to 6 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 North West region.

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Protection across the North West region over the 3 months to 6 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 North West region over the 3 months to 6 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
Manchester	-	6	£230	-
Cheshire	-	2	-	-

Data Protection England

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 13 (41.94 %) Freedom of Information 2 10 (32.26 %) Information Security 3 9 (29.03 %) NHS 4 8 (25.81 %) BMC 4 8 (25.81 %) SQL 4 8 (25.81 %) Oracle 4 8 (25.81 %) Oracle RMAN 5 6 (19.35 %) Finance 5 6 (19.35 %) Health 5 6 (19.35 %) Banking 6 4 (12.90 %) Legal 6 4 (12.90 %) NetBackup 6 4 (12.90 %) Degree 7 3 (9.677 %) Data Protection Act 7 3 (9.677 %) SAP

7 3 (9.677 %) Windows 7 3 (9.677 %) Citrix 7 3 (9.677 %) Blackberry 8 2 (6.452 %) ECDL 8 2 (6.452 %) SLA 8 2 (6.452 %) Microsoft 8 2 (6.452 %) NPfIT 8 2 (6.452 %) Retail 8 2 (6.452 %) Freedom of Information Act 9 1 (3.226 %) Retail Banking 9 1 (3.226 %) Data Management 9 1 (3.226 %) Stakeholder Management 9 1 (3.226 %) MS Office 9 1 (3.226 %) MS Excel 9 1 (3.226 %) MS Access

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (3.226 %) MS Office 1 1 (3.226 %) MS Excel	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (3.226 %) MS Access 1 1 (3.226 %) RDBMS
General 1 6 (19.35 %) Finance 1 6 (19.35 %) Health 1 6 (19.35 %) Banking 2 4 (12.90 %) Legal 3 2 (6.452 %) Retail 4 1 (3.226 %) Retail Banking	Job Titles 1 8 (25.81 %) DBA 1 8 (25.81 %) Information Manager 2 6 (19.35 %) Oracle DBA 3 4 (12.90 %) Administrator 4 3 (9.677 %) Analyst 4 3 (9.677 %) Helpdesk Analyst 4 3 (9.677 %) Project Manager 5 1 (3.226 %) Trainer 5 1 (3.226 %) 1st Line Support 5 1 (3.226 %) IT Trainer 5 1 (3.226 %) Helpdesk Support 5 1 (3.226 %) Implementation Manager 5 1 (3.226 %) Helpdesk Technician 5 1 (3.226 %) ECDL Trainer 5 1 (3.226 %) Project Implementation Manager 5 1 (3.226 %) NHS Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 13 (41.94 %) Freedom of Information 2 9 (29.03 %) NHS 3 3 (9.677 %) Blackberry 3 3 (9.677 %) Data Protection Act 4 2 (6.452 %) Freedom of Information Act 4 2 (6.452 %) NPfIT	Operating Systems 1 3 (9.677 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (32.26 %) Information Security 2 1 (3.226 %) Data Management 2 1 (3.226 %) Project Management 2 1 (3.226 %) Stakeholder Management	Programming Languages 1 8 (25.81 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 4 (12.90 %) Degree 2 2 (6.452 %) ECDL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (6.452 %) SLA
System Software 1 8 (25.81 %) Oracle RMAN 2 4 (12.90 %) NetBackup	Vendors 1 8 (25.81 %) Oracle 1 8 (25.81 %) BMC 2 3 (9.677 %) Citrix 2 3 (9.677 %) SAP 3 2 (6.452 %) Microsoft