The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Protection 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West 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 (Data Privacy)
Rank 105 115 128
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 12 17 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.522% 0.537% 0.130%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.739% 0.873% 0.199%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 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 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £49.96 - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £22.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-27.27% +11.39%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Data Protection Daily Rate Trend

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

North West Data Protection Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West Data Protection Hourly Rate Trend

Data Protection
Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

North West Data Protection Hourly Rate Histogram

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 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
Manchester +11 5 £159 -36.50%
Cheshire +4 4 £188 -42.30%
Merseyside - 1 - -
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
1 9 (39.13%) Management Information System
2 8 (34.78%) Information Security
3 7 (30.43%) Data Management
4 6 (26.09%) Master Data Management
4 6 (26.09%) Data Security
4 6 (26.09%) Project Management
5 5 (21.74%) Finance
5 5 (21.74%) Legal
5 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
5 5 (21.74%) Windows
5 5 (21.74%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
6 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (17.39%) Data Integration
6 4 (17.39%) Computer Security
6 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
6 4 (17.39%) Degree
6 4 (17.39%) Data Modelling
6 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
6 4 (17.39%) Firewall
7 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
7 3 (13.04%) Internet
7 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
7 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
7 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
7 3 (13.04%) Cisco
7 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
7 3 (13.04%) Local Government
7 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (4.348%) CSS
1 1 (4.348%) XML
1 1 (4.348%) XSL
1 1 (4.348%) Ajax
1 1 (4.348%) jQuery
1 1 (4.348%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.696%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (4.348%) CMS
3 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.696%) MS Office
3 1 (4.348%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) Internet
2 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.348%) Nortel Meridian
3 1 (4.348%) PBX
3 1 (4.348%) Symposium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.348%) GIS
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
1 5 (21.74%) Legal
2 3 (13.04%) Local Government
3 2 (8.696%) Banking
4 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.348%) Publishing
4 1 (4.348%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Information Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Graduate
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) Integration Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Information Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Project Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) IT Security Officer
5 1 (4.348%) Security Officer
5 1 (4.348%) Junior Information Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Content Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Backup Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Management Information System
2 5 (21.74%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
3 4 (17.39%) Data Integration
4 2 (8.696%) Statistics
4 2 (8.696%) NHS
5 1 (4.348%) NPfIT
5 1 (4.348%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
3 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.348%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Information Security
2 7 (30.43%) Data Management
3 6 (26.09%) Data Security
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
3 6 (26.09%) Master Data Management
4 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
5 4 (17.39%) Data Modelling
5 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (17.39%) Computer Security
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Change Control
6 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
7 2 (8.696%) Customer Intelligence
7 2 (8.696%) Incident Management
7 2 (8.696%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (8.696%) Data Mapping
8 1 (4.348%) Market Research
8 1 (4.348%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.348%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 2 (8.696%) EnCE
2 2 (8.696%) CISSP
2 2 (8.696%) CEH
3 1 (4.348%) MCSE
3 1 (4.348%) MCSA
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.348%) PMP
3 1 (4.348%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) GMP
1 1 (4.348%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (4.348%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.348%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (4.348%) NetBackup
2 1 (4.348%) SCCM
2 1 (4.348%) SCOM
2 1 (4.348%) MOM
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco
3 1 (4.348%) SAP
3 1 (4.348%) Nortel
3 1 (4.348%) Symantec
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