The first table below looks at the demand for Data Security 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 Security 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Security
Rank 114 125 129
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Security 5 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.212% 0.317% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.300% 0.514% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £388 £423 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.28% +12.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £438
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £18.25 £34.19
% change year-on-year
-16.43% -46.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1669 1945 1965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.67% 65.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 1005 1027
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 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 96
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £21.12
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £12.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Data Security
England

Data Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Data Security Jobs Demand Trend

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Security across the North West region.

North West Data Security Daily Rate Trend

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Security across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Data Security Daily Rate Histogram

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Security across the North West region.

North West Data Security Hourly Rate Trend

Data Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the North West 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
Cheshire +5 3 £281 -33.82%
Lancashire +10 1 £400 -5.32%
Merseyside +1 1 - -
Data Security
England

Data Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Data Security 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 Security.

1 12 (70.59%) Project Management
2 10 (58.82%) PRINCE2
2 10 (58.82%) Data Modelling
2 10 (58.82%) Data Management
2 10 (58.82%) Data Integration
3 9 (52.94%) Business Analysis
3 9 (52.94%) Management Information System
4 7 (41.18%) Master Data Management
5 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (35.29%) Data Protection
6 3 (17.65%) NHS
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Intelligence
7 2 (11.76%) GMP
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
7 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
7 2 (11.76%) MS Project
7 2 (11.76%) Degree
7 2 (11.76%) Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Data Architecture
8 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (5.882%) Information Security
8 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (5.882%) Banking
8 1 (5.882%) Local Government
8 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
8 1 (5.882%) Unit Testing

Data Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Data Security 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 Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Project
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
2 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (5.882%) IDMS
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.882%) VLDB
1 1 (5.882%) OLTP
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 1 (5.882%) Banking
1 1 (5.882%) Local Government
1 1 (5.882%) Investment Banking
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
1 1 (5.882%) Legal
1 1 (5.882%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Architect
1 9 (52.94%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Information Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Integration Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Teradata DBA
3 1 (5.882%) Content Manager
3 1 (5.882%) SQL DBA
3 1 (5.882%) Information Manager
3 1 (5.882%) NHS Project Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Graduate
3 1 (5.882%) DBA
3 1 (5.882%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Data Integration
2 9 (52.94%) Management Information System
3 3 (17.65%) NHS
4 1 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Project Management
2 10 (58.82%) PRINCE2
2 10 (58.82%) Data Modelling
2 10 (58.82%) Data Management
3 9 (52.94%) Business Analysis
4 7 (41.18%) Master Data Management
5 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (35.29%) Data Protection
6 2 (11.76%) Customer Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Migration
6 2 (11.76%) Data Architecture
7 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.882%) Information Security
7 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (5.882%) Unit Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
7 1 (5.882%) Information Management
7 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
7 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) SQL
1 1 (5.882%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.882%) PMP
2 1 (5.882%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) GMP
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
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