Northamptonshire PCI DSS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) skills within the Northamptonshire region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Birmingham Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Clapham East Midlands East of England England Essex Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Lancashire London Luton Lytham St Annes Manchester North West Northampton Northamptonshire South East Staffordshire UK Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	28	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	8	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	44.44 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	8	0
Average minimum daily rate	£394	-
Average daily rate	£400	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£406	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£439	£480
% change on same period last year	-8.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£50.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Quality Assurance & Compliance Northamptonshire
Matching contract IT job ads	18	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.026 %
Daily rates quoted	14	17
Average minimum daily rate	£409	£396
Average daily rate	£427	£425
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£455
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£354
% change on same period last year	+6.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£7.00	£21.67
Average hourly rate	£7.00	£26.83
% change on same period last year	-73.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£7.00	£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.82	£25.74
% change on same period last year	-7.48 %
PCI DSS East Midlands

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.

PCI DSS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PCI DSS across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PCI DSS across the Northamptonshire region.

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

PCI DSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Northampton	-	6	£400	-

PCI DSS East Midlands

PCI DSS
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing PCI DSS 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 PCI DSS.

1 7 (87.50 %) Data Security 2 5 (62.50 %) Finance 2 5 (62.50 %) Banking 3 3 (37.50 %) Retail 3 3 (37.50 %) Data Analysis 3 3 (37.50 %) Business Analysis 3 3 (37.50 %) Retail Banking 4 1 (12.50 %) GAP Analysis 4 1 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 4 1 (12.50 %) Project Management

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing PCI DSS 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 PCI DSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 5 (62.50 %) Finance 1 5 (62.50 %) Banking 2 3 (37.50 %) Retail 2 3 (37.50 %) Retail Banking	Job Titles 1 8 (100.00 %) Business Analyst 1 8 (100.00 %) Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Banking Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (87.50 %) Data Security 2 3 (37.50 %) Data Analysis 2 3 (37.50 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 3 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 3 1 (12.50 %) GAP Analysis