The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Protection over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Rank 63 81 84
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 7 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.838% 0.269% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.268% 0.427% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £325 - £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £22.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +11.39%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 702 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.11% 62.96% 66.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 270 310
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Data Protection
Berkshire

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Data Protection Daily Rate Trend

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 Reading region.

Reading Data Protection Hourly Rate Trend

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 (64.29%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) ITIL
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
5 3 (21.43%) Finance
5 3 (21.43%) Legal
5 3 (21.43%) CESG
5 3 (21.43%) SCCM
5 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (21.43%) PCI DSS
5 3 (21.43%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (14.29%) Database Security
6 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (14.29%) COBIT
6 2 (14.29%) CISA
6 2 (14.29%) CISM
6 2 (14.29%) CISSP
6 2 (14.29%) SQL
6 2 (14.29%) Symantec
6 2 (14.29%) Project Management
7 1 (7.143%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (7.143%) Mainframe
7 1 (7.143%) Oracle
7 1 (7.143%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (7.143%) Windows
7 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 17799

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) RIP
1 1 (7.143%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle 10g
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
1 3 (21.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Information Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Security Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Data Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) DBA
4 1 (7.143%) Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (7.143%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Senior DBA
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Oracle DBA
4 1 (7.143%) IT Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 3 (21.43%) CESG
3 1 (7.143%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) Database Security
5 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (7.143%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.143%) Information Security Management
6 1 (7.143%) Security Management
6 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.143%) Performance Management
6 1 (7.143%) Data Management
6 1 (7.143%) Computer Forensics
6 1 (7.143%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) CISA
3 2 (14.29%) CISM
3 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (21.43%) PCI DSS
2 2 (14.29%) COBIT
3 1 (7.143%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 17799
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Symantec
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle