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The table below looks at the demand for Data Protection (Data Privacy) skills within the Scotland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank90-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.289 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£359
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.79£24.96
% change on same period last year-44.76 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads10371372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.666 %1.473 %
Daily rates quoted246340
Average minimum daily rate£336£331
Average daily rate£364£344
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7891
Average minimum hourly rate£21.04£18.09
Average hourly rate£22.17£19.19
% change on same period last year+15.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.31£20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Data Protection UKData Protection
UK

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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Data Protection Demand Trend

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 Scotland region.

Scotland Data Protection Daily Rate Trend

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 Scotland region.

Scotland Data Protection Hourly Rate Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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.

LocationRank 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
GlasgowNew entry-3£300-
Data Protection UKData Protection
UK

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

13 (60.00 %)Data Protection Act
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (40.00 %)SQL
22 (40.00 %)Transact-SQL
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server
31 (20.00 %)Change Management
31 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (20.00 %)Information Security Management
31 (20.00 %)Security Management
31 (20.00 %)Ab Initio
31 (20.00 %)Information Security
31 (20.00 %)Teradata
31 (20.00 %)Freedom of Information
31 (20.00 %)Business Objects
31 (20.00 %)SAP
31 (20.00 %)ITIL
31 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (20.00 %)Cognos
31 (20.00 %)Data Mining
31 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
31 (20.00 %)BusinessObjects
31 (20.00 %)SAN
31 (20.00 %)Hyperion
31 (20.00 %)Middleware
31 (20.00 %)SAP BI
31 (20.00 %)BS7799
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (20.00 %)IT Governance
31 (20.00 %)Resource Management
31 (20.00 %)Cognos Business Intelligence

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)Middleware
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (20.00 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)SAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (20.00 %)Data Mining
21 (20.00 %)BusinessObjects
21 (20.00 %)SAP BI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Consultant
21 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Database Developer
21 (20.00 %)SQL Developer
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server Developer
21 (20.00 %)Storage Consultant
21 (20.00 %)IT Security Manager
21 (20.00 %)Security Manager
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (60.00 %)Data Protection Act
21 (20.00 %)Freedom of Information
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)ITIL
11 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)Change Management
11 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (20.00 %)Information Security Management
11 (20.00 %)Security Management
11 (20.00 %)Information Security
11 (20.00 %)IT Governance
11 (20.00 %)Resource Management
11 (20.00 %)ISMS
11 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)SQL
12 (40.00 %)Transact-SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)BS7799
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Business Objects
11 (20.00 %)SAP
11 (20.00 %)Cognos
11 (20.00 %)Hyperion
11 (20.00 %)Ab Initio
11 (20.00 %)Teradata