The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Protection Act over the 3 months to 17 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South East 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Rank 220 244 243
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -1
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 18 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.222% 0.050% 0.029%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.062% 0.252% 0.156%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
Average daily rate £431 £450 £570
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.16% -21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £348 £466
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £674
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £470
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £8.00 - £14.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1695 1987 1923
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.88% 19.75% 18.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 799 806 809
Average daily rate £375 £340 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 182 183
Average hourly rate £21.50 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.33% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.60 £12.48
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £24.81
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -9.31%
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Protection Act across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East Data Protection Act Jobs Demand Trend

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Protection Act across the South East region.

South East Data Protection Act Daily Rate Trend

Data Protection Act
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Protection Act across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

South East Data Protection Act Daily Rate Histogram

Data Protection Act
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Protection Act across the South East region.

South East Data Protection Act Hourly Rate Trend

Data Protection Act
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 Act within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire - 5 £500 - 2
Hampshire -6 4 £388 +19.23% 3
East Sussex - 3 £500 -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Data Protection Act 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 Act.

1 24 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 11 (45.83%) Information Security
3 10 (41.67%) Security Architecture
4 9 (37.50%) Management Information System
4 9 (37.50%) SQL
5 7 (29.17%) Data Modelling
5 7 (29.17%) Legal
5 7 (29.17%) Database Security
6 6 (25.00%) Data Management
6 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 6 (25.00%) CISSP
7 5 (20.83%) Finance
7 5 (20.83%) CISM
7 5 (20.83%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (20.83%) Freedom of Information Act
7 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
8 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
8 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
8 4 (16.67%) Degree
8 4 (16.67%) Business Analysis
8 4 (16.67%) CISA
8 4 (16.67%) TOGAF
8 4 (16.67%) Information Management
8 4 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 4 (16.67%) Data Security
8 4 (16.67%) Project Management
8 4 (16.67%) ITIL
8 4 (16.67%) Oracle

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Data Protection Act 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 Act. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.333%) JSP
2 1 (4.167%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.167%) SAS
2 1 (4.167%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
1 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) LDAP
1 2 (8.333%) Kerberos
2 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.167%) Firewall
2 1 (4.167%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.333%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (4.167%) RDBMS
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (29.17%) Legal
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Law
4 1 (4.167%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.167%) Marketing
4 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Consultant
3 4 (16.67%) Data Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Risk Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Information Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Data Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Security Officer
6 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Design Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (20.83%) Freedom of Information
2 5 (20.83%) Freedom of Information Act
3 3 (12.50%) CESG
4 2 (8.333%) RMADS
5 1 (4.167%) Data Extraction
5 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.167%) PKI
5 1 (4.167%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) UNIX
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
1 3 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 11 (45.83%) Information Security
3 10 (41.67%) Security Architecture
4 7 (29.17%) Data Modelling
4 7 (29.17%) Database Security
5 6 (25.00%) Data Management
6 4 (16.67%) Data Security
6 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 4 (16.67%) ITIL
6 4 (16.67%) Project Management
6 4 (16.67%) TOGAF
6 4 (16.67%) Information Management
6 4 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 4 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (12.50%) Master Data Management
7 3 (12.50%) Data Architecture
7 3 (12.50%) Security Management
7 3 (12.50%) Zachman Framework
8 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) CISSP
2 5 (20.83%) CISM
2 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) CISA
3 4 (16.67%) Degree
3 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.167%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.167%) PCI QSA
4 1 (4.167%) CCAB
4 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.167%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.167%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (8.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (8.333%) JSP 440
4 1 (4.167%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (12.50%) Novell
4 2 (8.333%) Symantec
4 2 (8.333%) Teradata
5 1 (4.167%) TippingPoint
5 1 (4.167%) ArcSight
5 1 (4.167%) Citrix
Havant, Hampshire
business analysis, data modelling, software engineering, testing, infrastructure specification and configuration, DBA, etc.) "Energy sector and utility knowledge "Demonstrable knowledge in information and IT and its business relevance "...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £450 - £475 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
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