The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Protection over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Rank 91 113 111
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 10 19 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.498% 0.608% 0.562%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.740% 0.892% 0.879%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 7
Average daily rate £450 £400 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +50.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -49.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-30.23% -31.74%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1352 2130 1935
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 67.30% 68.12% 63.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1316 985
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 111 148
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -20.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.64 £11.46 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.90 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Data Protection Daily Rate Trend

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Protection across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West Data Protection Daily Rate Histogram

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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Job
Vacancies
Gloucestershire +16 6 £450 +12.50%
Wiltshire +4 1 - - 1
Bristol - - - -
Devon - - - -
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 20 (62.50%) Windows
2 19 (59.38%) HP
3 18 (56.25%) SAN
3 18 (56.25%) UNIX
3 18 (56.25%) NetBackup
4 17 (53.13%) Linux
4 17 (53.13%) C
4 17 (53.13%) NetApp
4 17 (53.13%) Symantec
4 17 (53.13%) DV Cleared
4 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
5 7 (21.88%) Finance
6 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
6 5 (15.63%) Information Security
6 5 (15.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
8 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
8 3 (9.375%) MS Office
8 3 (9.375%) Active Directory
8 3 (9.375%) Data Security
8 3 (9.375%) VMware
8 3 (9.375%) Project Management
8 3 (9.375%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (9.375%) Information Governance
8 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (6.250%) Project Governance
9 2 (6.250%) ISACA
9 2 (6.250%) vSphere
9 2 (6.250%) SaaS
9 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
2 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.125%) CMS
4 1 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (3.125%) CM System
Applications
1 3 (9.375%) MS Office
2 2 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) assyst
1 1 (3.125%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (56.25%) SAN
2 2 (6.250%) DNS
2 2 (6.250%) DHCP
3 1 (3.125%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.125%) VoIP
3 1 (3.125%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 7 (21.88%) Finance
2 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.125%) Law
2 1 (3.125%) Legal
2 1 (3.125%) Banking
2 1 (3.125%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Storage Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Storage Support Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Information Manager
4 3 (9.375%) Security Consultant
4 3 (9.375%) Consultant
4 3 (9.375%) Information Security Consultant
5 2 (6.250%) Risk Manager
5 2 (6.250%) IT Risk Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Compliance Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Coordinator
6 1 (3.125%) Architect
6 1 (3.125%) Server Support
6 1 (3.125%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.125%) Governance Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Information Governance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.250%) SaaS
2 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.125%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.125%) Clustering
3 1 (3.125%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.125%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.125%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (62.50%) Windows
2 18 (56.25%) UNIX
3 17 (53.13%) Linux
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.125%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.125%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
1 5 (15.63%) Information Security
2 3 (9.375%) Data Security
2 3 (9.375%) Project Management
2 3 (9.375%) Information Governance
3 2 (6.250%) Project Governance
3 2 (6.250%) Problem Management
3 2 (6.250%) Security Management
4 1 (3.125%) B2B
4 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.125%) Contact Management
4 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.125%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.125%) Identity Management
4 1 (3.125%) Service Management
4 1 (3.125%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.125%) TOGAF
4 1 (3.125%) Content Management
4 1 (3.125%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.125%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 17 (53.13%) C
2 1 (3.125%) SQL
2 1 (3.125%) VBScript
2 1 (3.125%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) DV Cleared
1 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.250%) ISACA
2 2 (6.250%) CISSP
2 2 (6.250%) CISA
2 2 (6.250%) CISM
3 1 (3.125%) MCP
3 1 (3.125%) MCSE
3 1 (3.125%) ISEB
3 1 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.125%) MCTS
3 1 (3.125%) MCITP
3 1 (3.125%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.250%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.375%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.250%) vSphere
3 1 (3.125%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.125%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.125%) XenApp
3 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (56.25%) NetBackup
2 1 (3.125%) ZENworks
2 1 (3.125%) SCCM
2 1 (3.125%) SCOM
2 1 (3.125%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 19 (59.38%) HP
2 17 (53.13%) NetApp
2 17 (53.13%) Symantec
3 3 (9.375%) VMware
4 2 (6.250%) Citrix
4 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.250%) Dell
5 1 (3.125%) EMC
5 1 (3.125%) Sophos
5 1 (3.125%) Novell
5 1 (3.125%) Wyse
5 1 (3.125%) Google
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