Data Protection Act Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the West Midlands 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Rank 92 106 91
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Contract jobs citing Data Protection Act 4 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.238% 0.134% 0.161%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.375% 0.813% 1.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £245 £900 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-72.77% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £600
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +25.71%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 291 369 296
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.31% 16.42% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 165 115
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 39
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.91 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Protection Act Daily Rate Trend

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Birmingham - 3 £245 -
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 13 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 9 (69.23%) Information Governance
3 5 (38.46%) NHS
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
4 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
4 3 (23.08%) QA
4 3 (23.08%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (23.08%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (15.38%) Time Management
5 2 (15.38%) Statistics
6 1 (7.692%) Service Management
6 1 (7.692%) NPfIT
6 1 (7.692%) Firewall
6 1 (7.692%) Data Security
6 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
6 1 (7.692%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.692%) Legal
6 1 (7.692%) Military
6 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (7.692%) CISSP
6 1 (7.692%) Postgraduate
6 1 (7.692%) ITIL
6 1 (7.692%) Information Management
6 1 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (7.692%) Incident Management

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Firewall
General
1 1 (7.692%) Legal
1 1 (7.692%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) Help Desk Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
2 1 (7.692%) Trainer
2 1 (7.692%) Security Officer
2 1 (7.692%) Project Officer
2 1 (7.692%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (7.692%) Information Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) NHS
2 2 (15.38%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (15.38%) Statistics
3 1 (7.692%) NPfIT
3 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 9 (69.23%) Information Governance
3 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) Service Management
5 1 (7.692%) Data Security
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.692%) ITIL
5 1 (7.692%) Information Management
5 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) CISSP
2 1 (7.692%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
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