The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills 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 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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 (Data Privacy)
Rank 88 101 77
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -24
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 8 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.476% 0.356% 0.913%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.708% 0.567% 1.447%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 8
Average daily rate £245 £356 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.22% -40.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £22.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-27.27% +11.39%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1130 1411 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.22% 62.79% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 665 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 67
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -15.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 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 +7 3 £245 -45.55%
Worcestershire - 3 £279 -
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 13 (59.09%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (54.55%) Information Governance
3 7 (31.82%) PRINCE2
3 7 (31.82%) NHS
4 5 (22.73%) Information Security
4 5 (22.73%) QA
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Data Quality
6 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 3 (13.64%) Analytics
6 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (13.64%) SEO
6 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (13.64%) Content Management
6 3 (13.64%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (13.64%) Web Analytics
6 3 (13.64%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
6 3 (13.64%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (13.64%) Web Development
6 3 (13.64%) Degree
6 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (13.64%) UML
6 3 (13.64%) OO
6 3 (13.64%) C#
6 3 (13.64%) .NET
6 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
6 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET

Data Protection
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 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 Development
1 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC 2
1 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (13.64%) .NET
1 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET
1 3 (13.64%) Web Services
2 2 (9.091%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.091%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) Firewall
1 2 (9.091%) Internet
2 1 (4.545%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (9.091%) Legal
2 1 (4.545%) Military
2 1 (4.545%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (13.64%) .NET Developer
1 3 (13.64%) Developer
2 2 (9.091%) Web Developer
2 2 (9.091%) Help Desk Manager
3 1 (4.545%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (4.545%) CMS Developer
3 1 (4.545%) Assistant Project Manager
3 1 (4.545%) Head of Security
3 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (4.545%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (4.545%) .NET Web Developer
3 1 (4.545%) Security Officer
3 1 (4.545%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (4.545%) Project Officer
3 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.545%) Trainer
3 1 (4.545%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 13 (59.09%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (31.82%) NHS
3 3 (13.64%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (13.64%) N-Tier
4 2 (9.091%) Statistics
4 2 (9.091%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.545%) NPfIT
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Information Governance
2 7 (31.82%) PRINCE2
3 5 (22.73%) Information Security
4 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.64%) Analytics
5 3 (13.64%) SEO
5 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (13.64%) Content Management
5 3 (13.64%) Web Analytics
5 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
5 3 (13.64%) Web Development
5 3 (13.64%) UML
5 3 (13.64%) OO
6 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce
6 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (9.091%) Workflow
6 2 (9.091%) Information Assurance
6 2 (9.091%) Time Management
6 2 (9.091%) Information Architecture
7 1 (4.545%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (13.64%) ISEB
2 2 (9.091%) CISSP
3 1 (4.545%) CISM
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.545%) CCNP
3 1 (4.545%) CCNA
3 1 (4.545%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) QA
2 3 (13.64%) Data Quality
2 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.545%) ISO/IEC 17799