The first table below looks at the demand for Data Security 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 Security 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 Security
Rank 95 105 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing Data Security 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.059% 0.178% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.283% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £438
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £18.25 £34.19
% change year-on-year
-16.43% -46.62%
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 Security
England

Data Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Data Security Jobs Demand Trend

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Security across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Security Daily Rate Trend

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Security across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Security Hourly Rate Trend

Data Security
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Data Security 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 Security.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance

Data Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Data Security 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 Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001