The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection Act over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Rank 213 217 209
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 6 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.115% 0.081% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.383% 0.292% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 1
Average salary £38,750 £29,500 £21,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.35% +38.82%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.58% -5.55%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1565 1713 1535
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 30.04% 27.80% 29.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1258 1423 1366
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Data Protection Act
South East

Data Protection Act
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Data Protection Act Jobs Demand Trend

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Data Protection Act across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Data Protection Act Salary Trend

Data Protection Act
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading - 6 £38,750 -
Data Protection Act
South East

Data Protection Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Data Protection Act.

1 13 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
1 13 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 11 (84.62%) COBIT
2 11 (84.62%) Information Management
2 11 (84.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (84.62%) Information Security Management
2 11 (84.62%) Security Management
2 11 (84.62%) Management Information System
2 11 (84.62%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Legal
3 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) Network Security
5 1 (7.692%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.692%) Database Security
5 1 (7.692%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (7.692%) CISSP
5 1 (7.692%) Project Management
5 1 (7.692%) COM
5 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.692%) CISA
5 1 (7.692%) CISM
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Data Protection Act. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Network Security
1 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Legal
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Security Specialist
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Security Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Information Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) IT Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) IT Risk Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) IT Security Officer
5 1 (7.692%) Security Officer
5 1 (7.692%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
1 13 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 11 (84.62%) Information Management
2 11 (84.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (84.62%) Information Security Management
2 11 (84.62%) Security Management
3 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.692%) Database Security
5 1 (7.692%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (7.692%) Project Management
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.692%) Computer Forensics
5 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) CISSP
2 1 (7.692%) CISA
2 1 (7.692%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 13 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (84.62%) COBIT
3 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
Reading, Thames Valley
Aptitude for learning is a must Bachelor's Degree in Information Security or Information Technology preferred... Recognized security professional certification such as CISM, CISA, CISSP or ISO 27001...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Bachelor's Degree in Information Security or Information Technology preferred... Recognized security professional certification such as CISM, CISA, CISSP or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor is highly desirable. Knowledge...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013