The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Rank 115 126 112
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -14
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 5 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.278% 0.249% 0.247%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.365% 0.326% 0.361%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 4
Average salary £54,000 £42,500 £48,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.05% -11.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £33,500 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £51,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+4.39% -4.21%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1369 1536 1108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.01% 76.49% 68.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1055 1344 944
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Data Protection
North West

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Data Protection Jobs Demand Trend

Data Protection
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Data Protection Salary Trend

Data Protection
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Protection across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire Data Protection Salary Histogram

Data Protection
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Knutsford - 1 £55,000 -
Data Protection
North West

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Data Protection.

1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) HP
2 8 (61.54%) UNIX
2 8 (61.54%) Tivoli
2 8 (61.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 8 (61.54%) Replication
3 5 (38.46%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) DRM
3 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 5 (38.46%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) Oracle
3 5 (38.46%) DB2
3 5 (38.46%) EMC
3 5 (38.46%) Cisco
3 5 (38.46%) IBM
3 5 (38.46%) Lotus Domino
3 5 (38.46%) LAN
3 5 (38.46%) Migration
3 5 (38.46%) Brocade
3 5 (38.46%) HP Data Protector
3 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
5 2 (15.38%) PKI
5 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) MS Office
5 2 (15.38%) .NET
5 2 (15.38%) Java
6 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Data Protection. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) DB2
General
1 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Tivoli Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Storage Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Backup Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Support Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Head of IT
4 1 (7.692%) Information Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Storage Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Replication
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
2 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
3 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) DRM
1 5 (38.46%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Information Security
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.692%) Business Continuity
3 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (7.692%) Strategic Management
3 1 (7.692%) Data Management
3 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
1 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Tivoli
1 8 (61.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 5 (38.46%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) HP
2 5 (38.46%) VMware
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 5 (38.46%) EMC
2 5 (38.46%) Cisco
2 5 (38.46%) IBM
2 5 (38.46%) Brocade