The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection Act 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Rank 25 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 2 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 1.143% 4.420% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.000% 12.50% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 0
Average salary £16,000 £26,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-39.62% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.49% -3.33%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
50 64 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 28.57% 35.36% 30.13%
Number of salaries quoted 45 59 61
Average salary £25,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £27,000 £28,100
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Data Protection Act
Essex

Data Protection Act
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester Data Protection Act Salary Trend

Data Protection Act
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) Blog
2 1 (33.33%) Silverlight

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Silverlight
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Trainer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft