The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 7 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.604% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.848% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £42,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+4.39% -4.21%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
825 532 765
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 71.24% 73.08% 73.56%
Number of salaries quoted 694 473 690
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,400
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,120 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Data Protection Salary Trend

Data Protection
Salary Histogram

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

Kent 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 Kent 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
Sittingbourne - 4 £28,250 -
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (44.44%) Legal
4 8 (44.44%) CISSP
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 6 (33.33%) MCSE
5 6 (33.33%) MCSA
5 6 (33.33%) Cisco
5 6 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (33.33%) Network Security
6 5 (27.78%) Firewall
6 5 (27.78%) Telecoms
6 5 (27.78%) WAN
6 5 (27.78%) LAN
6 5 (27.78%) ITIL
6 5 (27.78%) Linux
7 4 (22.22%) VoIP
7 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
7 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
7 4 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (22.22%) Avaya
7 4 (22.22%) Symantec
7 4 (22.22%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (22.22%) Banking
7 4 (22.22%) Retail

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (33.33%) Network Security
2 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 5 (27.78%) WAN
2 5 (27.78%) LAN
3 4 (22.22%) VoIP
3 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.556%) SAN
General
1 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Legal
3 5 (27.78%) Telecoms
4 4 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (22.22%) Banking
4 4 (22.22%) Retail
5 3 (16.67%) Advertising
6 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.556%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (11.11%) Analyst
1 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
1 2 (11.11%) Support Technician
1 2 (11.11%) IT Security Analyst
1 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
1 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
1 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
1 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Technician
1 2 (11.11%) IT Security Engineer
2 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 12 (66.67%) Windows
1 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (27.78%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Vista
4 1 (5.556%) AIX
4 1 (5.556%) HPUX
4 1 (5.556%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (27.78%) ITIL
3 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
3 4 (22.22%) Software Deployment
4 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) IT Governance
5 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Network Management
5 2 (11.11%) Demand Management
6 1 (5.556%) Matrix Management
6 1 (5.556%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.556%) Migration
6 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
6 1 (5.556%) Service Management
6 1 (5.556%) Change Management
6 1 (5.556%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) CISSP
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (33.33%) MCSE
2 6 (33.33%) MCSA
3 4 (22.22%) PCI QSA
4 2 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (22.22%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Cisco
2 4 (22.22%) Avaya
2 4 (22.22%) Symantec
3 3 (16.67%) Websense
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) SAP
4 2 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (5.556%) HP