The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Rank 239 236 233
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 4 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.056% 0.155% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.202% 0.574% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 1
Average salary £30,068 £42,500 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.25% +66.66%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.58% -5.55%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1985 1917 1722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.63% 27.01% 25.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1679 1600 1496
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,225 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Data Protection Act Salary Trend

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Protection Act across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Data Protection Act Salary Histogram

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 North West 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
Manchester -21 3 £29,712 -43.40%
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 10 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 4 (40.00%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (40.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Freedom of Information Act
4 3 (30.00%) Copywriting
5 2 (20.00%) ISMS
5 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Legal
5 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (20.00%) SQL
6 1 (10.00%) VB
6 1 (10.00%) VBA
6 1 (10.00%) .NET
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
6 1 (10.00%) SAP
6 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
6 1 (10.00%) ITIL
6 1 (10.00%) EDI
6 1 (10.00%) CISSP
6 1 (10.00%) BCP
6 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
6 1 (10.00%) RFID
6 1 (10.00%) Service Management
6 1 (10.00%) CISA
6 1 (10.00%) CISM
6 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (10.00%) EDI
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) IT Security Officer
1 2 (20.00%) Security Officer
1 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) DBA
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Support
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior DBA
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Head of IT
2 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (40.00%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (30.00%) Freedom of Information Act
3 3 (30.00%) Copywriting
4 1 (10.00%) Statistics
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) FMCG
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (20.00%) ISMS
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) BCP
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Network Management
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (10.00%) CRAMM
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) VB
2 1 (10.00%) VBA
2 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
1 1 (10.00%) CISA
1 1 (10.00%) CISM
1 1 (10.00%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) COBIT
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
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