The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection Act over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.285% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.933% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £38,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-12.57% -2.77%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
643 583 501
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 30.53% 25.81% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 525 514 448
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,150 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Data Protection Act
Berkshire

Data Protection Act
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Data Protection Act Salary Trend

Data Protection Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.692%) Network Security
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%) Risk Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Security Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Information Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) IT Security Officer
5 1 (7.692%) Security Officer
5 1 (7.692%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) IT Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) IT Risk Consultant
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%) Information Security Management
2 11 (84.62%) Security Management
2 11 (84.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
5 1 (7.692%) Project Management
5 1 (7.692%) Computer Forensics
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (7.692%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.692%) Database Security
5 1 (7.692%) Mobile Device Management
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