Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection Act over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Scotland region.

 Data Protection Act (DPA)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank99113176
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+63
Matching permanent IT job ads332
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland0.161 %0.146 %0.038 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.638 %0.826 %0.257 %
Salaries quoted232
Average salary£45,000£57,500£33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.73 %+70.37 %
UK excluding London average salary£38,712£35,000£42,000
% change year-on-year
+10.60 %-16.66 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
470363778
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland25.24 %17.66 %14.62 %
Salaries quoted244279464
Average salary£37,500£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£25,000£20,085
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %
Data Protection Act UKData Protection Act
UK

Data Protection Act
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Data Protection Act across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Scotland Data Protection Act Demand Trend

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Data Protection Act Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghNew entry-2£45,000-
AberdeenNew entry-1--
Data Protection Act UKData Protection Act
UK

Data Protection Act
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

13 (100.00 %)Data Protection
22 (66.67 %)ISO27001
22 (66.67 %)Finance
22 (66.67 %)Banking

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Finance
12 (66.67 %)Banking
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Analyst
12 (66.67 %)Security Analyst
12 (66.67 %)IT Security Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Business Manager
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Data Protection
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (66.67 %)ISO27001