The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Rank 79 80 85
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 8 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.765% 1.012% 0.110%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.099% 1.395% 0.144%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 1
Average salary £28,000 £38,250 £12,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.79% +218.75%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
728 717 695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 69.60% 72.57% 76.29%
Number of salaries quoted 655 649 655
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,450
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,750 £49,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Data Protection
Wales

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Data Protection Salary Trend

Data Protection
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales 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 South Wales 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
Cardiff -13 7 £28,000 -23.28%
Data Protection
Wales

Data Protection
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) Freedom of Information
2 6 (66.67%) MS Office
2 6 (66.67%) ISEB
2 6 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 6 (66.67%) Security Management
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Apple
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) Information Management

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (11.11%) VLAN
General
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Information Security Officer
1 6 (66.67%) Security Officer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Data Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 6 (66.67%) Security Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix
1 1 (11.11%) Apple
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft