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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Rank 200 209 178
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -31
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 10 6 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.191% 0.109% 0.461%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.568% 0.381% 1.705%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 27
Average salary £65,000 £41,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+56.62% -12.63%
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-12.57% -2.77%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1762 1573 1584
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 33.59% 28.52% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1472 1287 1334
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bristol - 6 £65,000 -
Gloucestershire +7 2 £37,500 -9.63%
Devon - 1 £40,000 -
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 21 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 11 (52.38%) Telecoms
3 7 (33.33%) B2B
4 6 (28.57%) VoIP
4 6 (28.57%) Avaya
5 5 (23.81%) Windows
6 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
6 4 (19.05%) CTI
6 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (19.05%) Project Management
6 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
6 4 (19.05%) CCNP
6 4 (19.05%) Cisco
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (19.05%) Mitel
6 4 (19.05%) Business Development
6 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (19.05%) Aastra
6 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (19.05%) Unified Communications
7 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
7 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
7 3 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
7 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (14.29%) LAMP
7 3 (14.29%) VMware
7 3 (14.29%) Linux
7 3 (14.29%) MySQL

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 3 (14.29%) LAMP
2 2 (9.524%) Node.js
3 1 (4.762%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) Apache
2 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.762%) SAS
2 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) VoIP
2 4 (19.05%) CTI
2 4 (19.05%) Unified Communications
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (14.29%) Wireless
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (9.524%) HTTP
4 2 (9.524%) Internet
5 1 (4.762%) 3G
5 1 (4.762%) MPLS
5 1 (4.762%) OSPF
5 1 (4.762%) BGP
5 1 (4.762%) DSL
5 1 (4.762%) EIGRP
5 1 (4.762%) VRRP
5 1 (4.762%) PPP
5 1 (4.762%) VPN
5 1 (4.762%) DHCP
5 1 (4.762%) Ethernet
5 1 (4.762%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) MySQL
2 2 (9.524%) NoSQL
2 2 (9.524%) Riak
3 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) LabVIEW
General
1 11 (52.38%) Telecoms
2 2 (9.524%) Finance
2 2 (9.524%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.762%) Automotive
3 1 (4.762%) Retail
3 1 (4.762%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Development Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Business Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Business Development Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Software Development Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Software Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) IP Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Risk Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.762%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Account Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (14.29%) Linux
4 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.762%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.762%) Windows XP
5 1 (4.762%) Mac OS X
5 1 (4.762%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 7 (33.33%) B2B
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
3 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
3 4 (19.05%) Business Development
4 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.524%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.762%) CRM
6 1 (4.762%) ETL
6 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (4.762%) Information Security Management
6 1 (4.762%) Security Management
6 1 (4.762%) Validation
6 1 (4.762%) Business Continuity
6 1 (4.762%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (4.762%) Information Security
6 1 (4.762%) Data Management
6 1 (4.762%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) Perl
1 2 (9.524%) PHP
1 2 (9.524%) Python
2 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CCNP
1 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.762%) CISA
2 1 (4.762%) CISM
2 1 (4.762%) CCIP
2 1 (4.762%) CCNA
2 1 (4.762%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.762%) Basel II
2 1 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.762%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (9.524%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Avaya
2 4 (19.05%) Mitel
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Aastra
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
4 2 (9.524%) Panasonic
5 1 (4.762%) Adobe
5 1 (4.762%) Oracle
5 1 (4.762%) Business Objects
5 1 (4.762%) Redback
5 1 (4.762%) LANDesk
5 1 (4.762%) Ericsson
5 1 (4.762%) Apple
South West
ESSENTIAL SKILLS: Service Desk Experience Proven track record of managing a team Experience managing 3rd party suppliers Working knowledge of the Data Protection Act This is an urgent...
Reed Technology
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + large benefits package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
SQL Server. CRM Systems... Training toward Microsoft qualifications in a relevant discipline... Working knowledge of standard Microsoft packages especially Excel. Awareness of the Data Protection Act... Exposure to...
The People Experts
Salary: £20000 per annum + plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013