The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection Act over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Rank 698 677 693
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +16
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 171 210 191
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.157% 0.174% 0.149%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.467% 0.522% 0.432%
Number of salaries quoted 120 170 160
Average salary £43,750 £45,000 £46,600
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -3.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £30,100
10% offered a salary of more than £62,650 £66,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £46,050
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -7.70%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36608 40240 44254
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.61% 33.39% 34.47%
Number of salaries quoted 30048 33939 37135
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

Data Protection Act
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Data Protection Act Salary Trend

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Protection Act over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Data Protection Act Salary Histogram

Data Protection Act
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +1 165 £45,000 +1.69% 23
London -3 59 £50,000 -4.76% 7
East of England +2 26 £32,500 +11.11% 4
Yorkshire +31 24 £50,000 +34.22% 1
South East -12 21 £40,000 -23.80% 6
York - 17 - -
North Yorkshire - 17 - -
West Midlands +5 16 £47,500 +107.87% 1
Suffolk -2 14 £32,500 -
Berkshire +21 10 £40,000 +19.40% 3
Reading - 10 £40,000 - 3
Coventry - 10 £53,500 -
Essex +21 9 £50,000 +85.18% 1
South West 0 9 £40,000 -3.61% 2
North West +5 8 £58,750 +23.68% 1
Basildon - 7 £50,000 - 1
Ipswich -6 6 £32,500 -7.14%
City of London -5 5 £45,000 +21.62%
South Yorkshire - 5 £50,000 -
Bury St Edmunds - 5 £25,000 -
Sheffield - 5 £50,000 -
Manchester -10 4 £55,000 +4.76% 1
Bristol - 3 £50,000 -
Colchester +6 2 £16,000 -40.74%
Buckinghamshire +2 2 £32,750 -49.61%
East Sussex 0 2 £38,000 +103.14%
Scotland -2 2 £38,000 - 1
Brighton -4 2 £38,000 +103.14%
Stowmarket -5 2 £37,500 +120.58%
Bedfordshire -9 2 £36,500 -47.85%

Data Protection Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 323 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 123 (38.08%) Information Security
3 99 (30.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 89 (27.55%) Finance
5 79 (24.46%) CISSP
6 74 (22.91%) CISM
7 63 (19.50%) PCI DSS
8 62 (19.20%) SQL Server
9 59 (18.27%) .NET
10 58 (17.96%) CISA
11 57 (17.65%) Degree
12 55 (17.03%) Management Information System
13 52 (16.10%) ITIL
14 51 (15.79%) C#
15 50 (15.48%) Security Management
16 48 (14.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 45 (13.93%) Penetration Testing
18 44 (13.62%) SQL
19 39 (12.07%) Microsoft
20 38 (11.76%) MySQL
20 38 (11.76%) Firewall
20 38 (11.76%) Service Management
21 37 (11.46%) Legal
21 37 (11.46%) Windows
21 37 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
22 35 (10.84%) Risk Management
23 34 (10.53%) PHP
24 33 (10.22%) ITSM
25 31 (9.598%) OO
26 29 (8.978%) SQL Server 2008

Data Protection Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 59 (18.27%) .NET
2 26 (8.050%) ASP.NET
3 25 (7.740%) Silverlight
4 19 (5.882%) XML
5 15 (4.644%) HTML
6 14 (4.334%) XSL
6 14 (4.334%) SOAP
7 12 (3.715%) LAMP
8 11 (3.406%) .NET Framework
9 10 (3.096%) WCF
9 10 (3.096%) WPF
10 9 (2.786%) Web Services
11 8 (2.477%) CSS
12 6 (1.858%) HTML5
13 5 (1.548%) ASP
14 3 (0.929%) ADO
14 3 (0.929%) DAO
15 2 (0.619%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 2 (0.619%) Node.js
15 2 (0.619%) COM
Application Platforms
1 18 (5.573%) Apache
2 17 (5.263%) MS Exchange
3 16 (4.954%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (3.096%) CMS
5 8 (2.477%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (2.167%) IIS
7 6 (1.858%) Drupal
8 3 (0.929%) SAS
8 3 (0.929%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.619%) WordPress
9 2 (0.619%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.619%) DotNetNuke
10 1 (0.310%) Site Server
10 1 (0.310%) nginx
10 1 (0.310%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.310%) Magento
Applications
1 29 (8.978%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.858%) MS Office
3 2 (0.619%) SPSS
4 1 (0.310%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.310%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.619%) Google Analytics
1 2 (0.619%) HFM
1 2 (0.619%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.619%) LongView
2 1 (0.310%) BASE24
2 1 (0.310%) Taleo
2 1 (0.310%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.76%) Firewall
2 15 (4.644%) Wireless
2 15 (4.644%) DNS
2 15 (4.644%) IPv4
2 15 (4.644%) IPv6
2 15 (4.644%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (3.406%) DHCP
4 10 (3.096%) Network Security
5 8 (2.477%) Internet
6 7 (2.167%) VoIP
6 7 (2.167%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.858%) VPN
8 5 (1.548%) IPsec
9 4 (1.238%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.238%) SSL
9 4 (1.238%) WAN
9 4 (1.238%) LAN
9 4 (1.238%) HTTP
9 4 (1.238%) Intranet
9 4 (1.238%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (19.20%) SQL Server
2 38 (11.76%) MySQL
3 29 (8.978%) SQL Server 2008
4 24 (7.430%) SQL Server 2005
5 15 (4.644%) Crystal Reports
6 14 (4.334%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (3.406%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (2.786%) QlikView
9 7 (2.167%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.238%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (1.238%) OLAP
10 4 (1.238%) Oracle 8/8i
10 4 (1.238%) MS Access
10 4 (1.238%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.929%) OLTP
11 3 (0.929%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.929%) Oracle OLAP
12 2 (0.619%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.619%) SQL Server 2000
12 2 (0.619%) DTS
Development Applications
1 15 (4.644%) TeamCity
2 14 (4.334%) CruiseControl
2 14 (4.334%) Visual Studio Team System
3 10 (3.096%) Git (software)
4 6 (1.858%) Subversion
5 2 (0.619%) Rhino Mocks
5 2 (0.619%) MSTest
6 1 (0.310%) Redmine
6 1 (0.310%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.310%) GitHub
6 1 (0.310%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.310%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.310%) JIRA
6 1 (0.310%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.310%) Cucumber
General
1 89 (27.55%) Finance
2 37 (11.46%) Legal
3 16 (4.954%) Games
4 15 (4.644%) Marketing
5 14 (4.334%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.025%) Retail
7 8 (2.477%) Advertising
8 6 (1.858%) Billing
9 3 (0.929%) Law
10 2 (0.619%) German Language
10 2 (0.619%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.619%) Back Office
11 1 (0.310%) Electronics
11 1 (0.310%) Automotive
11 1 (0.310%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (19.20%) Analyst
2 53 (16.41%) Developer
3 36 (11.15%) Security Manager
4 33 (10.22%) Consultant
5 30 (9.288%) Security Specialist
6 28 (8.669%) Security Consultant
7 27 (8.359%) Administrator
8 21 (6.502%) Information Manager
9 17 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
9 17 (5.263%) Information Security Manager
10 16 (4.954%) DBA
10 16 (4.954%) Security Analyst
11 15 (4.644%) .NET Developer
11 15 (4.644%) Business Analyst
11 15 (4.644%) Agile .NET Developer
11 15 (4.644%) Information Security Consultant
12 14 (4.334%) Senior Developer
13 13 (4.025%) Information Analyst
14 12 (3.715%) Information Security Analyst
15 10 (3.096%) IT Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 55 (17.03%) Management Information System
2 20 (6.192%) Computer Science
3 13 (4.025%) Freedom of Information
4 11 (3.406%) Replication
5 10 (3.096%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.786%) Visualisation
6 9 (2.786%) Freedom of Information Act
7 8 (2.477%) Mathematics
7 8 (2.477%) SaaS
8 6 (1.858%) Online Games
9 4 (1.238%) Mobile Games
9 4 (1.238%) NHS
9 4 (1.238%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.929%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.929%) CESG
10 3 (0.929%) Copywriting
11 2 (0.619%) Statistics
11 2 (0.619%) PKI
11 2 (0.619%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.310%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.46%) Windows
2 28 (8.669%) Linux
3 11 (3.406%) UNIX
4 7 (2.167%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (1.238%) AIX
5 4 (1.238%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (0.929%) Windows CE
6 3 (0.929%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.619%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.310%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.310%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.310%) Windows NT
8 1 (0.310%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.310%) Debian
8 1 (0.310%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 123 (38.08%) Information Security
3 52 (16.10%) ITIL
4 50 (15.48%) Security Management
5 45 (13.93%) Penetration Testing
6 38 (11.76%) Service Management
7 37 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
8 35 (10.84%) Risk Management
9 33 (10.22%) ITSM
10 31 (9.598%) OO
11 27 (8.359%) Project Management
12 26 (8.050%) CRM
13 24 (7.430%) Agile Software Development
14 23 (7.121%) BDD
14 23 (7.121%) Disaster Recovery
15 18 (5.573%) Risk Assessment
15 18 (5.573%) Business Continuity
16 17 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (5.263%) TDD
17 16 (4.954%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (15.79%) C#
2 44 (13.62%) SQL
3 34 (10.53%) PHP
4 23 (7.121%) Bash shell
5 18 (5.573%) JavaScript
5 18 (5.573%) T-SQL
6 17 (5.263%) Perl
7 10 (3.096%) Java
8 9 (2.786%) VBA
9 5 (1.548%) VB
10 4 (1.238%) ActionScript 3.0
10 4 (1.238%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.238%) ActionScript
10 4 (1.238%) C
11 3 (0.929%) Delphi
11 3 (0.929%) VB6
12 2 (0.619%) XAML
12 2 (0.619%) Python
13 1 (0.310%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.310%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 79 (24.46%) CISSP
2 74 (22.91%) CISM
3 58 (17.96%) CISA
4 57 (17.65%) Degree
5 11 (3.406%) CEH
6 8 (2.477%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.548%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.548%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.548%) MCTS
8 4 (1.238%) CCNP
8 4 (1.238%) CRISC
8 4 (1.238%) ISACA
9 3 (0.929%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.929%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.619%) PCI QSA
10 2 (0.619%) CCSA
10 2 (0.619%) CCNA
10 2 (0.619%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.310%) Check Point Certification
11 1 (0.310%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (30.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (19.50%) PCI DSS
3 48 (14.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 27 (8.359%) COBIT
5 13 (4.025%) QA
6 5 (1.548%) SLA
6 5 (1.548%) BS25999
7 4 (1.238%) BS7799
7 4 (1.238%) ISO 9000
8 2 (0.619%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.310%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.310%) ISO/IEC 17799
9 1 (0.310%) GCP
9 1 (0.310%) Basel II
9 1 (0.310%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.310%) COSO
System Software
1 29 (8.978%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.644%) NFS
2 15 (4.644%) Postfix
2 15 (4.644%) Sendmail
3 10 (3.096%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.238%) SpamAssassin
5 1 (0.310%) Samba
5 1 (0.310%) vSphere
5 1 (0.310%) XenApp
5 1 (0.310%) XenServer
5 1 (0.310%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 17 (5.263%) Nagios
2 3 (0.929%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (0.929%) Puppet
3 1 (0.310%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.310%) Nessus
3 1 (0.310%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.644%) Red Hat
3 13 (4.025%) VMware
4 12 (3.715%) Cisco
5 10 (3.096%) Oracle
6 9 (2.786%) Google
7 6 (1.858%) Avaya
8 5 (1.548%) Tableau
8 5 (1.548%) Salesforce.com
8 5 (1.548%) NetSuite
8 5 (1.548%) Yahoo!
9 4 (1.238%) Aastra
9 4 (1.238%) Mitel
10 3 (0.929%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.929%) Juniper
10 3 (0.929%) Progress
11 2 (0.619%) Panasonic
11 2 (0.619%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.619%) Alterian
11 2 (0.619%) Citrix
Dorking, Surrey
Purpose Managing a team of two, the DPO will be responsible for developing and mentoring one of the Regulatory Officers into the role, looking at Gap analysis and...
Sanderson
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
You will have a sound understanding of records and information management legislation including but not limited to; Public Records Act (1958), the Environmental Information Regulations (2004) the Data...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Derby, Derbyshire
To develop, implement and support the network and college servers including Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and virtualisation technologies... - Develop and Implement a Disaster Recovery and backup regime... - To be...
Derby College
Salary: From £21,376 to £28,571 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
London
A high level honours degree or equivalent qualification and ideally a Certified Information Security Professional (CISP)... Demonstrable experience of information security and business continuity best practice and a...
University of West London
Salary: Circa £52,000
Posted: 28 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Bachelor's Degree in Information Security or Information Technology preferred... Recognized security professional certification such as CISM, CISA, CISSP or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor is highly desirable. Knowledge...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
South West London
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £50000 to £60000 per annum - Pension, Life Assurance, Medical
Posted: 16 June 2013
Hemel Hempstead, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits holiday, bonsu
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
JAM
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hudson
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Flex Bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hook, Hampshire
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 7 June 2013
Basildon, Essex
Personnel IT
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bath, Avon
People Source Consulting
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum + £35k OTE
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bath, South West
People Source Consulting
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum + £35k OTE
Posted: 13 June 2013
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