The first table below looks at the demand for Data Protection skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Protection over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Protection (Data Privacy)
Rank 151 156 154
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 53 28 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.058% 0.617% 0.426%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.410% 0.888% 0.619%
Number of salaries quoted 39 11 15
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -
90% offered a salary of more than £39,850 £34,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+4.39% -4.21%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3758 3153 2910
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.04% 69.45% 68.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3151 2731 2451
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Protection Salary Trend

Data Protection
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Protection across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Coventry +6 21 £56,000 +96.49%
Staffordshire +10 10 £45,000 -30.76%
Birmingham -2 9 £53,750 +33.84%
Dudley - 3 £17,500 -
Worcestershire +10 2 £50,000 +11.11%
Solihull -23 1 £38,500 -
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 30 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 23 (34.85%) Security Management
3 22 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 21 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (28.79%) Information Security
6 18 (27.27%) DNS
6 18 (27.27%) DHCP
7 15 (22.73%) Project Management
7 15 (22.73%) Service Delivery
7 15 (22.73%) SCCM
7 15 (22.73%) SCOM
8 14 (21.21%) SCVMM
8 14 (21.21%) Hyper-V
9 13 (19.70%) Risk Management
9 13 (19.70%) Legal
9 13 (19.70%) Active Directory
10 12 (18.18%) MCITP
10 12 (18.18%) COBIT
10 12 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (16.67%) ITIL
11 11 (16.67%) Cisco
11 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (15.15%) CA
12 10 (15.15%) McAfee
12 10 (15.15%) Windows
12 10 (15.15%) MCSE
12 10 (15.15%) SSL
12 10 (15.15%) TCP/IP
12 10 (15.15%) Retail
12 10 (15.15%) Network Security

Data Protection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 1 (1.515%) Application Packaging
1 1 (1.515%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 9 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.030%) Lync
2 2 (3.030%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.515%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.515%) Apache
3 1 (1.515%) Drupal
3 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.030%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.515%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (12.12%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.515%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (27.27%) DNS
1 18 (27.27%) DHCP
2 10 (15.15%) SSL
2 10 (15.15%) TCP/IP
2 10 (15.15%) Network Security
3 9 (13.64%) Unified Communications
4 8 (12.12%) Firewall
4 8 (12.12%) Wireless
5 6 (9.091%) Internet
6 1 (1.515%) MPLS
6 1 (1.515%) SAN
6 1 (1.515%) DSL
6 1 (1.515%) LAN
6 1 (1.515%) WAN
6 1 (1.515%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.515%) MySQL
2 1 (1.515%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.515%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (1.515%) MSI
General
1 13 (19.70%) Legal
2 10 (15.15%) Retail
3 8 (12.12%) German Language
4 4 (6.061%) French Language
4 4 (6.061%) Finance
5 3 (4.545%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.515%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (39.39%) Consultant
2 9 (13.64%) Technical Consultant
2 9 (13.64%) Analyst
3 8 (12.12%) Team Leader
3 8 (12.12%) Technical Specialist
4 7 (10.61%) Security Manager
5 6 (9.091%) IT Manager
6 4 (6.061%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Senior Information Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) IT Security Specialist
6 4 (6.061%) Security Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Information Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Senior Security Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Compliance Manager
6 4 (6.061%) Microsoft Consultant
6 4 (6.061%) Information Manager
6 4 (6.061%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (6.061%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 22 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 12 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (9.091%) SaaS
3 6 (9.091%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.515%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.515%) NHS
4 1 (1.515%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.15%) Windows
2 9 (13.64%) UNIX
3 8 (12.12%) Solaris
3 8 (12.12%) OpenVMS
4 2 (3.030%) Windows 8
4 2 (3.030%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.515%) Linux
5 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (34.85%) Security Management
2 19 (28.79%) Information Security
3 15 (22.73%) Project Management
3 15 (22.73%) Service Delivery
4 13 (19.70%) Risk Management
5 11 (16.67%) ITIL
6 9 (13.64%) Security Testing
6 9 (13.64%) Information Security Management
6 9 (13.64%) Process Management
6 9 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (10.61%) Risk Analysis
7 7 (10.61%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (9.091%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (6.061%) Service Management
9 4 (6.061%) Configuration Management
9 4 (6.061%) Asset Management
10 3 (4.545%) ITSM
10 3 (4.545%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (3.030%) Time Management
11 2 (3.030%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.545%) C
2 1 (1.515%) PHP
2 1 (1.515%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (18.18%) MCITP
2 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (15.15%) MCSE
4 8 (12.12%) CISSP
4 8 (12.12%) CISA
4 8 (12.12%) CISM
4 8 (12.12%) CEH
5 3 (4.545%) MCTS
6 2 (3.030%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.515%) Degree
7 1 (1.515%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.515%) NCIE
7 1 (1.515%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (18.18%) COBIT
3 6 (9.091%) SLA
4 2 (3.030%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.030%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (21.21%) Hyper-V
2 13 (19.70%) Active Directory
3 9 (13.64%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (6.061%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.515%) vSphere
5 1 (1.515%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (22.73%) SCCM
1 15 (22.73%) SCOM
2 14 (21.21%) SCVMM
3 2 (3.030%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (3.030%) CA SiteMinder
4 1 (1.515%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.67%) Cisco
3 10 (15.15%) CA
3 10 (15.15%) McAfee
4 8 (12.12%) Sophos
4 8 (12.12%) Juniper
4 8 (12.12%) SAP
5 6 (9.091%) Citrix
6 4 (6.061%) Business Objects
6 4 (6.061%) VMware
7 2 (3.030%) NorthgateArinso
7 2 (3.030%) ArcSight
8 1 (1.515%) Symantec
8 1 (1.515%) CommVault
8 1 (1.515%) NetApp
8 1 (1.515%) HP
8 1 (1.515%) Dell
8 1 (1.515%) EMC
8 1 (1.515%) 3PAR
8 1 (1.515%) Veeam
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