The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 24 25 25
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.299% 1.563% 1.613%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.000% 6.250% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £525 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +72.13%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £25.00 £32.13
% change year-on-year
+6.00% -22.17%
All Qualifications
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
40 48 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 25.97% 25.00% 29.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 23
Average daily rate £397 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
Average hourly rate £12.00 £14.00 £31.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -55.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Security Cleared
Scotland

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Aberdeen Security Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Cleared across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Security Cleared 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Security Cleared.

1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 1 (33.33%) SMS
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Security Cleared also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Security Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SMS
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
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