Basingstoke Security Cleared Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Security Clearance skills within the Basingstoke region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	29	29
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	8	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	3.509 %	9.059 %
Daily rates quoted	1	11
Average minimum daily rate	£450	£318
Average daily rate	£475	£358
% change on same period last year	+32.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£500	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£370	£370
% change on same period last year	+0.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.00	£45.00
Average hourly rate	£32.05	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-35.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.10	£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.28	£30.57
% change on same period last year	+2.34 %
Processes & Methodologies Basingstoke
Matching contract IT job ads	228	287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.303 %	0.291 %
Daily rates quoted	73	79
Average minimum daily rate	£390	£355
Average daily rate	£418	£375
% change on same period last year	+11.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£446	£395
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	35	100
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.54	£34.76
Average hourly rate	£28.82	£35.93
% change on same period last year	-19.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.10	£37.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.35	£30.17
% change on same period last year	-2.69 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 40 (71.43 %) SC Cleared 2 21 (37.50 %) Government 2 21 (37.50 %) Windows 3 18 (32.14 %) Active Directory 4 15 (26.79 %) ISEB 5 13 (23.21 %) Software Testing 6 12 (21.43 %) Military 7 9 (16.07 %) Microsoft 8 8 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003 9 7 (12.50 %) Telecoms 10 6 (10.71 %) Firewall 10 6 (10.71 %) Document Management 10 6 (10.71 %) VLAN 10 6 (10.71 %) MOM 10 6 (10.71 %) WAN

10 6 (10.71 %) Windows XP 10 6 (10.71 %) LAN 10 6 (10.71 %) C 10 6 (10.71 %) C++ 11 5 (8.929 %) MS Office 11 5 (8.929 %) Oracle 11 5 (8.929 %) Embedded C++ 11 5 (8.929 %) Citrix 11 5 (8.929 %) Exchange Server 2007 11 5 (8.929 %) Manufacturing 12 4 (7.143 %) Migration 12 4 (7.143 %) VMware 12 4 (7.143 %) Exchange Server 5.5 12 4 (7.143 %) Exchange Server 2003 12 4 (7.143 %) MS Exchange

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

Application Development 1 1 (1.786 %) .NET 1 1 (1.786 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (1.786 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 5 (8.929 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 4 (7.143 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (7.143 %) Exchange Server 5.5 2 4 (7.143 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 2 (3.571 %) IIS 3 2 (3.571 %) SharePoint 4 1 (1.786 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 5 (8.929 %) MS Office 2 2 (3.571 %) MS Excel 2 2 (3.571 %) Pro/ENGINEER	Business Applications 1 2 (3.571 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 6 (10.71 %) LAN 1 6 (10.71 %) Firewall 1 6 (10.71 %) WAN 1 6 (10.71 %) VLAN 2 4 (7.143 %) VPN 3 3 (5.357 %) DNS 3 3 (5.357 %) SMS 4 2 (3.571 %) SAN 4 2 (3.571 %) Wi-Fi 4 2 (3.571 %) TETRA 4 2 (3.571 %) WiMAX 5 1 (1.786 %) DHCP 5 1 (1.786 %) Internet 5 1 (1.786 %) UMTS 5 1 (1.786 %) LDAP 5 1 (1.786 %) DECT 5 1 (1.786 %) GSM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (5.357 %) SQL Server 2 2 (3.571 %) Oracle 9i 3 1 (1.786 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 2 (3.571 %) MSI 1 2 (3.571 %) InstallShield 2 1 (1.786 %) StarTeam 2 1 (1.786 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.786 %) TestDirector	General 1 21 (37.50 %) Government 2 12 (21.43 %) Military 3 7 (12.50 %) Telecoms 4 5 (8.929 %) Manufacturing 5 2 (3.571 %) Education 6 1 (1.786 %) Banking 6 1 (1.786 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 17 (30.36 %) Analyst 2 16 (28.57 %) Test Analyst 3 5 (8.929 %) Integration Engineer 3 5 (8.929 %) Embedded C++ Engineer 4 4 (7.143 %) Embedded C Engineer 4 4 (7.143 %) Embedded C/C++ Engineer 4 4 (7.143 %) Administrator 5 3 (5.357 %) Test Engineer 5 3 (5.357 %) Architect 6 2 (3.571 %) Tester 6 2 (3.571 %) Consultant 6 2 (3.571 %) Quality Engineer 6 2 (3.571 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 6 2 (3.571 %) Technical Administrator 6 2 (3.571 %) QA Engineer 7 1 (1.786 %) Coordinator 7 1 (1.786 %) Technical Architect 7 1 (1.786 %) Communications Engineer 7 1 (1.786 %) SharePoint Consultant 7 1 (1.786 %) QA Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 3 (5.357 %) Thin Client 1 3 (5.357 %) Fat Client 2 2 (3.571 %) Handset 3 1 (1.786 %) Replication 3 1 (1.786 %) Clustering 3 1 (1.786 %) Blackberry 3 1 (1.786 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.786 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 21 (37.50 %) Windows 2 8 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003 3 6 (10.71 %) Windows XP 4 2 (3.571 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (1.786 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 40 (71.43 %) SC Cleared 2 13 (23.21 %) Software Testing 3 6 (10.71 %) Document Management 4 4 (7.143 %) Migration 5 3 (5.357 %) Configuration Management 5 3 (5.357 %) Test Scripting 5 3 (5.357 %) BC Cleared 5 3 (5.357 %) DV Cleared 6 2 (3.571 %) QMS 6 2 (3.571 %) System Testing 6 2 (3.571 %) Supply Chain Management 6 2 (3.571 %) Software Engineering 6 2 (3.571 %) Validation 7 1 (1.786 %) Knowledge Management 7 1 (1.786 %) Service Delivery 7 1 (1.786 %) Disaster Recovery 7 1 (1.786 %) Asset Management 7 1 (1.786 %) Data Management 7 1 (1.786 %) Time Management 7 1 (1.786 %) Load Balancing
Programming Languages 1 6 (10.71 %) C 1 6 (10.71 %) C++ 2 5 (8.929 %) Embedded C++ 3 4 (7.143 %) Embedded C 4 2 (3.571 %) SQL 5 1 (1.786 %) Assembly Language	Qualifications 1 15 (26.79 %) ISEB 2 2 (3.571 %) Degree 2 2 (3.571 %) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (5.357 %) QA 2 2 (3.571 %) ISO9001 3 1 (1.786 %) SLA	System Software 1 18 (32.14 %) Active Directory 2 2 (3.571 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 6 (10.71 %) MOM 2 3 (5.357 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 2 (3.571 %) SCCM 3 2 (3.571 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 9 (16.07 %) Microsoft 2 5 (8.929 %) Oracle 2 5 (8.929 %) Citrix 3 4 (7.143 %) VMware 4 3 (5.357 %) Cisco 5 2 (3.571 %) Juniper 5 2 (3.571 %) HP 6 1 (1.786 %) SAP 6 1 (1.786 %) Siebel 6 1 (1.786 %) Peregrine 6 1 (1.786 %) Borland