The first table below looks at the demand for DV Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DV 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 Berkshire 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
Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Rank 104 87 94
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +7
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 18 51 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.734% 1.590% 1.230%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.082% 6.589% 5.180%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 11
Average daily rate £400 £338 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% -11.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £194 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £428 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £450 £395
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +13.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £22.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.50 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+62.00% -28.57%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
584 774 695
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.81% 24.13% 23.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 291 232
Average daily rate £375 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £213 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 40
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £47.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
DV Cleared
South East

DV Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire DV Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire DV Cleared Daily Rate Trend

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DV Cleared across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire DV Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire DV Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

DV Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +5 14 £400 -
Bracknell -24 3 £300 +25.00%
DV Cleared
South East

DV Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing DV 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 DV Cleared.

1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (52.94%) SC Cleared
3 11 (32.35%) Meridio
4 9 (26.47%) Windows
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco
5 4 (11.76%) PMI Certification
5 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
6 3 (8.824%) MSI
6 3 (8.824%) McAfee
6 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
6 3 (8.824%) Citrix
6 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
6 3 (8.824%) SQL
6 3 (8.824%) PMP
6 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (8.824%) Telecoms
6 3 (8.824%) VMware
6 3 (8.824%) Unit Testing
6 3 (8.824%) SCCM
6 3 (8.824%) SCOM
7 2 (5.882%) Change Management
7 2 (5.882%) Finance
7 2 (5.882%) Logistics
7 2 (5.882%) Software Distribution
7 2 (5.882%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (5.882%) Unified Communications
7 2 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.882%) ITIL
7 2 (5.882%) LAN

DV Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing DV 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 DV Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) .NET
1 1 (2.941%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) Apache
1 1 (2.941%) Tomcat
1 1 (2.941%) WebLogic
1 1 (2.941%) IIS
1 1 (2.941%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) Unified Communications
1 2 (5.882%) LAN
1 2 (5.882%) WAN
1 2 (5.882%) SAN
2 1 (2.941%) NetScreen
2 1 (2.941%) Intranet
2 1 (2.941%) Internet
2 1 (2.941%) DHCP
2 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.941%) DNS
2 1 (2.941%) Junos
2 1 (2.941%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.941%) Firewall
2 1 (2.941%) IPsec
2 1 (2.941%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.941%) EDRMS
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (8.824%) MSI
2 1 (2.941%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (8.824%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.882%) Finance
3 1 (2.941%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Designer
2 10 (29.41%) Solutions Designer
3 4 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 3 (8.824%) Applications Packager
4 3 (8.824%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.882%) Server Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 2 (5.882%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.882%) Server Support
6 1 (2.941%) Architect
6 1 (2.941%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Network Support Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (2.941%) Administrator
6 1 (2.941%) Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) IT Consultant
6 1 (2.941%) Technical Architect
6 1 (2.941%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) PMI
1 2 (5.882%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.941%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Windows
2 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.941%) UNIX
3 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.941%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
2 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
2 3 (8.824%) Unit Testing
3 2 (5.882%) Change Management
3 2 (5.882%) Logistics
3 2 (5.882%) Software Distribution
3 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (5.882%) ITIL
3 2 (5.882%) Project Management
4 1 (2.941%) Quality Management
4 1 (2.941%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.941%) Information Assurance
4 1 (2.941%) Migration
4 1 (2.941%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (2.941%) Workflow
4 1 (2.941%) Requirements Management
4 1 (2.941%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.824%) SQL
2 1 (2.941%) C#
2 1 (2.941%) Java
2 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.941%) VB
2 1 (2.941%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (52.94%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) PMI Certification
4 3 (8.824%) PMP
5 2 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.941%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.941%) CCNA
6 1 (2.941%) HNC
6 1 (2.941%) HND
6 1 (2.941%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
1 1 (2.941%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.941%) vSphere
1 1 (2.941%) XenApp
1 1 (2.941%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (8.824%) SCCM
1 3 (8.824%) SCOM
2 2 (5.882%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (2.941%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Meridio
2 4 (11.76%) Cisco
3 3 (8.824%) McAfee
3 3 (8.824%) Citrix
3 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.824%) VMware
4 1 (2.941%) CA
4 1 (2.941%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.941%) Juniper
4 1 (2.941%) HP
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle
4 1 (2.941%) Lumension
Bracknell, Berkshire
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