The first table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Cleared over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 6 11 7
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 279 269 355
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 11.65% 8.553% 11.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.27% 35.54% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 122 110
Average daily rate £400 £343 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.78% -8.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 12
Average hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £31.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -37.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.70 £14.34
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.10 £42.50 £47.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
578 757 710
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 24.13% 24.07% 23.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 282 242
Average daily rate £375 £333 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.78% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £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 14 15 41
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £21.66
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -16.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £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%
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bracknell +1 107 £300 +46.34%
Reading -2 105 £450 +23.28%
Slough -17 8 - -
Newbury - 3 £375 -
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 345 (80.99%) SC Cleared
2 155 (36.38%) Windows
3 110 (25.82%) Microsoft
4 79 (18.54%) Active Directory
5 78 (18.31%) SQL
6 68 (15.96%) VMware
7 67 (15.73%) Windows Server 2003
8 60 (14.08%) Migration
9 58 (13.62%) Windows Server 2008
10 57 (13.38%) Oracle
11 55 (12.91%) SQL Server
11 55 (12.91%) SharePoint
11 55 (12.91%) VMware Infrastructure
12 46 (10.80%) .NET
13 45 (10.56%) Citrix
14 42 (9.859%) C#
14 42 (9.859%) Windows XP
14 42 (9.859%) Meridio
15 40 (9.390%) Windows 7
16 37 (8.685%) DV Cleared
17 34 (7.981%) ITIL
18 33 (7.746%) SAN
18 33 (7.746%) SharePoint Server
19 32 (7.512%) SCCM
19 32 (7.512%) MS Excel
20 31 (7.277%) HP
21 29 (6.808%) Configuration Management
22 28 (6.573%) VB
23 27 (6.338%) Internet
24 26 (6.103%) LAN

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 46 (10.80%) .NET
2 20 (4.695%) ASP.NET
3 17 (3.991%) Web Services
3 17 (3.991%) XML
4 12 (2.817%) .NET Framework
5 11 (2.582%) WCF
6 10 (2.347%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 9 (2.113%) WF
8 3 (0.704%) CSS
8 3 (0.704%) AppFabric
9 2 (0.469%) Application Packaging
9 2 (0.469%) WinForms
9 2 (0.469%) SAML
9 2 (0.469%) HTML
10 1 (0.235%) XSLT
10 1 (0.235%) J2EE
10 1 (0.235%) COM
10 1 (0.235%) ArcObjects
10 1 (0.235%) jQuery
10 1 (0.235%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 55 (12.91%) SharePoint
2 33 (7.746%) SharePoint Server
3 20 (4.695%) IIS
4 16 (3.756%) MS Exchange
5 14 (3.286%) Tomcat
6 13 (3.052%) Exchange Server 2003
7 12 (2.817%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (1.408%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (1.174%) Documentum
10 4 (0.939%) Windows Azure
11 3 (0.704%) Apache
11 3 (0.704%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.704%) MS Project Server
11 3 (0.704%) SharePoint 2010
12 2 (0.469%) CM System
12 2 (0.469%) GlassFish
12 2 (0.469%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.235%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.235%) Site Server
13 1 (0.235%) ESB
Applications
1 32 (7.512%) MS Excel
2 25 (5.869%) MS Office
3 5 (1.174%) MS Project
4 2 (0.469%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.235%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.704%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.469%) ResourceLink
2 2 (0.469%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.235%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.235%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.235%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 33 (7.746%) SAN
2 27 (6.338%) Internet
3 26 (6.103%) LAN
4 25 (5.869%) WAN
5 17 (3.991%) Firewall
6 11 (2.582%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.582%) Network Security
7 10 (2.347%) Ethernet
7 10 (2.347%) ADSL
8 9 (2.113%) LDAP
9 8 (1.878%) Intranet
9 8 (1.878%) MPLS
9 8 (1.878%) BGP
9 8 (1.878%) VPN
9 8 (1.878%) ATM
10 7 (1.643%) RIP
10 7 (1.643%) SDH
10 7 (1.643%) OSPF
10 7 (1.643%) Frame Relay
10 7 (1.643%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.91%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.460%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (3.286%) Oracle 8/8i
4 12 (2.817%) IDOL
5 11 (2.582%) EDRMS
6 10 (2.347%) DTS
6 10 (2.347%) OLAP
7 5 (1.174%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (0.939%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (0.939%) GIS
9 3 (0.704%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.704%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (0.469%) SQLite
11 1 (0.235%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.235%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (5.399%) Visual Studio
2 14 (3.286%) LoadRunner
3 6 (1.408%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (1.408%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (1.174%) MSI
4 5 (1.174%) StarTeam
5 4 (0.939%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.469%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.469%) Subversion
6 2 (0.469%) TestPartner
6 2 (0.469%) ProC
6 2 (0.469%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.235%) PVCS
7 1 (0.235%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (0.235%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (6.103%) Telecoms
2 11 (2.582%) Finance
3 3 (0.704%) Marketing
4 1 (0.235%) Legal
4 1 (0.235%) Back Office
4 1 (0.235%) Military
4 1 (0.235%) Billing
Job Titles
1 76 (17.84%) Architect
2 46 (10.80%) Analyst
3 35 (8.216%) Developer
4 28 (6.573%) Consultant
5 24 (5.634%) Support Engineer
6 20 (4.695%) Test Manager
6 20 (4.695%) Project Manager
7 19 (4.460%) Designer
8 18 (4.225%) Test Analyst
9 17 (3.991%) SharePoint Developer
10 16 (3.756%) Tester
11 15 (3.521%) Integration Engineer
12 14 (3.286%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.052%) Technical Architect
14 11 (2.582%) Solutions Designer
14 11 (2.582%) Security Architect
14 11 (2.582%) Server Engineer
15 10 (2.347%) Network Engineer
16 9 (2.113%) C# Developer
16 9 (2.113%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.930%) Blackberry
2 16 (3.756%) CESG
3 11 (2.582%) RMADS
4 8 (1.878%) PKI
5 5 (1.174%) CESG CLAS
6 4 (0.939%) PDA
6 4 (0.939%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.704%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.469%) Open Source
8 2 (0.469%) Computer Science
8 2 (0.469%) e-Health
8 2 (0.469%) PMI
8 2 (0.469%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.235%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.235%) Replication
9 1 (0.235%) Handset
9 1 (0.235%) Clustering
9 1 (0.235%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.235%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.235%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 155 (36.38%) Windows
2 67 (15.73%) Windows Server 2003
3 58 (13.62%) Windows Server 2008
4 42 (9.859%) Windows XP
5 40 (9.390%) Windows 7
6 12 (2.817%) UNIX
7 7 (1.643%) Linux
8 6 (1.408%) Windows 2000
9 5 (1.174%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.939%) Windows Vista
10 4 (0.939%) HPUX
10 4 (0.939%) Solaris
11 3 (0.704%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (0.469%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.235%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (14.08%) Migration
2 34 (7.981%) ITIL
3 29 (6.808%) Configuration Management
4 20 (4.695%) Change Control
5 19 (4.460%) Test Scripting
5 19 (4.460%) Validation
6 17 (3.991%) Project Management
6 17 (3.991%) Service Delivery
6 17 (3.991%) Regression Testing
7 16 (3.756%) Release Management
7 16 (3.756%) PRINCE2
7 16 (3.756%) Workflow
8 15 (3.521%) Incident Management
9 14 (3.286%) Information Security
10 13 (3.052%) Test Automation
11 12 (2.817%) Data Migration
11 12 (2.817%) TOGAF
12 11 (2.582%) Technical Architecture
13 10 (2.347%) Non-Functional Testing
13 10 (2.347%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.31%) SQL
2 42 (9.859%) C#
3 28 (6.573%) VB
4 16 (3.756%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.347%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.643%) C
7 6 (1.408%) VBScript
7 6 (1.408%) Python
8 5 (1.174%) C++
8 5 (1.174%) Java
9 4 (0.939%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.704%) VBA
10 3 (0.704%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.469%) VB6
11 2 (0.469%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.469%) Perl
11 2 (0.469%) PHP
12 1 (0.235%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 345 (80.99%) SC Cleared
2 37 (8.685%) DV Cleared
3 17 (3.991%) CCNA
3 17 (3.991%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (2.582%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.113%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (1.878%) CCNP
7 6 (1.408%) MCSE
8 5 (1.174%) CISSP
8 5 (1.174%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.174%) CISA
8 5 (1.174%) CISM
9 4 (0.939%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.939%) ISEB
9 4 (0.939%) PMP
9 4 (0.939%) MCSD
10 3 (0.704%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.469%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.469%) Degree
11 2 (0.469%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.817%) PCI DSS
1 12 (2.817%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.582%) SLA
3 3 (0.704%) QA
3 3 (0.704%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.235%) Data Quality
System Software
1 79 (18.54%) Active Directory
2 55 (12.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.521%) Xen
4 14 (3.286%) VMware Workstation
5 13 (3.052%) VMware ESX
6 9 (2.113%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (1.643%) XenDesktop
7 7 (1.643%) vSphere
8 6 (1.408%) XenApp
9 5 (1.174%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.469%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.469%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.235%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.235%) XenServer
11 1 (0.235%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (7.512%) SCCM
2 25 (5.869%) SCOM
3 21 (4.930%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 19 (4.460%) HP Quality Center
5 9 (2.113%) Tivoli
6 7 (1.643%) MIMEsweeper
7 3 (0.704%) Opalis
7 3 (0.704%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (0.704%) HP UCMDB
8 1 (0.235%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 110 (25.82%) Microsoft
2 68 (15.96%) VMware
3 57 (13.38%) Oracle
4 45 (10.56%) Citrix
5 42 (9.859%) Meridio
6 31 (7.277%) HP
7 21 (4.930%) Cisco
8 19 (4.460%) CA
9 8 (1.878%) McAfee
10 6 (1.408%) Verint
10 6 (1.408%) NetApp
10 6 (1.408%) Peregrine
11 5 (1.174%) Fujitsu
12 4 (0.939%) AppSense
13 3 (0.704%) EMC
13 3 (0.704%) BT
13 3 (0.704%) Serena
14 2 (0.469%) Polycom
14 2 (0.469%) ESRI
14 2 (0.469%) Cramer
Bracknell, Berkshire
Project Manager - Security Cleared - Infrastructure Projects. My client is looking for a Project Manager for a 6 month contract based in Bracknell. The role requires an experienced infrastructure...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £346 - £356 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
3rd level server engineer- SCCM OR SCOM - SECURITY CLEARED My client is looking for an experienced 3rd line Engineer for a contract position in Bracknell. The role is...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £340 - £342 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Berkshire, South East
Home Office SC security cleared Server Engineer`s required with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- We are looking for Server Engineer`s with existing Home...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire, South East
We are looking for SC security cleared Microsoft certified Server Engineer`s with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- The successful candidate`s will have the...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Sharepoint Consultant SC Cleared - or Clearable Reading Very good daily rate Key Skills : XML Web Services SQL Server 2005 Architecture MOSS 2007 Design MOSS 2007 The Moss Designer...
Sanderson
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
Skills required:The ideal candidate will have: - Extensive experience working with Windows 2003 Admin - Strong experience working with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) - Good Microsoft .NET platform (...
Treadstone-ERP
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire
SC Cleared Microsoft Solution Architect - 2 year contract - Berkshire... Skills required: The ideal candidate will have: - Extensive experience working with Windows 2003 Admin - Strong experience working with Microsoft...
Treadstone ERP
Rate: Unspecified Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Security Designer/Architect -SECURITY CLEARED... My client however is looking for candidates ONLY that specialise in at LEAST TWO of the following: Firewalls - Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper Intrusion Prevention -...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £460 - £463 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
LOCATION: READING DURATION: 6 MONTH INITIAL CONTRACT The Information Management Lead is responsible for managing the interface with the Customer & their representatives for all Information Management components within...
LA International
Posted: 23 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
LOCATION: READING DURATION: 6 MONTH INITIAL CONTRACT The role of an general Integrator is to apply and verify the installation of proposed changes to Infrastructure. 1. Reviewing the...
LA International
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
We urgently require a Marketing Executive to work onsite in Berkshire... The ideal candidate will be a strong analytical thinker who is process oriented, have the ability to...
LA International
Rate: Market Rates Apply
Posted: 21 May 2013