The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Birmingham 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 18 19 20
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 31 37 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 6.432% 5.745% 5.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.74% 35.92% 30.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 12
Average daily rate £356 £369 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.38% +41.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £306 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £513 £314
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-1.33% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £175.00 - £13.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £22.50 £31.75
% change year-on-year
+17.77% -29.13%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
78 103 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 16.18% 15.99% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 60 46
Average daily rate £350 £305 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.75% +29.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £188 £140
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 7
Average hourly rate £32.50 £17.50 £12.80
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+85.71% +36.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.70 £9.43
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £19.50 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Security Cleared
West Midlands

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 45 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 22 (40.74%) IBM
3 16 (29.63%) Time Management
4 13 (24.07%) Infrastructure Management
4 13 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (20.37%) SQL Server
7 10 (18.52%) Requirements Analysis
8 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 9 (16.67%) .NET
8 9 (16.67%) Web Services
8 9 (16.67%) Linux
8 9 (16.67%) Migration
9 8 (14.81%) WebSphere Process Server
9 8 (14.81%) Project Management
9 8 (14.81%) Windows
9 8 (14.81%) Red Hat
9 8 (14.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (14.81%) Data Migration
9 8 (14.81%) WebSphere
10 7 (12.96%) WCF
10 7 (12.96%) Silverlight
10 7 (12.96%) Windows 7
10 7 (12.96%) SQL Server 2008
10 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (12.96%) Data Modelling
10 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
10 7 (12.96%) UML
10 7 (12.96%) C#
10 7 (12.96%) SQL

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 9 (16.67%) .NET
1 9 (16.67%) Web Services
2 8 (14.81%) WebSphere
3 7 (12.96%) WCF
3 7 (12.96%) Silverlight
4 6 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 6 (11.11%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 5 (9.259%) .NET Framework
5 5 (9.259%) JMS
6 4 (7.407%) Middleware
7 1 (1.852%) WPF
7 1 (1.852%) WF
7 1 (1.852%) Ajax
7 1 (1.852%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (1.852%) ADO.NET
7 1 (1.852%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.852%) CSS
7 1 (1.852%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.81%) WebSphere Process Server
2 7 (12.96%) IIS
3 6 (11.11%) ArcGIS
3 6 (11.11%) IBM HTTP Server
4 4 (7.407%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (3.704%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.852%) SharePoint Foundation
6 1 (1.852%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (1.852%) ESB
6 1 (1.852%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (1.852%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (1.852%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 5 (9.259%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.704%) MS Office
3 1 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.852%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.852%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.704%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.852%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.852%) Misys Midas
2 1 (1.852%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) HTTP
2 5 (9.259%) TCP/IP
3 4 (7.407%) LDAP
3 4 (7.407%) DNS
4 1 (1.852%) xDSL
4 1 (1.852%) Softswitch
4 1 (1.852%) LLU
4 1 (1.852%) Internet
4 1 (1.852%) SAN
4 1 (1.852%) ADSL
4 1 (1.852%) Broadband
4 1 (1.852%) ISDN
4 1 (1.852%) PSTN
4 1 (1.852%) VoIP
4 1 (1.852%) WAN
4 1 (1.852%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.852%) DSLAM
4 1 (1.852%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.96%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (11.11%) DB2
3 6 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.704%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.852%) MySQL
5 1 (1.852%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Visual Studio
2 6 (11.11%) Moq
2 6 (11.11%) MSTest
3 4 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.852%) MSBuild
4 1 (1.852%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (1.852%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.852%) NUnit
General
1 2 (3.704%) Finance
2 1 (1.852%) General Ledger
2 1 (1.852%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (14.81%) Analyst
2 7 (12.96%) Developer
3 6 (11.11%) Programmer
3 6 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 6 (11.11%) Software Developer
3 6 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 6 (11.11%) C# Programmer
3 6 (11.11%) Software Programmer
4 5 (9.259%) Consultant
5 4 (7.407%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (7.407%) .NET Developer
5 4 (7.407%) WebSphere Specialist
5 4 (7.407%) .NET Software Engineer
5 4 (7.407%) .NET Programmer
5 4 (7.407%) C# Software Developer
5 4 (7.407%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (7.407%) .NET Software Developer
6 3 (5.556%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.556%) Data Migration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (11.11%) Client/Server
2 6 (11.11%) RIA
3 4 (7.407%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.852%) PMI
4 1 (1.852%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.852%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.67%) Linux
2 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 8 (14.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (12.96%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.852%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.852%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Time Management
2 13 (24.07%) Infrastructure Management
2 13 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (18.52%) Requirements Analysis
5 9 (16.67%) Migration
6 8 (14.81%) Project Management
6 8 (14.81%) Data Migration
7 7 (12.96%) Data Modelling
7 7 (12.96%) UML
8 6 (11.11%) ETL
8 6 (11.11%) Unit Testing
9 4 (7.407%) Programme Management
9 4 (7.407%) ITIL
9 4 (7.407%) SOA
9 4 (7.407%) Data Management
9 4 (7.407%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (5.556%) Information Assurance
10 3 (5.556%) PRINCE2
10 3 (5.556%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) C#
1 7 (12.96%) SQL
2 1 (1.852%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.852%) VB.NET
2 1 (1.852%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 45 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.407%) ISEB
4 3 (5.556%) Degree
5 2 (3.704%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.852%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.852%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.852%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.852%) CCNA
6 1 (1.852%) CIMA
6 1 (1.852%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.407%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.704%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.852%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.259%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.852%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 22 (40.74%) IBM
2 8 (14.81%) Red Hat
3 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
4 6 (11.11%) ESRI
5 5 (9.259%) Oracle
6 4 (7.407%) Remedy
7 2 (3.704%) Cisco
7 2 (3.704%) BMC
8 1 (1.852%) Ericsson
8 1 (1.852%) NetApp
8 1 (1.852%) Lotus
8 1 (1.852%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.852%) HP
8 1 (1.852%) Cramer
8 1 (1.852%) BT