Bristol Security Cleared Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Security Clearance in IT contracts within the Bristol region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aldershot Andover Banbury Barrow-in-Furness Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Blandford Forum Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bradford-on-Avon Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Filton Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Hendon Henlow Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lanarkshire Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwood Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shefford Shropshire Sleaford Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southam Southampton Southend-on-Sea Spalding St Albans Stamford Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Torpoint Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warminster Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville Wells West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weymouth Whitehaven Wiltshire Winchester Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	4	12
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	95	54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.190 %	0.068 %
As % of the category below	62.91 %	33.33 %
Daily rates quoted	10	13
Average minimum daily rate	£500	£392
Average daily rate	£523	£398
% change on same period last year	+31.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£546	£404
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£399
% change on same period last year	-3.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	50	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.70	£26.69
Average hourly rate	£34.74	£28.00
% change on same period last year	+24.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.78	£29.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.99	£30.92
% change on same period last year	+0.20 %
Qualifications Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	151	162
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.303 %	0.203 %
Daily rates quoted	36	47
Average minimum daily rate	£398	£351
Average daily rate	£419	£358
% change on same period last year	+17.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£440	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£364
% change on same period last year	-3.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.63	£27.39
Average hourly rate	£30.86	£28.82
% change on same period last year	+7.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.08	£30.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.27	£27.12
% change on same period last year	+4.26 %
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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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications 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 Bristol region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

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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 Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 92 (57.50 %) SC Cleared 2 39 (24.38 %) MATLAB 3 36 (22.50 %) C 4 35 (21.88 %) Government 5 32 (20.00 %) Simulink 6 25 (15.63 %) UNIX 7 21 (13.13 %) Windows 7 21 (13.13 %) Solaris 7 21 (13.13 %) NetBackup 8 20 (12.50 %) VERITAS 9 19 (11.88 %) Symantec 10 18 (11.25 %) HP 10 18 (11.25 %) SQL Server 11 17 (10.63 %) UML 11 17 (10.63 %) Fortran

12 15 (9.375 %) Ada 12 15 (9.375 %) SAN 12 15 (9.375 %) .NET 13 13 (8.125 %) C++ 13 13 (8.125 %) SQL 13 13 (8.125 %) ASP.NET 13 13 (8.125 %) Aerospace 14 12 (7.500 %) SQL Server 2000 14 12 (7.500 %) Military 15 10 (6.250 %) Degree 15 10 (6.250 %) MS Project 15 10 (6.250 %) Java 16 9 (5.625 %) SAP 17 8 (5.000 %) Oracle 18 7 (4.375 %) Local Government

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 15 (9.375 %) .NET 2 13 (8.125 %) ASP.NET 3 5 (3.125 %) XML 4 4 (2.500 %) SOAP 4 4 (2.500 %) MFC 4 4 (2.500 %) WebSphere 5 3 (1.875 %) SWT 5 3 (1.875 %) J2SE 6 2 (1.250 %) CGI 6 2 (1.250 %) Adobe Flex 6 2 (1.250 %) SAP PI 6 2 (1.250 %) XSLT 6 2 (1.250 %) CORBA 7 1 (0.625 %) OpenGL 7 1 (0.625 %) DirectX 7 1 (0.625 %) Middleware 7 1 (0.625 %) LuciadMap 7 1 (0.625 %) ASP 7 1 (0.625 %) CSS 7 1 (0.625 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 4 (2.500 %) WebSphere MQ 1 4 (2.500 %) WebSphere Message Broker 2 3 (1.875 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (1.250 %) ESB 3 2 (1.250 %) CMS 4 1 (0.625 %) Oracle Workflow 4 1 (0.625 %) Oracle Application Server 4 1 (0.625 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.625 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (0.625 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 1 (0.625 %) Oracle 9iAS 4 1 (0.625 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 39 (24.38 %) MATLAB 2 32 (20.00 %) Simulink 3 10 (6.250 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.625 %) MS Excel 4 1 (0.625 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (1.250 %) SAP SRM 2 1 (0.625 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (0.625 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (0.625 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 15 (9.375 %) SAN 2 5 (3.125 %) SNMP 3 4 (2.500 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (1.875 %) LDAP 4 3 (1.875 %) Firewall 5 2 (1.250 %) Network Security 6 1 (0.625 %) Intranet 6 1 (0.625 %) DHCP 6 1 (0.625 %) DNS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (11.25 %) SQL Server 2 12 (7.500 %) SQL Server 2000 3 4 (2.500 %) DB2 4 3 (1.875 %) GIS 5 2 (1.250 %) Oracle 9i 5 2 (1.250 %) Oracle 10g 6 1 (0.625 %) SAP BI 6 1 (0.625 %) Oracle Reports 6 1 (0.625 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (0.625 %) Oracle OWB 6 1 (0.625 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 4 (2.500 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (1.875 %) Eclipse 3 2 (1.250 %) InstallShield 4 1 (0.625 %) PVCS 4 1 (0.625 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (0.625 %) WinRunner 4 1 (0.625 %) TestDirector 4 1 (0.625 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (0.625 %) ARTiSAN	General 1 35 (21.88 %) Government 2 13 (8.125 %) Aerospace 3 12 (7.500 %) Military 4 7 (4.375 %) Local Government 5 5 (3.125 %) Electric 6 4 (2.500 %) Telecoms 7 3 (1.875 %) Avionics 8 1 (0.625 %) Finance 8 1 (0.625 %) Education 8 1 (0.625 %) Health 8 1 (0.625 %) Manufacturing 8 1 (0.625 %) Games
Job Titles 1 25 (15.63 %) Systems Engineer 2 24 (15.00 %) Developer 3 21 (13.13 %) Analyst 4 17 (10.63 %) Software Engineer 5 10 (6.250 %) Architect 5 10 (6.250 %) Operations Analyst 5 10 (6.250 %) Storage Engineer 5 10 (6.250 %) VERITAS Engineer 6 8 (5.000 %) Consultant 6 8 (5.000 %) Desktop Engineer 7 6 (3.750 %) Desktop Support 7 6 (3.750 %) Support Engineer 8 5 (3.125 %) Administrator 8 5 (3.125 %) Project Manager 9 4 (2.500 %) Business Analyst 9 4 (2.500 %) Desktop Support Engineer 9 4 (2.500 %) Analyst Developer 9 4 (2.500 %) Security Architect 10 3 (1.875 %) Enterprise Architect 10 3 (1.875 %) Security Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 5 (3.125 %) Physics 2 3 (1.875 %) Management Information System 3 1 (0.625 %) Derivative 3 1 (0.625 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 25 (15.63 %) UNIX 2 21 (13.13 %) Windows 2 21 (13.13 %) Solaris 3 7 (4.375 %) AIX 4 4 (2.500 %) Windows Server 2003 5 3 (1.875 %) HPUX 5 3 (1.875 %) Linux 5 3 (1.875 %) Windows 2000 6 2 (1.250 %) VxWorks 6 2 (1.250 %) Red Hat Linux 7 1 (0.625 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.625 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (10.63 %) UML 2 6 (3.750 %) Service Delivery 2 6 (3.750 %) Enterprise Architecture 3 5 (3.125 %) TOGAF 3 5 (3.125 %) Workflow 3 5 (3.125 %) ITIL 4 4 (2.500 %) EAI 5 3 (1.875 %) Business Intelligence 5 3 (1.875 %) Validation 5 3 (1.875 %) Configuration Management 5 3 (1.875 %) Project Management 5 3 (1.875 %) MODAF 5 3 (1.875 %) Problem Management 6 2 (1.250 %) Risk Analysis 6 2 (1.250 %) Requirements Management 6 2 (1.250 %) Project Planning 6 2 (1.250 %) SysML 6 2 (1.250 %) Logistics 6 2 (1.250 %) PRINCE2 6 2 (1.250 %) Business Analysis
Programming Languages 1 36 (22.50 %) C 2 17 (10.63 %) Fortran 3 15 (9.375 %) Ada 4 13 (8.125 %) SQL 4 13 (8.125 %) C++ 5 10 (6.250 %) Java 6 4 (2.500 %) C# 7 3 (1.875 %) Perl 8 2 (1.250 %) Shell Script 9 1 (0.625 %) Embedded C 9 1 (0.625 %) Tcl 9 1 (0.625 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 92 (57.50 %) SC Cleared 2 10 (6.250 %) Degree 3 7 (4.375 %) BC Cleared 4 1 (0.625 %) DV Cleared 4 1 (0.625 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.625 %) Microsoft Certification 4 1 (0.625 %) MCTS 4 1 (0.625 %) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.625 %) ISO9000 1 1 (0.625 %) BS7799 1 1 (0.625 %) COBIT	System Software 1 21 (13.13 %) NetBackup 2 3 (1.875 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (1.250 %) Active Directory 3 2 (1.250 %) MailMarshal 4 1 (0.625 %) Oracle RAC 4 1 (0.625 %) VMware GSX 4 1 (0.625 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (0.625 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 7 (4.375 %) Legato 1 7 (4.375 %) EMC NetWorker 2 3 (1.875 %) Unicenter 2 3 (1.875 %) Netcool 3 1 (0.625 %) Tivoli 3 1 (0.625 %) Tivoli Identity Manager	Vendors 1 20 (12.50 %) VERITAS 2 19 (11.88 %) Symantec 3 18 (11.25 %) HP 4 9 (5.625 %) SAP 5 8 (5.000 %) Oracle 6 3 (1.875 %) EMC 6 3 (1.875 %) Cisco 6 3 (1.875 %) IBM 6 3 (1.875 %) Microsoft 7 2 (1.250 %) ESRI 7 2 (1.250 %) Red Hat 8 1 (0.625 %) Lotus 8 1 (0.625 %) VMware 8 1 (0.625 %) Serena 8 1 (0.625 %) Dell