The first table below looks at the demand for DV Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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 16 36 33
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -3
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 61 38 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 7.512% 3.789% 4.253%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.11% 18.54% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 12 26
Average daily rate £270 £281 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -19.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £375 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £450 £395
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +13.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.50 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+62.00% -28.57%
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
217 205 231
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 26.72% 20.44% 21.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 83 98
Average daily rate £285 £258 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.35% -26.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £113 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £423 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 20
Average hourly rate £18.55 £15.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.66% -9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.10 £11.00 £9.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.55 £49.75 £30.00
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes +14 52 £260 -22.96%
DV Cleared
South East

DV Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1 134 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 90 (67.16%) SC Cleared
3 49 (36.57%) ITIL
4 48 (35.82%) Windows
5 35 (26.12%) PRINCE2
6 30 (22.39%) Microsoft
7 29 (21.64%) Citrix
7 29 (21.64%) MS Project
8 27 (20.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 23 (17.16%) Cisco
10 22 (16.42%) HP
10 22 (16.42%) ITIL V3
11 19 (14.18%) MS Excel
12 17 (12.69%) VMware
13 16 (11.94%) Finance
14 15 (11.19%) MS Exchange
14 15 (11.19%) VMware Infrastructure
15 14 (10.45%) Hyper-V
15 14 (10.45%) SQL
15 14 (10.45%) SAN
15 14 (10.45%) Project Management
15 14 (10.45%) Service Delivery
16 13 (9.701%) Firewall
17 12 (8.955%) UNIX
18 11 (8.209%) Exchange Server 2003
18 11 (8.209%) Linux
19 10 (7.463%) Oracle
19 10 (7.463%) Windows Server 2003
19 10 (7.463%) Cisco Certification
19 10 (7.463%) TCP/IP

DV Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 3 (2.239%) .NET
2 2 (1.493%) J2EE
2 2 (1.493%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.746%) JMS
3 1 (0.746%) COM
3 1 (0.746%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 15 (11.19%) MS Exchange
2 11 (8.209%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (3.731%) Lync
4 4 (2.985%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (2.985%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.985%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (2.985%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (1.493%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (1.493%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.493%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (21.64%) MS Project
2 19 (14.18%) MS Excel
3 9 (6.716%) MS Office
4 5 (3.731%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.985%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (2.239%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.493%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.45%) SAN
2 13 (9.701%) Firewall
3 10 (7.463%) TCP/IP
4 8 (5.970%) LAN
5 7 (5.224%) WAN
5 7 (5.224%) DHCP
6 4 (2.985%) DNS
6 4 (2.985%) NAS
7 3 (2.239%) Internet
7 3 (2.239%) VPN
7 3 (2.239%) IPsec
8 1 (0.746%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.746%) Network Security
8 1 (0.746%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.746%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.746%) VoIP
8 1 (0.746%) Intranet
8 1 (0.746%) SMTP
8 1 (0.746%) DDNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.478%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.493%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (1.493%) ClearQuest
1 2 (1.493%) ClearCase
General
1 16 (11.94%) Finance
Job Titles
1 31 (23.13%) Analyst
2 18 (13.43%) Project Manager
3 14 (10.45%) Support Analyst
3 14 (10.45%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (9.701%) Architect
5 12 (8.955%) Project Support Officer
5 12 (8.955%) Project Officer
6 9 (6.716%) Technical Architect
7 8 (5.970%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.224%) Consultant
8 7 (5.224%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.478%) Administrator
10 5 (3.731%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (3.731%) Team Leader
10 5 (3.731%) Support Engineer
11 4 (2.985%) Business Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.985%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.985%) Security Analyst
11 4 (2.985%) Service Manager
11 4 (2.985%) Project Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.970%) Cryptography
2 7 (5.224%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (3.731%) Blackberry
4 4 (2.985%) Clustering
4 4 (2.985%) CESG
5 3 (2.239%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.493%) RMADS
7 1 (0.746%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (35.82%) Windows
2 27 (20.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (8.955%) UNIX
4 11 (8.209%) Linux
5 10 (7.463%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (6.716%) Windows 7
7 8 (5.970%) Windows Vista
8 4 (2.985%) Windows 8
9 3 (2.239%) CentOS
9 3 (2.239%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.746%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.746%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.57%) ITIL
2 35 (26.12%) PRINCE2
3 22 (16.42%) ITIL V3
4 14 (10.45%) Project Management
4 14 (10.45%) Service Delivery
5 10 (7.463%) Process Architecture
6 9 (6.716%) Change Management
7 8 (5.970%) Service Management
8 7 (5.224%) Business Analysis
8 7 (5.224%) Requirements Engineering
9 6 (4.478%) Scrum
9 6 (4.478%) Project Planning
9 6 (4.478%) Systems Analysis
10 5 (3.731%) Information Assurance
11 4 (2.985%) Configuration Management
11 4 (2.985%) Validation
11 4 (2.985%) PRINCE
11 4 (2.985%) UML
11 4 (2.985%) Capacity Management
11 4 (2.985%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.45%) SQL
2 3 (2.239%) C#
3 2 (1.493%) Java
3 2 (1.493%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 134 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 90 (67.16%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.463%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (7.463%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 9 (6.716%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 8 (5.970%) MCSE
5 8 (5.970%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.970%) ISEB
6 7 (5.224%) MCP
7 6 (4.478%) HNC
7 6 (4.478%) HND
7 6 (4.478%) CISSP
8 5 (3.731%) CCSP
9 4 (2.985%) CCNA
9 4 (2.985%) GSAE
10 2 (1.493%) CISM
10 2 (1.493%) CCIE
10 2 (1.493%) CCNP
11 1 (0.746%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.478%) SLA
1 6 (4.478%) QA
2 1 (0.746%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 15 (11.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (10.45%) Hyper-V
3 8 (5.970%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.985%) vSphere
5 2 (1.493%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.746%) XenApp
6 1 (0.746%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 9 (6.716%) Backup Exec
2 7 (5.224%) OpenView
3 5 (3.731%) SCOM
4 4 (2.985%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (2.985%) SCCM
4 4 (2.985%) Opalis
4 4 (2.985%) OVSD
5 3 (2.239%) WSUS
6 1 (0.746%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 30 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.64%) Citrix
3 23 (17.16%) Cisco
4 22 (16.42%) HP
5 17 (12.69%) VMware
6 10 (7.463%) Oracle
7 5 (3.731%) Compaq
8 4 (2.985%) Sun
8 4 (2.985%) Juniper
8 4 (2.985%) StorageTek
8 4 (2.985%) F5
9 3 (2.239%) Lumension
10 1 (0.746%) Brocade
10 1 (0.746%) Finjan
10 1 (0.746%) Red Hat
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Change Analyst, ITIL v3, HP Service Manager, SC Security Cleared is required by our government, public sector organisation based in Milton Keynes, Bucks, South East with occasional travel...
Smart Sourcing
Rate: Unspecified daily rate c.£250-350 daily
Posted: 21 May 2013