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The table below looks at the demand for Security Check (SC) Clearance skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank47
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads308205
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.438 %0.207 %
As % of the category below40.85 %23.30 %
Daily rates quoted13980
Average minimum daily rate£299£354
Average daily rate£324£369
% change on same period last year-12.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£367
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted4318
Average minimum hourly rate£19.88£25.69
Average hourly rate£20.35£26.45
% change on same period last year-23.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.82£27.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.47£30.20
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads754880
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.072 %0.889 %
Daily rates quoted271278
Average minimum daily rate£311£323
Average daily rate£335£342
% change on same period last year-1.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted8487
Average minimum hourly rate£21.41£29.15
Average hourly rate£22.54£30.20
% change on same period last year-25.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.67£31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
SC Cleared South EastSC Cleared
South East

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.

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire SC Cleared Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SC Cleared across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Buckinghamshire SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Buckinghamshire SC Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesUp+2276£325-17.36 %
SC Cleared South EastSC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing SC 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 SC Cleared.

1502 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2252 (50.20 %)Government
3181 (36.06 %)Windows
484 (16.73 %)ITIL
484 (16.73 %)Finance
581 (16.14 %)Cisco
677 (15.34 %)HP
776 (15.14 %)Active Directory
776 (15.14 %)DV Cleared
867 (13.35 %)Microsoft
964 (12.75 %)Windows Vista
1060 (11.95 %)Microsoft Certification
1158 (11.55 %)Windows Server 2003
1255 (10.96 %)Migration
1351 (10.16 %)OVOW
1449 (9.761 %)ITSM
1449 (9.761 %)LAN
1547 (9.363 %)WAN
1644 (8.765 %)MS Exchange
1644 (8.765 %)MS Office
1644 (8.765 %)OpenView
1743 (8.566 %)MCSE
1841 (8.167 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1938 (7.570 %)PRINCE2
1938 (7.570 %)Legal
2037 (7.371 %)SQL Server
2136 (7.171 %)Windows XP
2136 (7.171 %)Cisco Certification
2136 (7.171 %)Telecoms
2235 (6.972 %)Windows 2000

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing SC 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 SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (1.394 %)HTML
26 (1.195 %).NET
35 (0.996 %)XML
44 (0.797 %)ASP
52 (0.398 %)J2SE
61 (0.199 %)Hibernate
61 (0.199 %)WinForms
61 (0.199 %)ASP.NET
61 (0.199 %)Swing
61 (0.199 %)Spring
61 (0.199 %).NET Framework
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (8.765 %)MS Exchange
224 (4.781 %)Exchange Server 2007
323 (4.582 %)Exchange Server 5.5
412 (2.390 %)Exchange Server 2003
55 (0.996 %)IIS
64 (0.797 %)Apache
73 (0.598 %)SharePoint
73 (0.598 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
82 (0.398 %)Exchange Server 2000
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
144 (8.765 %)MS Office
228 (5.578 %)MS Excel
314 (2.789 %)MS Project
48 (1.594 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (0.598 %)MS Visio
53 (0.598 %)Spreadsheet
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (1.594 %)Oracle ERP
22 (0.398 %)WebTrends
31 (0.199 %)Oracle EBS
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
149 (9.761 %)LAN
247 (9.363 %)WAN
333 (6.574 %)Firewall
421 (4.183 %)Internet
421 (4.183 %)DNS
520 (3.984 %)Intranet
520 (3.984 %)SAN
615 (2.988 %)3G
714 (2.789 %)Cisco PIX
810 (1.992 %)Intrusion Detection
810 (1.992 %)DHCP
810 (1.992 %)Ethernet
98 (1.594 %)VLAN
98 (1.594 %)SSH
98 (1.594 %)SNMP
106 (1.195 %)TCP/IP
115 (0.996 %)2G
123 (0.598 %)DSLAM
123 (0.598 %)DSL
123 (0.598 %)LLU
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
137 (7.371 %)SQL Server
26 (1.195 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
26 (1.195 %)DTS
26 (1.195 %)OLAP
33 (0.598 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (0.598 %)Oracle 10g
33 (0.598 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (0.598 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.199 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.199 %)MySQL
41 (0.199 %)MS Access
41 (0.199 %)Datawarehouse
41 (0.199 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (0.199 %)Oracle BI EE
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.598 %)ARTiSAN
22 (0.398 %)TestDirector
31 (0.199 %)PVCS
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1252 (50.20 %)Government
284 (16.73 %)Finance
338 (7.570 %)Legal
436 (7.171 %)Telecoms
511 (2.191 %)Auditing
64 (0.797 %)Avionics
64 (0.797 %)Police
73 (0.598 %)Military
73 (0.598 %)Insurance
82 (0.398 %)Education
82 (0.398 %)Electric
91 (0.199 %)Health
91 (0.199 %)Criminal Justice
91 (0.199 %)Back Office
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
187 (17.33 %)Consultant
262 (12.35 %)Analyst
335 (6.972 %)Project Manager
426 (5.179 %)Technical Consultant
523 (4.582 %)Architect
523 (4.582 %)Network Engineer
621 (4.183 %)Support Analyst
719 (3.785 %)Developer
817 (3.386 %)1st Line Support
817 (3.386 %)Administrator
817 (3.386 %)Design Engineer
914 (2.789 %)Network Design Engineer
914 (2.789 %)Helpdesk Analyst
914 (2.789 %)DBA
1013 (2.590 %)SQL DBA
1013 (2.590 %)Problem Manager
1013 (2.590 %)Exchange Consultant
1112 (2.390 %)Server Specialist
1112 (2.390 %)Project Officer
1112 (2.390 %)Active Directory Specialist
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (2.191 %)Clustering
28 (1.594 %)Replication
37 (1.394 %)CESG
37 (1.394 %)Blackberry
45 (0.996 %)Thin Client
45 (0.996 %)Fat Client
54 (0.797 %)Computer Science
54 (0.797 %)PDA
63 (0.598 %)Client/Server
63 (0.598 %)IPTV
72 (0.398 %)CCTV
72 (0.398 %)VHDL
81 (0.199 %)Tandem
81 (0.199 %)CESG CLAS
81 (0.199 %)Management Information System
81 (0.199 %)Firmware
81 (0.199 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1181 (36.06 %)Windows
264 (12.75 %)Windows Vista
358 (11.55 %)Windows Server 2003
436 (7.171 %)Windows XP
535 (6.972 %)Windows 2000
631 (6.175 %)Windows Server 2008
710 (1.992 %)Windows NT
83 (0.598 %)Solaris
92 (0.398 %)Linux
92 (0.398 %)UNIX
101 (0.199 %)HPUX
101 (0.199 %)Windows 2000 Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1502 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
284 (16.73 %)ITIL
376 (15.14 %)DV Cleared
455 (10.96 %)Migration
549 (9.761 %)ITSM
638 (7.570 %)PRINCE2
730 (5.976 %)Project Management
825 (4.980 %)Network Design
917 (3.386 %)Operations Management
1015 (2.988 %)Problem Management
1110 (1.992 %)Project Planning
1110 (1.992 %)Risk Management
129 (1.793 %)Service Delivery
129 (1.793 %)Incident Management
138 (1.594 %)ERP
147 (1.394 %)Business Intelligence
156 (1.195 %)Configuration Management
165 (0.996 %)Change Management
165 (0.996 %)Data Migration
174 (0.797 %)Requirements Analysis
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (4.582 %)SQL
28 (1.594 %)VB
37 (1.394 %)Transact-SQL
37 (1.394 %)C
37 (1.394 %)Java
45 (0.996 %)VB.NET
54 (0.797 %)C++
54 (0.797 %)VB6
63 (0.598 %)VBScript
63 (0.598 %)C#
72 (0.398 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.199 %)Perl
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
160 (11.95 %)Microsoft Certification
243 (8.566 %)MCSE
336 (7.171 %)Cisco Certification
431 (6.175 %)CNE
431 (6.175 %)Novell Certification
530 (5.976 %)CCNP
616 (3.187 %)MCDBA
710 (1.992 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
88 (1.594 %)CCIE
97 (1.394 %)SCSP
105 (0.996 %)CCNA
105 (0.996 %)CCDP
105 (0.996 %)Degree
114 (0.797 %)PRINCE2 Certification
123 (0.598 %)MCP
123 (0.598 %)ITIL Certification
123 (0.598 %)ISEB
132 (0.398 %)MOS
141 (0.199 %)CISSP
141 (0.199 %)CIPD
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.594 %)SLA
23 (0.598 %)QA
31 (0.199 %)ISO27001
31 (0.199 %)JSP 440
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
176 (15.14 %)Active Directory
27 (1.394 %)Terminal Server
33 (0.598 %)MailMarshal
33 (0.598 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.199 %)ISA Server
41 (0.199 %)Oracle RAC
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
151 (10.16 %)OVOW
244 (8.765 %)OpenView
341 (8.167 %)OpenView Configuration Management
411 (2.191 %)OVSD
59 (1.793 %)Norton AntiVirus
59 (1.793 %)OVPI
67 (1.394 %)HP Data Protector
76 (1.195 %)CiscoWorks
85 (0.996 %)NNM
93 (0.598 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
102 (0.398 %)OVPA
102 (0.398 %)OVIS
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (16.14 %)Cisco
277 (15.34 %)HP
367 (13.35 %)Microsoft
419 (3.785 %)Oracle
515 (2.988 %)Citrix
614 (2.789 %)Compaq
713 (2.590 %)Symantec
810 (1.992 %)McAfee Security
96 (1.195 %)Sun
105 (0.996 %)VMware
113 (0.598 %)StorageTek
113 (0.598 %)Huawei
122 (0.398 %)Mentor Graphics
131 (0.199 %)SurfControl
131 (0.199 %)Nortel
131 (0.199 %)Finjan
131 (0.199 %)Fujitsu