Buckinghamshire SC Cleared Contracts

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.

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Location Aldershot Andover Avon Barrow-in-Furness Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chesterfield Chorley City of London Clydebank Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Daventry Derby Derbyshire Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Farnborough Feltham Filton Glamorgan Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Rugby Ruislip Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stirling Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Thatcham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Wells Welwyn Garden City West Dunbartonshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Wirral Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	4	7
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	308	205
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.438 %	0.207 %
As % of the category below	40.85 %	23.30 %
Daily rates quoted	139	80
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 quoted	43	18
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 %
Processes & Methodologies Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	754	880
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.072 %	0.889 %
Daily rates quoted	271	278
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 quoted	84	87
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Location	Rank 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 Keynes	+2	276	£325	-17.36 %

SC 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.

1 502 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 252 (50.20 %) Government 3 181 (36.06 %) Windows 4 84 (16.73 %) ITIL 4 84 (16.73 %) Finance 5 81 (16.14 %) Cisco 6 77 (15.34 %) HP 7 76 (15.14 %) Active Directory 7 76 (15.14 %) DV Cleared 8 67 (13.35 %) Microsoft 9 64 (12.75 %) Windows Vista 10 60 (11.95 %) Microsoft Certification 11 58 (11.55 %) Windows Server 2003 12 55 (10.96 %) Migration 13 51 (10.16 %) OVOW

14 49 (9.761 %) ITSM 14 49 (9.761 %) LAN 15 47 (9.363 %) WAN 16 44 (8.765 %) MS Exchange 16 44 (8.765 %) MS Office 16 44 (8.765 %) OpenView 17 43 (8.566 %) MCSE 18 41 (8.167 %) OpenView Configuration Management 19 38 (7.570 %) PRINCE2 19 38 (7.570 %) Legal 20 37 (7.371 %) SQL Server 21 36 (7.171 %) Windows XP 21 36 (7.171 %) Cisco Certification 21 36 (7.171 %) Telecoms 22 35 (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.

Application Development 1 7 (1.394 %) HTML 2 6 (1.195 %) .NET 3 5 (0.996 %) XML 4 4 (0.797 %) ASP 5 2 (0.398 %) J2SE 6 1 (0.199 %) Hibernate 6 1 (0.199 %) WinForms 6 1 (0.199 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (0.199 %) Swing 6 1 (0.199 %) Spring 6 1 (0.199 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 44 (8.765 %) MS Exchange 2 24 (4.781 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 23 (4.582 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 12 (2.390 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 5 (0.996 %) IIS 6 4 (0.797 %) Apache 7 3 (0.598 %) SharePoint 7 3 (0.598 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 2 (0.398 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 44 (8.765 %) MS Office 2 28 (5.578 %) MS Excel 3 14 (2.789 %) MS Project 4 8 (1.594 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (0.598 %) MS Visio 5 3 (0.598 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 8 (1.594 %) Oracle ERP 2 2 (0.398 %) WebTrends 3 1 (0.199 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 49 (9.761 %) LAN 2 47 (9.363 %) WAN 3 33 (6.574 %) Firewall 4 21 (4.183 %) Internet 4 21 (4.183 %) DNS 5 20 (3.984 %) Intranet 5 20 (3.984 %) SAN 6 15 (2.988 %) 3G 7 14 (2.789 %) Cisco PIX 8 10 (1.992 %) Intrusion Detection 8 10 (1.992 %) DHCP 8 10 (1.992 %) Ethernet 9 8 (1.594 %) VLAN 9 8 (1.594 %) SSH 9 8 (1.594 %) SNMP 10 6 (1.195 %) TCP/IP 11 5 (0.996 %) 2G 12 3 (0.598 %) DSLAM 12 3 (0.598 %) DSL 12 3 (0.598 %) LLU	Database & Business Intelligence 1 37 (7.371 %) SQL Server 2 6 (1.195 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 2 6 (1.195 %) DTS 2 6 (1.195 %) OLAP 3 3 (0.598 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 3 (0.598 %) Oracle 10g 3 3 (0.598 %) SQL Server 2000 3 3 (0.598 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.199 %) Oracle Reports 4 1 (0.199 %) MySQL 4 1 (0.199 %) MS Access 4 1 (0.199 %) Datawarehouse 4 1 (0.199 %) Oracle Discoverer 4 1 (0.199 %) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications 1 3 (0.598 %) ARTiSAN 2 2 (0.398 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.199 %) PVCS	General 1 252 (50.20 %) Government 2 84 (16.73 %) Finance 3 38 (7.570 %) Legal 4 36 (7.171 %) Telecoms 5 11 (2.191 %) Auditing 6 4 (0.797 %) Avionics 6 4 (0.797 %) Police 7 3 (0.598 %) Military 7 3 (0.598 %) Insurance 8 2 (0.398 %) Education 8 2 (0.398 %) Electric 9 1 (0.199 %) Health 9 1 (0.199 %) Criminal Justice 9 1 (0.199 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 87 (17.33 %) Consultant 2 62 (12.35 %) Analyst 3 35 (6.972 %) Project Manager 4 26 (5.179 %) Technical Consultant 5 23 (4.582 %) Architect 5 23 (4.582 %) Network Engineer 6 21 (4.183 %) Support Analyst 7 19 (3.785 %) Developer 8 17 (3.386 %) 1st Line Support 8 17 (3.386 %) Administrator 8 17 (3.386 %) Design Engineer 9 14 (2.789 %) Network Design Engineer 9 14 (2.789 %) Helpdesk Analyst 9 14 (2.789 %) DBA 10 13 (2.590 %) SQL DBA 10 13 (2.590 %) Problem Manager 10 13 (2.590 %) Exchange Consultant 11 12 (2.390 %) Server Specialist 11 12 (2.390 %) Project Officer 11 12 (2.390 %) Active Directory Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 11 (2.191 %) Clustering 2 8 (1.594 %) Replication 3 7 (1.394 %) CESG 3 7 (1.394 %) Blackberry 4 5 (0.996 %) Thin Client 4 5 (0.996 %) Fat Client 5 4 (0.797 %) Computer Science 5 4 (0.797 %) PDA 6 3 (0.598 %) Client/Server 6 3 (0.598 %) IPTV 7 2 (0.398 %) CCTV 7 2 (0.398 %) VHDL 8 1 (0.199 %) Tandem 8 1 (0.199 %) CESG CLAS 8 1 (0.199 %) Management Information System 8 1 (0.199 %) Firmware 8 1 (0.199 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems 1 181 (36.06 %) Windows 2 64 (12.75 %) Windows Vista 3 58 (11.55 %) Windows Server 2003 4 36 (7.171 %) Windows XP 5 35 (6.972 %) Windows 2000 6 31 (6.175 %) Windows Server 2008 7 10 (1.992 %) Windows NT 8 3 (0.598 %) Solaris 9 2 (0.398 %) Linux 9 2 (0.398 %) UNIX 10 1 (0.199 %) HPUX 10 1 (0.199 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 502 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 84 (16.73 %) ITIL 3 76 (15.14 %) DV Cleared 4 55 (10.96 %) Migration 5 49 (9.761 %) ITSM 6 38 (7.570 %) PRINCE2 7 30 (5.976 %) Project Management 8 25 (4.980 %) Network Design 9 17 (3.386 %) Operations Management 10 15 (2.988 %) Problem Management 11 10 (1.992 %) Project Planning 11 10 (1.992 %) Risk Management 12 9 (1.793 %) Service Delivery 12 9 (1.793 %) Incident Management 13 8 (1.594 %) ERP 14 7 (1.394 %) Business Intelligence 15 6 (1.195 %) Configuration Management 16 5 (0.996 %) Change Management 16 5 (0.996 %) Data Migration 17 4 (0.797 %) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages 1 23 (4.582 %) SQL 2 8 (1.594 %) VB 3 7 (1.394 %) Transact-SQL 3 7 (1.394 %) C 3 7 (1.394 %) Java 4 5 (0.996 %) VB.NET 5 4 (0.797 %) C++ 5 4 (0.797 %) VB6 6 3 (0.598 %) VBScript 6 3 (0.598 %) C# 7 2 (0.398 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (0.199 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 60 (11.95 %) Microsoft Certification 2 43 (8.566 %) MCSE 3 36 (7.171 %) Cisco Certification 4 31 (6.175 %) CNE 4 31 (6.175 %) Novell Certification 5 30 (5.976 %) CCNP 6 16 (3.187 %) MCDBA 7 10 (1.992 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 8 8 (1.594 %) CCIE 9 7 (1.394 %) SCSP 10 5 (0.996 %) CCNA 10 5 (0.996 %) CCDP 10 5 (0.996 %) Degree 11 4 (0.797 %) PRINCE2 Certification 12 3 (0.598 %) MCP 12 3 (0.598 %) ITIL Certification 12 3 (0.598 %) ISEB 13 2 (0.398 %) MOS 14 1 (0.199 %) CISSP 14 1 (0.199 %) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (1.594 %) SLA 2 3 (0.598 %) QA 3 1 (0.199 %) ISO27001 3 1 (0.199 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 76 (15.14 %) Active Directory 2 7 (1.394 %) Terminal Server 3 3 (0.598 %) MailMarshal 3 3 (0.598 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.199 %) ISA Server 4 1 (0.199 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 51 (10.16 %) OVOW 2 44 (8.765 %) OpenView 3 41 (8.167 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 11 (2.191 %) OVSD 5 9 (1.793 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 9 (1.793 %) OVPI 6 7 (1.394 %) HP Data Protector 7 6 (1.195 %) CiscoWorks 8 5 (0.996 %) NNM 9 3 (0.598 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 10 2 (0.398 %) OVPA 10 2 (0.398 %) OVIS	Vendors 1 81 (16.14 %) Cisco 2 77 (15.34 %) HP 3 67 (13.35 %) Microsoft 4 19 (3.785 %) Oracle 5 15 (2.988 %) Citrix 6 14 (2.789 %) Compaq 7 13 (2.590 %) Symantec 8 10 (1.992 %) McAfee Security 9 6 (1.195 %) Sun 10 5 (0.996 %) VMware 11 3 (0.598 %) StorageTek 11 3 (0.598 %) Huawei 12 2 (0.398 %) Mentor Graphics 13 1 (0.199 %) SurfControl 13 1 (0.199 %) Nortel 13 1 (0.199 %) Finjan 13 1 (0.199 %) Fujitsu