The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 29 36 27
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -9
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 7 12 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.128% 2.830% 2.734%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.14% 15.00% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
Average daily rate £400 £335 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.40% +34.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 1
Average hourly rate £37.00 £12.81 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+188.83% -39.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
69 80 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 20.97% 18.87% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 43 13
Average daily rate £300 £288 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £160 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 9
Average hourly rate £37.00 £14.80 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% +23.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.80 £11.90 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.20 £48.25 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Security Cleared
Cambridgeshire

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 15 (60.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) MS Excel
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (20.00%) UNIX
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (16.00%) Project Management
5 4 (16.00%) C#
5 4 (16.00%) Client/Server
5 4 (16.00%) Windows XP
6 3 (12.00%) C++
6 3 (12.00%) MS Office
6 3 (12.00%) SQL
6 3 (12.00%) C
6 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (12.00%) Citrix
6 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (12.00%) Python
7 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (8.000%) Perforce
7 2 (8.000%) VMware
7 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (8.000%) Dell
7 2 (8.000%) Shell Script
7 2 (8.000%) MSI
7 2 (8.000%) Linux
7 2 (8.000%) SharePoint

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 1 (4.000%) .NET
1 1 (4.000%) STL
1 1 (4.000%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (4.000%) WebSphere
1 1 (4.000%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (8.000%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.000%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.000%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (36.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (12.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) LAN
1 2 (8.000%) WAN
2 1 (4.000%) DHCP
2 1 (4.000%) HTTP
2 1 (4.000%) SNMP
2 1 (4.000%) DNS
2 1 (4.000%) VoIP
2 1 (4.000%) IP Telephony
2 1 (4.000%) VLAN
2 1 (4.000%) Intranet
2 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) TOAD
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MSI
2 1 (4.000%) InstallShield
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (8.000%) Technical Architect
3 2 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (8.000%) Architect
3 2 (8.000%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) Information Analyst
4 1 (4.000%) Technical Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Test Consultant
4 1 (4.000%) Implementation Analyst
4 1 (4.000%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (4.000%) Business Support Analyst
4 1 (4.000%) Wintel Support
4 1 (4.000%) Integration Consultant
4 1 (4.000%) Senior Desktop Support
4 1 (4.000%) Test Analyst
4 1 (4.000%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.000%) Cryptography
2 1 (4.000%) Data Integration
2 1 (4.000%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (60.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (20.00%) UNIX
3 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (16.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (8.000%) Linux
6 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.00%) Project Management
2 2 (8.000%) OO
3 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.000%) OOD
3 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
3 1 (4.000%) Manual Testing
3 1 (4.000%) System Testing
3 1 (4.000%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (4.000%) Change Management
3 1 (4.000%) Validation
3 1 (4.000%) Migration
3 1 (4.000%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (4.000%) Functional Testing
3 1 (4.000%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) C#
2 3 (12.00%) C++
2 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.00%) C
2 3 (12.00%) Python
3 2 (8.000%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.000%) MCSE
3 1 (4.000%) MCP
3 1 (4.000%) MCDST
3 1 (4.000%) MCTS
3 1 (4.000%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.000%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.000%) Xen
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Citrix
3 2 (8.000%) Perforce
3 2 (8.000%) VMware
3 2 (8.000%) Dell
4 1 (4.000%) Cisco
4 1 (4.000%) Oracle
4 1 (4.000%) Business Objects
4 1 (4.000%) Northgate
4 1 (4.000%) Avaya