The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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 41 46 41
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 9 16 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.645% 2.332% 1.890%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.491% 13.33% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 5
Average daily rate £400 £361 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.72% +16.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 1
Average hourly rate £36.00 £12.81 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+181.03% -39.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
106 120 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 19.38% 17.49% 16.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 66 33
Average daily rate £310 £290 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.89% +16.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £160 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 19 22
Average hourly rate £35.25 £16.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+120.31% +23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.15 £12.23 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.20 £47.50 £18.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Security Cleared
East of England

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cambridge +7 7 £400 +19.40%
Peterborough +3 1 - -
Security Cleared
East of England

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 19 (63.33%) Windows
2 10 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
4 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 6 (20.00%) UNIX
5 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 4 (13.33%) Project Management
6 4 (13.33%) C#
6 4 (13.33%) Client/Server
6 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
7 3 (10.00%) Python
7 3 (10.00%) C++
7 3 (10.00%) C
7 3 (10.00%) SQL
7 3 (10.00%) MS Office
7 3 (10.00%) Dell
7 3 (10.00%) Citrix
7 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (6.667%) HP
8 2 (6.667%) Shell Script
8 2 (6.667%) MSI
8 2 (6.667%) Linux
8 2 (6.667%) Windows 2000
8 2 (6.667%) OO
8 2 (6.667%) SharePoint
8 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
8 2 (6.667%) LAN

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (3.333%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (3.333%) Application Packaging
1 1 (3.333%) WebSphere
1 1 (3.333%) JSP
1 1 (3.333%) STL
1 1 (3.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 2 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.333%) ArcGIS
2 1 (3.333%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) LAN
1 2 (6.667%) WAN
2 1 (3.333%) IP Telephony
2 1 (3.333%) VLAN
2 1 (3.333%) DHCP
2 1 (3.333%) HTTP
2 1 (3.333%) SNMP
2 1 (3.333%) DNS
2 1 (3.333%) VoIP
2 1 (3.333%) Firewall
2 1 (3.333%) Intranet
2 1 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle OWB
1 1 (3.333%) TOAD
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.333%) GIS
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (6.667%) MSI
2 1 (3.333%) InstallShield
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (10.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 3 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (6.667%) Architect
3 2 (6.667%) Technical Architect
3 2 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (6.667%) Test Engineer
3 2 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Build Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Citrix Architect
4 1 (3.333%) Wintel Support Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Telephony Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Non-Functional Test Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) SharePoint Architect
4 1 (3.333%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Information Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Server Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.333%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.333%) Data Integration
2 1 (3.333%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 19 (63.33%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
3 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 6 (20.00%) UNIX
4 2 (6.667%) Linux
4 2 (6.667%) Windows 2000
4 2 (6.667%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.333%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.33%) Project Management
2 2 (6.667%) OO
3 1 (3.333%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (3.333%) Functional Testing
3 1 (3.333%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (3.333%) Manual Testing
3 1 (3.333%) System Testing
3 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (3.333%) OOD
3 1 (3.333%) Change Management
3 1 (3.333%) Validation
3 1 (3.333%) Migration
3 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) C#
2 3 (10.00%) Python
2 3 (10.00%) C++
2 3 (10.00%) C
2 3 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (6.667%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.333%) MCDST
4 1 (3.333%) MCTS
4 1 (3.333%) MCITP
4 1 (3.333%) MCSE
4 1 (3.333%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) JSP 440
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.333%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.333%) Xen
2 1 (3.333%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.333%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Dell
2 3 (10.00%) Citrix
3 2 (6.667%) HP
3 2 (6.667%) Perforce
3 2 (6.667%) VMware
4 1 (3.333%) Northgate
4 1 (3.333%) Fujitsu
4 1 (3.333%) Cisco
4 1 (3.333%) Oracle
4 1 (3.333%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.333%) Toshiba
4 1 (3.333%) ESRI
4 1 (3.333%) Compaq
4 1 (3.333%) Avaya