The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 21 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 Cardiff 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 16 26 18
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -8
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 10 6 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 5.464% 2.655% 7.048%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.41% 8.571% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 11
Average daily rate £538 £300 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+79.16% +100.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £300 £103
10% offered a daily rate of more than £620 £300 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £371
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £9.17
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +58.12%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
34 70 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 18.58% 30.97% 18.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 47 25
Average daily rate £308 £285 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.89% -29.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £147 £105 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £581 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
Average hourly rate £14.50 £14.50 £10.59
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +36.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £15.50 £20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
SC Cleared
South Wales

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff SC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cardiff SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cardiff SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SAP
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) SAP SRM
3 2 (16.67%) SAP MM
3 2 (16.67%) CCNA
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (8.333%) SAP HR
4 1 (8.333%) MS Office
4 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix
4 1 (8.333%) MCP
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.333%) Windows
4 1 (8.333%) MCSE
4 1 (8.333%) CRM
4 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
4 1 (8.333%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) Migration
4 1 (8.333%) VLE
4 1 (8.333%) Welsh Language
4 1 (8.333%) SAP HCM
4 1 (8.333%) SCCM
4 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
4 1 (8.333%) Windows 7

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP SRM
1 2 (16.67%) SAP MM
2 1 (8.333%) SAP HR
2 1 (8.333%) SAP HCM
General
1 1 (8.333%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 3 (25.00%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Deskside Support
4 1 (8.333%) SAP HCM Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
1 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
2 1 (8.333%) CRM
2 1 (8.333%) Project Management
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) CCNA
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (8.333%) MCP
4 1 (8.333%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) SAP
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (8.333%) Citrix