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The table below looks at the demand for Basic Check (BC) Clearance skills within the Cheltenham region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBasic Check (BC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-22
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads07
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.000 %4.762 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£351
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.02£25.93
% change on same period last year+11.92 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads236147
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.383 %0.160 %
Daily rates quoted7667
Average minimum daily rate£388£445
Average daily rate£396£508
% change on same period last year-22.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£570
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted1326
Average minimum hourly rate£28.82£31.38
Average hourly rate£30.00£31.83
% change on same period last year-5.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.17£32.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
BC Cleared GloucestershireBC Cleared
Gloucestershire

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.

BC Cleared
Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham BC Cleared Demand Trend

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham BC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing BC 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 BC Cleared.

14 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (75.00 %)CAD
23 (75.00 %)MCAD
23 (75.00 %)HNC
23 (75.00 %)HND
23 (75.00 %)C
23 (75.00 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
31 (25.00 %)Assembly Language
31 (25.00 %)C++
31 (25.00 %)Embedded C

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing BC 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 BC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)CAD Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Mechanical Engineer
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (75.00 %)CAD
31 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)C
21 (25.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)Embedded C
21 (25.00 %)Assembly Language
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (75.00 %)MCAD
13 (75.00 %)HNC
13 (75.00 %)HND
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft Certification