The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham 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 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 16 173 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 20.00% 72.08% 36.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.26% 94.02% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 94 13
Average daily rate £318 £475 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.15% +41.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £400 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £391 £575 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £31.50 £33.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.98% -6.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27 184 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 33.75% 76.67% 44.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 102 17
Average daily rate £375 £463 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.91% +38.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £400 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £575 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 8
Average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +4.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Security Cleared
Gloucestershire

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham 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 42 (73.68%) DV Cleared
2 23 (40.35%) Windows
3 20 (35.09%) Finance
4 15 (26.32%) Telecoms
5 13 (22.81%) Degree
6 12 (21.05%) ITIL
6 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
6 12 (21.05%) Citrix
6 12 (21.05%) XenApp
6 12 (21.05%) Windows 7
7 10 (17.54%) HNC
7 10 (17.54%) Service Management
8 9 (15.79%) SC Cleared
9 8 (14.04%) C
9 8 (14.04%) Windows XP
10 7 (12.28%) MSI
10 7 (12.28%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (12.28%) Software Packaging
10 7 (12.28%) PowerShell
11 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
11 6 (10.53%) DO-178B
11 6 (10.53%) VMware
11 6 (10.53%) VMware ESX
11 6 (10.53%) Aerospace
11 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
11 6 (10.53%) Configuration Management
11 6 (10.53%) Client/Server
11 6 (10.53%) PRINCE2
12 5 (8.772%) MS Office
12 5 (8.772%) C#

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 7 (12.28%) Software Packaging
2 5 (8.772%) Application Packaging
3 4 (7.018%) .NET
4 2 (3.509%) WPF
4 2 (3.509%) LINQ
4 2 (3.509%) jQuery
4 2 (3.509%) HTML
4 2 (3.509%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.509%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.509%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (3.509%) MS Project Server
1 2 (3.509%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.754%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.754%) Apache
2 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 5.5
2 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (8.772%) MS Office
2 2 (3.509%) MS Project
2 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.754%) X.500
1 1 (1.754%) DSL
1 1 (1.754%) WAN
1 1 (1.754%) DNS
1 1 (1.754%) Firewall
1 1 (1.754%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (1.754%) SSH
1 1 (1.754%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.509%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (3.509%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) MSI
2 2 (3.509%) NUnit
2 2 (3.509%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.509%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.754%) TestDirector
3 1 (1.754%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (1.754%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.754%) PVCS
3 1 (1.754%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (35.09%) Finance
2 15 (26.32%) Telecoms
3 6 (10.53%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.754%) Electronics
4 1 (1.754%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 8 (14.04%) Support Engineer
2 7 (12.28%) Applications Packager
2 7 (12.28%) Software Engineer
3 5 (8.772%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (8.772%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (8.772%) Project Support Officer
3 5 (8.772%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (8.772%) Project Officer
4 4 (7.018%) Citrix Support Engineer
4 4 (7.018%) Citrix Engineer
4 4 (7.018%) Citrix Support
4 4 (7.018%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (7.018%) Desktop Support
5 3 (5.263%) Analyst
5 3 (5.263%) Consultant
5 3 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) Windows Support Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) C# Software Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Client/Server
2 4 (7.018%) VAX
2 4 (7.018%) Statistics
2 4 (7.018%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.754%) CMDB
3 1 (1.754%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 23 (40.35%) Windows
2 12 (21.05%) Windows 7
3 8 (14.04%) Windows XP
4 4 (7.018%) VMS
5 1 (1.754%) Solaris
5 1 (1.754%) Linux
5 1 (1.754%) UNIX
5 1 (1.754%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.05%) ITIL
2 10 (17.54%) Service Management
3 6 (10.53%) Configuration Management
3 6 (10.53%) PRINCE2
4 5 (8.772%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (7.018%) Document Management
5 4 (7.018%) Migration
6 3 (5.263%) UML
6 3 (5.263%) Risk Management
6 3 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 3 (5.263%) Requirements Management
6 3 (5.263%) Time Management
6 3 (5.263%) Business Analysis
6 3 (5.263%) Asset Management
6 3 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (5.263%) Embedded Software Development
6 3 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (5.263%) Change Control
6 3 (5.263%) Information Assurance
7 2 (3.509%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) C
2 7 (12.28%) PowerShell
3 5 (8.772%) C#
4 4 (7.018%) Fortran
4 4 (7.018%) Embedded C
5 3 (5.263%) SQL
6 2 (3.509%) XAML
6 2 (3.509%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.509%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.754%) Assembly Language
7 1 (1.754%) Ada
7 1 (1.754%) C++
7 1 (1.754%) VB
7 1 (1.754%) Korn
7 1 (1.754%) C-shell
7 1 (1.754%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 42 (73.68%) DV Cleared
2 13 (22.81%) Degree
3 10 (17.54%) HNC
4 9 (15.79%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) DO-178B
System Software
1 12 (21.05%) XenApp
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.53%) VMware ESX
3 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.754%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (3.509%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 12 (21.05%) Citrix
2 6 (10.53%) VMware
3 3 (5.263%) Primavera
4 1 (1.754%) McAfee
4 1 (1.754%) HP
4 1 (1.754%) Sun
4 1 (1.754%) Borland
4 1 (1.754%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.754%) Cisco
4 1 (1.754%) Serena
4 1 (1.754%) Altiris