The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Rank 56 68 75
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +7
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 5 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.693% 0.123% 0.206%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.030% 0.599% 1.183%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £388 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.58% +13.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-67.50% +14.28%
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
165 167 169
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.85% 20.54% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 80 59
Average daily rate £345 £330 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% +24.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £186 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £451 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.93% +127.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
BC Cleared
North West

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire BC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire BC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BC Cleared within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warrington 0 4 - -
BC Cleared
North West

BC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 15 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (93.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (80.00%) Finance
4 10 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (53.33%) Mainframe
6 7 (46.67%) Financial Modelling
7 3 (20.00%) Project Management
8 2 (13.33%) Oracle
8 2 (13.33%) PRINCE
8 2 (13.33%) APMP
9 1 (6.667%) Change Control
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (6.667%) SQL
9 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
9 1 (6.667%) Validation
9 1 (6.667%) Migration
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
9 1 (6.667%) Business Objects
9 1 (6.667%) ODBC
9 1 (6.667%) Windows
9 1 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
9 1 (6.667%) Data Modelling
9 1 (6.667%) LAN
9 1 (6.667%) WAN
9 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
9 1 (6.667%) Service Management
9 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
9 1 (6.667%) Risk Management

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) ODBC
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) LAN
1 1 (6.667%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Marketing
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (6.667%) DBA
2 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
2 1 (6.667%) Administrator
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (6.667%) Security Specialist
2 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (6.667%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (6.667%) IT Security Specialist
2 1 (6.667%) Architect
2 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.667%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (6.667%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (46.67%) Financial Modelling
3 3 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE
5 1 (6.667%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.667%) Change Control
5 1 (6.667%) Service Management
5 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.667%) Validation
5 1 (6.667%) Migration
5 1 (6.667%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (6.667%) TOGAF
5 1 (6.667%) Document Management
5 1 (6.667%) Supplier Management
5 1 (6.667%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (6.667%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (6.667%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (6.667%) CRAMM
5 1 (6.667%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
1 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (93.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) APMP
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Business Objects
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
Warrington, North West
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Capita Resourcing
Posted: 16 May 2013