Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DV 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 DV Cleared over the 3 months to 11 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Cheshire region.

 Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank523852
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Up+14
Matching contract IT job ads123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire0.160 %0.465 %0.373 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.917 %2.381 %3.000 %
Daily rates quoted022
Average daily rate-£342£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--8.930 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£400£425
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-5.880 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£13.00£33.25
% change year-on-year
+50.00 %-60.90 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
10984100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire17.47 %19.53 %12.44 %
Daily rates quoted423617
Average daily rate£275£385£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57 %+18.46 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£186
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£403£432
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted101216
Average hourly rate£17.50£23.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.53 %-32.85 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£29.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-31.03 %+16.00 %
DV Cleared North WestDV Cleared
North West

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.

DV Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DV Cleared across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cheshire DV Cleared Demand Trend

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire DV Cleared Daily Rate Trend

DV Cleared
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing DV 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 DV Cleared.

11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
11 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008

DV Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing DV 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 DV Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Migration Engineer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Migration
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft