The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 17 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 City of London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Rank 174 208 237
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +29
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 27 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.429% 0.064% 0.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.863% 0.471% 0.739%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
Average daily rate £290 £395 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.58% -1.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £380 £340
% change year-on-year
+4.60% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £8.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-67.50% +14.28%
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
943 1061 1218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.98% 13.64% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 639 775
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £253 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 45 51
Average hourly rate £41.50 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+130.55% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £14.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £25.50 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
BC Cleared
London

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 42 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 40 (95.24%) SC Cleared
3 18 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 13 (30.95%) Project Management
5 9 (21.43%) Management Information System
6 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (19.05%) Programme Management
7 7 (16.67%) Finance
7 7 (16.67%) TOGAF
7 7 (16.67%) ITIL
7 7 (16.67%) Information Assurance
7 7 (16.67%) Data Protection
8 6 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
9 5 (11.90%) Degree
10 4 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (9.524%) Legal
10 4 (9.524%) Change Management
10 4 (9.524%) Microsoft
10 4 (9.524%) SQL Server
10 4 (9.524%) SharePoint
10 4 (9.524%) SQL
10 4 (9.524%) MS Office
10 4 (9.524%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (9.524%) Change Control
11 3 (7.143%) Information Architecture
11 3 (7.143%) Open Source
11 3 (7.143%) HTML
11 3 (7.143%) .NET
11 3 (7.143%) Oracle

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 3 (7.143%) HTML
1 3 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (2.381%) ASP
2 1 (2.381%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.381%) CSS
2 1 (2.381%) Web Services
2 1 (2.381%) XML
2 1 (2.381%) XSLT
2 1 (2.381%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (2.381%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.524%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.762%) IIS
2 2 (4.762%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (2.381%) Apache
3 1 (2.381%) LiveCycle
3 1 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.524%) MS Office
3 3 (7.143%) MS Project
3 3 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (4.762%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.381%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (2.381%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.762%) Intranet
2 1 (2.381%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.524%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.762%) MS Access
2 2 (4.762%) Data Mining
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.381%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (2.381%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.381%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (4.762%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.381%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (2.381%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.381%) JUnit
General
1 7 (16.67%) Finance
2 4 (9.524%) Legal
3 2 (4.762%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.381%) Back Office
4 1 (2.381%) Local Government
4 1 (2.381%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 7 (16.67%) Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Architect
4 4 (9.524%) Developer
4 4 (9.524%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.143%) Business Manager
6 2 (4.762%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (4.762%) SharePoint Developer
6 2 (4.762%) Commercial Manager
6 2 (4.762%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.762%) Change Manager
6 2 (4.762%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (2.381%) Change Consultant
7 1 (2.381%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.381%) Data Migration Analyst
7 1 (2.381%) Security Architect
7 1 (2.381%) Risk Manager
7 1 (2.381%) Programme Director
7 1 (2.381%) IT Procurement Manager
7 1 (2.381%) Chief Technology Officer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 6 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (7.143%) Open Source
4 2 (4.762%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (4.762%) PMI
4 2 (4.762%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (2.381%) CESG
5 1 (2.381%) CESG CLAS
5 1 (2.381%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.381%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.381%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.762%) Windows
1 2 (4.762%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.381%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 13 (30.95%) Project Management
3 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (19.05%) Programme Management
4 7 (16.67%) ITIL
4 7 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 7 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 7 (16.67%) Information Assurance
5 4 (9.524%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (9.524%) Change Control
5 4 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (9.524%) Change Management
6 3 (7.143%) Service Delivery
6 3 (7.143%) Information Architecture
7 2 (4.762%) Performance Management
7 2 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.762%) Migration
7 2 (4.762%) Information Security
7 2 (4.762%) Data Analysis
7 2 (4.762%) Critical Path Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.524%) SQL
2 2 (4.762%) VB.NET
2 2 (4.762%) C
2 2 (4.762%) C#
2 2 (4.762%) Java
2 2 (4.762%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.381%) VBA
3 1 (2.381%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 40 (95.24%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.90%) Degree
4 2 (4.762%) CITP
4 2 (4.762%) Postgraduate
4 2 (4.762%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.762%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (2.381%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.381%) ISACA
5 1 (2.381%) CISA
5 1 (2.381%) CIPFA
5 1 (2.381%) MBCS
5 1 (2.381%) ISEB
5 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.762%) QA
1 2 (4.762%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.381%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (9.524%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.143%) Oracle
3 2 (4.762%) Lotus
3 2 (4.762%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.381%) Remedy
4 1 (2.381%) IBM
4 1 (2.381%) Adobe
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