The first table below looks at the demand for SC 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 SC 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 70 109 155
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +46
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 169 117 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.649% 1.488% 0.939%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.98% 10.87% 7.610%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 56 50
Average daily rate £425 £431 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.44% +11.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £573 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £371
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 8
Average hourly rate £14.33 £14.50 £17.98
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -19.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.95 £12.59 £15.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £21.15 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
940 1076 1209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.74% 13.68% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 646 767
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 50 53
Average hourly rate £36.29 £17.85 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.30% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £28.20 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
SC Cleared
London

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London SC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SC Cleared across the City of London region.

City of London SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the City of London region.

City of London SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London SC Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SC 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 SC Cleared.

1 294 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 90 (30.61%) Windows
3 80 (27.21%) ITIL
4 73 (24.83%) Finance
5 63 (21.43%) Windows 7
6 48 (16.33%) Microsoft
7 47 (15.99%) PRINCE2
8 43 (14.63%) Banking
9 40 (13.61%) BC Cleared
9 40 (13.61%) MS Office
10 38 (12.93%) Migration
11 37 (12.59%) Project Management
12 32 (10.88%) SharePoint
13 31 (10.54%) Information Security
14 30 (10.20%) Information Assurance
15 28 (9.524%) Telecoms
15 28 (9.524%) Cisco
16 27 (9.184%) Management Information System
17 26 (8.844%) Stakeholder Management
17 26 (8.844%) MS Excel
17 26 (8.844%) Oracle
18 25 (8.503%) Windows XP
19 24 (8.163%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 23 (7.823%) Change Management
21 20 (6.803%) Risk Assessment
22 18 (6.122%) MS Visio
23 17 (5.782%) Change Control
24 16 (5.442%) Business Analysis
24 16 (5.442%) C
25 14 (4.762%) Service Management

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SC 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 SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (3.061%) HTML
2 8 (2.721%) .NET
3 7 (2.381%) J2EE
3 7 (2.381%) CSS
4 6 (2.041%) JSF
4 6 (2.041%) Application Packaging
4 6 (2.041%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.701%) Ajax
5 5 (1.701%) Middleware
5 5 (1.701%) COM
6 3 (1.020%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (0.680%) Web Services
7 2 (0.680%) XML
7 2 (0.680%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.680%) WCF
8 1 (0.340%) JPA
8 1 (0.340%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.340%) Facelets
8 1 (0.340%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.340%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 32 (10.88%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.082%) MS Exchange
3 6 (2.041%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (1.701%) WebSphere MQ
5 4 (1.361%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.361%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (1.020%) Lync
6 3 (1.020%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (1.020%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.680%) IIS
7 2 (0.680%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (0.680%) Apache
7 2 (0.680%) SAS
7 2 (0.680%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.340%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (0.340%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.340%) LiveCycle
8 1 (0.340%) Oracle 10gAS
8 1 (0.340%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 40 (13.61%) MS Office
2 26 (8.844%) MS Excel
3 18 (6.122%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.361%) MS Project
5 3 (1.020%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.680%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.340%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.340%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (2.381%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.701%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.340%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.340%) Oracle CRM
3 1 (0.340%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.340%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.340%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.082%) Firewall
2 7 (2.381%) OSPF
3 6 (2.041%) DNS
3 6 (2.041%) VPN
3 6 (2.041%) Wireless
4 5 (1.701%) MPLS
4 5 (1.701%) BGP
4 5 (1.701%) WAN
4 5 (1.701%) SAN
5 4 (1.361%) DHCP
5 4 (1.361%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.361%) RSVP
5 4 (1.361%) IPsec
5 4 (1.361%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.361%) Network Security
6 3 (1.020%) DWDM
6 3 (1.020%) HTTP
6 3 (1.020%) SNMP
6 3 (1.020%) LAN
6 3 (1.020%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.422%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.381%) EDRMS
3 6 (2.041%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (1.701%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (1.361%) MS Access
5 4 (1.361%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.020%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (1.020%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (0.680%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.680%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.680%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.680%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.680%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.340%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.340%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.340%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.340%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.340%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.340%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (1.701%) Team Foundation Server
1 5 (1.701%) MSI
1 5 (1.701%) Oracle Forms
1 5 (1.701%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.361%) AdminStudio
3 3 (1.020%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.680%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.340%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.340%) JMeter
5 1 (0.340%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.340%) ClearQuest
5 1 (0.340%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.340%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (0.340%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.340%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.340%) JUnit
General
1 73 (24.83%) Finance
2 43 (14.63%) Banking
3 28 (9.524%) Telecoms
4 12 (4.082%) Legal
5 7 (2.381%) Financial Institution
6 6 (2.041%) Publishing
7 3 (1.020%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.340%) Arabic Language
8 1 (0.340%) Marketing
8 1 (0.340%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (22.79%) Analyst
2 35 (11.90%) Architect
3 27 (9.184%) Business Analyst
4 23 (7.823%) Project Manager
5 16 (5.442%) Developer
5 16 (5.442%) Consultant
6 9 (3.061%) Designer
6 9 (3.061%) Business Change Analyst
6 9 (3.061%) Change Analyst
6 9 (3.061%) Senior Manager
7 8 (2.721%) Technical Architect
8 7 (2.381%) PMO Analyst
8 7 (2.381%) Business Manager
8 7 (2.381%) Security Architect
8 7 (2.381%) Procurement Manager
8 7 (2.381%) Data Analyst
9 6 (2.041%) Network Engineer
9 6 (2.041%) Senior Project Manager
9 6 (2.041%) Security Specialist
10 5 (1.701%) Applications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.184%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.381%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (2.041%) Open Source
4 5 (1.701%) SWIFT
4 5 (1.701%) PMI
5 4 (1.361%) CESG
5 4 (1.361%) Social Media
5 4 (1.361%) IIBA
6 3 (1.020%) Visualisation
6 3 (1.020%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.020%) Freedom of Information Act
6 3 (1.020%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (1.020%) Blackberry
7 2 (0.680%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.680%) EMC Centera
7 2 (0.680%) CESG CLAS
7 2 (0.680%) Symmetrix DMX
8 1 (0.340%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.340%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.340%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 90 (30.61%) Windows
2 63 (21.43%) Windows 7
3 25 (8.503%) Windows XP
4 14 (4.762%) Linux
5 10 (3.401%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (2.381%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.361%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.020%) UNIX
9 2 (0.680%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.340%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.340%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.340%) AIX
10 1 (0.340%) HPUX
10 1 (0.340%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (27.21%) ITIL
2 47 (15.99%) PRINCE2
3 38 (12.93%) Migration
4 37 (12.59%) Project Management
5 31 (10.54%) Information Security
6 30 (10.20%) Information Assurance
7 26 (8.844%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (7.823%) Change Management
9 20 (6.803%) Risk Assessment
10 17 (5.782%) Change Control
11 16 (5.442%) Business Analysis
12 14 (4.762%) Service Management
12 14 (4.762%) Risk Management
13 13 (4.422%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (4.082%) Data Analysis
15 10 (3.401%) Programme Management
15 10 (3.401%) Enterprise Architecture
15 10 (3.401%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (3.401%) Data Protection
16 9 (3.061%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.442%) C
2 13 (4.422%) SQL
3 11 (3.741%) Java
4 8 (2.721%) C#
5 4 (1.361%) VBA
5 4 (1.361%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.020%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.020%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.020%) VB
7 2 (0.680%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.680%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.680%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.340%) Python
8 1 (0.340%) VBScript
8 1 (0.340%) PHP
Qualifications
1 294 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 40 (13.61%) BC Cleared
3 14 (4.762%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.741%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.061%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.061%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.061%) MCSE
6 6 (2.041%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.041%) PMP
6 6 (2.041%) Degree
7 5 (1.701%) CISM
7 5 (1.701%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (1.701%) CISSP
7 5 (1.701%) ISEB
7 5 (1.701%) MCP
8 4 (1.361%) CCNA
9 3 (1.020%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.020%) CCNP
10 2 (0.680%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.680%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.163%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.401%) QA
3 7 (2.381%) COBIT
4 4 (1.361%) SLA
5 3 (1.020%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.680%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (3.401%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.721%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.701%) XenApp
3 5 (1.701%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.020%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.340%) vSphere
5 1 (0.340%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.340%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 14 (4.762%) SCCM
2 4 (1.361%) CiscoWorks
2 4 (1.361%) OpenView
2 4 (1.361%) SCOM
3 2 (0.680%) Puppet
4 1 (0.340%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.340%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.340%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.340%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.340%) WSUS
4 1 (0.340%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 48 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.524%) Cisco
3 26 (8.844%) Oracle
4 13 (4.422%) Citrix
5 9 (3.061%) HP
6 8 (2.721%) VMware
7 6 (2.041%) EMC
7 6 (2.041%) Juniper
8 4 (1.361%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.361%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.361%) Nokia
8 4 (1.361%) Sophos
8 4 (1.361%) Primavera
9 3 (1.020%) Blue Coat
9 3 (1.020%) IBM
9 3 (1.020%) Business Objects
10 2 (0.680%) CommVault
10 2 (0.680%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.680%) Lotus
10 2 (0.680%) NetApp
City, London
My client, a prestigious venue based in central London, is looking for 3 Windows 7 Rollout Engineers to join the team on a weekly rolling contract. The successful...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £12 - £15.30 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Capita Resourcing welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation. Capita Resourcing is a trading name of Capita Resourcing Ltd.....
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 8 May 2013
City of London
Main Duties/ Responsibilities * Writing and delivering the acceptance strategy, * Bringing ways of working on board and possibly training them in the process* Directing the testing process and overseeing...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 8 May 2013
City, London
Our Customer is looking for Messaging Engineers to help with the configuration and build of the new messaging through to implementation and roll-out. Experience/ Knowledge Required: * Understand...
LA International
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
To provide Delivery teams a single point of contact from within Service Management to ensure that service requirements are identified and addressed throughout in the project lifecycle. To...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Architecture Change Management. Oversee the maintenance of one or more aspects of the Enterprise Architecture.5... TOGAF 8 or 9 certified3 Credible experience of delivery of one or...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 1 May 2013
City of London
The role will be supporting the programme communications and engagement leads to help map out further content for the programme intranet microsite (SharePoint 2007) Scope and develop a...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £150.00 - £200.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
City of London
Although the department have an existing Management Control Information System (MCIS) the hardware and supporting software are coming to the end of their lifecycle, and the development and...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 30 April 2013
City, London
The requirement is for a resource to build and configure Checkpoint and ASA firewall possibly Blue Coats as per Client requirement i.e... Skills: Firewalls. Checkpoint. Cisco. McAfee...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Specifically, the Implementation Engineer must have the following essential attributes to lead implementation activities into the agreed sites: *Applied experience working on technical IT projects *Experience of IT...
Reed Technology
Rate: £250 - £400 per day + Dependant on Experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
I urgently require 3 ( primarily Huawei skilled) Network Design/Implementation Engineers for a core network upgrade programme. The Network Design/Implementation Engineer must primarily have experience of Huawei...
Experis IT
Rate: £250 - £310 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Security Architect: Key Skills and BackgroundPrevious experience working in a Security Architect role (or similar).Good understanding of systems in general as well a broad spectrum of security...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £600 - £750 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
ITIL Version 3... SABSA, CISSP, CISM, GIAC and/or CEH... It would be of advantage if Candidates have current SC clearance but must be willing and eligible to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £600 - £750 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Ideal candidates must be experienced with performing security reviews and risk assessments, including security architecture reviews and the review of vulnerability scans and penetration test reports... As well...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
It is essential that you display a clear record of implementing Cisco based networks in secure and challenging environments, as well as a good understanding of network technologies.....
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £500 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Ability to conduct business and systems analysis within a full systems development lifecycle; (SDLC).Experience of Business Analyst methods includingRAD/JAD, SSADM and UML... Holds a relevant professional...
Experis IT
Rate: £350 - £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Security Analyst: Key Skills and Background CISSP or equivelant experience in a large enterprise environment/CISM, CISA Experience in project security risk assessment and compliance checking Risk management...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Data Analysis & Database Design4... Ability to work on several development and support tasks at any one time Formal Qualifications Required ESSENTIAL Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2010-...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £200.00 - £330 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013