The first table below looks at the demand for Security 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 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 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 Clearance
Rank 39 60 94
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +34
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 269 206 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 4.217% 2.619% 1.817%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.62% 19.14% 14.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 105 73
Average daily rate £430 £395 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.86% +5.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £227 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £564 £560 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 10
Average hourly rate £41.50 £14.50 £16.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+186.20% -11.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.73 £12.70 £11.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.30 £25.20 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
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%
Security Cleared
London

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

City of London Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 294 (62.16%) SC Cleared
2 139 (29.39%) Windows
3 120 (25.37%) ITIL
4 105 (22.20%) Finance
5 97 (20.51%) DV Cleared
6 76 (16.07%) Microsoft
7 70 (14.80%) Windows 7
8 58 (12.26%) PRINCE2
8 58 (12.26%) Banking
9 55 (11.63%) Oracle
10 51 (10.78%) MS Office
10 51 (10.78%) Project Management
11 50 (10.57%) Migration
12 46 (9.725%) Linux
13 45 (9.514%) MS Excel
14 42 (8.879%) BC Cleared
15 40 (8.457%) Information Assurance
16 39 (8.245%) SharePoint
16 39 (8.245%) Cisco
17 36 (7.611%) SQL
18 35 (7.400%) Stakeholder Management
18 35 (7.400%) Information Security
19 34 (7.188%) VMware
19 34 (7.188%) Windows Server 2008
20 32 (6.765%) Service Management
21 31 (6.554%) Management Information System
21 31 (6.554%) Telecoms
22 30 (6.342%) Windows XP
22 30 (6.342%) VMware Infrastructure
23 29 (6.131%) Change Management

Security 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 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 18 (3.805%) .NET
2 14 (2.960%) HTML
3 12 (2.537%) CSS
4 8 (1.691%) J2EE
5 7 (1.480%) XML
5 7 (1.480%) Middleware
5 7 (1.480%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.480%) Ajax
6 6 (1.268%) JSF
6 6 (1.268%) Application Packaging
6 6 (1.268%) COM
6 6 (1.268%) jQuery
7 5 (1.057%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.846%) Web Services
8 4 (0.846%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.634%) HTML5
9 3 (0.634%) Oracle ADF
10 2 (0.423%) WCF
10 2 (0.423%) Java EE
10 2 (0.423%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 39 (8.245%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.805%) MS Exchange
3 8 (1.691%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (1.480%) WebLogic
4 7 (1.480%) IIS
5 6 (1.268%) WebSphere MQ
5 6 (1.268%) Apache
5 6 (1.268%) Lync
5 6 (1.268%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (1.057%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.846%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (0.846%) Adobe CQ
8 3 (0.634%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.423%) CMS
9 2 (0.423%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.423%) SAS
9 2 (0.423%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (0.211%) LiveCycle
10 1 (0.211%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 1 (0.211%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 51 (10.78%) MS Office
2 45 (9.514%) MS Excel
3 21 (4.440%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.903%) MS Project
5 4 (0.846%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (0.634%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.423%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.423%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.211%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.211%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 17 (3.594%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.691%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.423%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.423%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.211%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.211%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.211%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.211%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.211%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.211%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.211%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.017%) Firewall
2 18 (3.805%) SAN
3 16 (3.383%) DNS
4 10 (2.114%) DHCP
4 10 (2.114%) VPN
5 9 (1.903%) LAN
6 8 (1.691%) WAN
7 7 (1.480%) OSPF
8 6 (1.268%) Wireless
8 6 (1.268%) HTTP
9 5 (1.057%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.057%) VoIP
9 5 (1.057%) MPLS
9 5 (1.057%) BGP
9 5 (1.057%) IPsec
10 4 (0.846%) Intranet
10 4 (0.846%) RSVP
10 4 (0.846%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.846%) SNMP
10 4 (0.846%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.708%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.171%) Oracle 10g
2 15 (3.171%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.748%) Oracle 11g
4 10 (2.114%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (1.691%) EDRMS
5 8 (1.691%) Oracle 8/8i
6 7 (1.480%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (1.057%) MS Access
8 4 (0.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.634%) Oracle BI EE
9 3 (0.634%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.634%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (0.634%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.423%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.423%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.423%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.211%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.211%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.211%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 7 (1.480%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (1.268%) JIRA
2 6 (1.268%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.057%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (1.057%) MSI
4 4 (0.846%) AdminStudio
5 3 (0.634%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.634%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.634%) ClearCase
5 3 (0.634%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.634%) ClearQuest
5 3 (0.634%) Selenium
6 2 (0.423%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.211%) JUnit
7 1 (0.211%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.211%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (0.211%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.211%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.211%) JMeter
General
1 105 (22.20%) Finance
2 58 (12.26%) Banking
3 31 (6.554%) Telecoms
4 12 (2.537%) Legal
5 8 (1.691%) Publishing
5 8 (1.691%) Financial Institution
6 3 (0.634%) Back Office
6 3 (0.634%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.423%) Marketing
8 1 (0.211%) Military
8 1 (0.211%) Games
8 1 (0.211%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.211%) Retail
8 1 (0.211%) Arabic Language
8 1 (0.211%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.211%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (19.24%) Analyst
2 45 (9.514%) Architect
3 38 (8.034%) Business Analyst
4 31 (6.554%) Project Manager
5 29 (6.131%) Developer
5 29 (6.131%) Consultant
6 17 (3.594%) DBA
7 14 (2.960%) Administrator
8 13 (2.748%) Senior Manager
8 13 (2.748%) Designer
9 12 (2.537%) Business Change Analyst
9 12 (2.537%) Change Analyst
10 11 (2.326%) Oracle DBA
11 10 (2.114%) Business Manager
12 9 (1.903%) Support Engineer
12 9 (1.903%) PMO Analyst
12 9 (1.903%) Enterprise Architect
13 8 (1.691%) Rollout Engineer
13 8 (1.691%) Data Analyst
13 8 (1.691%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.554%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.114%) Open Source
3 9 (1.903%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (1.480%) Social Media
4 7 (1.480%) Statistics
5 5 (1.057%) IIBA
5 5 (1.057%) SWIFT
5 5 (1.057%) PMI
6 4 (0.846%) CESG
6 4 (0.846%) Replication
6 4 (0.846%) AS400
6 4 (0.846%) Mainframe
6 4 (0.846%) Blackberry
6 4 (0.846%) Visualisation
7 3 (0.634%) Symmetrix DMX
7 3 (0.634%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.634%) EMC Centera
7 3 (0.634%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (0.634%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.423%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 139 (29.39%) Windows
2 70 (14.80%) Windows 7
3 46 (9.725%) Linux
4 34 (7.188%) Windows Server 2008
5 30 (6.342%) Windows XP
6 23 (4.863%) Windows Server 2003
6 23 (4.863%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (2.537%) UNIX
8 7 (1.480%) HPUX
9 4 (0.846%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.846%) AIX
10 2 (0.423%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.423%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.423%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.211%) CentOS
11 1 (0.211%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.211%) Solaris
11 1 (0.211%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.211%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (25.37%) ITIL
2 58 (12.26%) PRINCE2
3 51 (10.78%) Project Management
4 50 (10.57%) Migration
5 40 (8.457%) Information Assurance
6 35 (7.400%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (7.400%) Information Security
7 32 (6.765%) Service Management
8 29 (6.131%) Change Management
9 28 (5.920%) Business Analysis
10 25 (5.285%) Service Delivery
11 23 (4.863%) Risk Management
12 22 (4.651%) Risk Assessment
13 19 (4.017%) Change Control
14 16 (3.383%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (3.171%) Enterprise Architecture
16 14 (2.960%) Data Analysis
16 14 (2.960%) TOGAF
16 14 (2.960%) Business Intelligence
17 13 (2.748%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.611%) SQL
2 27 (5.708%) Java
3 26 (5.497%) C
4 14 (2.960%) C#
5 11 (2.326%) Shell Script
6 10 (2.114%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.691%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.268%) VB
9 5 (1.057%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.846%) VBA
11 3 (0.634%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.634%) VBScript
11 3 (0.634%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.423%) XPath
12 2 (0.423%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.211%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.211%) Bash shell
13 1 (0.211%) sed
13 1 (0.211%) Python
13 1 (0.211%) PHP
Qualifications
1 294 (62.16%) SC Cleared
2 97 (20.51%) DV Cleared
3 42 (8.879%) BC Cleared
4 19 (4.017%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (3.594%) MCSE
5 17 (3.594%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.748%) Degree
7 11 (2.326%) MCP
7 11 (2.326%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.903%) CTC Cleared
9 8 (1.691%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 8 (1.691%) CISSP
10 7 (1.480%) ISEB
10 7 (1.480%) CISM
11 6 (1.268%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.268%) PMP
11 6 (1.268%) CCNA
12 5 (1.057%) MCSA
12 5 (1.057%) CCNP
12 5 (1.057%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.920%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (2.748%) QA
3 7 (1.480%) COBIT
4 6 (1.268%) SLA
5 5 (1.057%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.634%) Solvency II
System Software
1 30 (6.342%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (5.708%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.537%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (2.114%) Oracle RMAN
4 10 (2.114%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.903%) vSphere
5 9 (1.903%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (1.057%) XenApp
6 5 (1.057%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.846%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (0.846%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.423%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.211%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.211%) NFS
9 1 (0.211%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.211%) VMware ESX
9 1 (0.211%) Samba
Systems Management
1 28 (5.920%) SCCM
2 13 (2.748%) SCOM
3 10 (2.114%) Data Guard
4 8 (1.691%) Nagios
5 7 (1.480%) HP Data Protector
5 7 (1.480%) WSUS
6 5 (1.057%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (1.057%) OpenView
7 4 (0.846%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (0.846%) CiscoWorks
8 2 (0.423%) Puppet
9 1 (0.211%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.211%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.211%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.211%) Cisco UCCX
9 1 (0.211%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.211%) Control-M
Vendors
1 76 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 55 (11.63%) Oracle
3 39 (8.245%) Cisco
4 34 (7.188%) VMware
5 25 (5.285%) HP
6 23 (4.863%) Citrix
7 22 (4.651%) Red Hat
8 16 (3.383%) IBM
9 8 (1.691%) Juniper
9 8 (1.691%) EMC
10 7 (1.480%) Brocade
11 6 (1.268%) Adobe
11 6 (1.268%) Veeam
12 5 (1.057%) Sophos
12 5 (1.057%) Apple
13 4 (0.846%) Blue Coat
13 4 (0.846%) NetApp
13 4 (0.846%) Nokia
13 4 (0.846%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.846%) Symantec
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, 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
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 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
Responsible for all business exchange servers Part of an on-call rota to provide out of hours support to apply patches, fixes and upgrades Key Deliverables Assisting users...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £500 per day
Posted: 27 April 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 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, 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
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 of London
Qualification and Experience 2+ years industry experience using the .Net Framework (Windows Forms, WPF). WPF is strongly preferred (E)... 2+ years industry experience of using the .Net framework...
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 3 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
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 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, 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
Service Desk Analyst (1st Line Support) **Capita Resourcing are the Managed Service Provider for various Central Government Clients which require the Highest level of UK Security Clearance** My...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £150 - £250 per annum
Posted: 4 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
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
Duties: Work with the in-flight analysis already done on the current business problems facing the Capability Management of IT services Define, design and plan work packages to...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £650 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
City, London
Our Customer is looking for a Consultant Accreditor to support the Security Accreditation team in various activities as part of the formal process of risk assessment and accreditation...
LA International
Rate: £600 - £670 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Key responsibilities are: Organising and managing lab activities including the prioritisation processes, lab infrastructure, organisation of experiments and basic lab budgets management Main point of contact for the...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 23 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
City, London
Our Customer is looking for a Service Delivery Manager to perform customer relationship management to all business areas, managing supplier relationships at a working level and ensuring that...
LA International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Duties & Responsibilities Java developer with 3+ years of proven experience of working in a Java Enterprise/ Web environment (E) Proven experience of common development tools, for example Ant,...
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 3 May 2013
City of London
DV Cleared Oracle DBA Rate: £BestMarketRate **Capita Resourcing are the Managed Service Provider for various Central Government Clients which require the Highest level of UK Security Clearance** Main...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Posted: 7 May 2013
City of London
DV Cleared Technical Delivery Project Manager Rate: £500 - 700 per day **Capita Resourcing are the Managed Service Provider for various Central Government Clients which require the Highest level...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £500 - £700 per day
Posted: 28 April 2013