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This section looks at the demand for Security Check (SC) Clearance skills within the Colchester region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£369£373
% change on same period last year-1.13 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.69£30.52
% change on same period last year+7.10 %
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Colchester
Matching contract IT job ads2315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted1110
Average minimum daily rate£286£314
Average daily rate£287£330
% change on same period last year-13.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£288£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.00
Average hourly rate-£17.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
SC Cleared EssexSC Cleared
Essex

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Colchester SC Cleared Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Colchester SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Colchester 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.

13 (100.00 %)Project Management
13 (100.00 %)Migration
13 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (66.67 %)Spreadsheet
22 (66.67 %)Military
22 (66.67 %)MS Office
22 (66.67 %)PRINCE2
22 (66.67 %)MS Excel
22 (66.67 %)Client/Server
22 (66.67 %)MS Visio
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)Dell
31 (33.33 %)Government

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Colchester 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.

Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (66.67 %)Spreadsheet
12 (66.67 %)MS Office
12 (66.67 %)MS Excel
12 (66.67 %)MS Visio
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Military
21 (33.33 %)Government
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Project Manager
21 (33.33 %)Implementation Manager
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)Client/Server
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Project Management
13 (100.00 %)Migration
13 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (66.67 %)PRINCE2
Colchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)Dell