The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 22 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 Croydon 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 8 3 3
Rank change year-on-year
-5 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 7 30 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 12.96% 21.90% 23.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.00% 57.69% 63.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 17
Average daily rate £450 £445 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% +3.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £358
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £481 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £25.00 £32.13
% change year-on-year
+6.00% -22.17%
All Qualifications
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
20 52 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 37.04% 37.96% 37.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 34
Average daily rate £400 £463 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.51% +3.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £127 £225 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £600 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

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 Croydon region.

Croydon Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 9 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) WebSphere
2 2 (22.22%) Workflow Management
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) UML
2 2 (22.22%) JBoss
2 2 (22.22%) RAD
2 2 (22.22%) SSADM
2 2 (22.22%) SOA
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Middleware
2 2 (22.22%) Workflow
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) RTP
3 1 (11.11%) Operations Management
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (22.22%) WebSphere
1 2 (22.22%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) RTP
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Middleware Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) WebLogic Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Planning Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
1 2 (22.22%) Service Management
1 2 (22.22%) Workflow Management
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
1 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
1 2 (22.22%) UML
1 2 (22.22%) RAD
1 2 (22.22%) SSADM
1 2 (22.22%) SOA
1 2 (22.22%) Workflow
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Operations Management
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) JBoss
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) VMware