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

LinkSecurity Clearance
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank18
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads185
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.005 %
As % of the category below56.25 %25.00 %
Daily rates quoted82
Average minimum daily rate£304£128
Average daily rate£311£128
% change on same period last year+143.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£128
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£377
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£22.50£25.00
% change on same period last year-10.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.46£30.34
% change on same period last year+6.98 %
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cumbria
Matching contract IT job ads3220
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.020 %
Daily rates quoted94
Average minimum daily rate£294£185
Average daily rate£301£189
% change on same period last year+59.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£193
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£28.75£22.67
Average hourly rate£30.50£26.75
% change on same period last year+14.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.25£30.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Security Cleared North WestSecurity Cleared
North West

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.

Security Cleared
Demand Trend

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

Cumbria Security Cleared Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cumbria Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Cumbria region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Cumbria Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the Cumbria region.

Cumbria Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Cumbria region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Barrow-in-FurnessNo change05£283+77.08 %
CarlisleNew entry-1£258-
Security Cleared North WestSecurity Cleared
North West

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

128 (90.32 %)SC Cleared
213 (41.94 %)SQL
312 (38.71 %)UNIX
411 (35.48 %)Government
510 (32.26 %)User Acceptance Testing
68 (25.81 %)Sybase
75 (16.13 %)Military
83 (9.677 %)Oracle
92 (6.452 %)SQL Server
92 (6.452 %)MS Access
92 (6.452 %)Programme Management
101 (3.226 %)VLAN
101 (3.226 %)Agile Software Development
101 (3.226 %)Software Engineering
101 (3.226 %)Management Information System
101 (3.226 %)Datawarehouse
101 (3.226 %)Data Modelling
101 (3.226 %)LAN
101 (3.226 %)WAN
101 (3.226 %)VPN
101 (3.226 %)Business Intelligence
101 (3.226 %)Cisco
101 (3.226 %)Microsoft
101 (3.226 %)SAN
101 (3.226 %)Windows
101 (3.226 %)Linux
101 (3.226 %)UML
101 (3.226 %)ASP.NET
101 (3.226 %)XML
101 (3.226 %)VB.NET

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.226 %)ASP.NET
11 (3.226 %)XML
11 (3.226 %).NET
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.226 %)VLAN
11 (3.226 %)LAN
11 (3.226 %)WAN
11 (3.226 %)VPN
11 (3.226 %)SAN
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.452 %)SQL Server
12 (6.452 %)MS Access
21 (3.226 %)Datawarehouse
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (35.48 %)Government
25 (16.13 %)Military
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (25.81 %)Applications Support
18 (25.81 %)Administrator
18 (25.81 %)Systems Administrator
27 (22.58 %)Systems Support
36 (19.35 %)Project Engineer
44 (12.90 %)Systems Engineer
52 (6.452 %)Support Engineer
52 (6.452 %)Network Engineer
52 (6.452 %)Principal Engineer
52 (6.452 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
52 (6.452 %)Desktop Engineer
52 (6.452 %)UNIX Administrator
52 (6.452 %)Principal Systems Engineer
61 (3.226 %)Rollout Engineer
61 (3.226 %)Systems Support Engineer
61 (3.226 %)Deployment Engineer
61 (3.226 %)UNIX Support
61 (3.226 %)Systems Developer
61 (3.226 %)Desktop Support Engineer
61 (3.226 %)Design Engineer
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.226 %)Management Information System
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (38.71 %)UNIX
21 (3.226 %)Windows
21 (3.226 %)Linux
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (90.32 %)SC Cleared
210 (32.26 %)User Acceptance Testing
32 (6.452 %)Programme Management
41 (3.226 %)Agile Software Development
41 (3.226 %)Software Engineering
41 (3.226 %)Data Modelling
41 (3.226 %)Business Intelligence
41 (3.226 %)UML
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (41.94 %)SQL
21 (3.226 %)VB.NET
21 (3.226 %)Java
21 (3.226 %)PHP
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (25.81 %)Sybase
23 (9.677 %)Oracle
31 (3.226 %)Cisco
31 (3.226 %)Microsoft