The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Dorset 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 30 26 42
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +16
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 4 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.762% 2.857% 0.813%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.273% 18.60% 3.488%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £305 £110
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +177.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £50.00 £17.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+194.11% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
55 43 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 24.23% 15.36% 23.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 24 36
Average daily rate £325 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £250 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £475 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 6
Average hourly rate £38.75 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.90% -32.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £17.00 £40.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £40.80 £91.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Dorset SC Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Weymouth - 1 - -
Wimborne - - - -
Ferndown - - - -
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) UML
2 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (20.00%) InstallShield
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (20.00%) Serena
3 2 (20.00%) WinForms
3 2 (20.00%) OOA/OOD
3 2 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) .NET
3 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) HND
3 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (20.00%) Avionics
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) NUnit
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (10.00%) Release Management
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) UNIX
4 1 (10.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) XML

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (20.00%) WinForms
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) InstallShield
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (20.00%) NUnit
General
1 2 (20.00%) Avionics
2 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Chief Systems Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Tester
2 2 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) UNIX
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) UML
1 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (20.00%) OOA/OOD
2 2 (20.00%) OO
2 2 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Release Management
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) HND
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
1 2 (20.00%) Serena
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft