The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Rank 76 83 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 8 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.634% 0.220% -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.706% 1.449% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £331 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £380 £340
% change year-on-year
+4.60% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 £15.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-67.50% +14.28%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
170 207 240
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 13.48% 15.16% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 88 85
Average daily rate £345 £350 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% -5.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £205 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 35 26
Average hourly rate £14.50 £13.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% -34.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £8.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £56.00 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
BC Cleared
England

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands BC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BC Cleared across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands BC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BC Cleared across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BC Cleared within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Leicestershire - 6 £331 -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
BC Cleared
England

BC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing BC 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 BC Cleared.

1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) Java
3 6 (50.00%) J2EE
3 6 (50.00%) Primavera
4 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
6 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (25.00%) Project Management
6 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (25.00%) Problem Management
6 3 (25.00%) Credit Risk
6 3 (25.00%) Marketing
6 3 (25.00%) BS25999
7 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
7 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
7 2 (16.67%) Windows
8 1 (8.333%) XHTML
8 1 (8.333%) C#
8 1 (8.333%) HTML
8 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
8 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
8 1 (8.333%) Intranet
8 1 (8.333%) XML
8 1 (8.333%) XSL
8 1 (8.333%) XSLT
8 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
8 1 (8.333%) SQL

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing BC 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 BC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (8.333%) XML
2 1 (8.333%) XSL
2 1 (8.333%) XSLT
2 1 (8.333%) XHTML
2 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
2 1 (8.333%) jQuery
2 1 (8.333%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Intranet
General
1 3 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Administrator
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Support Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Support Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Support
3 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Security Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (25.00%) Project Management
1 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (8.333%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) BS25999
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Primavera
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft