East Midlands Security Cleared Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Security Clearance skills within the East Midlands 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aldershot Amersham Andover Avon Barrow-in-Furness Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Ceredigion Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley City of London Clydebank Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Douglas Dumbarton Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Filton Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Rochester Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sherborne Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells West Dunbartonshire West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Wirral Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	19	35
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	105	68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.140 %	0.068 %
As % of the category below	10.73 %	7.003 %
Daily rates quoted	13	11
Average minimum daily rate	£304	£347
Average daily rate	£323	£367
% change on same period last year	-12.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£342	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£378
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.03	£29.79
Average hourly rate	£26.64	£31.80
% change on same period last year	-16.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.24	£33.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.48	£30.52
% change on same period last year	+6.40 %
Processes & Methodologies East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	979	971
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.305 %	0.969 %
Daily rates quoted	358	221
Average minimum daily rate	£384	£360
Average daily rate	£408	£381
% change on same period last year	+6.94 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	108
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.73	£25.82
Average hourly rate	£30.32	£27.56
% change on same period last year	+10.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.90	£29.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 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.

Location	Rank 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
Derbyshire	+3	49	£330	-10.20 %
Lincolnshire	+10	27	£243	-
Leicestershire	+11	11	-	-
Nottinghamshire	0	10	£368	+31.29 %
Northamptonshire	-8	3	£381	-10.14 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 78 (48.45 %) SC Cleared 2 54 (33.54 %) Windows 3 39 (24.22 %) Government 4 31 (19.25 %) Java 5 26 (16.15 %) BC Cleared 6 24 (14.91 %) UNIX 7 23 (14.29 %) PRINCE2 7 23 (14.29 %) Perl 8 22 (13.66 %) Microsoft 9 20 (12.42 %) SQL 10 19 (11.80 %) Windows 2000 11 18 (11.18 %) C++ 12 17 (10.56 %) Manufacturing 13 16 (9.938 %) DV Cleared 13 16 (9.938 %) Active Directory

13 16 (9.938 %) MS Excel 14 15 (9.317 %) Linux 15 14 (8.696 %) Solaris 15 14 (8.696 %) ITIL 16 13 (8.075 %) Oracle 16 13 (8.075 %) MS Office 16 13 (8.075 %) LAN 16 13 (8.075 %) Cisco 16 13 (8.075 %) Telecoms 17 12 (7.453 %) Windows XP 17 12 (7.453 %) XML 18 11 (6.832 %) Project Management 18 11 (6.832 %) Apache 19 10 (6.211 %) SAP 19 10 (6.211 %) HTML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 12 (7.453 %) XML 2 10 (6.211 %) HTML 3 8 (4.969 %) XSLT 4 6 (3.727 %) Cocoon 5 4 (2.484 %) J2EE 6 3 (1.863 %) WebSphere 6 3 (1.863 %) Middleware 7 2 (1.242 %) ActiveX 7 2 (1.242 %) JMS 7 2 (1.242 %) OpenGL 7 2 (1.242 %) DirectX 8 1 (0.621 %) ASP.NET 8 1 (0.621 %) JSP 8 1 (0.621 %) Struts 8 1 (0.621 %) WebServices 8 1 (0.621 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 11 (6.832 %) Apache 2 7 (4.348 %) MS Exchange 3 6 (3.727 %) Tomcat 4 4 (2.484 %) IIS 5 2 (1.242 %) WebLogic 5 2 (1.242 %) OpenROAD 6 1 (0.621 %) WebLogic Portal 6 1 (0.621 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 16 (9.938 %) MS Excel 2 13 (8.075 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 7 (4.348 %) SAP PS 2 3 (1.863 %) SAP Payroll 2 3 (1.863 %) SAP HR 3 1 (0.621 %) Infinys
Communications & Networking 1 13 (8.075 %) LAN 2 10 (6.211 %) VoIP 3 9 (5.590 %) Firewall 4 8 (4.969 %) TCP/IP 5 6 (3.727 %) WAN 6 4 (2.484 %) HTTP 7 3 (1.863 %) SAN 8 1 (0.621 %) SS7 8 1 (0.621 %) Q.931 8 1 (0.621 %) SMS 8 1 (0.621 %) BIG-IP 8 1 (0.621 %) VLAN 8 1 (0.621 %) Cisco PIX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (3.106 %) PowerCenter 2 4 (2.484 %) IDOL 3 3 (1.863 %) Ingres 4 2 (1.242 %) SQL Server 4 2 (1.242 %) EDMS 5 1 (0.621 %) BODI 5 1 (0.621 %) Data Cleansing 5 1 (0.621 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (0.621 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (0.621 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (0.621 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (0.621 %) ETL 5 1 (0.621 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (0.621 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 2 (1.242 %) MSI 2 1 (0.621 %) StarTeam 2 1 (0.621 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (0.621 %) ClearCase 2 1 (0.621 %) Eclipse	General 1 39 (24.22 %) Government 2 17 (10.56 %) Manufacturing 3 13 (8.075 %) Telecoms 4 9 (5.590 %) Finance 5 4 (2.484 %) Construction 6 3 (1.863 %) Marketing 7 2 (1.242 %) 3D Graphics 7 2 (1.242 %) Criminal Justice 8 1 (0.621 %) Police 8 1 (0.621 %) Advertising 8 1 (0.621 %) Health 8 1 (0.621 %) Law 8 1 (0.621 %) Military 8 1 (0.621 %) Billing 8 1 (0.621 %) Avionics
Job Titles 1 23 (14.29 %) Analyst 2 21 (13.04 %) Developer 3 12 (7.453 %) Project Manager 3 12 (7.453 %) Administrator 4 10 (6.211 %) Technical Lead 5 8 (4.969 %) Software Developer 5 8 (4.969 %) Consultant 6 7 (4.348 %) Support Analyst 6 7 (4.348 %) Project Analyst 7 6 (3.727 %) Software Engineer 7 6 (3.727 %) Messaging Analyst 8 5 (3.106 %) Network Specialist 8 5 (3.106 %) Architect 8 5 (3.106 %) Systems Administrator 8 5 (3.106 %) Network Engineer 8 5 (3.106 %) Web Developer 8 5 (3.106 %) Helpdesk Support 8 5 (3.106 %) Linux Administrator 9 4 (2.484 %) Linux Systems Administrator 9 4 (2.484 %) Support Manager	Miscellaneous 1 9 (5.590 %) Video Conferencing 2 8 (4.969 %) PMI 3 5 (3.106 %) Client/Server 4 2 (1.242 %) E-Learning 4 2 (1.242 %) CLARiiON 5 1 (0.621 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.621 %) NHS 5 1 (0.621 %) PACS 5 1 (0.621 %) Economics
Operating Systems 1 54 (33.54 %) Windows 2 24 (14.91 %) UNIX 3 19 (11.80 %) Windows 2000 4 15 (9.317 %) Linux 5 14 (8.696 %) Solaris 6 12 (7.453 %) Windows XP 7 6 (3.727 %) Windows Server 2003 7 6 (3.727 %) Red Hat Linux 8 4 (2.484 %) Windows CE 9 2 (1.242 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 1 (0.621 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 78 (48.45 %) SC Cleared 2 26 (16.15 %) BC Cleared 3 23 (14.29 %) PRINCE2 4 16 (9.938 %) DV Cleared 5 14 (8.696 %) ITIL 6 11 (6.832 %) Project Management 7 9 (5.590 %) Migration 8 8 (4.969 %) Data Management 8 8 (4.969 %) Data Migration 8 8 (4.969 %) Project Planning 8 8 (4.969 %) Load Balancing 9 7 (4.348 %) PDM 9 7 (4.348 %) CAD 10 6 (3.727 %) QMS 11 5 (3.106 %) Requirements Analysis 11 5 (3.106 %) PLM 11 5 (3.106 %) Risk Management 12 3 (1.863 %) Workflow 12 3 (1.863 %) Stakeholder Management 12 3 (1.863 %) Document Management
Programming Languages 1 31 (19.25 %) Java 2 23 (14.29 %) Perl 3 20 (12.42 %) SQL 4 18 (11.18 %) C++ 5 9 (5.590 %) C 6 5 (3.106 %) Python 6 5 (3.106 %) PHP 7 4 (2.484 %) C# 8 1 (0.621 %) Embedded C++ 8 1 (0.621 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 4 (2.484 %) ECDL 2 3 (1.863 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 3 (1.863 %) PMP 2 3 (1.863 %) PMI Certification 3 2 (1.242 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (1.242 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (1.242 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.621 %) A+ Certification 4 1 (0.621 %) CCNP 4 1 (0.621 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.621 %) Network+ Certification 4 1 (0.621 %) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (5.590 %) ISO27001 1 9 (5.590 %) COBIT 2 8 (4.969 %) HL7 3 1 (0.621 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.621 %) QA	System Software 1 16 (9.938 %) Active Directory 2 3 (1.863 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.621 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (0.621 %) Oracle RMAN 3 1 (0.621 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 3 (1.863 %) Tivoli 1 3 (1.863 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 2 (1.242 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 2 (1.242 %) Legato	Vendors 1 22 (13.66 %) Microsoft 2 13 (8.075 %) Oracle 2 13 (8.075 %) Cisco 3 10 (6.211 %) SAP 4 9 (5.590 %) SeeBeyond 5 8 (4.969 %) Siemens 6 7 (4.348 %) InterSystems 6 7 (4.348 %) Tandberg 7 6 (3.727 %) Red Hat 8 5 (3.106 %) Informatica 9 2 (1.242 %) NetApp 9 2 (1.242 %) ADIC 9 2 (1.242 %) webMethods 9 2 (1.242 %) EMC 9 2 (1.242 %) Citrix 9 2 (1.242 %) VERITAS 10 1 (0.621 %) Borland 10 1 (0.621 %) Blue Coat 10 1 (0.621 %) BEA 10 1 (0.621 %) Sun