The first table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security 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
Security Clearance
Rank 28 27 17
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -10
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 64 71 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 5.075% 5.201% 7.456%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.65% 34.30% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 41
Average daily rate £331 £410 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.23% +9.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £251 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £370
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 10
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -19.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £11.75 £7.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.80 £62.50 £47.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -21.87%
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%
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

East Midlands Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

East Midlands Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below 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 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
Derbyshire -2 13 £450 +1.12%
Leicestershire -2 10 £331 -2.61%
Northamptonshire +13 4 - -
Lincolnshire +3 3 - -
Nottinghamshire -10 2 - -
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 88 (67.69%) SC Cleared
2 38 (29.23%) Windows
3 35 (26.92%) Microsoft
4 25 (19.23%) Active Directory
5 21 (16.15%) Oracle
6 19 (14.62%) Project Management
7 17 (13.08%) Windows 7
8 16 (12.31%) Migration
8 16 (12.31%) SQL
9 15 (11.54%) SCCM
10 14 (10.77%) Windows XP
11 12 (9.231%) SAN
11 12 (9.231%) SCOM
11 12 (9.231%) Oracle 11g
11 12 (9.231%) BC Cleared
11 12 (9.231%) PowerShell
12 10 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (7.692%) MS Exchange
12 10 (7.692%) MS Excel
13 9 (6.923%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (6.923%) MS Office
13 9 (6.923%) Change Management
14 8 (6.154%) Exchange Server 2010
14 8 (6.154%) Oracle BI EE
14 8 (6.154%) Performance Management
14 8 (6.154%) Oracle EBS
14 8 (6.154%) Primavera
14 8 (6.154%) Windows Server 2003
14 8 (6.154%) PRINCE2
14 8 (6.154%) Informatica

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 6 (4.615%) J2EE
2 4 (3.077%) Application Packaging
3 3 (2.308%) SAP Basis
4 2 (1.538%) WebCenter
4 2 (1.538%) XML
5 1 (0.769%) XSL
5 1 (0.769%) XSLT
5 1 (0.769%) XHTML
5 1 (0.769%) SGML
5 1 (0.769%) X-Windows
5 1 (0.769%) COM
5 1 (0.769%) HTML
5 1 (0.769%) .NET
5 1 (0.769%) HTML5
5 1 (0.769%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.769%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 10 (7.692%) MS Exchange
2 8 (6.154%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (5.385%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (4.615%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (4.615%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.538%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.538%) Documentum
6 1 (0.769%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.769%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.769%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.769%) Lync
Applications
1 10 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 9 (6.923%) MS Office
3 2 (1.538%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.769%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.769%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.769%) CorelDRAW
4 1 (0.769%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (6.154%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.308%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.538%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.769%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.769%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.231%) SAN
2 5 (3.846%) HTTP
2 5 (3.846%) Network Security
2 5 (3.846%) Firewall
3 3 (2.308%) DHCP
3 3 (2.308%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.308%) DNS
4 2 (1.538%) LDAP
4 2 (1.538%) NAS
4 2 (1.538%) VLAN
4 2 (1.538%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (0.769%) FWSM
5 1 (0.769%) LAN
5 1 (0.769%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.769%) SSL
5 1 (0.769%) Intranet
5 1 (0.769%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.231%) Oracle 11g
2 8 (6.154%) Oracle BI EE
3 4 (3.077%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.077%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.308%) DB2
5 1 (0.769%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.769%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.769%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.769%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.077%) MSI
General
1 5 (3.846%) Telecoms
1 5 (3.846%) Finance
2 3 (2.308%) Manufacturing
2 3 (2.308%) Marketing
3 1 (0.769%) German Language
3 1 (0.769%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 19 (14.62%) Security Engineer
2 15 (11.54%) Project Manager
3 12 (9.231%) Consultant
4 10 (7.692%) Analyst
5 9 (6.923%) Technical Project Manager
5 9 (6.923%) Technical Manager
5 9 (6.923%) Build Engineer
6 7 (5.385%) Oracle BI Consultant
6 7 (5.385%) Oracle Consultant
6 7 (5.385%) Architect
6 7 (5.385%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 7 (5.385%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.615%) Desktop Support
7 6 (4.615%) Desktop Engineer
8 5 (3.846%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (3.846%) Help Desk Engineer
8 5 (3.846%) DBA
8 5 (3.846%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.846%) Administrator
9 4 (3.077%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.615%) Replication
2 5 (3.846%) CESG
3 4 (3.077%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.308%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.538%) SaaS
5 2 (1.538%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.538%) SCADA
6 1 (0.769%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.769%) Statistics
6 1 (0.769%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 38 (29.23%) Windows
2 17 (13.08%) Windows 7
3 14 (10.77%) Windows XP
4 10 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (6.154%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (5.385%) UNIX
7 5 (3.846%) AIX
8 4 (3.077%) Solaris
8 4 (3.077%) Linux
8 4 (3.077%) Windows Vista
8 4 (3.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.769%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (14.62%) Project Management
2 16 (12.31%) Migration
3 9 (6.923%) Change Management
3 9 (6.923%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (6.154%) PRINCE2
4 8 (6.154%) Performance Management
5 5 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (3.846%) Configuration Management
6 4 (3.077%) ITIL
6 4 (3.077%) Information Security
7 3 (2.308%) Business Continuity
7 3 (2.308%) Problem Management
8 2 (1.538%) Business Analysis
8 2 (1.538%) Software Deployment
8 2 (1.538%) TOGAF
8 2 (1.538%) DoDAF
8 2 (1.538%) MODAF
8 2 (1.538%) ERP
8 2 (1.538%) Data Modelling
9 1 (0.769%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.31%) SQL
2 12 (9.231%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.385%) C
4 6 (4.615%) Java
5 5 (3.846%) VBScript
5 5 (3.846%) VB
6 2 (1.538%) Python
6 2 (1.538%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.538%) Ruby
6 2 (1.538%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.538%) Perl
6 2 (1.538%) C#
6 2 (1.538%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 88 (67.69%) SC Cleared
2 12 (9.231%) BC Cleared
3 4 (3.077%) DV Cleared
3 4 (3.077%) Degree
4 3 (2.308%) CCSA
4 3 (2.308%) CCNP
4 3 (2.308%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.538%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.538%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.538%) RHCE
5 2 (1.538%) CCNA
5 2 (1.538%) CCSP
5 2 (1.538%) CCSE
6 1 (0.769%) MCDST
6 1 (0.769%) MCITP
6 1 (0.769%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.769%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.308%) BS25999
2 1 (0.769%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.769%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.769%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.077%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (2.308%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.538%) ProxySG
4 2 (1.538%) Snort
5 1 (0.769%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.769%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.769%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (11.54%) SCCM
2 12 (9.231%) SCOM
3 3 (2.308%) OpenView
3 3 (2.308%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 35 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.15%) Oracle
3 8 (6.154%) HP
3 8 (6.154%) EMC
3 8 (6.154%) Informatica
3 8 (6.154%) Primavera
4 7 (5.385%) VMware
5 6 (4.615%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.846%) Cisco
6 5 (3.846%) Sourcefire
7 4 (3.077%) Blue Coat
7 4 (3.077%) Juniper
7 4 (3.077%) IBM
7 4 (3.077%) CheckPoint
8 3 (2.308%) Clearswift
8 3 (2.308%) SAP
8 3 (2.308%) F5
9 2 (1.538%) McAfee
9 2 (1.538%) Brocade
9 2 (1.538%) Fortinet
Derby, East Midlands
A multi national engineering client has a number of mechanical engineer roles available within the East Midlands area, *** The client will gain SC Clearance for you, but you...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £30 - £50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
APPLICANTS MUST BE BRITISH NATIONALS TO GAIN SECURITY CLEARANCE** A specialist engineering company in the East Midlands currently needs your help: Mechanical Engineer - 4/6 months rolling contract: (...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Software Test Engineer Nottingham £250-£310 per day DOE QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: - HND or degree-level education, preferably in an engineering-related field - Considerable and relevant software testing...
LA International
Rate: £250 - £310 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013