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This section looks at the demand for Security Check (SC) Clearance skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6469
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads8195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.095 %
As % of the category below3.830 %3.906 %
Daily rates quoted1221
Average minimum daily rate£311£359
Average daily rate£333£387
% change on same period last year-14.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£375
% change on same period last year-2.38 %
Hourly rates quoted3524
Average minimum hourly rate£32.28£30.21
Average hourly rate£32.98£30.83
% change on same period last year+6.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.68£31.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.62£30.64
% change on same period last year+6.44 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads21152432
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.819 %2.426 %
Daily rates quoted712836
Average minimum daily rate£378£354
Average daily rate£402£374
% change on same period last year+7.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£427£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted217282
Average minimum hourly rate£28.59£30.76
Average hourly rate£29.90£32.13
% change on same period last year-6.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.22£33.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
SC Cleared EnglandSC Cleared
England

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.

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

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

East of England SC Cleared Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

East of England SC Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the East of England 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.

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
HertfordshireUp+2955£305-28.87 %
CambridgeshireUp+2311£300-33.33 %
EssexDown-17£492+19.91 %
NorfolkNew entry-3£175-
SuffolkDown-73£263-9.99 %
East AngliaUp+22--
SC Cleared EnglandSC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1152 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
246 (30.26 %)Government
327 (17.76 %)Windows
424 (15.79 %)Firmware
523 (15.13 %)Telelogic
523 (15.13 %)Telelogic DOORS
622 (14.47 %)BC Cleared
718 (11.84 %)Oracle
817 (11.18 %)Java
817 (11.18 %)Windows Server 2003
817 (11.18 %)Degree
916 (10.53 %)Cisco
1015 (9.868 %)UML
1113 (8.553 %)C
1113 (8.553 %)VHDL
1212 (7.895 %)Migration
1212 (7.895 %)Aerospace
1212 (7.895 %)Electronics
1212 (7.895 %)NASTRAN
1311 (7.237 %)C++
1410 (6.579 %)J2EE
1410 (6.579 %)Microsoft
1410 (6.579 %)Mentor Graphics
1410 (6.579 %)Cisco PIX
159 (5.921 %)Citrix
159 (5.921 %)Cisco Certification
159 (5.921 %)MS Office
168 (5.263 %)SQL
168 (5.263 %)Linux
168 (5.263 %)UNIX

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (6.579 %)J2EE
27 (4.605 %)XML
35 (3.289 %)WebSphere
44 (2.632 %)XML Schema
52 (1.316 %)HTML
61 (0.658 %)Cocoon
61 (0.658 %)WMI
61 (0.658 %)ADSI
61 (0.658 %)OpenGL
61 (0.658 %)DirectX
61 (0.658 %)AWT
61 (0.658 %)JMS
61 (0.658 %)Swing
61 (0.658 %).NET
61 (0.658 %)ASP
61 (0.658 %)XSLT
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (3.289 %)JBoss
23 (1.974 %)Oracle Application Server
23 (1.974 %)MS Exchange
23 (1.974 %)WebLogic
32 (1.316 %)Apache
32 (1.316 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (0.658 %)ESB
41 (0.658 %)MQSeries
41 (0.658 %)Tomcat
41 (0.658 %)Lotus Domino
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (7.895 %)NASTRAN
29 (5.921 %)MS Office
34 (2.632 %)MATLAB
34 (2.632 %)Simulink
42 (1.316 %)MS Excel
42 (1.316 %)InDesign
51 (0.658 %)Quicktime
51 (0.658 %)MS Visio
51 (0.658 %)Spreadsheet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (2.632 %)SoftGrid
23 (1.974 %)SAP QM
31 (0.658 %)assyst
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (6.579 %)Cisco PIX
28 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
28 (5.263 %)Firewall
37 (4.605 %)LAN
45 (3.289 %)VoIP
45 (3.289 %)DHCP
45 (3.289 %)DNS
45 (3.289 %)SAN
53 (1.974 %)IPCC
53 (1.974 %)WAN
53 (1.974 %)Internet
62 (1.316 %)Cisco ASA
62 (1.316 %)GPRS
62 (1.316 %)OSPF
62 (1.316 %)BGP
62 (1.316 %)VPN
71 (0.658 %)C7
71 (0.658 %)NGN
71 (0.658 %)HTTP
71 (0.658 %)RIP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (3.947 %)BODI
24 (2.632 %)ETL
33 (1.974 %)MS Access
33 (1.974 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (1.316 %)MySQL
42 (1.316 %)BusinessObjects
42 (1.316 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.658 %)IDOL
51 (0.658 %)PostgreSQL
51 (0.658 %)Oracle Discoverer
51 (0.658 %)RDBMS
51 (0.658 %)FileMaker
51 (0.658 %)Ingres
51 (0.658 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.658 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.658 %)SQL Server
51 (0.658 %)DB2
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (15.13 %)Telelogic DOORS
24 (2.632 %)JUnit
33 (1.974 %)Subversion
42 (1.316 %)Rational Functional Tester
42 (1.316 %)Eclipse
42 (1.316 %)LoadRunner
42 (1.316 %)PowerDesigner
42 (1.316 %)Rational Robot
51 (0.658 %)PVCS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
146 (30.26 %)Government
212 (7.895 %)Aerospace
212 (7.895 %)Electronics
34 (2.632 %)Telecoms
34 (2.632 %)Finance
43 (1.974 %)Military
43 (1.974 %)Publishing
52 (1.316 %)Local Government
61 (0.658 %)Electric
61 (0.658 %)Police
61 (0.658 %)Law
61 (0.658 %)Games
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (11.84 %)Developer
210 (6.579 %)Consultant
210 (6.579 %)Electronics Engineer
38 (5.263 %)Software Engineer
47 (4.605 %)Java Developer
56 (3.947 %)Oracle DBA
56 (3.947 %)Analyst
56 (3.947 %)DBA
65 (3.289 %)Network Engineer
65 (3.289 %)Tester
65 (3.289 %)C Software Engineer
74 (2.632 %)Citrix Specialist
74 (2.632 %)Integration Engineer
74 (2.632 %)Project Manager
74 (2.632 %)2nd Line Support
83 (1.974 %)Quality Engineer
83 (1.974 %)Functional Consultant
83 (1.974 %)Data Analyst
83 (1.974 %)SAP Functional Consultant
83 (1.974 %)Storage Consultant
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (15.79 %)Firmware
213 (8.553 %)VHDL
35 (3.289 %)Client/Server
35 (3.289 %)Data Integration
42 (1.316 %)German Language
42 (1.316 %)Celerra
42 (1.316 %)PKI
42 (1.316 %)Replication
42 (1.316 %)CLARiiON
51 (0.658 %)Streaming Video
51 (0.658 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
51 (0.658 %)Thin Client
51 (0.658 %)Physics
51 (0.658 %)Chemistry
51 (0.658 %)Fat Client
51 (0.658 %)Data Extraction
51 (0.658 %)Video Conferencing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (17.76 %)Windows
217 (11.18 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (5.263 %)Linux
38 (5.263 %)UNIX
47 (4.605 %)Solaris
47 (4.605 %)Windows 2000 Server
56 (3.947 %)Windows XP
65 (3.289 %)Windows 2000
74 (2.632 %)VxWorks
82 (1.316 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (1.316 %)Windows NT
82 (1.316 %)Tru64
91 (0.658 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.658 %)HPUX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1152 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
222 (14.47 %)BC Cleared
315 (9.868 %)UML
412 (7.895 %)Migration
58 (5.263 %)Project Management
65 (3.289 %)ITIL
65 (3.289 %)PRINCE2
65 (3.289 %)Data Migration
74 (2.632 %)Integration Testing
74 (2.632 %)DV Cleared
83 (1.974 %)Quality Management
83 (1.974 %)Change Management
83 (1.974 %)Data Analysis
83 (1.974 %)Software Engineering
83 (1.974 %)Project Planning
83 (1.974 %)EAI
83 (1.974 %)Data Modelling
83 (1.974 %)E-Commerce
83 (1.974 %)CTC Cleared
92 (1.316 %)Matrix Management
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (11.18 %)Java
213 (8.553 %)C
311 (7.237 %)C++
48 (5.263 %)SQL
54 (2.632 %)PL/SQL
62 (1.316 %)VB
62 (1.316 %)C#
62 (1.316 %)Perl
62 (1.316 %)Shell Script
71 (0.658 %)Ruby
71 (0.658 %)Embedded C
71 (0.658 %)Assembly Language
71 (0.658 %)Tcl
71 (0.658 %)Python
71 (0.658 %)PHP
71 (0.658 %)JavaScript
71 (0.658 %)DHTML
71 (0.658 %)VBScript
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (11.18 %)Degree
29 (5.921 %)Cisco Certification
35 (3.289 %)CCIE
35 (3.289 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (3.289 %)MCSE
44 (2.632 %)Citrix Certification
53 (1.974 %)HNC
62 (1.316 %)HND
71 (0.658 %)CISA
71 (0.658 %)CCSA
71 (0.658 %)CCNP
71 (0.658 %)CCNA
71 (0.658 %)CISSP
71 (0.658 %)PMP
71 (0.658 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.658 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.632 %)QA
22 (1.316 %)ISO9001
22 (1.316 %)ISO27001
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (3.947 %)Active Directory
24 (2.632 %)Citrix Presentation Server
24 (2.632 %)Terminal Server
24 (2.632 %)VMware ESX
32 (1.316 %)Oracle RAC
32 (1.316 %)AquaLogic
32 (1.316 %)Oracle RMAN
32 (1.316 %)NetBackup
41 (0.658 %)MetaFrame
41 (0.658 %)VMware Infrastructure
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.658 %)OpenView
11 (0.658 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 (0.658 %)OpenView Configuration Management
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (15.13 %)Telelogic
218 (11.84 %)Oracle
316 (10.53 %)Cisco
410 (6.579 %)Microsoft
410 (6.579 %)Mentor Graphics
59 (5.921 %)Citrix
65 (3.289 %)VMware
74 (2.632 %)VERITAS
74 (2.632 %)Nortel
74 (2.632 %)IBM
74 (2.632 %)Adobe
74 (2.632 %)Brocade
74 (2.632 %)AppSense
74 (2.632 %)Primavera
83 (1.974 %)EMC
83 (1.974 %)Genesys
83 (1.974 %)SAP
92 (1.316 %)Business Objects
92 (1.316 %)BEA
92 (1.316 %)Red Hat