The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 23 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 Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 20 36 28
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 13 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 5.628% 1.227% 0.505%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.50% 10.53% 4.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £375 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £372 £400 £369
% change year-on-year
-7.12% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
Average hourly rate £18.50 £11.88 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+55.72% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.75 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+11.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
40 38 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 17.32% 11.66% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 13
Average daily rate £425 £400 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +1.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £455 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
Average hourly rate £20.50 £21.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.74% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hastings - 9 £150 -
Brighton +10 2 £375 -
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 20 (86.96%) SC Cleared
2 11 (47.83%) MS Office
2 11 (47.83%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Windows 7
3 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
3 9 (39.13%) BC Cleared
4 8 (34.78%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (34.78%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
6 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
6 3 (13.04%) .NET
7 2 (8.696%) SQL
7 2 (8.696%) VB.NET
7 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
7 2 (8.696%) SLA
7 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
7 2 (8.696%) Citrix
7 2 (8.696%) CA
7 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
7 2 (8.696%) TOGAF
7 2 (8.696%) Banking
7 2 (8.696%) .NET Framework
7 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
7 2 (8.696%) TQM
7 2 (8.696%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (8.696%) AppSense
7 2 (8.696%) Lumension

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 2 (8.696%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.348%) Middleware
3 1 (4.348%) XML
Applications
1 11 (47.83%) MS Office
2 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.348%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (8.696%) Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Marketing
2 1 (4.348%) Back Office
2 1 (4.348%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Italian Language
2 1 (4.348%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) IT Support
3 3 (13.04%) Applications Support
3 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Applications Specialist
4 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.696%) Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) IT Architect
4 2 (8.696%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Integration Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows
1 11 (47.83%) Windows 7
2 8 (34.78%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (34.78%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
4 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (8.696%) TOGAF
2 2 (8.696%) TQM
2 2 (8.696%) Software Deployment
2 2 (8.696%) ArchiMate
3 1 (4.348%) Agile Testing
3 1 (4.348%) MVC
3 1 (4.348%) Change Management
3 1 (4.348%) Regression Testing
3 1 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Data Management
3 1 (4.348%) Document Management
3 1 (4.348%) Project Management
3 1 (4.348%) PRINCE
3 1 (4.348%) Data Modelling
3 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) SQL
1 2 (8.696%) VB.NET
2 1 (4.348%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (86.96%) SC Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.696%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) SCCM
2 1 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.696%) Citrix
1 2 (8.696%) CA
1 2 (8.696%) AppSense
1 2 (8.696%) Lumension
2 1 (4.348%) Zend
2 1 (4.348%) HP