Farnborough SC Cleared Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Farnborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Farnborough region.

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Location Aldershot Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blandford Forum Bournemouth Bracknell Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chorley City of London Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Dorchester Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Inverness Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Malvern Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Oxfordshire Penrith Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Romsey Rotherham Rugby Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Stevenage Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Tewkesbury Thames Ditton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville Wells West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Whitehaven Wiltshire Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Wrexham Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	2	3	2
Rank change year-on-year	+1 -1
Matching contract IT job ads	31	13	38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Farnborough	42.47 %	22.81 %	27.94 %
As % of the Qualifications category	65.96 %	56.52 %	54.29 %
Daily rates quoted	24	8	29
Average daily rate	£328	£379	£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	-13.58 % +2.430 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£287	£342	£347
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£432	£409	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£375	£378
% change year-on-year	-6.660 % -0.660 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
Average hourly rate	£31.50	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.25	£31.75	£33.83
% change year-on-year	-14.17 % -6.140 %
All Qualifications Farnborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Qualifications category	47	23	70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Farnborough	64.38 %	40.35 %	51.47 %
Daily rates quoted	33	14	40
Average daily rate	£325	£365	£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	-10.95 % -1.350 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£247	£300	£331
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£425	£430	£399
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£350	£350
% change year-on-year	-7.140 % -
Hourly rates quoted	3	1	5
Average hourly rate	£31.50	£38.00	£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	-17.10 % +15.15 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.50	£25.00	£25.00
% change year-on-year	-18.00 % -
SC Cleared Hampshire

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the Farnborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications 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 SC Cleared across the Farnborough region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Farnborough region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough 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.

1 66 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 24 (36.36 %) Government 3 15 (22.73 %) DB2 3 15 (22.73 %) AIX 4 14 (21.21 %) UNIX 5 12 (18.18 %) Windows 6 11 (16.67 %) WebSphere 7 7 (10.61 %) XML 7 7 (10.61 %) ClearQuest 8 6 (9.091 %) Microsoft 8 6 (9.091 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 6 (9.091 %) Java 8 6 (9.091 %) SQL 9 5 (7.576 %) Software Engineering 9 5 (7.576 %) SAN

10 4 (6.061 %) WebSphere MQ 10 4 (6.061 %) Tivoli 10 4 (6.061 %) Biometrics 10 4 (6.061 %) Active Directory 10 4 (6.061 %) C++ 10 4 (6.061 %) MS Project 10 4 (6.061 %) Ada 10 4 (6.061 %) Cognos 10 4 (6.061 %) Auditing 10 4 (6.061 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 10 4 (6.061 %) Test Automation 10 4 (6.061 %) Security Testing 11 3 (4.545 %) Windows Server 2008 11 3 (4.545 %) XenDesktop 11 3 (4.545 %) Performance Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough 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.

Application Development 1 11 (16.67 %) WebSphere 2 7 (10.61 %) XML 3 1 (1.515 %) Application Packaging 3 1 (1.515 %) ASP 3 1 (1.515 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (1.515 %) JSP 3 1 (1.515 %) SOAP 3 1 (1.515 %) Web Services 3 1 (1.515 %) .NET 3 1 (1.515 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 6 (9.091 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 4 (6.061 %) WebSphere MQ 3 2 (3.030 %) ESB 4 1 (1.515 %) WebSphere Message Broker 4 1 (1.515 %) MQSI 4 1 (1.515 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 4 (6.061 %) MS Project 2 2 (3.030 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.515 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.515 %) SAP HR
Communications & Networking 1 5 (7.576 %) SAN 2 3 (4.545 %) WAN 3 2 (3.030 %) HTTP 3 2 (3.030 %) Network Security 4 1 (1.515 %) LDAP 4 1 (1.515 %) SNMP 4 1 (1.515 %) VPN 4 1 (1.515 %) MPLS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (22.73 %) DB2 2 1 (1.515 %) DB2 UDB 2 1 (1.515 %) Oracle 9i 2 1 (1.515 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.515 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (1.515 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 7 (10.61 %) ClearQuest 2 3 (4.545 %) ClearCase 3 2 (3.030 %) LoadRunner 3 2 (3.030 %) RequisitePro 3 2 (3.030 %) Rational Functional Tester 4 1 (1.515 %) Rational Performance Tester 4 1 (1.515 %) Visual Studio	General 1 24 (36.36 %) Government 2 4 (6.061 %) Auditing 3 3 (4.545 %) Military
Job Titles 1 18 (27.27 %) Developer 2 9 (13.64 %) Infrastructure Specialist 3 8 (12.12 %) DB2 Developer 4 7 (10.61 %) Architect 4 7 (10.61 %) Analyst 5 6 (9.091 %) Consultant 5 6 (9.091 %) Applications Developer 6 3 (4.545 %) DB2 Consultant 6 3 (4.545 %) Test Leader 6 3 (4.545 %) Administrator 6 3 (4.545 %) Team Leader 6 3 (4.545 %) Security Architect 6 3 (4.545 %) Test Analyst 7 2 (3.030 %) Technical Architect 7 2 (3.030 %) Oracle Consultant 7 2 (3.030 %) WebSphere Consultant 7 2 (3.030 %) IT Security Analyst 7 2 (3.030 %) Infrastructure Architect 7 2 (3.030 %) Test Specialist 7 2 (3.030 %) Java Developer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (6.061 %) Biometrics 2 3 (4.545 %) SecurID 2 3 (4.545 %) PKI 3 2 (3.030 %) Client/Server 3 2 (3.030 %) CESG 3 2 (3.030 %) CESG CLAS 3 2 (3.030 %) Clustering 3 2 (3.030 %) DataPower 3 2 (3.030 %) RMADS 4 1 (1.515 %) Replication 4 1 (1.515 %) Cryptography
Operating Systems 1 15 (22.73 %) AIX 2 14 (21.21 %) UNIX 3 12 (18.18 %) Windows 4 3 (4.545 %) Windows Server 2008 5 2 (3.030 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (3.030 %) Linux 6 1 (1.515 %) Windows XP 6 1 (1.515 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (7.576 %) Software Engineering 2 4 (6.061 %) Test Automation 2 4 (6.061 %) Security Testing 3 3 (4.545 %) Performance Testing 3 3 (4.545 %) Disaster Recovery 4 2 (3.030 %) SOA 4 2 (3.030 %) Penetration Testing 4 2 (3.030 %) Automated Testing 4 2 (3.030 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (3.030 %) Risk Management 4 2 (3.030 %) Capacity Planning 4 2 (3.030 %) Risk Analysis 4 2 (3.030 %) Use Case 5 1 (1.515 %) Integration Testing 5 1 (1.515 %) Test Management 5 1 (1.515 %) Data Migration 5 1 (1.515 %) Information Assurance 5 1 (1.515 %) Security Architecture 5 1 (1.515 %) Validation 5 1 (1.515 %) Migration
Programming Languages 1 6 (9.091 %) Java 1 6 (9.091 %) SQL 2 4 (6.061 %) C++ 2 4 (6.061 %) Ada 3 2 (3.030 %) Python 4 1 (1.515 %) C 4 1 (1.515 %) Perl 4 1 (1.515 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (1.515 %) VBScript 4 1 (1.515 %) VB 4 1 (1.515 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 66 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (4.545 %) ISEB Practitioner 2 3 (4.545 %) ISEB 3 2 (3.030 %) CISSP 4 1 (1.515 %) BC Cleared 4 1 (1.515 %) MCSE 4 1 (1.515 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.030 %) ISO27001 2 1 (1.515 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 4 (6.061 %) Active Directory 2 3 (4.545 %) XenDesktop 3 1 (1.515 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 4 (6.061 %) Tivoli 1 4 (6.061 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 1 (1.515 %) HP Quality Center 2 1 (1.515 %) WSUS 2 1 (1.515 %) Nessus 2 1 (1.515 %) Tivoli Monitoring	Vendors 1 6 (9.091 %) Microsoft 2 4 (6.061 %) Cognos 3 3 (4.545 %) Oracle 3 3 (4.545 %) Citrix 4 2 (3.030 %) HP 4 2 (3.030 %) VMware 5 1 (1.515 %) SAP 5 1 (1.515 %) IBM 5 1 (1.515 %) Lotus