| Security Check (SC) Clearance |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 5 | 13 | 15 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +8 | +2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 27 | 51 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 15.69 % | 6.835 % | 9.059 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 25.64 % | 11.20 % | 21.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 10 | 12 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £458 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £378 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.00 | £34.50 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.25 | £31.75 | £33.83 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 156 | 241 | 233 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 61.18 % | 61.01 % | 41.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 41 | 79 | 77 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £400 | £450 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £247 | £325 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £550 | £520 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.85 | £22.50 | £28.52 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.75 | £12.41 | £22.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £39.00 | £36.80 | £45.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.50 | £25.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
