The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 22 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 Hampshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Rank 93 95 93
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 6 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.386% 0.186% 0.599%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.230% 0.587% 2.132%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 8
Average daily rate - - £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £380 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.31% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £13.35 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.62% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-66.62% +14.28%
All Qualifications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
488 511 516
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 31.40% 31.74% 28.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 247 215
Average daily rate £363 £364 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.34% +1.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £495 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 47 70
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -4.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.35 £12.80 £13.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
BC Cleared
South East

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire BC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BC Cleared across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire BC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BC Cleared across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BC Cleared within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Eastleigh +5 5 - -
Winchester - 1 - -
BC Cleared
South East

BC Cleared
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing BC 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 BC Cleared.

1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) Java
3 4 (66.67%) SOA
4 3 (50.00%) .NET
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
5 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (33.33%) JIRA
5 2 (33.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (16.67%) WPF
6 1 (16.67%) Silverlight
6 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (16.67%) SSH
6 1 (16.67%) C
6 1 (16.67%) SQL
6 1 (16.67%) Windows
6 1 (16.67%) Linux
6 1 (16.67%) UML
6 1 (16.67%) Service Management
6 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
6 1 (16.67%) FTP
6 1 (16.67%) SSL
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 1 (16.67%) Remedy

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing BC 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 BC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) WPF
2 1 (16.67%) Silverlight
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SSH
1 1 (16.67%) FTP
1 1 (16.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Configuration Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C# Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) SOA
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy