The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £380 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.31% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-66.62% +14.28%
All Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
116 172 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 17.82% 17.60% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 72 34
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £164 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 25
Average hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.50 £21.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
BC Cleared
East of England

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Access
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle