Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Cleared over the 3 months to 19 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 Hertfordshire region.

 Security Clearance
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank152744
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads313345
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire6.019 %4.441 %2.943 %
As % of the Qualifications category45.59 %34.74 %19.91 %
Daily rates quoted9512
Average daily rate£305£275£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.90 %-18.51 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£158£166£205
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£370£400£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£388£380
% change year-on-year
-9.670 %+1.900 %
Hourly rates quoted121111
Average hourly rate£21.75£23.50£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.440 %-28.78 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£14.88£15.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.80£33.40£36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£32.25£33.83
% change year-on-year
-16.27 %-4.670 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6895226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire13.20 %12.79 %14.78 %
Daily rates quoted192978
Average daily rate£313£275£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63 %-18.51 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£153£140£244
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted211946
Average hourly rate£24.00£23.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.120 %+17.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£14.88£14.40
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£33.40£35.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Security Cleared East of EnglandSecurity Cleared
East of England

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.

Security Cleared
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Security Cleared Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Cleared across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
StevenageUp+212£236+5.00 %
St AlbansNew entry-2£350-
Security Cleared East of EnglandSecurity Cleared
East of England

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

139 (57.35 %)SC Cleared
228 (41.18 %)Government
316 (23.53 %)VMware
316 (23.53 %)Windows
316 (23.53 %)VMware Infrastructure
413 (19.12 %)Active Directory
512 (17.65 %)UNIX
610 (14.71 %)IBM
610 (14.71 %)Microsoft
610 (14.71 %)HP
610 (14.71 %)ITIL
79 (13.24 %)Oracle
88 (11.76 %)Lotus Domino
88 (11.76 %)Cisco
88 (11.76 %)Citrix
88 (11.76 %)LAN
88 (11.76 %)Symantec
88 (11.76 %)NetBackup
88 (11.76 %)Migration
97 (10.29 %)Cisco Certification
106 (8.824 %)OpenView Configuration Management
115 (7.353 %)CCIE
115 (7.353 %)WAN
115 (7.353 %)MS Excel
115 (7.353 %)MS Office
115 (7.353 %)SQL
115 (7.353 %)VB
115 (7.353 %)Citrix Presentation Server
124 (5.882 %)SCCM
124 (5.882 %)Java

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (4.412 %).NET
13 (4.412 %)ASP.NET
22 (2.941 %)Java EE
22 (2.941 %)MyFaces
22 (2.941 %)RichFaces
22 (2.941 %)EJB 3.0
22 (2.941 %)EJB
31 (1.471 %)TopLink
31 (1.471 %)WinForms
31 (1.471 %)JMX
31 (1.471 %)JavaBeans
31 (1.471 %)JMS
31 (1.471 %)HTML
31 (1.471 %)J2EE
31 (1.471 %)Servlets
31 (1.471 %)Struts
31 (1.471 %)Web Services
31 (1.471 %)XML
31 (1.471 %)LINQ
31 (1.471 %)Oracle Streams
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (11.76 %)Lotus Domino
22 (2.941 %)WebLogic
22 (2.941 %)Lotus Notes
31 (1.471 %)SharePoint
31 (1.471 %)Apache
31 (1.471 %)Oracle 10gAS
31 (1.471 %)ESB
31 (1.471 %)Oracle Application Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (7.353 %)MS Excel
15 (7.353 %)MS Office
22 (2.941 %)CATIA
31 (1.471 %)MATLAB
31 (1.471 %)Simulink
31 (1.471 %)MS Project
31 (1.471 %)NASTRAN
31 (1.471 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (1.471 %)InfoPath
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.941 %)ENOVIA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (11.76 %)LAN
25 (7.353 %)WAN
34 (5.882 %)SAN
42 (2.941 %)LDAP
42 (2.941 %)Kerberos
42 (2.941 %)Internet
42 (2.941 %)Firewall
42 (2.941 %)Wireless
51 (1.471 %)Intranet
51 (1.471 %)X.400
51 (1.471 %)X.500
51 (1.471 %)VPN
51 (1.471 %)Cisco ASA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (2.941 %)MySQL
12 (2.941 %)SQL Server
12 (2.941 %)Oracle 10g
21 (1.471 %)EDRMS
21 (1.471 %)Informix
21 (1.471 %)SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (2.941 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.471 %)ClearQuest
21 (1.471 %)TestDirector
21 (1.471 %)JDeveloper
21 (1.471 %)ClearCase
21 (1.471 %)Ant
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
128 (41.18 %)Government
24 (5.882 %)Military
24 (5.882 %)Telecoms
32 (2.941 %)Legal
32 (2.941 %)Publishing
32 (2.941 %)Aerospace
41 (1.471 %)Home Office
41 (1.471 %)Electric
41 (1.471 %)Finance
41 (1.471 %)Marketing
41 (1.471 %)Auditing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (14.71 %)Architect
29 (13.24 %)Analyst
38 (11.76 %)Developer
44 (5.882 %)Support Engineer
53 (4.412 %).NET Developer
53 (4.412 %)Technical Consultant
53 (4.412 %)Solutions Designer
53 (4.412 %)Consultant
53 (4.412 %)Active Directory Consultant
53 (4.412 %)Designer
53 (4.412 %)Team Leader
53 (4.412 %)Network Team Leader
62 (2.941 %)Senior Support Engineer
62 (2.941 %)Communications Manager
62 (2.941 %)Operations Engineer
62 (2.941 %)Network Engineer
62 (2.941 %)DBA
62 (2.941 %)Tester
62 (2.941 %)Helpdesk Analyst
62 (2.941 %)Installations Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (4.412 %)Thin Client
13 (4.412 %)Fat Client
21 (1.471 %)Replication
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
116 (23.53 %)Windows
212 (17.65 %)UNIX
34 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (4.412 %)AIX
52 (2.941 %)Windows Vista
52 (2.941 %)HPUX
61 (1.471 %)Windows XP
61 (1.471 %)Windows 2000
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (14.71 %)ITIL
28 (11.76 %)Migration
34 (5.882 %)PRINCE
43 (4.412 %)Service Management
43 (4.412 %)CAD
43 (4.412 %)PRINCE2
43 (4.412 %)Validation
43 (4.412 %)Network Design
52 (2.941 %)Database Tuning
61 (1.471 %)Workflow
61 (1.471 %)ITSM
61 (1.471 %)Project Management
61 (1.471 %)UML
61 (1.471 %)SSADM
61 (1.471 %)System Testing
61 (1.471 %)Use Case
61 (1.471 %)Test Scripting
61 (1.471 %)Release Management
61 (1.471 %)Data Management
61 (1.471 %)Data Analysis
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (7.353 %)SQL
15 (7.353 %)VB
24 (5.882 %)Java
33 (4.412 %)C#
42 (2.941 %)PowerShell
42 (2.941 %)VBA
42 (2.941 %)T-SQL
42 (2.941 %)VBScript
51 (1.471 %)C++
51 (1.471 %)PL/SQL
51 (1.471 %)C
51 (1.471 %)VB6
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
139 (57.35 %)SC Cleared
27 (10.29 %)Cisco Certification
35 (7.353 %)CCIE
42 (2.941 %)CCNA
51 (1.471 %)ISEB
51 (1.471 %)HND
51 (1.471 %)CTC Cleared
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (4.412 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (23.53 %)VMware Infrastructure
213 (19.12 %)Active Directory
35 (7.353 %)Citrix Presentation Server
43 (4.412 %)VMware ESX
52 (2.941 %)MetaFrame
61 (1.471 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (1.471 %)Terminal Services
61 (1.471 %)Oracle RAC
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (11.76 %)NetBackup
26 (8.824 %)OpenView Configuration Management
34 (5.882 %)SCCM
43 (4.412 %)OpenView
51 (1.471 %)MOM
51 (1.471 %)CiscoWorks
51 (1.471 %)Data Guard
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (23.53 %)VMware
210 (14.71 %)IBM
210 (14.71 %)Microsoft
210 (14.71 %)HP
39 (13.24 %)Oracle
48 (11.76 %)Cisco
48 (11.76 %)Citrix
48 (11.76 %)Symantec
52 (2.941 %)Lotus
52 (2.941 %)Red Hat
61 (1.471 %)Serena
61 (1.471 %)Open Text
61 (1.471 %)Remedy
61 (1.471 %)Sun