The first 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 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 36 30 19
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -11
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 28 47 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 4.396% 4.811% 6.735%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.35% 26.86% 45.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 9
Average daily rate £350 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £269 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £388 £594
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 18
Average hourly rate £36.75 £35.00 £37.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -5.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.75 £32.50 £34.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.75 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
115 175 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.05% 17.91% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 71 36
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 £209 £179 £105
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 27
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 £22.10
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%
Security Cleared
East of England

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
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 24 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
Stevenage -6 8 £350 -
Hemel Hempstead +13 6 £350 -
Letchworth - 1 - -
Royston - 1 £463 -
Security Cleared
East of England

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 65 (78.31%) SC Cleared
2 30 (36.14%) Windows
3 21 (25.30%) Oracle
4 18 (21.69%) Telecoms
5 13 (15.66%) Symantec
5 13 (15.66%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (15.66%) Migration
6 12 (14.46%) SQL
7 11 (13.25%) Java
7 11 (13.25%) UML
7 11 (13.25%) Active Directory
8 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
9 9 (10.84%) Linux
9 9 (10.84%) SAP
9 9 (10.84%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (10.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (9.639%) Exchange Server 2010
10 8 (9.639%) SAP Basis
10 8 (9.639%) NetWeaver
10 8 (9.639%) Blackberry
10 8 (9.639%) SQL Server
10 8 (9.639%) J2EE
10 8 (9.639%) DNS
10 8 (9.639%) MS Excel
10 8 (9.639%) MS Exchange
11 7 (8.434%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (8.434%) DHCP
11 7 (8.434%) Cisco
11 7 (8.434%) CCIE
11 7 (8.434%) Web Services

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (9.639%) SAP Basis
1 8 (9.639%) J2EE
2 7 (8.434%) Web Services
2 7 (8.434%) Hibernate
2 7 (8.434%) Spring
3 6 (7.229%) XML
4 5 (6.024%) XML Schema
4 5 (6.024%) CSS
4 5 (6.024%) JSP
4 5 (6.024%) DHTML
4 5 (6.024%) Struts
4 5 (6.024%) JSF
4 5 (6.024%) Struts2
5 3 (3.614%) .NET
6 2 (2.410%) SAP PI
6 2 (2.410%) GWT
6 2 (2.410%) Middleware
7 1 (1.205%) Swing
7 1 (1.205%) ASP
7 1 (1.205%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.639%) Exchange Server 2010
1 8 (9.639%) NetWeaver
1 8 (9.639%) MS Exchange
2 5 (6.024%) Apache
2 5 (6.024%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 5 (6.024%) ActiveMQ
3 4 (4.819%) Liferay
3 4 (4.819%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (4.819%) IIS
4 3 (3.614%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (3.614%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (2.410%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (2.410%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (1.205%) SAS
6 1 (1.205%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (1.205%) ESB
Applications
1 8 (9.639%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.410%) AutoCAD
2 2 (2.410%) MS Office
3 1 (1.205%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.205%) PeopleSoft HRMS
1 1 (1.205%) LabWindows
1 1 (1.205%) SAP MII
1 1 (1.205%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.639%) DNS
2 7 (8.434%) DHCP
3 6 (7.229%) Firewall
4 3 (3.614%) Wireless
4 3 (3.614%) SAN
5 2 (2.410%) NAS
5 2 (2.410%) Wireless Security
5 2 (2.410%) LAN
5 2 (2.410%) WAN
5 2 (2.410%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.205%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.205%) VoIP
6 1 (1.205%) VPN
6 1 (1.205%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.205%) Intranet
6 1 (1.205%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.639%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.434%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (6.024%) JasperReports
4 4 (4.819%) GIS
5 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.205%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.205%) MS Access
6 1 (1.205%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.205%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.205%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.205%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (7.229%) Maven
2 4 (4.819%) Rational Rhapsody
2 4 (4.819%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (3.614%) MSI
4 2 (2.410%) Subversion
4 2 (2.410%) ClearQuest
4 2 (2.410%) JUnit
4 2 (2.410%) ClearCase
5 1 (1.205%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (21.69%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.819%) Retail
3 2 (2.410%) Billing
3 2 (2.410%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.205%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.205%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (14.46%) Consultant
2 8 (9.639%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (9.639%) Administrator
3 7 (8.434%) Developer
4 6 (7.229%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (7.229%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (6.024%) Support Engineer
5 5 (6.024%) Senior Developer
5 5 (6.024%) Analyst
5 5 (6.024%) Software Engineer
5 5 (6.024%) Java Developer
5 5 (6.024%) SAP Basis Administrator
5 5 (6.024%) SAP Administrator
6 4 (4.819%) Senior Java Developer
6 4 (4.819%) Messaging Specialist
7 3 (3.614%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (3.614%) Applications Packager
7 3 (3.614%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (3.614%) Designer
8 2 (2.410%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.639%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.024%) Clustering
2 5 (6.024%) Open Source
3 1 (1.205%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.205%) ASIC
3 1 (1.205%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.205%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (1.205%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.205%) Physics
3 1 (1.205%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.205%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 30 (36.14%) Windows
2 13 (15.66%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (10.84%) Linux
3 9 (10.84%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (10.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (7.229%) UNIX
4 6 (7.229%) Solaris
5 4 (4.819%) Windows 7
6 3 (3.614%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.205%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.205%) AIX
7 1 (1.205%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (15.66%) Migration
2 11 (13.25%) UML
3 7 (8.434%) Change Management
3 7 (8.434%) Change Control
3 7 (8.434%) Capacity Planning
4 6 (7.229%) Data Migration
5 5 (6.024%) RUP
5 5 (6.024%) Unit Testing
5 5 (6.024%) Test Scripting
5 5 (6.024%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (4.819%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (4.819%) Configuration Management
6 4 (4.819%) Workflow
7 3 (3.614%) SOA
7 3 (3.614%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (3.614%) Validation
7 3 (3.614%) Software Engineering
7 3 (3.614%) Integration Testing
8 2 (2.410%) Network Management
8 2 (2.410%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.46%) SQL
2 11 (13.25%) Java
3 5 (6.024%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.614%) Perl
5 2 (2.410%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.410%) Ada
6 1 (1.205%) C
6 1 (1.205%) C#
6 1 (1.205%) C++
6 1 (1.205%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.205%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.205%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 65 (78.31%) SC Cleared
2 7 (8.434%) CCIE
2 7 (8.434%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.024%) CCNP
4 4 (4.819%) CTC Cleared
5 3 (3.614%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.410%) Degree
6 2 (2.410%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.205%) ISEB
7 1 (1.205%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.024%) QA
2 3 (3.614%) SLA
3 1 (1.205%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (13.25%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.819%) VMware ESX
3 3 (3.614%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (3.614%) vSphere
3 3 (3.614%) XenApp
4 2 (2.410%) XenDesktop
4 2 (2.410%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.205%) MetaFrame
5 1 (1.205%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.205%) Xen
5 1 (1.205%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.205%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (7.229%) NetBackup
1 6 (7.229%) Backup Exec
2 5 (6.024%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (3.614%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (2.410%) SCCM
5 1 (1.205%) OpenView
5 1 (1.205%) MOM
5 1 (1.205%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 1 (1.205%) Nagios
5 1 (1.205%) OVSD
5 1 (1.205%) YUM
Vendors
1 21 (25.30%) Oracle
2 13 (15.66%) Symantec
3 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
4 9 (10.84%) SAP
5 7 (8.434%) Cisco
5 7 (8.434%) Red Hat
5 7 (8.434%) VMware
6 6 (7.229%) Citrix
6 6 (7.229%) IBM
7 5 (6.024%) ReadSoft
7 5 (6.024%) Sophos
8 4 (4.819%) Serena
8 4 (4.819%) HP
9 3 (3.614%) Sun
9 3 (3.614%) Remedy
9 3 (3.614%) Lotus
9 3 (3.614%) Acronis
10 2 (2.410%) McAfee
10 2 (2.410%) JBoss
10 2 (2.410%) Twitter
Hertfordshire, South East
You will be working on a UK defence project so you will require eligibility for SC clearance... The role: + Experience with ADA + Experience with Rhapsody + Experience with C++...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £35 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Key skills: Expertise in Solaris version 10 and Red Hat Linux Stong business applications experience around Oracle, J2EE applications containers Demonstrable experience of working within a ITIL environment.
Robert Walters
Salary: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013