The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 23 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 Kent 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 25 25 31
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 11 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 3.846% 4.167% 2.932%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.33% 26.19% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 3
Average daily rate £205 £255 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.60% +27.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £371
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
60 42 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 20.98% 15.91% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 37
Average daily rate £280 £320 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -12.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £158 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £7.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% +282.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent SC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Kent SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 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
Dover - 1 - -
Folkestone - 1 - -
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing SC 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 SC Cleared.

1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (38.24%) Linux
3 10 (29.41%) OO
4 9 (26.47%) UML
4 9 (26.47%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (26.47%) Requirements Analysis
4 9 (26.47%) Multithreading
5 6 (17.65%) Replication
5 6 (17.65%) MySQL
6 5 (14.71%) Cisco
6 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
6 5 (14.71%) Military
6 5 (14.71%) Firewall
6 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
7 4 (11.76%) MS Excel
7 4 (11.76%) Juniper
7 4 (11.76%) PHP
7 4 (11.76%) DV Cleared
8 3 (8.824%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (8.824%) Data Entry
8 3 (8.824%) Windows
8 3 (8.824%) SQL Server
8 3 (8.824%) C
8 3 (8.824%) Management Information System
8 3 (8.824%) Validation
9 2 (5.882%) VMware
9 2 (5.882%) VMware ESX
9 2 (5.882%) Clustering
9 2 (5.882%) Data Management
9 2 (5.882%) Biometrics

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing SC 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 SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.882%) CSS
2 1 (2.941%) Zend Framework
2 1 (2.941%) jQuery
2 1 (2.941%) XML
2 1 (2.941%) HTML
2 1 (2.941%) EDIFACT
2 1 (2.941%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) IIS
1 2 (5.882%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.941%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
2 3 (8.824%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (5.882%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (2.941%) VLAN
4 1 (2.941%) Network Security
4 1 (2.941%) HTTP
4 1 (2.941%) VPN
4 1 (2.941%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) MySQL
2 3 (8.824%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.941%) JasperReports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Git (software)
1 1 (2.941%) PHPUnit
1 1 (2.941%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (14.71%) Military
1 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.941%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Software Engineer
1 9 (26.47%) Senior Software Engineer
2 5 (14.71%) Network Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Administrator
3 4 (11.76%) Data Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) MySQL DBA
4 3 (8.824%) DBA
4 3 (8.824%) Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) PHP Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (2.941%) MySQL Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Cisco Security Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Data Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Replication
2 3 (8.824%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.882%) Clustering
3 2 (5.882%) Biometrics
3 2 (5.882%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.941%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Linux
2 9 (26.47%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (8.824%) Windows
4 2 (5.882%) Windows 2000
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) OO
2 9 (26.47%) UML
2 9 (26.47%) Requirements Analysis
2 9 (26.47%) Multithreading
3 3 (8.824%) Data Entry
3 3 (8.824%) Validation
4 2 (5.882%) Data Management
4 2 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (5.882%) ETL
4 2 (5.882%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (5.882%) Data Analysis
5 1 (2.941%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.941%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.941%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (2.941%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.941%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) PHP
2 3 (8.824%) C
3 1 (2.941%) PHP5
3 1 (2.941%) Bourne shell
3 1 (2.941%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.941%) SQL
3 1 (2.941%) Python
3 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.941%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.882%) CCNP
3 2 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.941%) CCSP
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) VMware ESX
1 2 (5.882%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.882%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Cisco
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Juniper
3 2 (5.882%) VMware
3 2 (5.882%) Symantec
3 2 (5.882%) Sophos
3 2 (5.882%) Veritas
3 2 (5.882%) CheckPoint
3 2 (5.882%) Citrix
3 2 (5.882%) Acronis
3 2 (5.882%) F5
3 2 (5.882%) Zend