The first table below looks at the demand for Security 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 12 16 29
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +13
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 25 20 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 8.711% 7.576% 3.642%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.98% 47.62% 18.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 3
Average daily rate £294 £290 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.29% +45.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
61 42 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.25% 15.91% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 36
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 £348 £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%
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent 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
Maidstone +1 2 £294 -
Dover - 2 £450 -
Folkestone +7 1 - -
Gravesend - 1 - -
Rochester - 1 - -
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 33 (52.38%) SC Cleared
2 22 (34.92%) OO
3 21 (33.33%) UML
3 21 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 21 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
4 18 (28.57%) Linux
5 14 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
6 13 (20.63%) .NET
7 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
7 10 (15.87%) C#
7 10 (15.87%) Military
8 8 (12.70%) Aerospace
9 7 (11.11%) MS Excel
10 6 (9.524%) Cisco
10 6 (9.524%) C
10 6 (9.524%) PHP
10 6 (9.524%) MySQL
10 6 (9.524%) DV Cleared
11 5 (7.937%) ASP.NET
11 5 (7.937%) CSS
11 5 (7.937%) C++
11 5 (7.937%) Windows
11 5 (7.937%) Telecoms
11 5 (7.937%) Juniper
12 4 (6.349%) Electronics
12 4 (6.349%) Firewall
12 4 (6.349%) Management Information System
12 4 (6.349%) MS Office
12 4 (6.349%) SharePoint
12 4 (6.349%) SQL Server

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 13 (20.63%) .NET
2 5 (7.937%) ASP.NET
2 5 (7.937%) CSS
3 2 (3.175%) ADO.NET
3 2 (3.175%) jQuery
3 2 (3.175%) ASP.NET 2.0
3 2 (3.175%) LINQ
3 2 (3.175%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.175%) Ajax
4 1 (1.587%) LAMP
4 1 (1.587%) Dojo
4 1 (1.587%) WCF
4 1 (1.587%) Zend Framework
4 1 (1.587%) HTML
4 1 (1.587%) Web Services
4 1 (1.587%) XML
4 1 (1.587%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.349%) SharePoint
1 4 (6.349%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (4.762%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.587%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.587%) IIS
3 1 (1.587%) ArcIMS
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.349%) MS Office
3 3 (4.762%) Simulink
4 1 (1.587%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.587%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.349%) Firewall
1 4 (6.349%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (3.175%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (1.587%) VLAN
3 1 (1.587%) Network Security
3 1 (1.587%) HTTP
3 1 (1.587%) VPN
3 1 (1.587%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.524%) MySQL
2 4 (6.349%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.175%) GIS
3 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.175%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.587%) JasperReports
4 1 (1.587%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (4.762%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.175%) MSI
2 2 (3.175%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (1.587%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.587%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.587%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.587%) PHPUnit
General
1 10 (15.87%) Military
2 8 (12.70%) Aerospace
3 5 (7.937%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.349%) Electronics
5 1 (1.587%) Games
Job Titles
1 24 (38.10%) Software Engineer
2 16 (25.40%) Senior Software Engineer
3 11 (17.46%) Developer
4 7 (11.11%) Analyst
5 6 (9.524%) Network Engineer
6 5 (7.937%) Administrator
7 4 (6.349%) DBA
7 4 (6.349%) Data Analyst
7 4 (6.349%) PHP Developer
8 3 (4.762%) MySQL DBA
8 3 (4.762%) SharePoint Developer
9 2 (3.175%) Applications Packager
9 2 (3.175%) Firewall Engineer
9 2 (3.175%) .NET Developer
9 2 (3.175%) C# Developer
9 2 (3.175%) C# .NET Developer
10 1 (1.587%) Cisco Security Engineer
10 1 (1.587%) GIS Developer
10 1 (1.587%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 1 (1.587%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.349%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.349%) Replication
2 2 (3.175%) Biometrics
2 2 (3.175%) Chemistry
3 1 (1.587%) Open Source
3 1 (1.587%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (28.57%) Linux
2 14 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (7.937%) Windows
4 3 (4.762%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.587%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) OO
2 21 (33.33%) UML
2 21 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 21 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (4.762%) Validation
3 3 (4.762%) Data Entry
4 2 (3.175%) MVC
4 2 (3.175%) ETL
4 2 (3.175%) Data Management
4 2 (3.175%) Data Analysis
4 2 (3.175%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (3.175%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (1.587%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (1.587%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (1.587%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (1.587%) Information Management
5 1 (1.587%) Load Balancing
5 1 (1.587%) Requirements Management
5 1 (1.587%) Time Management
5 1 (1.587%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.87%) C#
2 6 (9.524%) C
2 6 (9.524%) PHP
3 5 (7.937%) C++
4 3 (4.762%) SQL
4 3 (4.762%) MATLAB
5 2 (3.175%) Python
5 2 (3.175%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.175%) VBScript
5 2 (3.175%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.587%) PHP5
6 1 (1.587%) Bourne shell
6 1 (1.587%) Perl
6 1 (1.587%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.587%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (52.38%) SC Cleared
2 6 (9.524%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.175%) CCNP
3 2 (3.175%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.175%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.175%) MCP
3 2 (3.175%) Degree
4 1 (1.587%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.175%) QA
2 1 (1.587%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.175%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.524%) Cisco
3 5 (7.937%) Juniper
4 4 (6.349%) Zend
5 2 (3.175%) i2
5 2 (3.175%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.175%) F5
6 1 (1.587%) Oracle
Maidstone, Kent
Follows all EHS and Quality policies and procedures (including ISO's) Maintains production records, paperwork and systems transactions including Oracle... Quality Specific Goals: Aware of and comply with...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £7.50 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Maidstone, Kent
The Thimbles Production Operator must have experience of manufacturing, assembly, basic testing, packaging & labeling of medical products. All candidates must be willing to undergo clearance. Key responsibilities/essential...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £7.50 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013