The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Lancashire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Rank 29 14 29
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +15
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 2 31 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.905% 7.346% 0.837%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.774% 15.42% 3.390%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 20 1
Average daily rate - £428 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.43 £40.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
-66.43% +41.59%
All Qualifications
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
53 201 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 23.98% 47.63% 24.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 119 31
Average daily rate £300 £433 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.63% +34.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £90 £300 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £414 £550 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 13
Average hourly rate £20.00 £14.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -61.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.00 £19.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £14.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
BC Cleared
North West

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 21 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) J2EE
4 3 (14.29%) PowerExchange
4 3 (14.29%) Service Management
4 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Ant
4 3 (14.29%) UNIX
4 3 (14.29%) Web Services
4 3 (14.29%) Informatica
4 3 (14.29%) Maven
5 2 (9.524%) Supplier Management
5 2 (9.524%) TOGAF
5 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (9.524%) JPA
5 2 (9.524%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (9.524%) Performance Management
5 2 (9.524%) Change Data Capture
5 2 (9.524%) Shell Script
5 2 (9.524%) Middleware
5 2 (9.524%) ITIL
5 2 (9.524%) ISEB
5 2 (9.524%) JMS
5 2 (9.524%) SOA
5 2 (9.524%) EJB
5 2 (9.524%) Java
5 2 (9.524%) SQL
5 2 (9.524%) Project Management
5 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.524%) Hibernate

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (19.05%) J2EE
2 3 (14.29%) Web Services
3 2 (9.524%) JPA
3 2 (9.524%) Middleware
3 2 (9.524%) JMS
3 2 (9.524%) EJB
3 2 (9.524%) Hibernate
4 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) PowerExchange
2 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) ATM
1 1 (4.762%) ISDN
1 1 (4.762%) VoIP
1 1 (4.762%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Ant
1 3 (14.29%) Maven
2 1 (4.762%) JUnit
2 1 (4.762%) Hudson
2 1 (4.762%) FindBugs
2 1 (4.762%) Checkstyle
2 1 (4.762%) AppScan
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Architect
1 4 (19.05%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 3 (14.29%) J2EE Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Exchange Specialist
2 3 (14.29%) Informatica Specialist
3 2 (9.524%) Security Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Senior Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Build Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Java Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Senior Java Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Senior Java/J2EE Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Java/J2EE Architect
3 2 (9.524%) J2EE Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Senior J2EE Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Senior J2EE Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.762%) CESG
1 1 (4.762%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) UNIX
2 1 (4.762%) MVS
2 1 (4.762%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) Service Management
2 2 (9.524%) Supplier Management
2 2 (9.524%) TOGAF
2 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (9.524%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (9.524%) Performance Management
2 2 (9.524%) Change Data Capture
2 2 (9.524%) ITIL
2 2 (9.524%) SOA
2 2 (9.524%) Project Management
2 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (4.762%) CMMI
3 1 (4.762%) Identity Management
3 1 (4.762%) Risk Management
3 1 (4.762%) Workflow
3 1 (4.762%) Programme Management
3 1 (4.762%) UML
3 1 (4.762%) RAD
3 1 (4.762%) SSADM
3 1 (4.762%) DSDM
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) Shell Script
1 2 (9.524%) Java
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) VBA
2 1 (4.762%) C++
2 1 (4.762%) VC++
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.524%) ISEB
4 1 (4.762%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.762%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Informatica
2 1 (4.762%) Primavera
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Hyperion
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