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This section looks at the demand for Basic Check (BC) Clearance skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBasic Check (BC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-35
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads014
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.000 %4.118 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£550
Average daily rate-£550
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£378
% change on same period last year-4.48 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£26.00
Average hourly rate-£28.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.61£27.54
% change on same period last year+7.52 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads175340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.233 %0.339 %
Daily rates quoted3781
Average minimum daily rate£365£348
Average daily rate£384£359
% change on same period last year+7.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted3734
Average minimum hourly rate£23.86£25.40
Average hourly rate£25.20£27.39
% change on same period last year-8.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.53£29.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
BC Cleared North WestBC Cleared
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

BC Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BC Cleared across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Lancashire BC Cleared Demand Trend

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

19 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
26 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
26 (66.67 %)SQL
35 (55.56 %)Oracle
44 (44.44 %)UNIX
44 (44.44 %)Asset Management
52 (22.22 %)Finance
52 (22.22 %)Government
52 (22.22 %)Migration
52 (22.22 %)Configuration Management
52 (22.22 %)UML
52 (22.22 %)Microsoft
52 (22.22 %)SQL Server
52 (22.22 %)Sybase
52 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
52 (22.22 %).NET
52 (22.22 %)C#
52 (22.22 %)C++
61 (11.11 %)LoadRunner
61 (11.11 %)Intranet
61 (11.11 %)Windows
61 (11.11 %)Solaris

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (22.22 %).NET
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)Intranet
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)SQL Server
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
21 (11.11 %)LoadRunner
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Finance
12 (22.22 %)Government
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Deployment Engineer
14 (44.44 %)Support Engineer
22 (22.22 %)Developer
22 (22.22 %).NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)Tester
31 (11.11 %)Performance Tester
31 (11.11 %)Data Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Quality Manager
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (44.44 %)UNIX
21 (11.11 %)Windows
21 (11.11 %)Solaris
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
26 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
34 (44.44 %)Asset Management
42 (22.22 %)Migration
42 (22.22 %)Configuration Management
42 (22.22 %)UML
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (22.22 %)C#
22 (22.22 %)C++
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (55.56 %)Oracle
22 (22.22 %)Microsoft
22 (22.22 %)Sybase