The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 21 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 Middlesex 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 22 22 24
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 5 9 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.427% 2.894% 3.757%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.42% 12.68% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 7
Average daily rate £300 £353 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.89% -6.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -21.87%
All Qualifications
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
48 71 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 23.30% 22.83% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 42 27
Average daily rate £450 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £320 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £615 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.88% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (55.56%) Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Bash shell
2 4 (44.44%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (44.44%) C++
2 4 (44.44%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Oracle
4 2 (22.22%) SAP
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) Epicor
4 2 (22.22%) WAN
4 2 (22.22%) ERP
4 2 (22.22%) Document Management
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (22.22%) PDM
4 2 (22.22%) Windchill
4 2 (22.22%) CESG
4 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) Workflow
4 2 (22.22%) Practice Management
4 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
4 2 (22.22%) Riverbed
5 1 (11.11%) Actel
5 1 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (11.11%) EMB Igloo
5 1 (11.11%) Military

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
1 1 (11.11%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Apache
1 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
1 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Windchill
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) EMB Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) SMTP
3 1 (11.11%) HTTP
3 1 (11.11%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (11.11%) DB2
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 1 (11.11%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) ICT Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Systems Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Information Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Information Systems Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Project Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) CESG
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) VHDL
2 1 (11.11%) Cryptography
2 1 (11.11%) CCTV
2 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (11.11%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) AIX
2 1 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Document Management
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (22.22%) PDM
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (22.22%) Workflow
2 2 (22.22%) Practice Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Communications Security
3 1 (11.11%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Bash shell
2 4 (44.44%) C++
2 4 (44.44%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) Tcl
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Epicor
2 2 (22.22%) Riverbed
3 1 (11.11%) Actel
3 1 (11.11%) Xilinx
3 1 (11.11%) JBoss
Middlesex
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Posted: 15 May 2013