Midlands CESG CLAS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for CESG CLAS skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CESG CLAS over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire East of England England Glasgow Hampshire London Midlands Milton Keynes Scotland South East South West Staffordshire Surrey Swansea Swindon UK Wales West Midlands West Wales Wiltshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£520	£425
% change on same period last year	+22.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	251	203
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.355 %	0.205 %
Daily rates quoted	39	18
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£288
Average daily rate	£332	£306
% change on same period last year	+8.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£324
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£344
% change on same period last year	+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.42	£16.81
Average hourly rate	£20.79	£18.56
% change on same period last year	+12.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.17	£20.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.09	£26.20
% change on same period last year	-4.24 %
CESG CLAS England

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.

CESG CLAS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CESG CLAS across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing CESG CLAS 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 CESG CLAS.

1 3 (100.00 %) CESG 2 2 (66.67 %) SC Cleared 2 2 (66.67 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (33.33 %) Firewall 3 1 (33.33 %) Government 3 1 (33.33 %) Information Security 3 1 (33.33 %) ISO17799 3 1 (33.33 %) VPN 3 1 (33.33 %) SSL 3 1 (33.33 %) BS7799 3 1 (33.33 %) DV Cleared 3 1 (33.33 %) PKI 3 1 (33.33 %) ISO27001 3 1 (33.33 %) CESG Infosec 3 1 (33.33 %) RMADS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing CESG CLAS 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 CESG CLAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) VPN 1 1 (33.33 %) SSL 1 1 (33.33 %) Firewall	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government
Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 3 (100.00 %) CESG 2 1 (33.33 %) PKI 2 1 (33.33 %) RMADS
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (66.67 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Information Security 2 1 (33.33 %) DV Cleared	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (33.33 %) ISO17799 1 1 (33.33 %) BS7799 1 1 (33.33 %) ISO27001 1 1 (33.33 %) CESG Infosec