The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 22 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 Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 20 28 24
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 5 3 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.924% 1.099% 4.106%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.78% 25.00% 51.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
Average daily rate - £500 £465
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £25.00 £32.13
% change year-on-year
+6.00% -22.17%
All Qualifications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
18 12 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 10.53% 4.396% 7.918%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
Average daily rate £350 £500 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +9.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £145 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £525 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £32.00 - £32.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
3 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) MS Office
4 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Test Management
4 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
4 2 (15.38%) SCCM
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.692%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (7.692%) Network Security
5 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (7.692%) Database Tuning
5 1 (7.692%) BC Cleared
5 1 (7.692%) FWSM
5 1 (7.692%) Capacity Management
5 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
5 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.692%) SSL
5 1 (7.692%) Cisco
5 1 (7.692%) Linux
5 1 (7.692%) SQL
5 1 (7.692%) MySQL
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
5 1 (7.692%) Firewall

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
2 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Network Security
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (7.692%) FWSM
1 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.692%) SSL
1 1 (7.692%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) MySQL
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Security Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Author
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Author
2 3 (23.08%) Help Desk Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Rollout Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Build Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Help Desk Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Security Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) UAT Test Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) UAT Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) MySQL DBA
4 1 (7.692%) Network Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
1 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
2 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
2 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Information Security
1 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (15.38%) Test Management
1 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
1 2 (15.38%) Time Management
2 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
2 1 (7.692%) Database Tuning
2 1 (7.692%) Capacity Management
2 1 (7.692%) Network Security Management
2 1 (7.692%) Security Management
2 1 (7.692%) Migration
2 1 (7.692%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.692%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
2 1 (7.692%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (7.692%) Legato
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco
2 1 (7.692%) EMC
2 1 (7.692%) Juniper
2 1 (7.692%) CheckPoint
2 1 (7.692%) Blue Coat
2 1 (7.692%) Sourcefire