The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC 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 Milton Keynes 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 Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 5 16 16
Rank change year-on-year
+11 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 91 58 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 17.33% 8.112% 7.538%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.17% 35.58% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 28 22
Average daily rate £300 £196 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.86% -43.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £105 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £423 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-4.06% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 3
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
168 163 139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 32.00% 22.80% 23.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 61 69
Average daily rate £288 £238 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.05% -26.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £113 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £423 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 9
Average hourly rate £14.96 £15.00 £12.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.26% +23.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £13.50 £9.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £50.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
SC Cleared
Buckinghamshire

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes SC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SC Cleared across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Milton Keynes SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing SC 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 SC Cleared.

1 182 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 80 (43.96%) DV Cleared
3 56 (30.77%) Windows
4 45 (24.73%) PRINCE2
5 42 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 40 (21.98%) MS Project
7 36 (19.78%) ITIL
8 31 (17.03%) Project Management
9 28 (15.38%) Hyper-V
10 27 (14.84%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (13.74%) MS Excel
12 24 (13.19%) Finance
13 23 (12.64%) HP
14 21 (11.54%) Citrix
14 21 (11.54%) Linux
15 19 (10.44%) Oracle
15 19 (10.44%) VMware
16 16 (8.791%) VMware Infrastructure
17 15 (8.242%) Firewall
17 15 (8.242%) Windows Server 2003
17 15 (8.242%) MS Office
17 15 (8.242%) MS Exchange
18 14 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
18 14 (7.692%) SQL Server
19 13 (7.143%) SharePoint
19 13 (7.143%) Cisco
19 13 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 13 (7.143%) Cryptography
20 11 (6.044%) Windows 7
20 11 (6.044%) ISEB

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing SC 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 SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (2.747%) .NET
1 5 (2.747%) CSS
1 5 (2.747%) HTML
2 3 (1.648%) JMS
2 3 (1.648%) SOAP
3 2 (1.099%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.099%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.549%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.549%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.549%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.549%) Web Services
4 1 (0.549%) XML
Application Platforms
1 15 (8.242%) MS Exchange
2 13 (7.143%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.396%) IIS
4 6 (3.297%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (3.297%) Lync
5 3 (1.648%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.648%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (1.099%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.549%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 40 (21.98%) MS Project
2 25 (13.74%) MS Excel
3 15 (8.242%) MS Office
4 7 (3.846%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.747%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (2.198%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.099%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.099%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.549%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.242%) Firewall
2 8 (4.396%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.297%) SAN
3 6 (3.297%) NAS
4 5 (2.747%) VPN
5 4 (2.198%) IPsec
5 4 (2.198%) LAN
5 4 (2.198%) WAN
5 4 (2.198%) Network Security
6 3 (1.648%) iSCSI
6 3 (1.648%) SMTP
6 3 (1.648%) DHCP
6 3 (1.648%) Internet
7 2 (1.099%) ICMP
7 2 (1.099%) VoIP
7 2 (1.099%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.549%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.549%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.099%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (1.099%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.549%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.549%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.549%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.549%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 7 (3.846%) MSI
2 4 (2.198%) AdminStudio
3 2 (1.099%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.549%) Talend Open Studio
4 1 (0.549%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.549%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (13.19%) Finance
2 1 (0.549%) Telecoms
2 1 (0.549%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 41 (22.53%) Analyst
2 24 (13.19%) Project Manager
3 15 (8.242%) Support Analyst
3 15 (8.242%) Architect
4 13 (7.143%) Project Support Officer
4 13 (7.143%) Project Officer
5 11 (6.044%) Consultant
5 11 (6.044%) 3rd Line Support
6 10 (5.495%) Technical Architect
7 9 (4.945%) Administrator
8 8 (4.396%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.396%) Security Analyst
8 8 (4.396%) Project Administrator
9 6 (3.297%) Developer
9 6 (3.297%) Applications Packager
9 6 (3.297%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (3.297%) Technical Specialist
9 6 (3.297%) Team Leader
10 5 (2.747%) Support Engineer
11 4 (2.198%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.143%) Cryptography
2 9 (4.945%) Cloud Computing
3 8 (4.396%) Clustering
4 6 (3.297%) CESG
5 5 (2.747%) PKI
6 3 (1.648%) RMADS
6 3 (1.648%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.099%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.099%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.099%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.099%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.549%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 56 (30.77%) Windows
2 27 (14.84%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (11.54%) Linux
4 15 (8.242%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (6.044%) Windows 7
6 9 (4.945%) Windows Vista
6 9 (4.945%) UNIX
7 8 (4.396%) CentOS
8 4 (2.198%) Windows NT
8 4 (2.198%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.099%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.73%) PRINCE2
2 36 (19.78%) ITIL
3 31 (17.03%) Project Management
4 11 (6.044%) Service Delivery
4 11 (6.044%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (5.495%) Change Management
5 10 (5.495%) ITIL V3
6 8 (4.396%) Service Management
6 8 (4.396%) Requirements Engineering
6 8 (4.396%) Business Analysis
7 6 (3.297%) Project Planning
7 6 (3.297%) Systems Analysis
7 6 (3.297%) Scrum
7 6 (3.297%) Programme Management
8 5 (2.747%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (2.747%) Incident Management
8 5 (2.747%) Information Assurance
8 5 (2.747%) Change Control
8 5 (2.747%) UML
9 4 (2.198%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.495%) SQL
2 6 (3.297%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.747%) C
4 4 (2.198%) C#
4 4 (2.198%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.099%) Java
6 1 (0.549%) VB6
6 1 (0.549%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.549%) VB
6 1 (0.549%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 182 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 80 (43.96%) DV Cleared
3 14 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 11 (6.044%) ISEB
6 10 (5.495%) HNC
6 10 (5.495%) HND
7 9 (4.945%) CCSP
7 9 (4.945%) CISSP
8 8 (4.396%) CCNA
8 8 (4.396%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (4.396%) MCP
9 7 (3.846%) MCSE
10 6 (3.297%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (2.198%) GSAE
12 3 (1.648%) MCTS
12 3 (1.648%) CISM
13 2 (1.099%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.549%) MCITP
14 1 (0.549%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.495%) SLA
2 6 (3.297%) QA
3 2 (1.099%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.549%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 16 (8.791%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.945%) XenApp
3 9 (4.945%) Active Directory
4 7 (3.846%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (2.747%) XenDesktop
5 5 (2.747%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (6.044%) OpenView
2 10 (5.495%) SCCM
3 7 (3.846%) OVSD
3 7 (3.846%) SCOM
4 6 (3.297%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (3.297%) Opalis
4 6 (3.297%) Backup Exec
5 3 (1.648%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 2 (1.099%) AppDNA
7 1 (0.549%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.549%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 42 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.64%) HP
3 21 (11.54%) Citrix
4 19 (10.44%) Oracle
4 19 (10.44%) VMware
5 13 (7.143%) Cisco
6 6 (3.297%) StorageTek
6 6 (3.297%) Sun
7 5 (2.747%) Juniper
7 5 (2.747%) F5
8 2 (1.099%) AppSense
9 1 (0.549%) NetApp
9 1 (0.549%) Talend
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Creation and maintenance of schedule of additional revenue opportunities for Service Delivery work stream, liaison between work stream and invoicing team... *Ability to work well without detailed supervision,...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Change, ITIL V3, HP Service Management, SC My client is looking for an SC cleared Change Analyst to maintain and support the clients ICT Operating model including Policy,...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
They need someone with a background in service management, who has worked in an ITIL environment... Objectives *To maintain and support the ICT Operating model including Policy, Process...
LA International
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Change Analyst, ITIL v3, HP Service Manager, SC Security Cleared is required by our government, public sector organisation based in Milton Keynes, Bucks, South East with occasional travel...
Smart Sourcing
Rate: Unspecified daily rate c.£250-350 daily
Posted: 21 May 2013