The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 19 3 8
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +5
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 18 86 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 6.642% 17.62% 11.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.96% 55.48% 54.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 47 14
Average daily rate £306 £250 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.50% -41.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £209 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £473 £547 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
Average hourly rate £10.13 £11.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.90% -32.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -21.87%
All Qualifications
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
53 155 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 19.56% 31.76% 21.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 78 32
Average daily rate £313 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £209 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £483 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 5
Average hourly rate £10.13 £20.00 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.35% +20.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North East Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

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 North East region.

North East Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear -21 7 £260 +1.96%
Durham +3 5 £375 +85.18%
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 25 (65.79%) SC Cleared
2 11 (28.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (26.32%) Windows 7
3 10 (26.32%) Windows
4 6 (15.79%) HP
5 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
5 5 (13.16%) OpenView
5 5 (13.16%) Project Management
5 5 (13.16%) BC Cleared
5 5 (13.16%) OVSD
6 4 (10.53%) Configuration Management
6 4 (10.53%) Informatica
6 4 (10.53%) ITIL
6 4 (10.53%) PRINCE2
6 4 (10.53%) UNIX
6 4 (10.53%) SQL
6 4 (10.53%) .NET
6 4 (10.53%) Solaris
7 3 (7.895%) Linux
7 3 (7.895%) VC++
7 3 (7.895%) LDAP
7 3 (7.895%) LAN
7 3 (7.895%) SSL
7 3 (7.895%) IBM
7 3 (7.895%) C++
7 3 (7.895%) AIX
7 3 (7.895%) Business Objects
7 3 (7.895%) Red Hat
7 3 (7.895%) Perl
7 3 (7.895%) Sun

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 4 (10.53%) .NET
2 3 (7.895%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.632%) HTML
3 1 (2.632%) J2EE
3 1 (2.632%) XML
3 1 (2.632%) JSF
3 1 (2.632%) HTML5
3 1 (2.632%) jQuery
3 1 (2.632%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.895%) FileNet
2 1 (2.632%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.632%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.632%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (2.632%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.632%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.895%) LDAP
1 3 (7.895%) LAN
1 3 (7.895%) SSL
2 2 (5.263%) WAN
3 1 (2.632%) VoIP
3 1 (2.632%) DHCP
3 1 (2.632%) VPN
3 1 (2.632%) DNS
3 1 (2.632%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.632%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.632%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.632%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 3 (7.895%) German Language
2 1 (2.632%) Norwegian Language
2 1 (2.632%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 5 (13.16%) Developer
1 5 (13.16%) Communications Manager
1 5 (13.16%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (7.895%) Project Manager
2 3 (7.895%) Desktop Support
2 3 (7.895%) C++ Developer
3 2 (5.263%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (5.263%) Services Delivery Manager
3 2 (5.263%) Service Manager
3 2 (5.263%) Deployment Manager
3 2 (5.263%) Consultant
3 2 (5.263%) Delivery Project Manager
3 2 (5.263%) Analyst
4 1 (2.632%) Test Manager
4 1 (2.632%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (2.632%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (2.632%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (2.632%) Project Planner
4 1 (2.632%) Business Analyst
4 1 (2.632%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.632%) Clustering
1 1 (2.632%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows 7
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) UNIX
2 4 (10.53%) Solaris
3 3 (7.895%) Linux
3 3 (7.895%) AIX
3 3 (7.895%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.632%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.632%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (13.16%) Project Management
3 4 (10.53%) Configuration Management
3 4 (10.53%) ITIL
3 4 (10.53%) PRINCE2
4 3 (7.895%) Service Management
4 3 (7.895%) Workflow
4 3 (7.895%) Migration
4 3 (7.895%) Change Control
5 2 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.632%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.632%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (2.632%) MVC
6 1 (2.632%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.632%) Validation
6 1 (2.632%) Network Design
6 1 (2.632%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (2.632%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.632%) Supplier Management
6 1 (2.632%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) SQL
2 3 (7.895%) VC++
2 3 (7.895%) C++
2 3 (7.895%) Perl
3 2 (5.263%) C
4 1 (2.632%) C#
4 1 (2.632%) Java
4 1 (2.632%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (65.79%) SC Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) BC Cleared
3 2 (5.263%) APMP
4 1 (2.632%) ISEB
4 1 (2.632%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.632%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) OpenView
1 5 (13.16%) OVSD
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) HP
2 4 (10.53%) Informatica
3 3 (7.895%) IBM
3 3 (7.895%) Business Objects
3 3 (7.895%) Red Hat
3 3 (7.895%) Sun
4 1 (2.632%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.632%) Cisco
4 1 (2.632%) Oracle
4 1 (2.632%) Juniper
4 1 (2.632%) VMware
4 1 (2.632%) TippingPoint
4 1 (2.632%) ProCurve
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Posted: 20 May 2013