North West Security Cleared Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Security Clearance skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aldershot Amersham Andover Avon Barrow-in-Furness Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Ceredigion Chatham Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Douglas Dumbarton Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Filton Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Rochester Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sherborne Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Wirral Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	36
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	144	148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.190 %	0.147 %
As % of the category below	7.664 %	7.269 %
Daily rates quoted	28	35
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£305
Average daily rate	£335	£315
% change on same period last year	+6.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£376	£377
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.71	£24.65
Average hourly rate	£30.17	£25.91
% change on same period last year	+16.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.63	£27.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£30.34
% change on same period last year	+6.94 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1879	2036
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.480 %	2.028 %
Daily rates quoted	456	531
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£346
Average daily rate	£366	£364
% change on same period last year	+0.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	172	130
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.68	£23.59
Average hourly rate	£26.35	£25.99
% change on same period last year	+1.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.02	£28.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.34	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Cleared across the North West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Merseyside	+20	37	£380	+24.04 %
Manchester	+8	23	£238	-52.50 %
Cumbria	+7	16	£312	+145.09 %
Cheshire	-13	13	£349	+20.43 %
Lancashire	-11	10	£362	+5.04 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 136 (42.63 %) SC Cleared 2 124 (38.87 %) Government 3 105 (32.92 %) Oracle 4 84 (26.33 %) SQL 5 80 (25.08 %) BC Cleared 6 53 (16.61 %) PL/SQL 7 48 (15.05 %) UNIX 8 44 (13.79 %) CRM 9 42 (13.17 %) Java 10 41 (12.85 %) XML 11 39 (12.23 %) Oracle Forms 12 38 (11.91 %) Oracle Reports 13 34 (10.66 %) .NET 14 31 (9.718 %) Oracle Applications 15 30 (9.404 %) SQL Server

16 27 (8.464 %) QA 17 26 (8.150 %) Windows 18 22 (6.897 %) PRINCE2 19 21 (6.583 %) Oracle 11i 19 21 (6.583 %) C# 20 20 (6.270 %) C++ 20 20 (6.270 %) Workflow 20 20 (6.270 %) Oracle Application Server 21 19 (5.956 %) DV Cleared 21 19 (5.956 %) Oracle Workflow 21 19 (5.956 %) J2EE 22 18 (5.643 %) Oracle 9i 22 18 (5.643 %) SQL Server 2005 23 17 (5.329 %) UML 24 15 (4.702 %) ASP.NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 41 (12.85 %) XML 2 34 (10.66 %) .NET 3 19 (5.956 %) J2EE 4 15 (4.702 %) ASP.NET 5 9 (2.821 %) HTML 5 9 (2.821 %) WebServices 6 7 (2.194 %) JSP 7 6 (1.881 %) Middleware 7 6 (1.881 %) Struts 7 6 (1.881 %) WinForms 7 6 (1.881 %) WebSphere 8 4 (1.254 %) CSS 8 4 (1.254 %) JRules 9 3 (0.940 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 3 (0.940 %) Spring 9 3 (0.940 %) ASP 9 3 (0.940 %) Servlets 9 3 (0.940 %) CORBA 9 3 (0.940 %) XSD 10 2 (0.627 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 20 (6.270 %) Oracle Application Server 2 19 (5.956 %) Oracle Workflow 3 2 (0.627 %) SAS 3 2 (0.627 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 1 (0.313 %) Oracle BPEL 4 1 (0.313 %) WebLogic 4 1 (0.313 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 9 (2.821 %) MS Excel 2 7 (2.194 %) MS Project 2 7 (2.194 %) MS Office 3 3 (0.940 %) MS Visio 4 2 (0.627 %) AutoCAD 4 2 (0.627 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.313 %) Doxygen	Business Applications 1 31 (9.718 %) Oracle Applications 2 21 (6.583 %) Oracle 11i 3 7 (2.194 %) Oracle EBS 4 4 (1.254 %) Oracle CRM 5 2 (0.627 %) SAP SD 5 2 (0.627 %) SAP CRM 6 1 (0.313 %) Oracle General Ledger 6 1 (0.313 %) SAP CO 6 1 (0.313 %) Oracle Payroll 6 1 (0.313 %) SAP FI/CO 6 1 (0.313 %) Oracle Financials 6 1 (0.313 %) SAP FI
Communications & Networking 1 15 (4.702 %) LAN 2 13 (4.075 %) SAN 3 12 (3.762 %) WAN 4 7 (2.194 %) TCP/IP 5 5 (1.567 %) Internet 6 4 (1.254 %) DNS 6 4 (1.254 %) FTP 7 3 (0.940 %) DHCP 8 2 (0.627 %) SSL 8 2 (0.627 %) VPN 8 2 (0.627 %) DEFINITY 8 2 (0.627 %) Cisco IPT 9 1 (0.313 %) Network Security 9 1 (0.313 %) VLAN 9 1 (0.313 %) MD110 9 1 (0.313 %) NetScreen 9 1 (0.313 %) Firewall 9 1 (0.313 %) Intranet 9 1 (0.313 %) SNMP 9 1 (0.313 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 38 (11.91 %) Oracle Reports 2 30 (9.404 %) SQL Server 3 18 (5.643 %) Oracle 9i 3 18 (5.643 %) SQL Server 2005 4 14 (4.389 %) Oracle 10g 5 5 (1.567 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 5 (1.567 %) SQL Server 2000 6 4 (1.254 %) RDBMS 7 3 (0.940 %) Oracle OWB 7 3 (0.940 %) Datawarehouse 7 3 (0.940 %) BusinessObjects 7 3 (0.940 %) ETL 8 2 (0.627 %) Oracle Discoverer 8 2 (0.627 %) SAP BI 8 2 (0.627 %) MS Access 8 2 (0.627 %) Crystal Reports 8 2 (0.627 %) MySQL 8 2 (0.627 %) BusinessObjects XI 9 1 (0.313 %) SQLPlus 9 1 (0.313 %) SAP BW
Development Applications 1 39 (12.23 %) Oracle Forms 2 6 (1.881 %) Visual Studio 3 3 (0.940 %) Rational Robot 3 3 (0.940 %) JUnit 3 3 (0.940 %) WinRunner 4 2 (0.627 %) Eclipse 4 2 (0.627 %) LoadRunner 4 2 (0.627 %) Ant 5 1 (0.313 %) Selenium 5 1 (0.313 %) NUnit 5 1 (0.313 %) ClearCase 5 1 (0.313 %) ClearQuest 5 1 (0.313 %) PowerBuilder 5 1 (0.313 %) QuickTest Pro 5 1 (0.313 %) JDeveloper	General 1 124 (38.87 %) Government 2 15 (4.702 %) Finance 3 8 (2.508 %) Telecoms 3 8 (2.508 %) Health 4 5 (1.567 %) Chemicals 4 5 (1.567 %) Home Office 4 5 (1.567 %) Military 5 3 (0.940 %) Billing 5 3 (0.940 %) General Ledger 6 2 (0.627 %) Aerospace 6 2 (0.627 %) Pharmaceutical 6 2 (0.627 %) Advertising 6 2 (0.627 %) Auditing 7 1 (0.313 %) Pensions 7 1 (0.313 %) Local Government 7 1 (0.313 %) Banking 7 1 (0.313 %) Retail 7 1 (0.313 %) Education 7 1 (0.313 %) Legal 7 1 (0.313 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 87 (27.27 %) Developer 2 40 (12.54 %) Oracle Developer 3 31 (9.718 %) Analyst 4 28 (8.777 %) Consultant 5 19 (5.956 %) Applications Developer 6 18 (5.643 %) Java Developer 7 17 (5.329 %) Oracle Applications Developer 8 15 (4.702 %) Administrator 9 14 (4.389 %) .NET Developer 10 13 (4.075 %) Software Designer 11 11 (3.448 %) Test Analyst 12 10 (3.135 %) Project Manager 12 10 (3.135 %) Support Engineer 13 9 (2.821 %) Java/J2EE Developer 13 9 (2.821 %) J2EE Developer 13 9 (2.821 %) Architect 14 8 (2.508 %) Systems Administrator 14 8 (2.508 %) Applications Support 14 8 (2.508 %) Systems Support 14 8 (2.508 %) DBA	Miscellaneous 1 5 (1.567 %) SCADA 2 2 (0.627 %) Client/Server 2 2 (0.627 %) Clustering 2 2 (0.627 %) Replication 2 2 (0.627 %) Management Information System 2 2 (0.627 %) RMADS 3 1 (0.313 %) CESG 3 1 (0.313 %) CESG CLAS 3 1 (0.313 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 48 (15.05 %) UNIX 2 26 (8.150 %) Windows 3 13 (4.075 %) Windows Server 2003 4 10 (3.135 %) Solaris 5 9 (2.821 %) AIX 6 7 (2.194 %) Windows 2000 7 6 (1.881 %) Windows Vista 8 4 (1.254 %) Linux 9 3 (0.940 %) Windows XP 10 1 (0.313 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 136 (42.63 %) SC Cleared 2 80 (25.08 %) BC Cleared 3 44 (13.79 %) CRM 4 22 (6.897 %) PRINCE2 5 20 (6.270 %) Workflow 6 19 (5.956 %) DV Cleared 7 17 (5.329 %) UML 8 15 (4.702 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 15 (4.702 %) CTC Cleared 9 12 (3.762 %) Project Management 10 11 (3.448 %) Data Modelling 11 9 (2.821 %) Integration Testing 11 9 (2.821 %) SOA 12 8 (2.508 %) Configuration Management 13 5 (1.567 %) Project Planning 13 5 (1.567 %) Asset Management 13 5 (1.567 %) Test Scripting 13 5 (1.567 %) Migration 13 5 (1.567 %) Quality Management 13 5 (1.567 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 84 (26.33 %) SQL 2 53 (16.61 %) PL/SQL 3 42 (13.17 %) Java 4 21 (6.583 %) C# 5 20 (6.270 %) C++ 6 13 (4.075 %) VB.NET 7 11 (3.448 %) C 8 7 (2.194 %) JavaScript 9 3 (0.940 %) Perl 9 3 (0.940 %) PHP 10 2 (0.627 %) Shell Script 10 2 (0.627 %) VB 11 1 (0.313 %) Korn 11 1 (0.313 %) VB6 11 1 (0.313 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 11 (3.448 %) ISEB 2 5 (1.567 %) MCSE 2 5 (1.567 %) Cisco Certification 2 5 (1.567 %) Microsoft Certification 3 4 (1.254 %) CCNA 3 4 (1.254 %) Sun Certification 4 3 (0.940 %) Degree 4 3 (0.940 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 2 (0.627 %) CISSP 6 1 (0.313 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 1 (0.313 %) MCP 6 1 (0.313 %) HND 6 1 (0.313 %) ITIL Certification 6 1 (0.313 %) Dell Certification 6 1 (0.313 %) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 27 (8.464 %) QA 2 5 (1.567 %) SNOMED CT 3 1 (0.313 %) HL7 3 1 (0.313 %) ISO27001 3 1 (0.313 %) BS7799 3 1 (0.313 %) SLA	System Software 1 10 (3.135 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 5 (1.567 %) Active Directory 3 4 (1.254 %) VMware ESX 3 4 (1.254 %) Oracle RAC 4 2 (0.627 %) Oracle RMAN 5 1 (0.313 %) VMware Workstation
Systems Management 1 3 (0.940 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.313 %) ServiceCenter	Vendors 1 105 (32.92 %) Oracle 2 12 (3.762 %) Sybase 2 12 (3.762 %) Sun 3 10 (3.135 %) Microsoft 3 10 (3.135 %) VMware 4 9 (2.821 %) SAP 5 7 (2.194 %) HP 6 6 (1.881 %) NetApp 7 5 (1.567 %) Siemens 8 4 (1.254 %) Compaq 8 4 (1.254 %) Cisco 8 4 (1.254 %) IBM 8 4 (1.254 %) ILOG 9 3 (0.940 %) Business Objects 10 2 (0.627 %) Dell 10 2 (0.627 %) Genesys 10 2 (0.627 %) Avaya 11 1 (0.313 %) Capita 11 1 (0.313 %) CheckPoint 11 1 (0.313 %) Nortel