The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Northamptonshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 32 37 33
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.383% 1.579% 1.187%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.263% 12.24% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 4
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £7.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +74.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -15.78%
All Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
19 49 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 7.280% 12.89% 9.496%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 28 11
Average daily rate £500 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £270 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £475 £750
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +22.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
SC Cleared
East Midlands

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Northampton +4 1 - -
SC Cleared
East Midlands

SC Cleared
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) MS Office
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
1 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Technical Design Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) HP