The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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 39 27 9
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -18
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3 10 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.896% 3.509% 8.475%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.692% 27.78% 49.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 4
Average daily rate £280 £350 £312
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +12.08%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 - £14.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -21.87%
All Qualifications
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
39 36 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 11.64% 12.63% 17.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 9
Average daily rate £320 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £225 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £367
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 8
Average hourly rate £13.25 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.28% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.68 £10.00 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.20 £21.25 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Security Cleared
East Midlands

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham -13 2 £280 -31.70%
Security Cleared
East Midlands

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 8 (50.00%) Windows
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 5 (31.25%) BC Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
4 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Problem Management
5 3 (18.75%) Credit Risk
5 3 (18.75%) Marketing
5 3 (18.75%) BS25999
5 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
5 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
5 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
6 2 (12.50%) SAN
6 2 (12.50%) NetApp
6 2 (12.50%) Red Hat
6 2 (12.50%) UNIX
6 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
6 2 (12.50%) AIX
6 2 (12.50%) Linux
6 2 (12.50%) Information Security
6 2 (12.50%) Replication
6 2 (12.50%) VMware
6 2 (12.50%) Migration
6 2 (12.50%) Brocade
6 2 (12.50%) SCCM

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
1 2 (12.50%) NAS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) TestComplete
General
1 3 (18.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Security Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Rollout Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) SharePoint Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) Help Desk Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
4 2 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (12.50%) Build Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Storage Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Security Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) ScrumMaster
5 1 (6.250%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Test Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) IT Trainer
5 1 (6.250%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Credit Risk
2 2 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 2 (12.50%) UNIX
3 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
3 2 (12.50%) AIX
3 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Problem Management
1 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
1 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
1 3 (18.75%) Project Management
2 2 (12.50%) Information Security
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (6.250%) User Stories
3 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) BC Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.250%) MCITP
4 1 (6.250%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) BS25999
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) NetApp
2 2 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 2 (12.50%) VMware
2 2 (12.50%) Brocade
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Software Test Engineer Nottingham £250-£310 per day DOE QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: - HND or degree-level education, preferably in an engineering-related field - Considerable and relevant software testing...
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Rate: £250 - £310 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013