The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 19 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 Portsmouth 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 11 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 12 22 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 11.88% 24.72% 26.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.00% 78.57% 67.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 12
Average daily rate £450 £500 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +31.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £270 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £575 £439
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-1.33% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 22
Average hourly rate £16.50 £26.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.73% -24.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £22.50 £31.75
% change year-on-year
+17.77% -29.13%
All Qualifications
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
24 28 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 23.76% 31.46% 39.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 13
Average daily rate £425 £469 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £575 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 36
Average hourly rate £16.50 £31.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.61% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Security Cleared
Hampshire

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 17 (77.27%) SC Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) C++
3 6 (27.27%) C#
3 6 (27.27%) Windows
3 6 (27.27%) HP
4 5 (22.73%) VB
4 5 (22.73%) Linux
4 5 (22.73%) C
4 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
5 4 (18.18%) Degree
5 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 3 (13.64%) UNIX
6 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
6 3 (13.64%) MS Exchange
6 3 (13.64%) OO
6 3 (13.64%) Windows 7
7 2 (9.091%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (9.091%) SQL
7 2 (9.091%) MS Office
7 2 (9.091%) SLA
7 2 (9.091%) Embedded C++
7 2 (9.091%) Dell
7 2 (9.091%) SAN
7 2 (9.091%) OpenGL
7 2 (9.091%) Middleware
7 2 (9.091%) Remedy
7 2 (9.091%) Finance

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 2 (9.091%) OpenGL
1 2 (9.091%) Middleware
2 1 (4.545%) Django
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.545%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
2 2 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) SAN
2 1 (4.545%) VLAN
2 1 (4.545%) Intranet
2 1 (4.545%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.545%) LabVIEW
1 1 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (4.545%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Multimedia
2 1 (4.545%) Military
2 1 (4.545%) Law
2 1 (4.545%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Team Leader
1 5 (22.73%) Development Team Leader
2 4 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.091%) Desktop Support
3 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Deskside Support
4 1 (4.545%) Web Editor
4 1 (4.545%) Computer Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Web Content Editor
4 1 (4.545%) Content Editor
4 1 (4.545%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Server Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) PDA
1 1 (4.545%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
3 3 (13.64%) UNIX
3 3 (13.64%) Windows 7
4 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.545%) Windows XP
5 1 (4.545%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) OO
2 1 (4.545%) Content Management
2 1 (4.545%) Software Engineering
2 1 (4.545%) Operations Research
2 1 (4.545%) Regression Testing
2 1 (4.545%) SEO
2 1 (4.545%) Project Management
2 1 (4.545%) RAD
2 1 (4.545%) Test Automation
2 1 (4.545%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) C++
2 6 (27.27%) C#
3 5 (22.73%) VB
3 5 (22.73%) C
4 2 (9.091%) SQL
4 2 (9.091%) Embedded C++
5 1 (4.545%) VC++
5 1 (4.545%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) SC Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (4.545%) HNC
3 1 (4.545%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.545%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (9.091%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (9.091%) NetBackup
2 1 (4.545%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) HP
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.091%) Dell
3 2 (9.091%) Remedy
3 2 (9.091%) VMware
4 1 (4.545%) Sourcefire
4 1 (4.545%) Veritas
4 1 (4.545%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (4.545%) Oracle
4 1 (4.545%) ArcSight