The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 24 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 Preston 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Rank - 9 -
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 0 22 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston - 13.02% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 23.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 21 0
Average daily rate - £423 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-66.62% +14.28%
All Qualifications
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
16 95 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 32.00% 56.21% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 81 1
Average daily rate £390 £425 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.23% +60.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
Average hourly rate £19.02 £22.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.39% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
BC Cleared
Lancashire

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston BC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BC Cleared across the Preston region.

Preston BC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BC Cleared across the Preston region.

Preston BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston region citing BC 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 BC Cleared.

1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) J2EE
3 5 (20.83%) Ant
3 5 (20.83%) Maven
4 3 (12.50%) Informatica
4 3 (12.50%) Code Coverage
4 3 (12.50%) PowerExchange
4 3 (12.50%) JUnit
4 3 (12.50%) Java
4 3 (12.50%) Web Services
4 3 (12.50%) UNIX
4 3 (12.50%) Performance Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Checkstyle
4 3 (12.50%) AppScan
4 3 (12.50%) Hudson
4 3 (12.50%) FindBugs
5 2 (8.333%) Change Data Capture
5 2 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (8.333%) JPA
5 2 (8.333%) Service Management
5 2 (8.333%) Hibernate
5 2 (8.333%) JMS
5 2 (8.333%) SOA
5 2 (8.333%) ITIL
5 2 (8.333%) SQL
5 2 (8.333%) EJB
5 2 (8.333%) Shell Script
6 1 (4.167%) Middleware
6 1 (4.167%) zOS
6 1 (4.167%) Mainframe

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston region citing BC 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 BC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (29.17%) J2EE
2 3 (12.50%) Web Services
3 2 (8.333%) JPA
3 2 (8.333%) Hibernate
3 2 (8.333%) JMS
3 2 (8.333%) EJB
4 1 (4.167%) Middleware
4 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) PowerExchange
2 1 (4.167%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Ant
1 5 (20.83%) Maven
2 3 (12.50%) JUnit
2 3 (12.50%) Checkstyle
2 3 (12.50%) AppScan
2 3 (12.50%) Hudson
2 3 (12.50%) FindBugs
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) J2EE Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Applications Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Exchange Specialist
4 3 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 3 (12.50%) J2EE Applications Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Informatica Specialist
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Java/J2EE Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Java/J2EE Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Build Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Java Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Java Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Test Leader
5 2 (8.333%) J2EE Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Senior J2EE Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Senior J2EE Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (4.167%) zOS
2 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.50%) Code Coverage
1 3 (12.50%) Performance Testing
2 2 (8.333%) Change Data Capture
2 2 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (8.333%) Service Management
2 2 (8.333%) SOA
2 2 (8.333%) ITIL
3 1 (4.167%) ETL
3 1 (4.167%) Data Modelling
3 1 (4.167%) CMMI
3 1 (4.167%) Integration Testing
3 1 (4.167%) Test Scripting
3 1 (4.167%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (8.333%) SQL
2 2 (8.333%) Shell Script
3 1 (4.167%) VBA
3 1 (4.167%) VC++
3 1 (4.167%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.167%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Informatica