The first table below looks at the demand for SC 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 SC Cleared over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 7 2 5
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +3
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 6 66 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 12.24% 37.50% 6.250%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.86% 64.71% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 56 0
Average daily rate £325 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-4.06% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.00 £11.07
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% +44.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
14 102 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 28.57% 57.95% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 89 2
Average daily rate £390 £423 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +69.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
Average hourly rate £19.04 £22.75 £11.07
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.30% +105.51%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
SC Cleared
Lancashire

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
4 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
4 5 (45.45%) MS Office
4 5 (45.45%) Windows 7
4 5 (45.45%) SCCM
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Vista
5 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
5 4 (36.36%) Citrix
5 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
6 3 (27.27%) CA
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (27.27%) Software Deployment
7 2 (18.18%) SLA
7 2 (18.18%) Lumension
7 2 (18.18%) AppSense
7 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
7 2 (18.18%) PowerExchange
7 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
7 2 (18.18%) Informatica
7 2 (18.18%) ETL
7 2 (18.18%) SQL
8 1 (9.091%) Oracle
8 1 (9.091%) IIS
8 1 (9.091%) XML
8 1 (9.091%) UNIX
8 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
8 1 (9.091%) Apache
8 1 (9.091%) ERP

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 Development
1 1 (9.091%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) PowerExchange
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (9.091%) IIS
2 1 (9.091%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Marketing
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Support Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (45.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
2 1 (9.091%) Analyst
2 1 (9.091%) Field Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows 7
3 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
3 4 (36.36%) Windows Vista
4 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Software Deployment
2 2 (18.18%) ETL
3 1 (9.091%) TQM
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
3 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Change Data Capture
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
1 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Citrix
3 3 (27.27%) CA
4 2 (18.18%) Informatica
4 2 (18.18%) AppSense
4 2 (18.18%) Lumension
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle
5 1 (9.091%) Blue Coat
5 1 (9.091%) Websense