The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 22 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 Reading 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 15 5 3
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 74 132 227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 8.595% 11.60% 22.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.58% 37.61% 61.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 73 69
Average daily rate £450 £365 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.28% -5.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £268 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-4.06% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -57.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
214 351 372
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 24.85% 30.84% 36.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 126 131
Average daily rate £423 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £221 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 12
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% +12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
SC Cleared
Berkshire

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

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 Reading region.

Reading SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 96 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 36 (37.50%) Windows
3 29 (30.21%) .NET
4 25 (26.04%) C#
5 24 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 19 (19.79%) SharePoint
7 16 (16.67%) Meridio
8 14 (14.58%) SharePoint Server
9 12 (12.50%) WCF
9 12 (12.50%) SQL Server
9 12 (12.50%) Active Directory
10 11 (11.46%) ASP.NET
11 10 (10.42%) MS Office
11 10 (10.42%) XML
11 10 (10.42%) Citrix
11 10 (10.42%) DV Cleared
11 10 (10.42%) CESG
12 9 (9.375%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 9 (9.375%) PCI DSS
12 9 (9.375%) SCCM
12 9 (9.375%) WF
12 9 (9.375%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (9.375%) Workflow
12 9 (9.375%) Information Security
13 8 (8.333%) Migration
13 8 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (8.333%) Firewall
13 8 (8.333%) Network Security
13 8 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 29 (30.21%) .NET
2 12 (12.50%) WCF
3 11 (11.46%) ASP.NET
4 10 (10.42%) XML
5 9 (9.375%) WF
6 6 (6.250%) Web Services
7 5 (5.208%) .NET Framework
8 3 (3.125%) AppFabric
8 3 (3.125%) CSS
9 2 (2.083%) HTML
9 2 (2.083%) WinForms
9 2 (2.083%) Application Packaging
10 1 (1.042%) HTML5
10 1 (1.042%) CSS3
10 1 (1.042%) jQuery
10 1 (1.042%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 1 (1.042%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 19 (19.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (14.58%) SharePoint Server
3 7 (7.292%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (3.125%) Windows Azure
4 3 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (2.083%) IIS
6 1 (1.042%) CM System
6 1 (1.042%) MS Project Server
6 1 (1.042%) Documentum
Applications
1 10 (10.42%) MS Office
2 4 (4.167%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.083%) InfoPath
4 1 (1.042%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.083%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.333%) Firewall
1 8 (8.333%) Network Security
2 7 (7.292%) Internet
3 5 (5.208%) Intranet
4 3 (3.125%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (2.083%) DNS
6 1 (1.042%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.042%) IPsec
6 1 (1.042%) LDAP
6 1 (1.042%) ADSL
6 1 (1.042%) Broadband
6 1 (1.042%) LAN
6 1 (1.042%) PBX
6 1 (1.042%) WAN
6 1 (1.042%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.042%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (5.208%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (4.167%) IDOL
5 2 (2.083%) EDRMS
6 1 (1.042%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.042%) OLAP
6 1 (1.042%) DTS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.167%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.083%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (2.083%) StarTeam
2 2 (2.083%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.042%) MSI
3 1 (1.042%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (2.083%) Finance
2 1 (1.042%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (22.92%) Developer
2 18 (18.75%) Architect
3 14 (14.58%) Analyst
4 13 (13.54%) Designer
5 9 (9.375%) SharePoint Developer
6 8 (8.333%) C# Developer
6 8 (8.333%) Applications Developer
6 8 (8.333%) Solutions Designer
6 8 (8.333%) C# Application Developer
7 7 (7.292%) Technical Architect
7 7 (7.292%) Consultant
7 7 (7.292%) Project Manager
8 6 (6.250%) Support Engineer
8 6 (6.250%) Security Architect
9 5 (5.208%) Security Analyst
10 4 (4.167%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 4 (4.167%) Desktop Engineer
10 4 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support
10 4 (4.167%) Desktop Support
10 4 (4.167%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.42%) CESG
2 4 (4.167%) Blackberry
2 4 (4.167%) PDA
2 4 (4.167%) CESG CLAS
3 3 (3.125%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.083%) RMADS
4 2 (2.083%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.042%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.042%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 36 (37.50%) Windows
2 9 (9.375%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (7.292%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.083%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.042%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (9.375%) Workflow
1 9 (9.375%) Information Security
2 8 (8.333%) Migration
3 7 (7.292%) Ethical Hacking
3 7 (7.292%) TOGAF
3 7 (7.292%) ITIL
4 6 (6.250%) Service Delivery
4 6 (6.250%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (5.208%) Web Development
5 5 (5.208%) Incident Management
5 5 (5.208%) Data Protection
6 4 (4.167%) Project Management
6 4 (4.167%) Security Architecture
7 3 (3.125%) Change Control
7 3 (3.125%) Security Testing
7 3 (3.125%) Validation
7 3 (3.125%) UML
7 3 (3.125%) SOA
8 2 (2.083%) Configuration Management
8 2 (2.083%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (26.04%) C#
2 6 (6.250%) SQL
3 4 (4.167%) VB.NET
4 3 (3.125%) VBA
5 1 (1.042%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.042%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.042%) C++
5 1 (1.042%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.042%) VBScript
5 1 (1.042%) VB
Qualifications
1 96 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.42%) DV Cleared
3 4 (4.167%) CISSP
3 4 (4.167%) CISA
3 4 (4.167%) CISM
4 2 (2.083%) ISEB
4 2 (2.083%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.042%) MCSD
5 1 (1.042%) CCNP
5 1 (1.042%) CCNA
5 1 (1.042%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.042%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.042%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.042%) PMP
5 1 (1.042%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.375%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (9.375%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.042%) JSP 440
System Software
1 12 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.042%) XenApp
3 1 (1.042%) XenServer
3 1 (1.042%) vSphere
3 1 (1.042%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (9.375%) SCCM
2 7 (7.292%) Tivoli
3 6 (6.250%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 3 (3.125%) SCOM
5 2 (2.083%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (1.042%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 24 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.67%) Meridio
3 10 (10.42%) Citrix
4 7 (7.292%) CA
4 7 (7.292%) Oracle
5 6 (6.250%) HP
6 2 (2.083%) VMware
7 1 (1.042%) Lumension
7 1 (1.042%) Brocade
7 1 (1.042%) BT
7 1 (1.042%) Cisco
7 1 (1.042%) EMC
7 1 (1.042%) Borland
7 1 (1.042%) McAfee