The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 20 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 Solihull 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 11 13 12
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 4 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 6.667% 3.750% 1.449%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.00% 18.75% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £316 £165 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+91.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-4.13% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
10 16 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 16.67% 20.00% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
Average daily rate £320 £165 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+93.93% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
SC Cleared
West Midlands

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) LoadRunner
3 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) HTTP
3 2 (40.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Zimbra
4 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Broadband
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 2 (40.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Zimbra
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP