The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 23 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 Somerset 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Rank 26 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 5 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 2.874% 3.550% -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.64% 8.955% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
Average daily rate £426 £398 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.23% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £380 £340
% change year-on-year
+4.31% +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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
47 67 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 27.01% 39.64% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 41 28
Average daily rate £426 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.78% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £230 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £450 £419
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
BC Cleared
South West

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset BC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

BC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BC Cleared within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Taunton +2 5 £426 +7.23%
BC Cleared
South West

BC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
4 3 (37.50%) SAP
4 3 (37.50%) ISO 9000
4 3 (37.50%) ISEB
4 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) MODAF
5 2 (25.00%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) ITSM
5 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (25.00%) NUnit
5 2 (25.00%) Subversion
5 2 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (25.00%) Service Management
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (25.00%) SAP HR
5 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 2 (25.00%) UML
5 2 (25.00%) .NET
5 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (25.00%) Jenkins

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 2 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) ASP
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) XSL
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) NUnit
1 2 (25.00%) Subversion
1 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (25.00%) MSTest
2 1 (12.50%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (12.50%) MSBuild
2 1 (12.50%) TeamCity
2 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 1 (12.50%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Transition Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) HR Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) IaaS
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) MODAF
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) UML
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL V3
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) RAD
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) VBScript
1 1 (12.50%) VB
1 1 (12.50%) VB6
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) ISEB
4 2 (25.00%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (12.50%) MCP
5 1 (12.50%) MCSD
5 1 (12.50%) MCTS
5 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
5 1 (12.50%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO 9000
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) TickIT
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
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Posted: 14 May 2013