Somerset Security Cleared Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Security Clearance skills within the Somerset region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aldershot Amersham Andover Avon Barrow-in-Furness Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Ceredigion Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley City of London Clydebank Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Douglas Dumbarton Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Filton Gateshead Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sherborne Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells West Dunbartonshire West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Wirral Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	2	1
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	94	122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.127 %	0.120 %
As % of the category below	38.68 %	40.53 %
Daily rates quoted	22	16
Average minimum daily rate	£454	£294
Average daily rate	£481	£327
% change on same period last year	+47.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£509	£359
UK excluding London average daily rate	£371	£377
% change on same period last year	-1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	47	51
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.96	£27.69
Average hourly rate	£35.21	£29.56
% change on same period last year	+19.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.47	£31.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.64	£30.59
% change on same period last year	+6.69 %
Processes & Methodologies Somerset
Matching contract IT job ads	243	301
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.328 %	0.297 %
Daily rates quoted	62	40
Average minimum daily rate	£403	£324
Average daily rate	£435	£347
% change on same period last year	+25.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£468	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	90	127
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.30	£28.15
Average hourly rate	£34.53	£29.87
% change on same period last year	+15.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.76	£31.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Cleared across the Somerset region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the Somerset region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Bath	-1	20	£551	+89.18 %
Yeovil	-1	19	-	-
Wells	+1	8	-	-
Taunton	-3	7	£250	-39.99 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Security 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 Security Cleared.

1 73 (49.66 %) SC Cleared 2 53 (36.05 %) Government 3 37 (25.17 %) C++ 4 30 (20.41 %) Aerospace 5 28 (19.05 %) Windows 6 26 (17.69 %) UML 7 23 (15.65 %) Migration 8 22 (14.97 %) Oracle 9 19 (12.93 %) Java 9 19 (12.93 %) Avionics 10 18 (12.24 %) Ada 11 17 (11.56 %) PRINCE2 12 15 (10.20 %) Finance 13 14 (9.524 %) MFC 14 13 (8.844 %) Visual Studio

14 13 (8.844 %) ITIL 15 12 (8.163 %) Software Testing 15 12 (8.163 %) Oracle Financials 16 10 (6.803 %) Data Migration 16 10 (6.803 %) Data Mapping 16 10 (6.803 %) Active Directory 17 9 (6.122 %) MS Exchange 17 9 (6.122 %) Eclipse 17 9 (6.122 %) Oracle Reports 18 8 (5.442 %) PRINCE2 Certification 18 8 (5.442 %) Scrum 18 8 (5.442 %) Agile Software Development 18 8 (5.442 %) BC Cleared 19 7 (4.762 %) JNI 19 7 (4.762 %) Software Engineering

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Security 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 Security Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 14 (9.524 %) MFC 2 7 (4.762 %) JNI 3 3 (2.041 %) XML 4 1 (0.680 %) XSLT 4 1 (0.680 %) SGML 4 1 (0.680 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 9 (6.122 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (2.721 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (2.041 %) Apache 4 2 (1.361 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (0.680 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 1 (0.680 %) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications 1 5 (3.401 %) MS Office 2 2 (1.361 %) Spreadsheet 3 1 (0.680 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 12 (8.163 %) Oracle Financials 2 5 (3.401 %) assyst 3 2 (1.361 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.680 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 4 1 (0.680 %) SAP PLM 4 1 (0.680 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 4 1 (0.680 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 4 (2.721 %) SAN 2 1 (0.680 %) Internet 2 1 (0.680 %) GSM 2 1 (0.680 %) PSTN 2 1 (0.680 %) DNS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (6.122 %) Oracle Reports 2 6 (4.082 %) Oracle 10g 3 5 (3.401 %) Oracle 9i 4 4 (2.721 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 3 (2.041 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.680 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (0.680 %) MS Access 6 1 (0.680 %) Cognos Powerplay 6 1 (0.680 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.680 %) TOAD 6 1 (0.680 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 1 (0.680 %) ReportNet
Development Applications 1 13 (8.844 %) Visual Studio 2 9 (6.122 %) Eclipse 3 7 (4.762 %) ClearCase 4 5 (3.401 %) ARTiSAN 4 5 (3.401 %) ClearQuest 5 2 (1.361 %) Rational Rose 6 1 (0.680 %) Telelogic Rhapsody	General 1 53 (36.05 %) Government 2 30 (20.41 %) Aerospace 3 19 (12.93 %) Avionics 4 15 (10.20 %) Finance 5 7 (4.762 %) Education 5 7 (4.762 %) Military 6 5 (3.401 %) Publishing 6 5 (3.401 %) Telecoms 7 2 (1.361 %) Front Office 8 1 (0.680 %) Electronics 8 1 (0.680 %) Electric 8 1 (0.680 %) Manufacturing 8 1 (0.680 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 34 (23.13 %) Software Engineer 2 17 (11.56 %) Consultant 3 14 (9.524 %) Project Manager 4 13 (8.844 %) Developer 4 13 (8.844 %) Oracle Consultant 5 12 (8.163 %) Analyst 6 11 (7.483 %) Programme Manager 6 11 (7.483 %) Test Engineer 6 11 (7.483 %) Software Analyst 7 8 (5.442 %) Oracle Financials Consultant 7 8 (5.442 %) Software Developer 8 7 (4.762 %) Java Software Engineer 9 6 (4.082 %) Functional Consultant 10 5 (3.401 %) C++ Software Engineer 10 5 (3.401 %) Software Test Engineer 10 5 (3.401 %) Oracle Functional Consultant 11 4 (2.721 %) Integration Engineer 11 4 (2.721 %) Support Engineer 11 4 (2.721 %) Systems Engineer 12 3 (2.041 %) DBA	Miscellaneous 1 5 (3.401 %) Client/Server 2 2 (1.361 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 28 (19.05 %) Windows 2 6 (4.082 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (3.401 %) Mac OS X 3 5 (3.401 %) UNIX 4 4 (2.721 %) Windows 2000 4 4 (2.721 %) Windows XP 4 4 (2.721 %) VMS 5 3 (2.041 %) Linux 5 3 (2.041 %) Red Hat Linux 6 2 (1.361 %) Windows CE 6 2 (1.361 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.680 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 73 (49.66 %) SC Cleared 2 26 (17.69 %) UML 3 23 (15.65 %) Migration 4 17 (11.56 %) PRINCE2 5 13 (8.844 %) ITIL 6 12 (8.163 %) Software Testing 7 10 (6.803 %) Data Migration 7 10 (6.803 %) Data Mapping 8 8 (5.442 %) BC Cleared 8 8 (5.442 %) Agile Software Development 8 8 (5.442 %) Scrum 9 7 (4.762 %) Project Management 9 7 (4.762 %) Service Management 9 7 (4.762 %) Service Delivery 9 7 (4.762 %) Software Engineering 10 6 (4.082 %) Programme Management 11 5 (3.401 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 4 (2.721 %) Configuration Management 13 3 (2.041 %) Data Management 13 3 (2.041 %) Unit Testing
Programming Languages 1 37 (25.17 %) C++ 2 19 (12.93 %) Java 3 18 (12.24 %) Ada 4 7 (4.762 %) C 5 3 (2.041 %) VC++ 6 2 (1.361 %) VBScript 6 2 (1.361 %) Perl 7 1 (0.680 %) SQL 7 1 (0.680 %) VB.NET 7 1 (0.680 %) Embedded C	Qualifications 1 8 (5.442 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 6 (4.082 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 5 (3.401 %) ACSA 4 3 (2.041 %) Degree 4 3 (2.041 %) Microsoft Certification 4 3 (2.041 %) ISEB 5 2 (1.361 %) MCSE 5 2 (1.361 %) CCNA 5 2 (1.361 %) ITIL Certification 5 2 (1.361 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.680 %) MCP 6 1 (0.680 %) ACCA 6 1 (0.680 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 6 1 (0.680 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (0.680 %) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.361 %) SLA 2 1 (0.680 %) COBIT	System Software 1 10 (6.803 %) Active Directory 2 4 (2.721 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (2.041 %) Oracle RAC 3 3 (2.041 %) Oracle RMAN 4 2 (1.361 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 4 2 (1.361 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 3 (2.041 %) EMC Navisphere 2 1 (0.680 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 22 (14.97 %) Oracle 2 7 (4.762 %) Microsoft 3 5 (3.401 %) Apple 4 4 (2.721 %) VMware 5 3 (2.041 %) Red Hat 5 3 (2.041 %) HP 5 3 (2.041 %) EMC 5 3 (2.041 %) Green Hills 6 2 (1.361 %) Citrix 6 2 (1.361 %) Dell 6 2 (1.361 %) PeopleSoft 6 2 (1.361 %) SAP 6 2 (1.361 %) Cisco 7 1 (0.680 %) Altiris 7 1 (0.680 %) CheckPoint 7 1 (0.680 %) Remedy 7 1 (0.680 %) Telelogic 7 1 (0.680 %) Cognos