South East BC Cleared Contracts

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

Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Location Aldershot Amersham Andover Bath Berkshire Bicester Bootle Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Corsham Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Dumbarton East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Farnborough Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hampshire Hastings Hertfordshire Hinckley Home Counties Huntingdon Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Dunbartonshire West Midlands West Wales Wiltshire Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	185	184
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	68	120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.092 %	0.118 %
As % of the category below	0.955 %	1.357 %
Daily rates quoted	9	31
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£364
Average daily rate	£414	£406
% change on same period last year	+1.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£439	£447
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£376
% change on same period last year	-4.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.06	£28.80
Average hourly rate	£31.03	£29.39
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.01	£29.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.53	£27.49
% change on same period last year	+7.41 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7123	8841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.629 %	8.718 %
Daily rates quoted	2053	2588
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£359
Average daily rate	£372	£379
% change on same period last year	-1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	646	837
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.29	£30.03
Average hourly rate	£30.99	£31.91
% change on same period last year	-2.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.68	£33.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
BC Cleared England

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.

BC Cleared
Demand Trend

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

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

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

BC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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 South East 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
Hampshire	+22	35	£436	+17.75 %
Berkshire	+3	9	£450	+10.76 %
Oxfordshire	+7	7	£386	-
Surrey	+14	5	£350	-
Buckinghamshire	+2	5	-	-
Middlesex	-	2	-	-
Home Counties	-	1	-	-
Thames Valley	+15	1	£360	-
East Sussex	+13	1	-	-

BC Cleared England

BC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 135 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 71 (52.59 %) SC Cleared 3 35 (25.93 %) Government 4 26 (19.26 %) Windows 5 25 (18.52 %) Java 6 23 (17.04 %) SQL 6 23 (17.04 %) Oracle 7 17 (12.59 %) UML 7 17 (12.59 %) Finance 8 16 (11.85 %) UNIX 9 15 (11.11 %) XML 9 15 (11.11 %) C++ 10 14 (10.37 %) OO 10 14 (10.37 %) Linux 10 14 (10.37 %) Migration

11 12 (8.889 %) .NET 11 12 (8.889 %) Microsoft 12 11 (8.148 %) C 12 11 (8.148 %) PRINCE2 13 10 (7.407 %) C# 13 10 (7.407 %) Oracle Reports 13 10 (7.407 %) Configuration Management 14 9 (6.667 %) SOA 14 9 (6.667 %) VB 14 9 (6.667 %) VB.NET 14 9 (6.667 %) SQL Server 15 8 (5.926 %) Solaris 15 8 (5.926 %) Oracle Forms 15 8 (5.926 %) Shell Script 15 8 (5.926 %) Windows Server 2003

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 15 (11.11 %) XML 2 12 (8.889 %) .NET 3 7 (5.185 %) J2EE 3 7 (5.185 %) ASP.NET 3 7 (5.185 %) WebSphere 3 7 (5.185 %) WebServices 4 6 (4.444 %) J2SE 5 3 (2.222 %) EJB 6 2 (1.481 %) CSS 6 2 (1.481 %) MFC 6 2 (1.481 %) JMS 6 2 (1.481 %) SAP Smart Forms 6 2 (1.481 %) SAP ALE 6 2 (1.481 %) OC4J 6 2 (1.481 %) CORBA 6 2 (1.481 %) XHTML 7 1 (0.741 %) Oracle Streams	Application Platforms 1 3 (2.222 %) IIS 1 3 (2.222 %) Oracle Workflow 2 2 (1.481 %) Oracle Application Server 2 2 (1.481 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 2 (1.481 %) WebLogic 2 2 (1.481 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (1.481 %) CMS 3 1 (0.741 %) SAP Web AS 3 1 (0.741 %) SAS 3 1 (0.741 %) WebSphere MQ 3 1 (0.741 %) Apache 3 1 (0.741 %) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications 1 7 (5.185 %) MS Office 2 2 (1.481 %) MS Excel 2 2 (1.481 %) MS Project 3 1 (0.741 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 4 (2.963 %) LIFE/400 2 3 (2.222 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (0.741 %) Oracle Applications 3 1 (0.741 %) SAP PLM
Communications & Networking 1 7 (5.185 %) SAN 2 6 (4.444 %) HTTP 3 4 (2.963 %) TCP/IP 3 4 (2.963 %) HTTPS 4 3 (2.222 %) VPN 5 2 (1.481 %) DNS 5 2 (1.481 %) VoIP 5 2 (1.481 %) Ethernet 5 2 (1.481 %) WiMAX 5 2 (1.481 %) Wi-Fi 6 1 (0.741 %) Wireless 6 1 (0.741 %) Internet 6 1 (0.741 %) Firewall 6 1 (0.741 %) iSCSI 6 1 (0.741 %) ATM 6 1 (0.741 %) ISDN 6 1 (0.741 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (7.407 %) Oracle Reports 2 9 (6.667 %) SQL Server 3 6 (4.444 %) Crystal Reports 4 5 (3.704 %) Oracle 10g 5 4 (2.963 %) Ingres 5 4 (2.963 %) RDBMS 6 3 (2.222 %) SQL Server 2005 7 2 (1.481 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 2 (1.481 %) BusinessObjects XI 7 2 (1.481 %) BusinessObjects 7 2 (1.481 %) DTS 8 1 (0.741 %) DB2 8 1 (0.741 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (0.741 %) Oracle 9i 8 1 (0.741 %) MS Access 8 1 (0.741 %) Datawarehouse 8 1 (0.741 %) SQL Server 2000 8 1 (0.741 %) FileMaker 8 1 (0.741 %) GIS 8 1 (0.741 %) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications 1 8 (5.926 %) Oracle Forms 2 4 (2.963 %) JUnit 3 3 (2.222 %) Visual Studio 3 3 (2.222 %) ClearCase 4 2 (1.481 %) TestDirector 4 2 (1.481 %) ClearQuest 4 2 (1.481 %) JMeter 5 1 (0.741 %) StarTeam 5 1 (0.741 %) Oracle APEX 5 1 (0.741 %) Rational Robot 5 1 (0.741 %) Rational Rose 5 1 (0.741 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 35 (25.93 %) Government 2 17 (12.59 %) Finance 3 8 (5.926 %) Military 4 6 (4.444 %) Pensions 5 4 (2.963 %) Aerospace 6 3 (2.222 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.741 %) Pharmaceutical 7 1 (0.741 %) Health 7 1 (0.741 %) Legal 7 1 (0.741 %) Automotive 7 1 (0.741 %) Chemicals 7 1 (0.741 %) Construction 7 1 (0.741 %) Electric 7 1 (0.741 %) Avionics 7 1 (0.741 %) Billing
Job Titles 1 35 (25.93 %) Developer 2 17 (12.59 %) Analyst 3 11 (8.148 %) Software Engineer 4 8 (5.926 %) DBA 4 8 (5.926 %) Consultant 5 7 (5.185 %) Business Analyst 5 7 (5.185 %) Tester 5 7 (5.185 %) Desktop Engineer 6 6 (4.444 %) Java Software Engineer 6 6 (4.444 %) .NET Developer 6 6 (4.444 %) Oracle DBA 6 6 (4.444 %) Applications Developer 7 5 (3.704 %) Support Engineer 7 5 (3.704 %) WebSphere Developer 8 4 (2.963 %) Project Analyst 8 4 (2.963 %) PC Support Engineer 8 4 (2.963 %) PC Engineer 8 4 (2.963 %) Principal Engineer 8 4 (2.963 %) Administrator 8 4 (2.963 %) Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 4 (2.963 %) PDA 2 3 (2.222 %) Economics 3 1 (0.741 %) Blackberry 3 1 (0.741 %) Management Information System 3 1 (0.741 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 26 (19.26 %) Windows 2 16 (11.85 %) UNIX 3 14 (10.37 %) Linux 4 8 (5.926 %) Solaris 4 8 (5.926 %) Windows Server 2003 5 7 (5.185 %) Windows XP 6 2 (1.481 %) VxWorks 6 2 (1.481 %) SUSE 6 2 (1.481 %) AIX 6 2 (1.481 %) HPUX 7 1 (0.741 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.741 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (0.741 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 135 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 71 (52.59 %) SC Cleared 3 17 (12.59 %) UML 4 14 (10.37 %) OO 4 14 (10.37 %) Migration 5 11 (8.148 %) PRINCE2 6 10 (7.407 %) Configuration Management 7 9 (6.667 %) SOA 8 7 (5.185 %) Data Migration 9 6 (4.444 %) Service Management 10 5 (3.704 %) ITIL 10 5 (3.704 %) Business Analysis 10 5 (3.704 %) Workflow 10 5 (3.704 %) QMS 10 5 (3.704 %) Unit Testing 11 4 (2.963 %) Matrix Management 11 4 (2.963 %) CTC Cleared 11 4 (2.963 %) DV Cleared 11 4 (2.963 %) Logistics 11 4 (2.963 %) Quality Management
Programming Languages 1 25 (18.52 %) Java 2 23 (17.04 %) SQL 3 15 (11.11 %) C++ 4 11 (8.148 %) C 5 10 (7.407 %) C# 6 9 (6.667 %) VB 6 9 (6.667 %) VB.NET 7 8 (5.926 %) Shell Script 8 7 (5.185 %) PL/SQL 9 6 (4.444 %) COBOL 9 6 (4.444 %) Transact-SQL 10 4 (2.963 %) VB6 11 3 (2.222 %) REXX 11 3 (2.222 %) Tcl 12 2 (1.481 %) SAPscript 12 2 (1.481 %) ABAP 12 2 (1.481 %) JavaScript 13 1 (0.741 %) VC++ 13 1 (0.741 %) Ada 13 1 (0.741 %) Embedded C	Qualifications 1 3 (2.222 %) Degree 2 1 (0.741 %) HNC 2 1 (0.741 %) MCSE 2 1 (0.741 %) CCIE 2 1 (0.741 %) CCNP 2 1 (0.741 %) CISSP 2 1 (0.741 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (0.741 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (0.741 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.222 %) QA 2 2 (1.481 %) TickIT 2 2 (1.481 %) ISO9000 3 1 (0.741 %) SLA	System Software 1 7 (5.185 %) NetBackup 2 5 (3.704 %) Oracle RAC 2 5 (3.704 %) Active Directory 3 4 (2.963 %) Oracle RMAN 4 2 (1.481 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 5 (3.704 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 2 (1.481 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 2 (1.481 %) Tivoli 3 1 (0.741 %) MOM	Vendors 1 23 (17.04 %) Oracle 2 12 (8.889 %) Microsoft 3 6 (4.444 %) Cisco 4 5 (3.704 %) HP 5 4 (2.963 %) Dell 5 4 (2.963 %) SAP 5 4 (2.963 %) Symbian 5 4 (2.963 %) Hitachi 6 3 (2.222 %) VERITAS 6 3 (2.222 %) VMware 6 3 (2.222 %) Sun 7 2 (1.481 %) Business Objects 7 2 (1.481 %) Serena 7 2 (1.481 %) ILOG 7 2 (1.481 %) Tridion 7 2 (1.481 %) BEA 7 2 (1.481 %) Micro Focus 8 1 (0.741 %) Borland 8 1 (0.741 %) Citrix