South East DV Cleared Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Developed Vetting (DV) 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 DV Cleared over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Location Avon Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim Croydon Cumbria Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Home Counties Kent Lincoln Lincolnshire London Midlands Milton Keynes Newport North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Portsmouth Reading Salisbury Slough South East South Wales South West Surrey Swansea Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	96	151
Rank change on same period last year	+55
Matching contract IT job ads	179	152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.253 %	0.154 %
As % of the category below	2.627 %	1.748 %
Daily rates quoted	74	57
Average minimum daily rate	£369	£348
Average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£397	£398
% change on same period last year	-0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.50	£28.95
Average hourly rate	£22.32	£32.45
% change on same period last year	-31.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.14	£35.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.38	£31.68
% change on same period last year	-19.90 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	6815	8698
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.637 %	8.805 %
Daily rates quoted	1949	2590
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£353
Average daily rate	£373	£373
% change on same period last year	-0.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	640	826
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.50	£28.39
Average hourly rate	£30.42	£30.14
% change on same period last year	+0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.34	£31.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.42	£29.97
% change on same period last year	-1.81 %
DV 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.

DV Cleared
Demand Trend

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

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DV Cleared across the South East region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DV Cleared across the South East region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

DV Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the South East region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
Buckinghamshire	+43	70	£340	-17.30 %
Berkshire	+70	66	£400	+15.13 %
Hampshire	-9	14	£310	-20.92 %
Surrey	+30	14	£538	+67.30 %
Home Counties	+2	2	-	-
Kent	+9	2	-	-
Thames Valley	-	1	-	-

DV Cleared England

DV Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DV 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 DV Cleared.

1 281 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 155 (55.16 %) SC Cleared 3 106 (37.72 %) Government 4 83 (29.54 %) Windows 5 44 (15.66 %) Oracle 6 38 (13.52 %) Java 6 38 (13.52 %) Cisco 7 34 (12.10 %) Windows Vista 8 29 (10.32 %) ITIL 9 28 (9.964 %) J2EE 9 28 (9.964 %) SQL 10 27 (9.609 %) Microsoft 11 25 (8.897 %) C 11 25 (8.897 %) LAN 12 24 (8.541 %) Cisco Certification

13 22 (7.829 %) RUP 14 21 (7.473 %) HP 14 21 (7.473 %) CCNP 15 20 (7.117 %) Active Directory 15 20 (7.117 %) WAN 15 20 (7.117 %) Windows Server 2008 16 19 (6.762 %) C++ 17 18 (6.406 %) Linux 17 18 (6.406 %) Windows Server 2003 18 17 (6.050 %) UNIX 19 16 (5.694 %) PL/SQL 19 16 (5.694 %) UML 19 16 (5.694 %) OpenView Configuration Management 19 16 (5.694 %) Finance 19 16 (5.694 %) Migration

DV Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DV 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 DV Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 28 (9.964 %) J2EE 2 11 (3.915 %) XML 3 10 (3.559 %) Hibernate 3 10 (3.559 %) Spring 3 10 (3.559 %) .NET 4 9 (3.203 %) HTML 4 9 (3.203 %) JSP 5 8 (2.847 %) EJB 6 5 (1.779 %) Application Packaging 7 2 (0.712 %) WebServices 7 2 (0.712 %) CSS 8 1 (0.356 %) SOAP 8 1 (0.356 %) ASP.NET 8 1 (0.356 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (0.356 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 15 (5.338 %) MS Exchange 2 11 (3.915 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 7 (2.491 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 7 (2.491 %) WebLogic 4 4 (1.423 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 3 (1.068 %) Oracle Application Server 5 3 (1.068 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 1 (0.356 %) IIS 6 1 (0.356 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 7 (2.491 %) MS Office 2 4 (1.423 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 4 (1.423 %) SoftGrid 2 2 (0.712 %) Oracle ERP 3 1 (0.356 %) Oracle 11i 3 1 (0.356 %) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking 1 25 (8.897 %) LAN 2 20 (7.117 %) WAN 3 12 (4.270 %) Internet 3 12 (4.270 %) Firewall 4 10 (3.559 %) Intranet 5 6 (2.135 %) FTP 6 5 (1.779 %) SMTP 6 5 (1.779 %) SNMP 6 5 (1.779 %) X.400 7 4 (1.423 %) IPsec 7 4 (1.423 %) TCP/IP 7 4 (1.423 %) SAN 7 4 (1.423 %) DHCP 8 3 (1.068 %) LDAP 8 3 (1.068 %) DNS 8 3 (1.068 %) MPLS 8 3 (1.068 %) VLAN 9 2 (0.712 %) Cisco PIX 9 2 (0.712 %) DMZ 9 2 (0.712 %) Ethernet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (3.915 %) Oracle 10g 2 8 (2.847 %) BusinessObjects 2 8 (2.847 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 4 (1.423 %) BusinessObjects XI 4 2 (0.712 %) SQL Server 4 2 (0.712 %) Oracle Reports 4 2 (0.712 %) Oracle 11g 5 1 (0.356 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (0.356 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (0.356 %) MS Access 5 1 (0.356 %) ETL 5 1 (0.356 %) BODI 5 1 (0.356 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 9 (3.203 %) Ant 1 9 (3.203 %) Eclipse 2 8 (2.847 %) TestDirector 3 7 (2.491 %) JUnit 3 7 (2.491 %) Rational Rose 4 6 (2.135 %) StarTeam 5 4 (1.423 %) JMeter 6 2 (0.712 %) ClearQuest 6 2 (0.712 %) ClearCase 7 1 (0.356 %) ERwin	General 1 106 (37.72 %) Government 2 16 (5.694 %) Finance 3 15 (5.338 %) Telecoms 4 6 (2.135 %) Military 5 3 (1.068 %) Games 6 2 (0.712 %) Insurance 6 2 (0.712 %) Auditing 6 2 (0.712 %) Health 7 1 (0.356 %) Legal 7 1 (0.356 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.356 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (0.356 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 54 (19.22 %) Consultant 2 28 (9.964 %) Developer 3 26 (9.253 %) Tester 4 18 (6.406 %) Architect 5 16 (5.694 %) Project Manager 5 16 (5.694 %) Network Engineer 6 15 (5.338 %) Java Developer 7 14 (4.982 %) Technical Consultant 8 12 (4.270 %) Analyst 9 10 (3.559 %) Support Engineer 10 9 (3.203 %) Systems Engineer 10 9 (3.203 %) Java/J2EE Developer 11 8 (2.847 %) 1st Line Support 11 8 (2.847 %) Systems Tester 12 7 (2.491 %) Design Engineer 12 7 (2.491 %) Network Design Engineer 13 6 (2.135 %) Integration Tester 13 6 (2.135 %) Administrator 13 6 (2.135 %) Service Manager 14 5 (1.779 %) Server Support	Miscellaneous 1 3 (1.068 %) CESG 1 3 (1.068 %) PKI 2 2 (0.712 %) CESG CLAS 2 2 (0.712 %) Client/Server 3 1 (0.356 %) Firmware 3 1 (0.356 %) Clustering 3 1 (0.356 %) Cryptography 3 1 (0.356 %) PDA 3 1 (0.356 %) RMADS
Operating Systems 1 83 (29.54 %) Windows 2 34 (12.10 %) Windows Vista 3 20 (7.117 %) Windows Server 2008 4 18 (6.406 %) Linux 4 18 (6.406 %) Windows Server 2003 5 17 (6.050 %) UNIX 6 15 (5.338 %) Windows 2000 7 9 (3.203 %) Windows XP 8 8 (2.847 %) Solaris 9 3 (1.068 %) Windows NT 10 2 (0.712 %) Tru64 10 2 (0.712 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 281 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 155 (55.16 %) SC Cleared 3 29 (10.32 %) ITIL 4 22 (7.829 %) RUP 5 16 (5.694 %) UML 5 16 (5.694 %) Migration 6 14 (4.982 %) Test Scripting 7 13 (4.626 %) ITSM 8 12 (4.270 %) Service Management 9 11 (3.915 %) Service Delivery 10 10 (3.559 %) PRINCE2 11 9 (3.203 %) Network Design 12 8 (2.847 %) Operations Management 13 6 (2.135 %) Project Management 13 6 (2.135 %) Risk Management 13 6 (2.135 %) Process Management 14 5 (1.779 %) DoDAF 14 5 (1.779 %) MODAF 14 5 (1.779 %) Manual Testing 15 4 (1.423 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 38 (13.52 %) Java 2 28 (9.964 %) SQL 3 25 (8.897 %) C 4 19 (6.762 %) C++ 5 16 (5.694 %) PL/SQL 6 9 (3.203 %) C# 7 3 (1.068 %) JavaScript 8 1 (0.356 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 24 (8.541 %) Cisco Certification 2 21 (7.473 %) CCNP 3 13 (4.626 %) MCSE 3 13 (4.626 %) Microsoft Certification 4 9 (3.203 %) CNE 4 9 (3.203 %) Novell Certification 5 8 (2.847 %) CCNA 6 7 (2.491 %) ISEB 7 6 (2.135 %) CCDP 7 6 (2.135 %) CCIE 8 4 (1.423 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (0.712 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 1 (0.356 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 10 1 (0.356 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.135 %) QA 2 4 (1.423 %) SLA 3 1 (0.356 %) BS7799 3 1 (0.356 %) GMP	System Software 1 20 (7.117 %) Active Directory 2 7 (2.491 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (1.068 %) NetBackup 3 3 (1.068 %) Terminal Server 4 2 (0.712 %) ISA Server 4 2 (0.712 %) VMware ESX 5 1 (0.356 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 16 (5.694 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 9 (3.203 %) OVOW 3 5 (1.779 %) OpenView 4 4 (1.423 %) Netcool 5 3 (1.068 %) OVPI 6 2 (0.712 %) NNM 7 1 (0.356 %) ServiceCenter 7 1 (0.356 %) AssetCenter 7 1 (0.356 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 7 1 (0.356 %) OVSD	Vendors 1 44 (15.66 %) Oracle 2 38 (13.52 %) Cisco 3 27 (9.609 %) Microsoft 4 21 (7.473 %) HP 5 9 (3.203 %) VMware 6 8 (2.847 %) BEA 6 8 (2.847 %) Business Objects 7 6 (2.135 %) Altiris 8 5 (1.779 %) Sun 8 5 (1.779 %) Citrix 9 3 (1.068 %) Compaq 9 3 (1.068 %) CheckPoint 10 2 (0.712 %) Symantec 10 2 (0.712 %) Sophos 10 2 (0.712 %) Borland 11 1 (0.356 %) Fujitsu 11 1 (0.356 %) Siemens 11 1 (0.356 %) EMC 11 1 (0.356 %) Avaya 11 1 (0.356 %) PeopleSoft