The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 21 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 South Wales 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 13 20 11
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -9
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 27 24 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 8.308% 6.076% 11.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.93% 16.78% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 19
Average daily rate £388 £375 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £318 £107
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £470 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £371
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £15.09
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% -3.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.10 £14.50 £10.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £14.85 £19.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
82 143 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 25.23% 36.20% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 75 57
Average daily rate £350 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £177 £105 £117
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £450 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -30.95%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £14.50 £8.58
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.20 £15.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
SC Cleared
Wales

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

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 South Wales region.

South Wales SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff +10 10 £538 +79.16%
Newport -1 9 £381 +1.66%
Merthyr Tydfil - 1 £388 -
SC Cleared
Wales

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 66 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (27.27%) Oracle
3 13 (19.70%) Java
4 11 (16.67%) SQL
5 10 (15.15%) Test Scripting
6 9 (13.64%) XML
6 9 (13.64%) Finance
7 8 (12.12%) WebLogic
7 8 (12.12%) Microsoft
8 7 (10.61%) ClearCase
8 7 (10.61%) ClearQuest
8 7 (10.61%) PL/SQL
9 6 (9.091%) Telecoms
9 6 (9.091%) C
9 6 (9.091%) IBM
9 6 (9.091%) ISO 9000
9 6 (9.091%) DV Cleared
9 6 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (9.091%) Incident Management
10 5 (7.576%) Eclipse
10 5 (7.576%) XSLT
10 5 (7.576%) Windows
10 5 (7.576%) UML
10 5 (7.576%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (7.576%) Risk Management
11 4 (6.061%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (6.061%) Regression Testing
11 4 (6.061%) Oracle Payroll
11 4 (6.061%) Scrum
11 4 (6.061%) XSD

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 9 (13.64%) XML
2 5 (7.576%) XSLT
3 4 (6.061%) XSD
3 4 (6.061%) Spring
4 3 (4.545%) JSF
4 3 (4.545%) JAXP
4 3 (4.545%) SAX
4 3 (4.545%) DOM
4 3 (4.545%) .NET
4 3 (4.545%) J2EE
4 3 (4.545%) CSS
5 2 (3.030%) Hibernate
6 1 (1.515%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (1.515%) REST
6 1 (1.515%) Spring Batch
6 1 (1.515%) JPA
6 1 (1.515%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.515%) WCF
6 1 (1.515%) WPF
6 1 (1.515%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.12%) WebLogic
2 4 (6.061%) Liferay
3 3 (4.545%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (3.030%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (1.515%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
5 1 (1.515%) ESB
5 1 (1.515%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.515%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (4.545%) MS Project
2 2 (3.030%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.515%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.515%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.515%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.061%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (6.061%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (6.061%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (3.030%) SAP MM
2 2 (3.030%) SAP SRM
3 1 (1.515%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.515%) assyst
3 1 (1.515%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.545%) Firewall
2 2 (3.030%) VPN
2 2 (3.030%) DAB
3 1 (1.515%) Network Security
3 1 (1.515%) Internet
3 1 (1.515%) VoIP
3 1 (1.515%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (4.545%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (1.515%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (1.515%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) ClearCase
1 7 (10.61%) ClearQuest
2 5 (7.576%) Eclipse
3 3 (4.545%) Maven
4 2 (3.030%) Ant
4 2 (3.030%) Rational Functional Tester
5 1 (1.515%) Axure RP
5 1 (1.515%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.515%) Oracle Forms
General
1 9 (13.64%) Finance
2 6 (9.091%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.515%) Welsh Language
3 1 (1.515%) General Ledger
3 1 (1.515%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (18.18%) Analyst
2 8 (12.12%) Architect
2 8 (12.12%) Consultant
3 7 (10.61%) Developer
3 7 (10.61%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.091%) Service Analyst
4 6 (9.091%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (9.091%) Functional Consultant
5 5 (7.576%) Test Analyst
6 4 (6.061%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.061%) Java Developer
6 4 (6.061%) Oracle Consultant
6 4 (6.061%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 3 (4.545%) Chief Technology Officer
7 3 (4.545%) SAP Manager
7 3 (4.545%) SAP Project Manager
7 3 (4.545%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.545%) DBA
8 2 (3.030%) Network Engineer
8 2 (3.030%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.030%) Replication
1 2 (3.030%) CESG
1 2 (3.030%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (1.515%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.515%) RMADS
2 1 (1.515%) Grid Computing
2 1 (1.515%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.576%) Windows
2 2 (3.030%) Windows XP
2 2 (3.030%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.515%) AIX
3 1 (1.515%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.15%) Test Scripting
2 6 (9.091%) Incident Management
3 5 (7.576%) UML
3 5 (7.576%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (7.576%) Risk Management
4 4 (6.061%) Regression Testing
4 4 (6.061%) Scrum
4 4 (6.061%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (6.061%) Integration Testing
4 4 (6.061%) Manual Testing
5 3 (4.545%) Information Assurance
5 3 (4.545%) Project Management
5 3 (4.545%) PRINCE2
5 3 (4.545%) Migration
5 3 (4.545%) Workflow
6 2 (3.030%) Configuration Management
6 2 (3.030%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (3.030%) CRM
6 2 (3.030%) Document Management
6 2 (3.030%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.70%) Java
2 11 (16.67%) SQL
3 7 (10.61%) PL/SQL
4 6 (9.091%) C
5 3 (4.545%) XPath
6 2 (3.030%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.030%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
7 1 (1.515%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.515%) C#
Qualifications
1 66 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.091%) DV Cleared
3 3 (4.545%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (3.030%) CISM
4 2 (3.030%) CCNA
4 2 (3.030%) CISSP
4 2 (3.030%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (3.030%) Degree
5 1 (1.515%) MCITP
5 1 (1.515%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.515%) MCP
5 1 (1.515%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.091%) ISO 9000
1 6 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.061%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.061%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.030%) SCCM
2 1 (1.515%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 18 (27.27%) Oracle
2 8 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.091%) IBM
4 3 (4.545%) SAP
5 2 (3.030%) Cisco
6 1 (1.515%) Lotus
6 1 (1.515%) Citrix
6 1 (1.515%) Mercator
6 1 (1.515%) Sophos
6 1 (1.515%) VMware
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