The first table below looks at the demand for BC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BC Cleared over the 3 months to 20 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 West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Rank 107 128 103
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -25
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 10 12 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.487% 0.365% 0.581%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.639% 1.151% 2.349%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 9
Average daily rate £426 £380 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.17% +68.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £222 £158
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £456 £260
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £388 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.58% +13.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-67.50% +14.28%
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
610 1043 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.68% 31.72% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 559 311
Average daily rate £380 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.87% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £220 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £523 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 72 53
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -19.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £15.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £50.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
BC Cleared
England

BC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Somerset +1 5 £426 +7.23%
Bristol +14 2 - -
Devon +2 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
BC Cleared
England

BC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) ITIL
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (18.75%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Change Management
5 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
5 3 (18.75%) ISO 9000
5 3 (18.75%) TOAD
5 3 (18.75%) PL/SQL
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle
5 3 (18.75%) SAP
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (18.75%) ISEB
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (12.50%) SAP HR
6 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
6 2 (12.50%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) Service Management
6 2 (12.50%) Quality Management
6 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 2 (12.50%) Finance
6 2 (12.50%) .NET
6 2 (12.50%) C

BC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (6.250%) ASP
2 1 (6.250%) CSS
2 1 (6.250%) JSP
2 1 (6.250%) XML
2 1 (6.250%) XSL
2 1 (6.250%) .NET Framework
2 1 (6.250%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) WordPress
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) TOAD
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (6.250%) MySQL
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.250%) Data Mart
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) NUnit
1 2 (12.50%) Subversion
1 2 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (12.50%) MSTest
1 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.250%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (6.250%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (6.250%) MSBuild
2 1 (6.250%) Selenium
2 1 (6.250%) TeamCity
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.250%) Military
2 1 (6.250%) Retail
2 1 (6.250%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Business Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Developer
3 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Change Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Transition Manager
3 1 (6.250%) HR Specialist
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) OBIEE Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Business Change Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Test Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.250%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (6.250%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
3 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (12.50%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) MODAF
4 2 (12.50%) UML
4 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) PL/SQL
3 2 (12.50%) C
4 1 (6.250%) C#
4 1 (6.250%) Java
4 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.250%) PHP
4 1 (6.250%) VBScript
4 1 (6.250%) VB
4 1 (6.250%) Python
4 1 (6.250%) VB6
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) ISEB
3 3 (18.75%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (6.250%) MCTS
5 1 (6.250%) ISTQB
5 1 (6.250%) MCPD
5 1 (6.250%) MCP
5 1 (6.250%) MCSD
5 1 (6.250%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) ISO 9000
2 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.250%) TickIT
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle
1 3 (18.75%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
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