| Security Check (SC) Clearance |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -2 |  +12 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 266 | 302 | 315 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 10.50 % | 10.87 % | 6.275 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 39.94 % | 37.06 % | 29.47 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 103 | 106 | 97 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £400 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £300 | £254 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £442 | £475 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £378 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 47 | 34 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £31.75 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £16.65 | £19.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £49.10 | £36.80 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £31.88 | £33.83 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 666 | 815 | 1069 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 26.28 % | 29.33 % | 21.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 256 | 259 | 321 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £400 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £220 | £250 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £445 | £550 | £520 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 67 | 117 | 158 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.94 | £31.00 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £13.58 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £36.80 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £25.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
