The first table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Cleared over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 362 585 480
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 18.02% 18.71% 15.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 61.99% 66.33% 59.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 296 219
Average daily rate £410 £400 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% +2.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £226 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-1.33% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 43 37
Average hourly rate £32.00 £18.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+77.77% -48.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.60 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £43.20 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £22.50 £31.75
% change year-on-year
+17.77% -29.13%
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
584 882 810
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.07% 28.21% 26.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 468 383
Average daily rate £383 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.37% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £502 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 61 63
Average hourly rate £29.00 £22.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.88% -30.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
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England

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Security Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Cleared across the South West region.

South West Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the South West region.

South West Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wiltshire 0 117 £425 +21.42% 12
Gloucestershire 0 73 £450 - 13
Bristol +10 67 £350 -15.15% 15
Devon -1 42 £350 +4.47% 1
Somerset -5 33 £405 +10.95% 2
Dorset -4 9 - - 2
Cornwall - - - -
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England

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Security 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 Security Cleared.

1 461 (54.88%) SC Cleared
2 313 (37.26%) DV Cleared
3 201 (23.93%) C
4 170 (20.24%) Windows
5 130 (15.48%) Linux
6 110 (13.10%) Java
7 106 (12.62%) Oracle
8 101 (12.02%) ITIL
9 94 (11.19%) Microsoft
10 92 (10.95%) UML
11 91 (10.83%) UNIX
12 89 (10.60%) Service Management
12 89 (10.60%) VMware
13 86 (10.24%) SQL
14 81 (9.643%) C#
15 80 (9.524%) Finance
16 77 (9.167%) Cisco
17 76 (9.048%) .NET
18 73 (8.690%) VMware Infrastructure
19 72 (8.571%) Web Services
20 65 (7.738%) Telecoms
21 61 (7.262%) Red Hat
22 59 (7.024%) XML
22 59 (7.024%) JavaScript
23 55 (6.548%) SAN
24 54 (6.429%) SQL Server
24 54 (6.429%) SharePoint
25 52 (6.190%) Agile Software Development
26 51 (6.071%) HP
27 48 (5.714%) Active Directory

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Security 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 Security Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 76 (9.048%) .NET
2 72 (8.571%) Web Services
3 59 (7.024%) XML
4 44 (5.238%) HTML
5 31 (3.690%) ASP.NET
5 31 (3.690%) jQuery
6 30 (3.571%) CSS
7 29 (3.452%) .NET Framework
8 27 (3.214%) J2EE
9 23 (2.738%) WCF
9 23 (2.738%) JSP
10 22 (2.619%) HTML5
11 20 (2.381%) ASP
11 20 (2.381%) Silverlight
12 16 (1.905%) Hibernate
13 15 (1.786%) RESTful
13 15 (1.786%) EJB
14 14 (1.667%) Swing
14 14 (1.667%) CSS3
14 14 (1.667%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 54 (6.429%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.405%) IIS
3 20 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (1.429%) Apache
4 12 (1.429%) OpenROAD
5 11 (1.310%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.833%) MS Project Server
6 7 (0.833%) MS Exchange
7 6 (0.714%) Oracle Application Server
8 5 (0.595%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.476%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.357%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.238%) Mathematica
11 2 (0.238%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.238%) GlassFish
12 1 (0.119%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.119%) Lync
12 1 (0.119%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.119%) Oracle 10gAS
12 1 (0.119%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 36 (4.286%) MS Excel
2 24 (2.857%) MS Office
3 11 (1.310%) MS Project
4 9 (1.071%) InfoPath
5 7 (0.833%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.476%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (0.476%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.476%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.357%) Fireworks
7 3 (0.357%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.119%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.119%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (1.310%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.952%) Summit
3 6 (0.714%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (0.595%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.476%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.357%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.238%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.238%) Sentinel
7 2 (0.238%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.238%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.119%) Cognos Planning
8 1 (0.119%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.119%) FRx
8 1 (0.119%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.119%) assyst
8 1 (0.119%) Maximo
8 1 (0.119%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.548%) SAN
2 44 (5.238%) Firewall
3 42 (5.000%) LAN
3 42 (5.000%) WAN
4 28 (3.333%) Ethernet
4 28 (3.333%) DNS
5 24 (2.857%) DHCP
6 18 (2.143%) VPN
7 15 (1.786%) VoIP
8 12 (1.429%) Internet
9 10 (1.190%) ATM
9 10 (1.190%) Network Security
10 9 (1.071%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (1.071%) MPLS
11 5 (0.595%) VLAN
11 5 (0.595%) SNMP
11 5 (0.595%) Frame Relay
11 5 (0.595%) IPsec
12 4 (0.476%) Wireless
12 4 (0.476%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.429%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
2 21 (2.500%) Oracle 11g
3 19 (2.262%) MySQL
4 14 (1.667%) Oracle ODI
5 13 (1.548%) QlikView
6 12 (1.429%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.429%) Ingres
7 11 (1.310%) SQLPlus
8 10 (1.190%) Oracle 10g
8 10 (1.190%) TOAD
8 10 (1.190%) RDBMS
8 10 (1.190%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (1.190%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.952%) Oracle 9i
10 5 (0.595%) MS Access
11 4 (0.476%) Oracle BI EE
11 4 (0.476%) SQL Server 2005
12 3 (0.357%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.238%) GIS
Development Applications
1 40 (4.762%) Visual Studio
2 22 (2.619%) Maven
3 19 (2.262%) MSTest
4 17 (2.024%) MSI
5 16 (1.905%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (1.429%) Moq
7 11 (1.310%) Subversion
8 10 (1.190%) ERwin
8 10 (1.190%) Git (software)
9 9 (1.071%) Hudson
9 9 (1.071%) Eclipse
9 9 (1.071%) NUnit
10 8 (0.952%) Ant
10 8 (0.952%) JUnit
11 7 (0.833%) QuickTest Pro
12 6 (0.714%) Oracle Forms
12 6 (0.714%) JIRA
13 5 (0.595%) Eclipse RCP
13 5 (0.595%) Appcelerator Titanium
13 5 (0.595%) Dreamweaver
General
1 80 (9.524%) Finance
2 65 (7.738%) Telecoms
3 33 (3.929%) Military
4 11 (1.310%) Avionics
5 10 (1.190%) Retail
6 9 (1.071%) Corporate Banking
6 9 (1.071%) Banking
6 9 (1.071%) Aerospace
6 9 (1.071%) Electronics
7 5 (0.595%) Legal
8 2 (0.238%) Back Office
8 2 (0.238%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.238%) Games
8 2 (0.238%) Billing
9 1 (0.119%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.119%) Local Government
9 1 (0.119%) Publishing
9 1 (0.119%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 186 (22.14%) Developer
2 82 (9.762%) Consultant
3 59 (7.024%) Analyst
4 58 (6.905%) Architect
5 48 (5.714%) Software Engineer
5 48 (5.714%) Java Developer
6 43 (5.119%) Linux Engineer
7 38 (4.524%) Project Manager
8 36 (4.286%) Software Developer
8 36 (4.286%) Support Engineer
9 29 (3.452%) Designer
10 28 (3.333%) Network Engineer
11 26 (3.095%) Technical Architect
12 25 (2.976%) Systems Engineer
13 20 (2.381%) UNIX Engineer
14 18 (2.143%) Network Designer
14 18 (2.143%) Applications Packager
14 18 (2.143%) Storage Engineer
15 17 (2.024%) Project Officer
15 17 (2.024%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.405%) Management Information System
2 25 (2.976%) Clustering
3 23 (2.738%) Client/Server
4 21 (2.500%) RMADS
5 18 (2.143%) RIA
6 13 (1.548%) CESG
7 12 (1.429%) Mathematics
7 12 (1.429%) CMDB
8 11 (1.310%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.190%) Open Source
9 10 (1.190%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.071%) Computer Science
10 9 (1.071%) Visualisation
10 9 (1.071%) Cryptography
11 8 (0.952%) Thin Client
11 8 (0.952%) Statistics
11 8 (0.952%) Fat Client
12 7 (0.833%) Data Integration
13 6 (0.714%) Blackberry
14 5 (0.595%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 170 (20.24%) Windows
2 130 (15.48%) Linux
3 91 (10.83%) UNIX
4 48 (5.714%) Windows 7
5 41 (4.881%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 25 (2.976%) Solaris
6 25 (2.976%) Windows XP
7 22 (2.619%) Windows Server 2008
8 15 (1.786%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (1.071%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.071%) Android
10 6 (0.714%) Windows Phone
11 5 (0.595%) HPUX
12 4 (0.476%) VxWorks
13 3 (0.357%) AIX
14 2 (0.238%) Windows Vista
15 1 (0.119%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.119%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.119%) CentOS
15 1 (0.119%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (12.02%) ITIL
2 92 (10.95%) UML
3 89 (10.60%) Service Management
4 52 (6.190%) Agile Software Development
5 47 (5.595%) PRINCE2
6 43 (5.119%) Information Assurance
7 42 (5.000%) Risk Management
8 37 (4.405%) Project Management
9 35 (4.167%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (3.571%) Migration
11 29 (3.452%) Service Delivery
12 28 (3.333%) Data Modelling
13 26 (3.095%) Unit Testing
14 25 (2.976%) Configuration Management
14 25 (2.976%) Change Management
15 24 (2.857%) Enterprise Architecture
16 23 (2.738%) Release Management
16 23 (2.738%) Root Cause Analysis
17 22 (2.619%) Workflow
17 22 (2.619%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 201 (23.93%) C
2 110 (13.10%) Java
3 86 (10.24%) SQL
4 81 (9.643%) C#
5 59 (7.024%) JavaScript
6 37 (4.405%) C++
7 34 (4.048%) Shell Script
8 32 (3.810%) VB
9 25 (2.976%) Perl
10 17 (2.024%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.786%) VB.NET
12 13 (1.548%) PowerShell
13 11 (1.310%) XPath
13 11 (1.310%) Scala
13 11 (1.310%) XQuery
14 10 (1.190%) PHP
15 9 (1.071%) VBScript
15 9 (1.071%) Python
16 7 (0.833%) Ruby
17 6 (0.714%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 461 (54.88%) SC Cleared
2 313 (37.26%) DV Cleared
3 46 (5.476%) Degree
4 23 (2.738%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (2.500%) ISEB
6 20 (2.381%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.262%) CCNP
8 18 (2.143%) BC Cleared
9 11 (1.310%) HNC
10 10 (1.190%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 8 (0.952%) JNCIS
11 8 (0.952%) ISEB Practitioner
12 7 (0.833%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (0.833%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.833%) APMP
13 6 (0.714%) CCNA
14 5 (0.595%) MCSE
15 4 (0.476%) MCSD
16 3 (0.357%) MCTS
16 3 (0.357%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.571%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (1.905%) JSP 440
3 13 (1.548%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.310%) SLA
5 10 (1.190%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.952%) ISO 14001
7 6 (0.714%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.714%) TickIT
8 5 (0.595%) QA
9 4 (0.476%) DO-178B
10 3 (0.357%) COBIT
11 1 (0.119%) DO-254
System Software
1 73 (8.690%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (5.714%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.262%) Hyper-V
4 18 (2.143%) XenApp
5 15 (1.786%) VMware ESX
5 15 (1.786%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (0.595%) vSphere
7 3 (0.357%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.357%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.238%) NFS
8 2 (0.238%) Sendmail
8 2 (0.238%) Xen
8 2 (0.238%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.119%) XenServer
9 1 (0.119%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.119%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.119%) Samba
Systems Management
1 23 (2.738%) NetBackup
2 14 (1.667%) HP Quality Center
3 8 (0.952%) SCCM
4 5 (0.595%) Puppet
5 4 (0.476%) BMC PATROL
6 3 (0.357%) WSUS
6 3 (0.357%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.357%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 2 (0.238%) Netcool
7 2 (0.238%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.238%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (0.238%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (0.238%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (0.238%) SCOM
7 2 (0.238%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.119%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.119%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.119%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.119%) OpenView
8 1 (0.119%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 106 (12.62%) Oracle
2 94 (11.19%) Microsoft
3 89 (10.60%) VMware
4 77 (9.167%) Cisco
5 61 (7.262%) Red Hat
6 51 (6.071%) HP
7 39 (4.643%) NetApp
8 35 (4.167%) Remedy
9 33 (3.929%) Citrix
10 31 (3.690%) JBoss
10 31 (3.690%) IBM
11 29 (3.452%) Juniper
12 27 (3.214%) Symantec
13 12 (1.429%) SAP
14 11 (1.310%) Netezza
14 11 (1.310%) Sophos
15 10 (1.190%) ESRI
15 10 (1.190%) Mercator
16 9 (1.071%) SolarWinds
16 9 (1.071%) BMC
Bristol, South West
I am currently recruiting for an experienced PCB design engineer to join a leading defence company in the South West of England (Bristol area) to start on a...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £30 - £35 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Devon, South West
Electrical programmer- Devon- Water Industry- 3 months Huxley require an ICA Engineer in the South West to aid their client on an exciting new bid for a contract...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £30 - £33 per hour
Posted: 6 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Java Senior Software Engineer - Gloucester - 3 Months - £30ph - 40ph. My market leading software client is looking for a Java Senior Software Engineer for an initial 3 month contract...
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bristol, South West
SC Cleared Mechanical Engineer - Bristol- Contract Huxley Associates are working with a large nuclear client inBristolwho require a number of high calibre SC cleared Mechanical Engineers to work...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, South West
You will be accountable to the Operational Working Environment Senior Manager Main Roles and Responsibilities;Manage in-service equipments, including but not limited to: *Deliver annual agreed objectives *...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 28 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Huxley Associates
Rate: £25 - £35 per hour
Posted: 30 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £15 to £17 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Wiltshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £650 - £750 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Taunton, South West
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cheltenham, South West
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £140 - £200 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
Taunton, South West
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 3 June 2013
Swindon, South West
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
The People Network
Rate: £400 - £480 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
LA International
Rate: £345 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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