The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton 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 8 5 21
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +16
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 30 33 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 10.03% 14.22% 3.315%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.97% 49.25% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 24 4
Average daily rate £320 £335 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% +16.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £271 £233 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £435 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £371
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Average hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
79 67 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 26.42% 28.88% 15.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 41 13
Average daily rate £330 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £156 £258 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 3
Average hourly rate £22.31 £20.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.56% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £9.94 £18.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £38.00 £30.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
SC Cleared
Hampshire

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 40 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.00%) Windows
3 12 (30.00%) VMware
4 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
5 10 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 10 (25.00%) Citrix
5 10 (25.00%) Migration
5 10 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (15.00%) MS Exchange
6 6 (15.00%) Clustering
6 6 (15.00%) Network Security
7 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
8 4 (10.00%) Cisco
8 4 (10.00%) DV Cleared
8 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (10.00%) SIEM
9 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (7.500%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (7.500%) Information Assurance
9 3 (7.500%) XenApp
9 3 (7.500%) XenServer
9 3 (7.500%) Backup Exec
9 3 (7.500%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (7.500%) Finance
9 3 (7.500%) Network Design
9 3 (7.500%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (7.500%) Data Migration
9 3 (7.500%) JSP 440
9 3 (7.500%) Operations Management

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (7.500%) .NET
1 3 (7.500%) JSP
2 1 (2.500%) Ajax
2 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.500%) CSS
2 1 (2.500%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (15.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.500%) SAS
5 1 (2.500%) GroupWise
Applications
1 2 (5.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.500%) MS Project
2 1 (2.500%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (2.500%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Network Security
2 3 (7.500%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (7.500%) DHCP
2 3 (7.500%) DNS
3 1 (2.500%) NAS
3 1 (2.500%) Firewall
3 1 (2.500%) Internet
3 1 (2.500%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.500%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (2.500%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (2.500%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MSI
1 1 (2.500%) AdminStudio
General
1 3 (7.500%) Finance
2 2 (5.000%) Law
3 1 (2.500%) Avionics
3 1 (2.500%) Military
3 1 (2.500%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Analyst
2 6 (15.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Server Support
3 5 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (10.00%) Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) Systems Support
4 4 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Windows Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) Windows Server Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) Server Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Server Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Systems Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Server Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Clustering
2 2 (5.000%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.500%) CESG
3 1 (2.500%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.500%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.00%) Windows
2 10 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (7.500%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (7.500%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.500%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Migration
2 4 (10.00%) SIEM
3 3 (7.500%) Information Assurance
3 3 (7.500%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (7.500%) Network Design
3 3 (7.500%) Data Migration
3 3 (7.500%) Operations Management
3 3 (7.500%) ITIL
4 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2
4 2 (5.000%) Use Case
4 2 (5.000%) Workflow
4 2 (5.000%) Incident Management
4 2 (5.000%) Validation
4 2 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (5.000%) Information Security
5 1 (2.500%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (2.500%) Data Transformation
5 1 (2.500%) Change Control
5 1 (2.500%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.500%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) C
2 1 (2.500%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.500%) C#
2 1 (2.500%) C++
2 1 (2.500%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (7.500%) CCNA
3 3 (7.500%) MCSE
3 3 (7.500%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.000%) CCIE
4 2 (5.000%) CCA
4 2 (5.000%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.500%) GCIA
5 1 (2.500%) GIAC
5 1 (2.500%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.500%) Degree
5 1 (2.500%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.500%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.500%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 10 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.500%) XenApp
2 3 (7.500%) XenServer
3 2 (5.000%) Snort
4 1 (2.500%) vSphere
4 1 (2.500%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (7.500%) Backup Exec
2 2 (5.000%) SCOM
3 1 (2.500%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) VMware
2 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
3 10 (25.00%) Citrix
4 4 (10.00%) Cisco
5 2 (5.000%) Cognos
5 2 (5.000%) Sourcefire
6 1 (2.500%) Northgate
6 1 (2.500%) EMC
6 1 (2.500%) Oracle
6 1 (2.500%) Remedy
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