The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 22 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 Stevenage 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 7 3 11
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 6 16 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 17.14% 26.23% 20.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.55% 61.54% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
Average daily rate £311 - £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 - £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £371 - £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-4.06% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 9
Average hourly rate £36.75 £34.25 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.29% -8.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.75 £26.55 £37.39
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.75 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Stevenage
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11 26 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 31.43% 42.62% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
Average daily rate £360 - £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 - £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 11
Average hourly rate £36.75 £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £32.50 £36.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
SC Cleared
Hertfordshire

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 22 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) Windows
3 6 (27.27%) Configuration Management
3 6 (27.27%) Serena
4 5 (22.73%) Integration Testing
4 5 (22.73%) UML
4 5 (22.73%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (22.73%) Rational Rhapsody
5 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (18.18%) Linux
5 4 (18.18%) Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Degree
6 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
6 3 (13.64%) Ada
6 3 (13.64%) MS Exchange
6 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
6 3 (13.64%) CCIE
6 3 (13.64%) SQL
6 3 (13.64%) Blackberry
6 3 (13.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (13.64%) Red Hat
6 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (13.64%) Symantec
6 3 (13.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (13.64%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (9.091%) PowerShell
7 2 (9.091%) Twitter
7 2 (9.091%) Windows 7

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 1 (4.545%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) MS Exchange
1 3 (13.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) AutoCAD
2 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) LabWindows
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Rational DOORS
1 5 (22.73%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (9.091%) MSI
2 2 (9.091%) LabVIEW
3 1 (4.545%) Subversion
3 1 (4.545%) ClearCase
3 1 (4.545%) ClearQuest
General
1 2 (9.091%) Billing
2 1 (4.545%) Electronics
2 1 (4.545%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Software Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Consultant
3 2 (9.091%) Exchange Specialist
3 2 (9.091%) CAD Technician
3 2 (9.091%) Messaging Specialist
3 2 (9.091%) C Software Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Applications Packager
3 2 (9.091%) Administrator
4 1 (4.545%) Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) UNIX Systems Administrator
4 1 (4.545%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) UNIX Administrator
4 1 (4.545%) Messaging Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Solaris Administrator
4 1 (4.545%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.545%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (13.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
4 2 (9.091%) UNIX
4 2 (9.091%) Solaris
5 1 (4.545%) AIX
5 1 (4.545%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Configuration Management
2 5 (22.73%) Integration Testing
2 5 (22.73%) UML
3 4 (18.18%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
5 2 (9.091%) CAD
5 2 (9.091%) SysML
5 2 (9.091%) Test Scripting
6 1 (4.545%) PLM
6 1 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Ada
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.091%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.091%) C
2 2 (9.091%) C++
2 2 (9.091%) Perl
3 1 (4.545%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) CCIE
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.545%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.545%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.091%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (9.091%) SCCM
3 1 (4.545%) Nagios
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Serena
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Red Hat
2 3 (13.64%) Symantec
3 2 (9.091%) Twitter
3 2 (9.091%) Remedy
3 2 (9.091%) Sun
4 1 (4.545%) VMware
4 1 (4.545%) IBM
4 1 (4.545%) HP