The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Swansea 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 Swansea 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 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 11 42 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swansea 36.67% 53.85% 62.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.71% 71.19% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 32
Average daily rate £325 £420 £389
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.61% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £325 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £550 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-4.06% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Swansea
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
17 59 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swansea 56.67% 75.64% 83.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 47
Average daily rate £361 £420 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.21% +5.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £325 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £550 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
SC Cleared
West Wales

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swansea 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 Swansea region.

Swansea SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

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 Swansea region.

Swansea 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 Swansea 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 30 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (26.67%) SQL
3 7 (23.33%) Windows
3 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
3 7 (23.33%) SCCM
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (20.00%) UNIX
5 5 (16.67%) LoadRunner
5 5 (16.67%) SQLPlus
5 5 (16.67%) Service Management
5 5 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (16.67%) Cisco
5 5 (16.67%) C
5 5 (16.67%) Java
5 5 (16.67%) Firewall
5 5 (16.67%) Test Scripting
6 4 (13.33%) Windows Vista
6 4 (13.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (13.33%) Test Management
6 4 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (13.33%) Web Services
6 4 (13.33%) XML
6 4 (13.33%) LAN
6 4 (13.33%) WAN
6 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (13.33%) CCNA
6 4 (13.33%) TestDirector
7 3 (10.00%) Novell
7 3 (10.00%) CA
7 3 (10.00%) GroupWise

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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 4 (13.33%) Web Services
1 4 (13.33%) XML
2 2 (6.667%) WSDL
2 2 (6.667%) XSD
2 2 (6.667%) XSLT
2 2 (6.667%) .NET
3 1 (3.333%) J2EE
3 1 (3.333%) EJB
3 1 (3.333%) JDBC
3 1 (3.333%) DOM
3 1 (3.333%) JAXB
3 1 (3.333%) SAX
3 1 (3.333%) EJB 3.0
3 1 (3.333%) JAX-WS
3 1 (3.333%) Spring
3 1 (3.333%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) GroupWise
2 1 (3.333%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.333%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) Firewall
2 4 (13.33%) LAN
2 4 (13.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) SQLPlus
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) LoadRunner
2 4 (13.33%) TestDirector
3 1 (3.333%) MSI
3 1 (3.333%) COOL:Gen
General
1 1 (3.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Tester
2 5 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Performance Tester
3 4 (13.33%) Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Network Support
5 2 (6.667%) AIX Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Architect
5 2 (6.667%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.667%) Applications Packager
6 1 (3.333%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Services Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Java Developer
6 1 (3.333%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.333%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) J2EE Developer
6 1 (3.333%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Clustering
2 1 (3.333%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) UNIX
3 4 (13.33%) Windows Vista
4 3 (10.00%) AIX
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Service Management
1 5 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 4 (13.33%) Test Management
3 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (3.333%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.333%) Change Management
4 1 (3.333%) ITIL
4 1 (3.333%) Web Application Development
4 1 (3.333%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (3.333%) Network Design
4 1 (3.333%) Web Development
4 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) C
2 5 (16.67%) Java
3 2 (6.667%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.333%) XPath
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (13.33%) CCNA
3 1 (3.333%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.00%) Novell eDirectory
4 1 (3.333%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) SCCM
2 4 (13.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (3.333%) OpenView
3 1 (3.333%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco
3 3 (10.00%) Novell
3 3 (10.00%) CA
3 3 (10.00%) VMware
4 2 (6.667%) Nortel
4 2 (6.667%) Sophos
5 1 (3.333%) Oracle
5 1 (3.333%) Citrix
5 1 (3.333%) HP