The first table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Cleared over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 15 57 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swansea 50.00% 74.03% 75.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 88.24% 98.28% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 45
Average daily rate £361 £427 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.54% +6.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £370 £304
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £550 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Swansea
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
17 58 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swansea 56.67% 75.32% 83.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 48
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%
Security Cleared
West Wales

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swansea 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 Swansea region.

Swansea 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 Swansea region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Swansea 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 Swansea region.

Swansea Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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 27 (77.14%) SC Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) SQL
3 7 (20.00%) Java
3 7 (20.00%) XML
3 7 (20.00%) UNIX
4 6 (17.14%) LoadRunner
4 6 (17.14%) SQLPlus
4 6 (17.14%) Windows
4 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
4 6 (17.14%) C
4 6 (17.14%) SCCM
5 5 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 5 (14.29%) BC Cleared
5 5 (14.29%) Web Services
5 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 5 (14.29%) Firewall
6 4 (11.43%) Service Management
6 4 (11.43%) TestDirector
6 4 (11.43%) Cisco
6 4 (11.43%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (11.43%) Test Management
6 4 (11.43%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (8.571%) Windows Vista
7 3 (8.571%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (8.571%) LAN
7 3 (8.571%) WAN
7 3 (8.571%) WSDL
7 3 (8.571%) XSD
7 3 (8.571%) XSLT
7 3 (8.571%) CCNA

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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 7 (20.00%) XML
2 5 (14.29%) Web Services
3 3 (8.571%) WSDL
3 3 (8.571%) XSD
3 3 (8.571%) XSLT
4 2 (5.714%) .NET
4 2 (5.714%) Spring
5 1 (2.857%) JAX-WS
5 1 (2.857%) JSF
5 1 (2.857%) EJB 3.0
5 1 (2.857%) JAXB
5 1 (2.857%) SAX
5 1 (2.857%) J2EE
5 1 (2.857%) EJB
5 1 (2.857%) JDBC
5 1 (2.857%) SOAP
5 1 (2.857%) DOM
5 1 (2.857%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) GroupWise
2 1 (2.857%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (8.571%) LAN
2 3 (8.571%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) SQLPlus
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) LoadRunner
2 4 (11.43%) TestDirector
3 1 (2.857%) COOL:Gen
3 1 (2.857%) MSI
General
1 3 (8.571%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Tester
2 6 (17.14%) Performance Tester
3 5 (14.29%) Developer
4 4 (11.43%) Network Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.571%) Architect
6 2 (5.714%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.714%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.714%) AIX Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Applications Packager
6 2 (5.714%) Network Support Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Network Support
7 1 (2.857%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Risk Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Test Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Resource Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.714%) Clustering
2 1 (2.857%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) UNIX
2 6 (17.14%) Windows
3 3 (8.571%) Windows Vista
4 2 (5.714%) AIX
4 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (5.714%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 4 (11.43%) Service Management
2 4 (11.43%) Test Management
3 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (5.714%) Web Development
3 2 (5.714%) Unit Testing
4 1 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (2.857%) Performance Management
4 1 (2.857%) Web Application Development
4 1 (2.857%) ITIL
4 1 (2.857%) Project Management
4 1 (2.857%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (2.857%) Scrum
4 1 (2.857%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.857%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) SQL
2 7 (20.00%) Java
3 6 (17.14%) C
4 2 (5.714%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.857%) XPath
5 1 (2.857%) Jython
5 1 (2.857%) Python
5 1 (2.857%) Perl
5 1 (2.857%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (77.14%) SC Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) BC Cleared
3 3 (8.571%) CCNA
3 3 (8.571%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.857%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (8.571%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.714%) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) SCCM
2 4 (11.43%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (8.571%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (2.857%) AppDNA
4 1 (2.857%) OpenView
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Cisco
3 3 (8.571%) CA
3 3 (8.571%) Sophos
3 3 (8.571%) VMware
4 2 (5.714%) Nortel
4 2 (5.714%) Novell
5 1 (2.857%) HP
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle
5 1 (2.857%) Citrix