The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton 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 Taunton 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 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 20 34 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 29.85% 54.84% 44.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.52% 87.18% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 9
Average daily rate £426 £358 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.23% +9.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £230 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £420 £352
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
All Qualifications
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
31 39 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 46.27% 62.90% 59.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 11
Average daily rate £458 £365 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.47% +7.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Security Cleared
Somerset

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

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 Taunton region.

Taunton 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 Taunton 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 29 (87.88%) SC Cleared
2 15 (45.45%) ITIL
3 14 (42.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (39.39%) ISEB
5 11 (33.33%) IIS
6 10 (30.30%) PRINCE2
6 10 (30.30%) Management Information System
6 10 (30.30%) Risk Management
7 9 (27.27%) SharePoint
7 9 (27.27%) SAP
7 9 (27.27%) .NET
7 9 (27.27%) Information Assurance
7 9 (27.27%) Information Security
7 9 (27.27%) ISEB Practitioner
7 9 (27.27%) RMADS
8 8 (24.24%) BC Cleared
8 8 (24.24%) ASP
8 8 (24.24%) C#
8 8 (24.24%) HTML
8 8 (24.24%) JavaScript
8 8 (24.24%) SQL
8 8 (24.24%) XML
8 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
8 8 (24.24%) Finance
8 8 (24.24%) Service Delivery
9 7 (21.21%) Information Security Management
9 7 (21.21%) Security Management
9 7 (21.21%) UML
9 7 (21.21%) ISTQB
9 7 (21.21%) Test Scripting

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 9 (27.27%) .NET
2 8 (24.24%) ASP
2 8 (24.24%) HTML
2 8 (24.24%) XML
3 6 (18.18%) .NET Framework
4 4 (12.12%) CSS
4 4 (12.12%) XSL
5 3 (9.091%) WCF
5 3 (9.091%) WPF
5 3 (9.091%) WF
6 2 (6.061%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 11 (33.33%) IIS
2 9 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (12.12%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (6.061%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) SAP HR
2 1 (3.030%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.061%) Ingres
3 2 (6.061%) SAP BW
4 1 (3.030%) SQLPlus
4 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Subversion
2 5 (15.15%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (12.12%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (12.12%) NUnit
3 4 (12.12%) Visual Studio
3 4 (12.12%) MSTest
4 3 (9.091%) Jenkins
5 2 (6.061%) TeamCity
5 2 (6.061%) Selenium
6 1 (3.030%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (3.030%) CruiseControl
6 1 (3.030%) WebDriver
6 1 (3.030%) MSBuild
6 1 (3.030%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 8 (24.24%) Finance
2 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.030%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Analyst
1 9 (27.27%) Security Officer
2 8 (24.24%) IT Security Officer
3 7 (21.21%) Test Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Senior Test Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) Developer
5 4 (12.12%) SAP Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Architect
6 3 (9.091%) .NET Developer
6 3 (9.091%) C# Developer
6 3 (9.091%) SAP Test Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
7 2 (6.061%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (3.030%) Development Manager
8 1 (3.030%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Analyst Programmer
8 1 (3.030%) Programmer
8 1 (3.030%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Management Information System
2 9 (27.27%) RMADS
3 7 (21.21%) CESG
4 1 (3.030%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.091%) UNIX
1 3 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) ITIL
2 10 (30.30%) PRINCE2
2 10 (30.30%) Risk Management
3 9 (27.27%) Information Assurance
3 9 (27.27%) Information Security
4 8 (24.24%) Service Delivery
5 7 (21.21%) Information Security Management
5 7 (21.21%) Security Management
5 7 (21.21%) UML
5 7 (21.21%) Test Scripting
5 7 (21.21%) ISMS
5 7 (21.21%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (18.18%) ITSM
6 6 (18.18%) TOGAF
6 6 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 6 (18.18%) Service Management
6 6 (18.18%) Test Strategy
7 5 (15.15%) Change Management
8 4 (12.12%) Performance Management
8 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) C#
1 8 (24.24%) JavaScript
1 8 (24.24%) SQL
2 6 (18.18%) VB
3 5 (15.15%) Java
4 4 (12.12%) VB6
4 4 (12.12%) C
4 4 (12.12%) VBScript
5 3 (9.091%) ABAP
6 2 (6.061%) VB.NET
6 2 (6.061%) C++
Qualifications
1 29 (87.88%) SC Cleared
2 13 (39.39%) ISEB
3 9 (27.27%) ISEB Practitioner
4 8 (24.24%) BC Cleared
5 7 (21.21%) ISTQB
6 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (12.12%) MCSD
8 1 (3.030%) MCP
8 1 (3.030%) MCTS
8 1 (3.030%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (42.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (18.18%) ISO 9000
3 4 (12.12%) TickIT
4 3 (9.091%) COBIT
5 2 (6.061%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) SAP
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.15%) HP
3 5 (15.15%) Oracle
4 1 (3.030%) Citrix
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