Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CTC Cleared over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCounter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank330411
Rank change on same period last yearUp+81
Matching contract IT job ads259239
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.369 %0.247 %
As % of the category below0.683 %0.496 %
Daily rates quoted8788
Average minimum daily rate£386£335
Average daily rate£429£367
% change on same period last year+17.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£359
% change on same period last year+11.31 %
Hourly rates quoted931
Average minimum hourly rate£18.72£23.18
Average hourly rate£19.94£25.59
% change on same period last year-22.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.17£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.67£12.50
% change on same period last year+153.33 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3793748226
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled54.07 %49.87 %
Daily rates quoted1341015861
Average minimum daily rate£383£385
Average daily rate£411£409
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted25983247
Average minimum hourly rate£27.51£28.10
Average hourly rate£29.25£29.91
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.99£31.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

CTC Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CTC Cleared within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

CTC Cleared Demand Trend

CTC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CTC Cleared within the UK.

CTC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

CTC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

CTC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

CTC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CTC Cleared within the UK.

CTC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

CTC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

CTC Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

CTC Cleared
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+77233£438+19.58 %
LondonUp+66198£437+19.00 %
City of LondonUp+1330£444+17.73 %
WalesUp+1423£379-
South EastUp+4614£265-10.16 %
North WestUp+2011£470-
MerseysideUp+611£470-
SwanseaNew entry-11£396-
LiverpoolUp+411£470-
West WalesNew entry-11£396-
South WalesUp+310£347-
East of EnglandUp+358£638+75.86 %
CardiffNew entry-7£321-
NorwichDown-44--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-4--
MiddlesexNew entry-4--
NorfolkDown-74--
Milton KeynesNew entry-3--
NewportNew entry-3£425-
WestminsterNo change03£160-
OxfordNew entry-2£240-
CambridgeshireNew entry-2--
DurhamNew entry-2£425-
EssexNew entry-2£638-
CroydonNew entry-2£435-
DarlingtonNew entry-2£425-
CambridgeNew entry-2--
OxfordshireNew entry-2£240-
SurreyUp+182--
WorcestershireNew entry-2--

CTC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CTC 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 CTC Cleared.

1472 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2322 (68.22 %)Government
3129 (27.33 %)SC Cleared
486 (18.22 %)PRINCE2
571 (15.04 %)Oracle
662 (13.14 %)Microsoft
754 (11.44 %)Windows
848 (10.17 %)DV Cleared
947 (9.958 %)Project Management
1046 (9.746 %)Finance
1143 (9.110 %)Stakeholder Management
1143 (9.110 %)MS Office
1239 (8.263 %)SQL Server
1239 (8.263 %)Police
1338 (8.051 %)Criminal Justice
1437 (7.839 %)SQL
1532 (6.780 %)XML
1631 (6.568 %)MS Excel
1730 (6.356 %)Change Management
1827 (5.720 %)Active Directory
1925 (5.297 %)MS Project
1925 (5.297 %)Telecoms
1925 (5.297 %)BC Cleared
2024 (5.085 %)JavaScript
2024 (5.085 %)UNIX
2024 (5.085 %)MS Exchange
2123 (4.873 %)XSL
2123 (4.873 %)Windows 2000
2222 (4.661 %)Java
2321 (4.449 %).NET

CTC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CTC 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 CTC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
132 (6.780 %)XML
223 (4.873 %)XSL
321 (4.449 %).NET
415 (3.178 %)CSS
415 (3.178 %)HTML
514 (2.966 %)J2EE
612 (2.542 %)XSD
612 (2.542 %)SAML
79 (1.907 %)JSP
88 (1.695 %)ASP
97 (1.483 %)WebServices
97 (1.483 %)Middleware
106 (1.271 %).NET Framework
106 (1.271 %)ASP.NET
113 (0.636 %)Spring
113 (0.636 %)WebSphere
121 (0.212 %)Java EE
121 (0.212 %)SOAP
121 (0.212 %)Struts
121 (0.212 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (5.085 %)MS Exchange
213 (2.754 %)IIS
213 (2.754 %)Exchange Server 2007
312 (2.542 %)SharePoint
49 (1.907 %)WebLogic
49 (1.907 %)ColdFusion
49 (1.907 %)Oracle Workflow
58 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2003
67 (1.483 %)CMS
75 (1.059 %)Oracle Application Server
84 (0.847 %)GroupWise
84 (0.847 %)SharePoint Server 2007
93 (0.636 %)Office Communications Server
93 (0.636 %)ESB
93 (0.636 %)SAS
102 (0.424 %)WebSphere Application Server
102 (0.424 %)Apache
102 (0.424 %)Tomcat
102 (0.424 %)WebLogic Portal
111 (0.212 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
143 (9.110 %)MS Office
231 (6.568 %)MS Excel
325 (5.297 %)MS Project
416 (3.390 %)MS Visio
512 (2.542 %)MS PowerPoint
69 (1.907 %)Photoshop
77 (1.483 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.424 %)Acrobat
91 (0.212 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (2.119 %)Oracle EBS
29 (1.907 %)Oracle ERP
38 (1.695 %)Oracle Financials
44 (0.847 %)Oracle CRM
44 (0.847 %)Oracle Payroll
53 (0.636 %)Oracle HRMS
53 (0.636 %)Oracle Applications
53 (0.636 %)Oracle 11i
61 (0.212 %)SAP HR
61 (0.212 %)SAP FI
61 (0.212 %)SAP PS
61 (0.212 %)SAP FI/CO
61 (0.212 %)SoftGrid
61 (0.212 %)SAP CO
61 (0.212 %)Oracle iRecruitment
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (3.390 %)Internet
214 (2.966 %)Firewall
312 (2.542 %)SAN
312 (2.542 %)TCP/IP
411 (2.331 %)X.500
510 (2.119 %)LDAP
69 (1.907 %)LAN
78 (1.695 %)VPN
78 (1.695 %)Intranet
78 (1.695 %)Cisco PIX
87 (1.483 %)Broadband
94 (0.847 %)Extranet
94 (0.847 %)WAN
101 (0.212 %)FTP
101 (0.212 %)DNS
101 (0.212 %)PBX
101 (0.212 %)SMS
101 (0.212 %)ATM
101 (0.212 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (8.263 %)SQL Server
215 (3.178 %)SQL Server 2000
314 (2.966 %)EDRMS
411 (2.331 %)SQL Server 2005
510 (2.119 %)Oracle 8/8i
510 (2.119 %)BusinessObjects
68 (1.695 %)Oracle Discoverer
75 (1.059 %)Oracle Reports
75 (1.059 %)ETL
75 (1.059 %)OLAP
75 (1.059 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
75 (1.059 %)Oracle 10g
84 (0.847 %)Data Cleansing
84 (0.847 %)Crystal Reports
84 (0.847 %)Oracle 9i
84 (0.847 %)Data Mining
93 (0.636 %)RDBMS
93 (0.636 %)SAP BW
93 (0.636 %)SAS Enterprise Miner
93 (0.636 %)Text Mining
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (2.542 %)LoadRunner
29 (1.907 %)ClearCase
29 (1.907 %)TestDirector
35 (1.059 %)VSS/SourceSafe
44 (0.847 %)Ant
44 (0.847 %)RequisitePro
44 (0.847 %)ClearQuest
53 (0.636 %)JUnit
62 (0.424 %)Rational Rose
62 (0.424 %)Rational Functional Tester
62 (0.424 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (0.424 %)Rational Robot
71 (0.212 %)MSI
71 (0.212 %)InstallShield
71 (0.212 %)AdminStudio
71 (0.212 %)Oracle APEX
71 (0.212 %)WinRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1322 (68.22 %)Government
246 (9.746 %)Finance
339 (8.263 %)Police
438 (8.051 %)Criminal Justice
525 (5.297 %)Telecoms
68 (1.695 %)Law
76 (1.271 %)Health
76 (1.271 %)Marketing
76 (1.271 %)Home Office
84 (0.847 %)Back Office
93 (0.636 %)Legal
102 (0.424 %)Military
111 (0.212 %)General Ledger
111 (0.212 %)Construction
111 (0.212 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
169 (14.62 %)Project Manager
265 (13.77 %)Analyst
342 (8.898 %)Developer
434 (7.203 %)Consultant
529 (6.144 %)Business Analyst
625 (5.297 %)Architect
716 (3.390 %)Programme Manager
814 (2.966 %)Desktop Support
814 (2.966 %)Test Manager
913 (2.754 %)Test Analyst
913 (2.754 %)Web Developer
913 (2.754 %)Systems Manager
1012 (2.542 %)Administrator
1012 (2.542 %)Implementation Manager
1111 (2.331 %)Service Manager
1210 (2.119 %)Support Engineer
1210 (2.119 %)Technical Architect
1210 (2.119 %)Tester
139 (1.907 %)Change Manager
139 (1.907 %)C# Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (2.542 %)Smartcard
112 (2.542 %)PKI
27 (1.483 %)Web 2.0
36 (1.271 %)CESG
36 (1.271 %)Management Information System
36 (1.271 %)E-Learning
36 (1.271 %)RMADS
36 (1.271 %)Video Conferencing
45 (1.059 %)Clustering
45 (1.059 %)Client/Server
45 (1.059 %)Freedom of Information
45 (1.059 %)Statistics
54 (0.847 %)IVR
63 (0.636 %)Data Protection Act
72 (0.424 %)Mainframe
72 (0.424 %)CESG CLAS
72 (0.424 %)Data Integration
81 (0.212 %)PDA
81 (0.212 %)PMI
81 (0.212 %)EPoS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
154 (11.44 %)Windows
224 (5.085 %)UNIX
323 (4.873 %)Windows 2000
421 (4.449 %)Windows XP
519 (4.025 %)Windows Server 2003
67 (1.483 %)Windows Mobile
67 (1.483 %)Windows 2000 Server
67 (1.483 %)AIX
67 (1.483 %)Solaris
74 (0.847 %)Linux
74 (0.847 %)NetWare
83 (0.636 %)Windows Vista
92 (0.424 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.212 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.212 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1472 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2129 (27.33 %)SC Cleared
386 (18.22 %)PRINCE2
448 (10.17 %)DV Cleared
547 (9.958 %)Project Management
643 (9.110 %)Stakeholder Management
730 (6.356 %)Change Management
825 (5.297 %)BC Cleared
921 (4.449 %)Service Delivery
1018 (3.814 %)Migration
1018 (3.814 %)Supplier Management
1018 (3.814 %)ITIL
1117 (3.602 %)CRM
1216 (3.390 %)Enterprise Architecture
1315 (3.178 %)ERP
1315 (3.178 %)User Acceptance Testing
1414 (2.966 %)Workflow
1513 (2.754 %)UML
1513 (2.754 %)Data Migration
1612 (2.542 %)Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (7.839 %)SQL
224 (5.085 %)JavaScript
322 (4.661 %)Java
419 (4.025 %)C#
511 (2.331 %)Transact-SQL
68 (1.695 %)PL/SQL
77 (1.483 %)Perl
86 (1.271 %)C
94 (0.847 %)Shell Script
103 (0.636 %)Korn
112 (0.424 %)VBA
112 (0.424 %)VC++
112 (0.424 %)C++
112 (0.424 %)PHP
121 (0.212 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (2.754 %)Degree
113 (2.754 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
212 (2.542 %)ISEB
38 (1.695 %)PRINCE2 Certification
45 (1.059 %)CCAB
45 (1.059 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (0.847 %)MCSE
54 (0.847 %)ISTQB
63 (0.636 %)CIPD
63 (0.636 %)ISEB Practitioner
63 (0.636 %)MBA
72 (0.424 %)Novell Certification
81 (0.212 %)MCP
81 (0.212 %)OCP
81 (0.212 %)Oracle Certification
81 (0.212 %)CCNA
81 (0.212 %)CISSP
81 (0.212 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.212 %)CCSA
81 (0.212 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.907 %)SLA
19 (1.907 %)WAI
26 (1.271 %)ISO17799
34 (0.847 %)ISO27001
34 (0.847 %)BS7799
42 (0.424 %)QA
42 (0.424 %)HMG Infosec
42 (0.424 %)CESG Infosec
51 (0.212 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.212 %)BS7666
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
127 (5.720 %)Active Directory
25 (1.059 %)Citrix Presentation Server
25 (1.059 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (0.847 %)Backup Exec
43 (0.636 %)NetBackup
52 (0.424 %)Novell eDirectory
52 (0.424 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
61 (0.212 %)ISA Server
61 (0.212 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.212 %)AquaLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.271 %)Norton AntiVirus
24 (0.847 %)SCCM
24 (0.847 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (0.424 %)ZENworks
32 (0.424 %)Tivoli
41 (0.212 %)MOM
41 (0.212 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
171 (15.04 %)Oracle
262 (13.14 %)Microsoft
315 (3.178 %)Cisco
411 (2.331 %)Symantec
510 (2.119 %)Business Objects
510 (2.119 %)SAP
510 (2.119 %)Novell
69 (1.907 %)HP
78 (1.695 %)Dell
78 (1.695 %)VMware
87 (1.483 %)CheckPoint
96 (1.271 %)Citrix
96 (1.271 %)Sun
105 (1.059 %)EMC
105 (1.059 %)Telelogic
114 (0.847 %)Sophos
123 (0.636 %)McAfee Security
132 (0.424 %)Apple
132 (0.424 %)Wyse
132 (0.424 %)Popkin