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The table below looks at the demand for Developed Vetting (DV) 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 DV Cleared over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDeveloped Vetting (DV) Clearance
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank168296
Rank change on same period last yearUp+128
Matching contract IT job ads662488
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.925 %0.490 %
As % of the category below1.707 %0.979 %
Daily rates quoted206191
Average minimum daily rate£420£403
Average daily rate£444£424
% change on same period last year+4.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£446
UK excluding London average daily rate£405£405
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
Hourly rates quoted2429
Average minimum hourly rate£23.35£28.19
Average hourly rate£26.58£29.72
% change on same period last year-10.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.81£31.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.34£32.63
% change on same period last year-19.28 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3877549867
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled54.17 %50.10 %
Daily rates quoted1369916405
Average minimum daily rate£384£385
Average daily rate£411£409
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted25703299
Average minimum hourly rate£27.55£28.23
Average hourly rate£29.31£30.07
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.07£31.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %

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.

DV Cleared
Demand Trend

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

DV Cleared Demand Trend

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

DV Cleared Daily Rate Trend

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

DV Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DV Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

DV Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

DV 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 DV Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 6 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+117644£446+5.00 %
South WestUp+19290£424+2.67 %
GloucestershireNo change0250£433+4.17 %
LondonUp+154182£525+8.11 %
South EastUp+46163£390+2.06 %
CheltenhamNo change0153£438+3.75 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4568£352-14.32 %
BerkshireUp+6661£403+9.47 %
Milton KeynesUp+2750£317-26.25 %
BracknellNew entry-50£417-
City of LondonUp+825£429+55.88 %
East MidlandsUp+2717£361-
WiltshireDown-816£298-36.36 %
LincolnshireNew entry-16£340-
SurreyUp+2613£538+67.00 %
HampshireDown-110£310-23.74 %
ReadingDown-78£339-15.30 %
GloucesterUp+48£491-
East of EnglandUp+257£528+5.62 %
WalesDown-14£725-
BedfordshireUp+264£604-
PortsmouthNew entry-4£310-
GuildfordNew entry-4£538-
LincolnNew entry-4--
SalisburyNew entry-3£310-
Northern IrelandDown-43£380-
West MidlandsNew entry-3£242-
YorkshireUp+152£387+72.13 %
South WalesNew entry-2--
West WalesNew entry-2£725-

DV Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

11092 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2467 (42.77 %)Government
3401 (36.72 %)SC Cleared
4223 (20.42 %)Windows
5152 (13.92 %)PRINCE2
6130 (11.90 %)Java
7124 (11.36 %)C
8119 (10.90 %)Oracle
9115 (10.53 %)UNIX
1092 (8.425 %)Cisco
1189 (8.150 %)Microsoft
1288 (8.059 %)J2EE
1385 (7.784 %)Telecoms
1484 (7.692 %)ITIL
1576 (6.960 %)Configuration Management
1675 (6.868 %)Project Management
1770 (6.410 %)Active Directory
1869 (6.319 %)Solaris
1968 (6.227 %)Service Management
2063 (5.769 %)Linux
2063 (5.769 %)Windows 2000
2063 (5.769 %)RUP
2162 (5.678 %)Finance
2260 (5.495 %)XML
2355 (5.037 %)SQL
2454 (4.945 %)Windows Server 2003
2553 (4.853 %)Perl
2553 (4.853 %)HP
2553 (4.853 %)LAN
2553 (4.853 %)Windows Vista

DV Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
188 (8.059 %)J2EE
260 (5.495 %)XML
336 (3.297 %)HTML
424 (2.198 %).NET
520 (1.832 %)Hibernate
617 (1.557 %)EJB
716 (1.465 %)JSP
811 (1.007 %)Spring
99 (0.824 %)ASP.NET
99 (0.824 %)XSLT
108 (0.733 %)Struts
108 (0.733 %)WebSphere
108 (0.733 %)Application Packaging
117 (0.641 %)Cocoon
117 (0.641 %)SOAP
126 (0.549 %)WebServices
126 (0.549 %)Java EE
135 (0.458 %)Java EE 5
135 (0.458 %)JMS
135 (0.458 %)CSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
141 (3.755 %)MS Exchange
233 (3.022 %)WebLogic
327 (2.473 %)SAS
420 (1.832 %)Exchange Server 2007
517 (1.557 %)Apache
616 (1.465 %)Exchange Server 2003
79 (0.824 %)Tomcat
88 (0.733 %)Oracle Application Server
97 (0.641 %)SharePoint
97 (0.641 %)WebSphere Application Server
97 (0.641 %)JBoss
106 (0.549 %)Exchange Server 2000
115 (0.458 %)Documentum
123 (0.275 %)Exchange Server 5.5
123 (0.275 %)SharePoint Server 2007
132 (0.183 %)CMS
132 (0.183 %)LiveLink
132 (0.183 %)Oracle Workflow
141 (0.092 %)WebLogic Portal
141 (0.092 %)ArcGIS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
134 (3.114 %)MS Office
218 (1.648 %)MS Excel
315 (1.374 %)MS Visio
412 (1.099 %)MS Project
54 (0.366 %)Spreadsheet
63 (0.275 %)RoboHelp
63 (0.275 %)FrameMaker
63 (0.275 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (0.183 %)Adobe Captivate
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.916 %)SoftGrid
27 (0.641 %)Oracle Financials
36 (0.549 %)Oracle HRMS
45 (0.458 %)Oracle ERP
54 (0.366 %)Oracle EBS
61 (0.092 %)Teamcenter
61 (0.092 %)Oracle Applications
61 (0.092 %)Oracle 11i
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
153 (4.853 %)LAN
241 (3.755 %)WAN
340 (3.663 %)SAN
432 (2.930 %)TCP/IP
530 (2.747 %)Internet
623 (2.106 %)DHCP
722 (2.015 %)DNS
819 (1.740 %)Firewall
918 (1.648 %)Intranet
1017 (1.557 %)FTP
1115 (1.374 %)SNMP
1213 (1.190 %)SMTP
1213 (1.190 %)X.400
1310 (0.916 %)TETRA
148 (0.733 %)X.500
148 (0.733 %)MPLS
148 (0.733 %)VoIP
148 (0.733 %)HTTP
157 (0.641 %)LDAP
157 (0.641 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (3.114 %)SQL Server
228 (2.564 %)Oracle 10g
314 (1.282 %)BusinessObjects
412 (1.099 %)Oracle 8/8i
511 (1.007 %)Oracle Reports
68 (0.733 %)Datawarehouse
68 (0.733 %)ETL
68 (0.733 %)Base SAS
68 (0.733 %)Data Cleansing
75 (0.458 %)IDOL
75 (0.458 %)Oracle Discoverer
84 (0.366 %)EDRMS
84 (0.366 %)OLAP
84 (0.366 %)BusinessObjects XI
93 (0.275 %)Oracle 11g
93 (0.275 %)Oracle OWB
93 (0.275 %)BODI
93 (0.275 %)Crystal Reports
93 (0.275 %)DB2
93 (0.275 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
138 (3.480 %)ClearCase
220 (1.832 %)Eclipse
312 (1.099 %)Ant
312 (1.099 %)TestDirector
48 (0.733 %)JUnit
48 (0.733 %)Rational Rose
48 (0.733 %)StarTeam
56 (0.549 %)NUnit
56 (0.549 %)LoadRunner
65 (0.458 %)ClearQuest
65 (0.458 %)FrontPage
74 (0.366 %)JMeter
74 (0.366 %)WinRunner
83 (0.275 %)Oracle Forms
83 (0.275 %)Dreamweaver
83 (0.275 %)GoLive
83 (0.275 %)Rational Robot
92 (0.183 %)PVCS
92 (0.183 %)Oracle Designer/2000
101 (0.092 %)RequisitePro
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1467 (42.77 %)Government
285 (7.784 %)Telecoms
362 (5.678 %)Finance
423 (2.106 %)Criminal Justice
518 (1.648 %)Military
611 (1.007 %)Education
710 (0.916 %)Legal
89 (0.824 %)Auditing
98 (0.733 %)Home Office
105 (0.458 %)Publishing
105 (0.458 %)Electric
113 (0.275 %)Aerospace
113 (0.275 %)Manufacturing
113 (0.275 %)Health
113 (0.275 %)Police
122 (0.183 %)Games
122 (0.183 %)Marketing
131 (0.092 %)Avionics
131 (0.092 %)Insurance
131 (0.092 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1215 (19.69 %)Consultant
2131 (12.00 %)Developer
389 (8.150 %)Project Manager
476 (6.960 %)Analyst
567 (6.136 %)Java Developer
657 (5.220 %)Architect
743 (3.938 %)Java/J2EE Developer
841 (3.755 %)Administrator
940 (3.663 %)Tester
1036 (3.297 %)Network Engineer
1134 (3.114 %)Project Support Officer
1134 (3.114 %)Project Officer
1233 (3.022 %)Technical Consultant
1327 (2.473 %)Test Analyst
1426 (2.381 %)Business Consultant
1521 (1.923 %)Test Manager
1521 (1.923 %)Business Analyst
1620 (1.832 %)Systems Administrator
1620 (1.832 %)Systems Engineer
1719 (1.740 %)UNIX Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (2.289 %)Clustering
216 (1.465 %)CESG
314 (1.282 %)Video Conferencing
412 (1.099 %)PKI
59 (0.824 %)CESG CLAS
68 (0.733 %)Client/Server
68 (0.733 %)RMADS
77 (0.641 %)Data Integration
77 (0.641 %)Management Information System
85 (0.458 %)Biometrics
85 (0.458 %)Firmware
85 (0.458 %)CMDB
94 (0.366 %)E-Learning
94 (0.366 %)Smartcard
103 (0.275 %)Handset
103 (0.275 %)PMI
103 (0.275 %)Wiki
112 (0.183 %)Blog
112 (0.183 %)Fat Client
112 (0.183 %)Cryptography
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1223 (20.42 %)Windows
2115 (10.53 %)UNIX
369 (6.319 %)Solaris
463 (5.769 %)Linux
463 (5.769 %)Windows 2000
554 (4.945 %)Windows Server 2003
653 (4.853 %)Windows Vista
737 (3.388 %)Windows Server 2008
737 (3.388 %)HPUX
826 (2.381 %)Windows XP
914 (1.282 %)Tru64
108 (0.733 %)Windows NT
115 (0.458 %)AIX
122 (0.183 %)Windows 2000 Server
131 (0.092 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11092 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2401 (36.72 %)SC Cleared
3152 (13.92 %)PRINCE2
484 (7.692 %)ITIL
576 (6.960 %)Configuration Management
675 (6.868 %)Project Management
768 (6.227 %)Service Management
863 (5.769 %)RUP
943 (3.938 %)Service Delivery
1038 (3.480 %)Migration
1038 (3.480 %)CTC Cleared
1137 (3.388 %)UML
1234 (3.114 %)Test Scripting
1331 (2.839 %)Change Management
1424 (2.198 %)ITSM
1522 (2.015 %)Stakeholder Management
1522 (2.015 %)Unified Process
1621 (1.923 %)Network Design
1621 (1.923 %)Statistical Analysis
1621 (1.923 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1130 (11.90 %)Java
2124 (11.36 %)C
355 (5.037 %)SQL
453 (4.853 %)Perl
525 (2.289 %)C++
624 (2.198 %)PL/SQL
721 (1.923 %)Shell Script
819 (1.740 %)C#
99 (0.824 %)JavaScript
99 (0.824 %)Korn
106 (0.549 %)VB
114 (0.366 %)VBScript
123 (0.275 %)VB.NET
132 (0.183 %)SAS Macro
132 (0.183 %)Transact-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
147 (4.304 %)Cisco Certification
237 (3.388 %)CCNP
330 (2.747 %)ISEB
429 (2.656 %)Degree
524 (2.198 %)PRINCE2 Certification
621 (1.923 %)Sun Certification
621 (1.923 %)CCIE
717 (1.557 %)MCSE
717 (1.557 %)Microsoft Certification
816 (1.465 %)CCDP
914 (1.282 %)HNC
1013 (1.190 %)CCNA
1013 (1.190 %)ITIL Certification
1111 (1.007 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
125 (0.458 %)CCVP
125 (0.458 %)HND
125 (0.458 %)CNE
125 (0.458 %)Novell Certification
134 (0.366 %)MCP
143 (0.275 %)CCAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (2.106 %)QA
214 (1.282 %)SLA
34 (0.366 %)ISO27001
34 (0.366 %)JSP 440
42 (0.183 %)HMG Infosec
42 (0.183 %)CESG Infosec
42 (0.183 %)BS7799
51 (0.092 %)BS7666
51 (0.092 %)ISO17799
51 (0.092 %)GMP
51 (0.092 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
170 (6.410 %)Active Directory
220 (1.832 %)NFS
313 (1.190 %)NetBackup
412 (1.099 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (0.366 %)Backup Exec
54 (0.366 %)ISA Server
63 (0.275 %)MetaFrame
63 (0.275 %)Terminal Server
63 (0.275 %)MailMarshal
72 (0.183 %)AquaLogic
72 (0.183 %)VMware ESX
81 (0.092 %)Oracle RAC
81 (0.092 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (1.557 %)OpenView Configuration Management
27 (0.641 %)OVOW
36 (0.549 %)Netcool
36 (0.549 %)Norton AntiVirus
36 (0.549 %)OpenView
45 (0.458 %)OVSD
54 (0.366 %)Tivoli
54 (0.366 %)ServiceCenter
63 (0.275 %)AssetCenter
63 (0.275 %)OVPI
63 (0.275 %)MOM
63 (0.275 %)CiscoWorks
63 (0.275 %)Legato
71 (0.092 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
71 (0.092 %)NNM
71 (0.092 %)ARCserve
71 (0.092 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1119 (10.90 %)Oracle
292 (8.425 %)Cisco
389 (8.150 %)Microsoft
453 (4.853 %)HP
525 (2.289 %)Sophos
623 (2.106 %)Sun
720 (1.832 %)VMware
819 (1.740 %)Symantec
918 (1.648 %)Altiris
1017 (1.557 %)BEA
1114 (1.282 %)Business Objects
1211 (1.007 %)EMC
1310 (0.916 %)Citrix
148 (0.733 %)IBM
148 (0.733 %)Tripwire
148 (0.733 %)LANDesk
155 (0.458 %)NEC
155 (0.458 %)Adobe
155 (0.458 %)Avaya
155 (0.458 %)Ericsson