Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkSecurity Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank412454
Rank change year-on-year
Down-17Up+30
Matching contract IT job ads165221922260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK3.774 %4.766 %2.761 %
As % of the Qualifications category26.48 %26.87 %18.52 %
Daily rates quoted682713642
Average daily rate£360£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£263£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£390£390
% change year-on-year
-10.25 %-
Hourly rates quoted158263261
Average hourly rate£20.98£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.46 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.65£15.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.60£46.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.18£32.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
-35.34 %-6.420 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6238815812200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.25 %17.74 %14.90 %
Daily rates quoted265025843748
Average daily rate£359£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.260 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£360£350
% change year-on-year
-9.720 %+2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted5489661399
Average hourly rate£20.50£27.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.07 %+8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£29.00£25.50
% change year-on-year
-31.03 %+13.72 %

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.

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

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

SC Cleared Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

SC Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

SC 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 SC Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-151593£360-10.00 %
South EastDown-2551£350-10.25 %
LondonDown-31530£400-5.88 %
South WestDown-1256£340-16.04 %
HampshireUp+1190£300-20.00 %
BerkshireUp+2176£375-6.25 %
City of LondonUp+15158£375-14.28 %
ReadingNo change086£360-12.72 %
BuckinghamshireDown-176£350+2.94 %
Milton KeynesDown-169£350+7.69 %
North WestUp+167£325-16.66 %
WiltshireDown-263£298-29.16 %
East MidlandsUp+2251£363+51.04 %
BristolUp+348£350-36.36 %
West MidlandsUp+845£375+2.73 %
East of EnglandUp+637£305-
FarnboroughUp+235£325-10.95 %
SurreyDown-133£405-3.57 %
GloucestershireUp+1231£375-11.76 %
DerbyshireUp+830£356-
SomersetDown-330£350-21.78 %
MiddlesexUp+229£440+4.20 %
DerbyUp+1428£354-
WalesUp+726£350-27.46 %
SwindonUp+1625£225-47.05 %
BracknellNo change023£393-1.87 %
North EastUp+422£281-8.40 %
HertfordshireUp+322£310-10.14 %
UxbridgeDown-122£450+16.12 %
CheshireDown-220£350-12.50 %

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

13500 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2978 (27.94 %)Government
3672 (19.20 %)Windows
4513 (14.66 %)Oracle
5468 (13.37 %)Microsoft
6357 (10.20 %)SQL
7344 (9.829 %)DV Cleared
8318 (9.086 %)Java
9299 (8.543 %)C
10278 (7.943 %)Active Directory
11274 (7.829 %)SQL Server
12268 (7.657 %)Windows Server 2003
13256 (7.314 %)UNIX
14247 (7.057 %)XML
15246 (7.029 %)ITIL
16215 (6.143 %).NET
17200 (5.714 %)SharePoint
18191 (5.457 %)C#
19189 (5.400 %)PRINCE2
20186 (5.314 %)Cisco
21184 (5.257 %)Web Services
21184 (5.257 %)MS Office
22177 (5.057 %)HP
23169 (4.829 %)J2EE
24168 (4.800 %)Linux
24168 (4.800 %)Project Management
25164 (4.686 %)UML
26163 (4.657 %)VMware
27146 (4.171 %)Migration
28143 (4.086 %)Citrix

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1247 (7.057 %)XML
2215 (6.143 %).NET
3184 (5.257 %)Web Services
4169 (4.829 %)J2EE
5121 (3.457 %)ASP.NET
6116 (3.314 %)HTML
783 (2.371 %)Spring
874 (2.114 %)CSS
973 (2.086 %)Hibernate
1050 (1.429 %)ASP
1050 (1.429 %)WebSphere
1148 (1.371 %)XSLT
1246 (1.314 %)Middleware
1337 (1.057 %)Oracle Fusion
1434 (0.971 %)Struts
1533 (0.943 %)EJB
1533 (0.943 %)Application Packaging
1630 (0.857 %)JMS
1729 (0.829 %)XSD
1828 (0.800 %)AJAX
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1200 (5.714 %)SharePoint
2131 (3.743 %)WebLogic
3125 (3.571 %)MS Exchange
489 (2.543 %)IIS
575 (2.143 %)SharePoint Server 2007
653 (1.514 %)Apache
742 (1.200 %)ESB
841 (1.171 %)Oracle Application Server
940 (1.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
1037 (1.057 %)Exchange Server 2007
1130 (0.857 %)WebLogic Portal
1226 (0.743 %)Documentum
1226 (0.743 %)WebSphere MQ
1323 (0.657 %)Tomcat
1420 (0.571 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1517 (0.486 %)CMS
1615 (0.429 %)Oracle BPEL
1711 (0.314 %)WebSphere Application Server
1810 (0.286 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1810 (0.286 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1184 (5.257 %)MS Office
2142 (4.057 %)MS Excel
361 (1.743 %)MS Project
455 (1.571 %)MS Visio
526 (0.743 %)MS PowerPoint
625 (0.714 %)InfoPath
714 (0.400 %)Paint Shop Pro
811 (0.314 %)Spreadsheet
811 (0.314 %)Fireworks
96 (0.171 %)CA Clarity
103 (0.086 %)Windchill
103 (0.086 %)AutoCAD
103 (0.086 %)Photoshop
112 (0.057 %)Acrobat
112 (0.057 %)MATLAB
112 (0.057 %)Simulink
112 (0.057 %)Vensim
112 (0.057 %)CATIA
112 (0.057 %)Abaqus
121 (0.029 %)MicroStation
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
130 (0.857 %)Oracle Applications
225 (0.714 %)Oracle EBS
321 (0.600 %)BusinessWorks
414 (0.400 %)Oracle EBS R12
513 (0.371 %)assyst
612 (0.343 %)Oracle Financials
612 (0.343 %)SoftGrid
78 (0.229 %)SAP R/3
78 (0.229 %)Maximo
78 (0.229 %)TIBCO iProcess
87 (0.200 %)SAP SD
87 (0.200 %)Oracle 11i
96 (0.171 %)SAP HR
96 (0.171 %)Dynamics CRM
96 (0.171 %)SAP BPC
105 (0.143 %)Oracle CRM
114 (0.114 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
123 (0.086 %)SAP SRM
123 (0.086 %)SAP ERP
123 (0.086 %)ENOVIA
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1140 (4.000 %)Firewall
2106 (3.029 %)SAN
388 (2.514 %)WAN
487 (2.486 %)DNS
583 (2.371 %)LAN
671 (2.029 %)DHCP
765 (1.857 %)TCP/IP
854 (1.543 %)Internet
953 (1.514 %)LDAP
1044 (1.257 %)VoIP
1138 (1.086 %)VPN
1138 (1.086 %)HTTP
1236 (1.029 %)Network Security
1329 (0.829 %)SSL
1425 (0.714 %)Wireless
1523 (0.657 %)Intranet
1622 (0.629 %)MPLS
1720 (0.571 %)NAS
1818 (0.514 %)Ethernet
1917 (0.486 %)OSPF
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1274 (7.829 %)SQL Server
2106 (3.029 %)Oracle 10g
392 (2.629 %)SQL Server 2005
457 (1.629 %)MySQL
552 (1.486 %)Oracle Reports
649 (1.400 %)Oracle 11g
736 (1.029 %)DB2
835 (1.000 %)ETL
934 (0.971 %)BusinessObjects
1030 (0.857 %)Oracle 8/8i
1129 (0.829 %)SQL Server 2000
1129 (0.829 %)Datawarehouse
1129 (0.829 %)Oracle 9i
1226 (0.743 %)SQL Server 2008
1322 (0.629 %)EDRMS
1322 (0.629 %)GIS
1421 (0.600 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1517 (0.486 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1616 (0.457 %)Oracle Discoverer
1715 (0.429 %)BODI
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1121 (3.457 %)Visual Studio
280 (2.286 %)ClearCase
359 (1.686 %)TestDirector
457 (1.629 %)Oracle Forms
552 (1.486 %)ClearQuest
645 (1.286 %)LoadRunner
736 (1.029 %)Dreamweaver
830 (0.857 %)Maven
928 (0.800 %)StarTeam
1024 (0.686 %)QuickTest Pro
1121 (0.600 %)Subversion
1220 (0.571 %)JDeveloper
1318 (0.514 %)JUnit
1318 (0.514 %)InstallShield
1417 (0.486 %)WinRunner
1516 (0.457 %)NUnit
1615 (0.429 %)Oracle APEX
1615 (0.429 %)RequisitePro
1615 (0.429 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1615 (0.429 %)Ant
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1978 (27.94 %)Government
2131 (3.743 %)Finance
3104 (2.971 %)Military
467 (1.914 %)Telecoms
551 (1.457 %)Aerospace
649 (1.400 %)Police
744 (1.257 %)Criminal Justice
841 (1.171 %)Auditing
935 (1.000 %)Publishing
1026 (0.743 %)Manufacturing
1124 (0.686 %)Electronics
1223 (0.657 %)Home Office
1318 (0.514 %)Law
1318 (0.514 %)Legal
1414 (0.400 %)Banking
1513 (0.371 %)Graphic Design
1611 (0.314 %)Electric
1611 (0.314 %)Back Office
1710 (0.286 %)Construction
189 (0.257 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1599 (17.11 %)Developer
2381 (10.89 %)Consultant
3376 (10.74 %)Analyst
4258 (7.371 %)Architect
5141 (4.029 %)Project Manager
6128 (3.657 %)Tester
795 (2.714 %)Designer
892 (2.629 %)Test Analyst
892 (2.629 %)Java Developer
984 (2.400 %)Administrator
1082 (2.343 %)Software Engineer
1178 (2.229 %)Oracle Developer
1276 (2.171 %)Oracle Consultant
1370 (2.000 %)SharePoint Developer
1466 (1.886 %)Systems Engineer
1564 (1.829 %)Business Analyst
1663 (1.800 %)Support Engineer
1760 (1.714 %)Build Engineer
1760 (1.714 %)Technical Architect
1856 (1.600 %)Infrastructure Specialist
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
165 (1.857 %)PKI
240 (1.143 %)Clustering
329 (0.829 %)Replication
426 (0.743 %)Client/Server
426 (0.743 %)CESG
525 (0.714 %)Fat Client
525 (0.714 %)Thin Client
525 (0.714 %)Management Information System
622 (0.629 %)RMADS
721 (0.600 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
820 (0.571 %)Biometrics
918 (0.514 %)PDA
1014 (0.400 %)DataPower
1113 (0.371 %)W3C
1212 (0.343 %)VHDL
1212 (0.343 %)Open Source
1311 (0.314 %)CESG CLAS
1311 (0.314 %)CLARiiON
1311 (0.314 %)EPoS
1410 (0.286 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1672 (19.20 %)Windows
2268 (7.657 %)Windows Server 2003
3256 (7.314 %)UNIX
4168 (4.800 %)Linux
5130 (3.714 %)Windows XP
6110 (3.143 %)Windows Server 2008
798 (2.800 %)Solaris
878 (2.229 %)Windows Vista
974 (2.114 %)AIX
1054 (1.543 %)Red Hat Linux
1142 (1.200 %)Windows 2000
1226 (0.743 %)HPUX
1322 (0.629 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1418 (0.514 %)Windows 2000 Server
1517 (0.486 %)Windows NT
167 (0.200 %)Windows 7
175 (0.143 %)Windows Mobile
184 (0.114 %)SUSE
193 (0.086 %)Mac OS
193 (0.086 %)VMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1246 (7.029 %)ITIL
2189 (5.400 %)PRINCE2
3168 (4.800 %)Project Management
4164 (4.686 %)UML
5146 (4.171 %)Migration
6129 (3.686 %)Service Management
7110 (3.143 %)Configuration Management
8108 (3.086 %)Test Scripting
9107 (3.057 %)SOA
1087 (2.486 %)Service Delivery
1175 (2.143 %)Workflow
1264 (1.829 %)OO
1361 (1.743 %)Unit Testing
1460 (1.714 %)Performance Testing
1460 (1.714 %)CRM
1558 (1.657 %)Change Management
1558 (1.657 %)Agile Software Development
1655 (1.571 %)Validation
1754 (1.543 %)Software Testing
1848 (1.371 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1357 (10.20 %)SQL
2318 (9.086 %)Java
3299 (8.543 %)C
4191 (5.457 %)C#
5108 (3.086 %)C++
690 (2.571 %)PL/SQL
788 (2.514 %)VB.NET
883 (2.371 %)VB
971 (2.029 %)JavaScript
1066 (1.886 %)VBScript
1154 (1.543 %)T-SQL
1253 (1.514 %)Perl
1345 (1.286 %)Python
1429 (0.829 %)PHP
1525 (0.714 %)Shell Script
1618 (0.514 %)PowerShell
1715 (0.429 %)Assembly Language
1811 (0.314 %)ABAP
1811 (0.314 %)Embedded C
1910 (0.286 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13500 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2344 (9.829 %)DV Cleared
3131 (3.743 %)BC Cleared
4109 (3.114 %)Microsoft Certification
581 (2.314 %)Cisco Certification
675 (2.143 %)MCSE
769 (1.971 %)CTC Cleared
857 (1.629 %)CCNA
954 (1.543 %)ISEB
1048 (1.371 %)Degree
1140 (1.143 %)ITIL Certification
1228 (0.800 %)MCP
1327 (0.771 %)CCNP
1426 (0.743 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1524 (0.686 %)CISSP
1621 (0.600 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1720 (0.571 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1813 (0.371 %)CCIE
1911 (0.314 %)Novell Certification
2010 (0.286 %)CNE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
140 (1.143 %)QA
233 (0.943 %)ISO27001
332 (0.914 %)SLA
413 (0.371 %)ISO9001
511 (0.314 %)ISO9000
68 (0.229 %)HMG Infosec
68 (0.229 %)JSP 440
76 (0.171 %)TickIT
76 (0.171 %)COBIT
84 (0.114 %)BS25999
92 (0.057 %)BS7799
101 (0.029 %)JTAG
101 (0.029 %)PCI DSS
101 (0.029 %)WCAG
101 (0.029 %)WAI
101 (0.029 %)BS15000
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1278 (7.943 %)Active Directory
294 (2.686 %)VMware Infrastructure
351 (1.457 %)VMware ESX
449 (1.400 %)Oracle RAC
543 (1.229 %)NetBackup
626 (0.743 %)AquaLogic
723 (0.657 %)XenApp
813 (0.371 %)vSphere
813 (0.371 %)Backup Exec
912 (0.343 %)Terminal Services
109 (0.257 %)Citrix Presentation Server
109 (0.257 %)ISA Server
116 (0.171 %)MSMQ
116 (0.171 %)VMware Workstation
125 (0.143 %)XenServer
125 (0.143 %)Oracle RMAN
125 (0.143 %)NDS
134 (0.114 %)MetaFrame
134 (0.114 %)XenDesktop
143 (0.086 %)Hyper-V
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
196 (2.743 %)OpenView Configuration Management
245 (1.286 %)OpenView
344 (1.257 %)Tivoli
428 (0.800 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
428 (0.800 %)SCCM
527 (0.771 %)MSI
626 (0.743 %)OVSD
723 (0.657 %)HP Quality Center
820 (0.571 %)MOM
918 (0.514 %)OVOW
918 (0.514 %)SCOM
1013 (0.371 %)Data Guard
1013 (0.371 %)Netcool
1111 (0.314 %)Unicenter
1210 (0.286 %)MIIS
1210 (0.286 %)Sun Identity Manager
138 (0.229 %)CiscoWorks
147 (0.200 %)WSUS
155 (0.143 %)HP Data Protector
155 (0.143 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1513 (14.66 %)Oracle
2468 (13.37 %)Microsoft
3186 (5.314 %)Cisco
4177 (5.057 %)HP
5163 (4.657 %)VMware
6143 (4.086 %)Citrix
766 (1.886 %)Siebel
861 (1.743 %)SAP
957 (1.629 %)Red Hat
1055 (1.571 %)IBM
1151 (1.457 %)Sun
1249 (1.400 %)CheckPoint
1338 (1.086 %)Juniper
1434 (0.971 %)Business Objects
1533 (0.943 %)CA
1533 (0.943 %)TIBCO
1630 (0.857 %)EMC
1729 (0.829 %)Altiris
1828 (0.800 %)BEA
1927 (0.771 %)Borland