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The table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Cleared over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Clearance
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1628
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads49494274
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.998 %4.327 %
As % of the category below12.94 %8.658 %
Daily rates quoted14131254
Average minimum daily rate£358£355
Average daily rate£384£379
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£368
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
Hourly rates quoted626493
Average minimum hourly rate£29.36£28.10
Average hourly rate£30.91£29.66
% change on same period last year+4.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.45£31.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.55£30.42
% change on same period last year+3.70 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3825049367
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled54.09 %49.97 %
Daily rates quoted1352516271
Average minimum daily rate£383£385
Average daily rate£411£409
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted25973268
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£28.11
Average hourly rate£29.27£29.95
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.04£31.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %

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.

Security Cleared
Demand Trend

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

Security Cleared Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

Security 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 Security Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 13 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+144586£387+2.64 %
South EastUp+81482£367-0.31 %
LondonUp+341458£416+3.23 %
South WestUp+3934£393+9.33 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4402£328-8.90 %
BerkshireUp+5354£417+9.04 %
Milton KeynesUp+2352£323-17.35 %
HampshireUp+1342£372+0.88 %
GloucestershireNo change0323£414+3.34 %
WiltshireUp+2266£397+2.16 %
WalesNo change0266£366-14.71 %
CheltenhamNo change0200£417+0.35 %
North WestUp+13199£377+13.04 %
City of LondonUp+80188£413+19.10 %
West MidlandsUp+37178£355+5.75 %
South WalesUp+1171£342-24.54 %
ReadingUp+1168£409+0.17 %
East of EnglandUp+8160£388+0.26 %
East MidlandsUp+30114£277-31.00 %
SurreyUp+19114£400+19.47 %
UxbridgeUp+13107£306-
NewportUp+2102£351-21.82 %
SalisburyUp+293£411+2.91 %
West WalesUp+183£417+2.87 %
SwanseaUp+182£419+3.52 %
DorsetUp+381£300-0.94 %
SomersetDown-180£334+6.37 %
BracknellUp+980£404-4.99 %
HertfordshireUp+1976£299-29.51 %
ShropshireUp+975£381+280.77 %

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

15081 (56.05 %)SC Cleared
23827 (42.22 %)Government
31520 (16.77 %)Windows
41321 (14.57 %)Oracle
51130 (12.47 %)DV Cleared
6905 (9.983 %)SQL
7807 (8.902 %)PRINCE2
8765 (8.439 %)Microsoft
9740 (8.163 %)Java
10667 (7.358 %)UNIX
11597 (6.586 %)Windows Server 2003
12584 (6.442 %)ITIL
13580 (6.398 %)BC Cleared
14555 (6.122 %)Active Directory
15551 (6.078 %)Cisco
16545 (6.012 %)Project Management
17495 (5.461 %)Finance
18475 (5.240 %)XML
19473 (5.218 %)CTC Cleared
20463 (5.108 %)C
20463 (5.108 %)HP
21462 (5.097 %)J2EE
22447 (4.931 %)Migration
23433 (4.777 %)Linux
24416 (4.589 %)SQL Server
25399 (4.402 %)MS Office
26378 (4.170 %)UML
27377 (4.159 %)Oracle 10g
28367 (4.049 %)MS Excel
29348 (3.839 %)Telecoms

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1475 (5.240 %)XML
2462 (5.097 %)J2EE
3286 (3.155 %).NET
4234 (2.581 %)WebServices
5191 (2.107 %)HTML
6101 (1.114 %)WebSphere
796 (1.059 %)ASP.NET
894 (1.037 %)Middleware
990 (0.993 %)JSP
990 (0.993 %)SOAP
1087 (0.960 %)Struts
1181 (0.894 %)Hibernate
1259 (0.651 %)XSL
1357 (0.629 %)CSS
1357 (0.629 %)Spring
1456 (0.618 %)XSLT
1546 (0.507 %)EJB
1642 (0.463 %)JMS
1642 (0.463 %).NET Framework
1740 (0.441 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1341 (3.762 %)MS Exchange
2243 (2.681 %)WebLogic
3152 (1.677 %)Exchange Server 2007
4144 (1.589 %)Exchange Server 2003
5130 (1.434 %)SharePoint
6103 (1.136 %)ESB
787 (0.960 %)IIS
871 (0.783 %)Apache
969 (0.761 %)Oracle Workflow
1061 (0.673 %)Oracle 10gAS
1156 (0.618 %)Oracle Application Server
1252 (0.574 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1349 (0.541 %)SAS
1445 (0.496 %)CMS
1537 (0.408 %)WebSphere Application Server
1632 (0.353 %)Tomcat
1731 (0.342 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1829 (0.320 %)Exchange Server 2000
1925 (0.276 %)JBoss
2021 (0.232 %)WebLogic Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1399 (4.402 %)MS Office
2367 (4.049 %)MS Excel
3249 (2.747 %)MS Project
4124 (1.368 %)MS PowerPoint
5104 (1.147 %)MS Visio
626 (0.287 %)MATLAB
725 (0.276 %)Spreadsheet
821 (0.232 %)Photoshop
919 (0.210 %)NASTRAN
1017 (0.188 %)Simulink
1110 (0.110 %)InfoPath
129 (0.099 %)Adobe Illustrator
129 (0.099 %)FrameMaker
138 (0.088 %)Pro/ENGINEER
147 (0.077 %)AutoCAD
147 (0.077 %)RoboHelp
156 (0.066 %)CA Clarity
165 (0.055 %)Paint Shop Pro
165 (0.055 %)Acrobat
174 (0.044 %)CATIA
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
186 (0.949 %)Oracle EBS
261 (0.673 %)Oracle Applications
345 (0.496 %)Oracle ERP
437 (0.408 %)Oracle 11i
534 (0.375 %)Oracle Financials
627 (0.298 %)Remedy ITSM
725 (0.276 %)Oracle CRM
725 (0.276 %)SAP CRM
822 (0.243 %)SAP ERP
918 (0.199 %)SoftGrid
918 (0.199 %)Oracle HRMS
1016 (0.177 %)SAP PS
1016 (0.177 %)SAP R/3
1114 (0.154 %)assyst
1213 (0.143 %)SAP CO
1213 (0.143 %)SAP FI/CO
1213 (0.143 %)SAP FI
1312 (0.132 %)SAP HR
1312 (0.132 %)Oracle Payroll
148 (0.088 %)SAP SD
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1316 (3.486 %)Firewall
2265 (2.923 %)LAN
3247 (2.725 %)SAN
4217 (2.394 %)WAN
5206 (2.272 %)TCP/IP
6163 (1.798 %)Internet
7147 (1.622 %)DNS
8105 (1.158 %)Intranet
991 (1.004 %)DHCP
1088 (0.971 %)VPN
1184 (0.927 %)Cisco PIX
1278 (0.860 %)VoIP
1370 (0.772 %)LDAP
1466 (0.728 %)HTTP
1565 (0.717 %)MPLS
1656 (0.618 %)X.500
1754 (0.596 %)Network Security
1754 (0.596 %)VLAN
1841 (0.452 %)TETRA
1940 (0.441 %)Cisco ASA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1416 (4.589 %)SQL Server
2377 (4.159 %)Oracle 10g
3195 (2.151 %)Oracle Reports
4151 (1.666 %)Oracle 9i
5145 (1.600 %)BusinessObjects
6137 (1.511 %)Datawarehouse
7134 (1.478 %)ETL
7134 (1.478 %)SQL Server 2005
889 (0.982 %)Oracle Discoverer
981 (0.894 %)RDBMS
1074 (0.816 %)Crystal Reports
1173 (0.805 %)Oracle 8/8i
1268 (0.750 %)SAP BW
1357 (0.629 %)EDRMS
1453 (0.585 %)MS Access
1552 (0.574 %)DTS
1650 (0.552 %)SQL Server 2000
1747 (0.518 %)Data Mining
1840 (0.441 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1938 (0.419 %)Oracle OWB
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1136 (1.500 %)TestDirector
2127 (1.401 %)Visual Studio
3126 (1.390 %)ClearCase
497 (1.070 %)LoadRunner
588 (0.971 %)ClearQuest
681 (0.894 %)Oracle Forms
778 (0.860 %)StarTeam
874 (0.816 %)Eclipse
969 (0.761 %)JUnit
1058 (0.640 %)QuickTest Pro
1139 (0.430 %)JDeveloper
1236 (0.397 %)RequisitePro
1335 (0.386 %)Telelogic DOORS
1433 (0.364 %)Rational Rose
1532 (0.353 %)Ant
1626 (0.287 %)WinRunner
1724 (0.265 %)MSI
1821 (0.232 %)ARTiSAN
1918 (0.199 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2017 (0.188 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13827 (42.22 %)Government
2495 (5.461 %)Finance
3348 (3.839 %)Telecoms
4247 (2.725 %)Aerospace
5175 (1.931 %)Military
6167 (1.842 %)Criminal Justice
7150 (1.655 %)Police
8104 (1.147 %)Legal
984 (0.927 %)Manufacturing
1079 (0.871 %)Health
1170 (0.772 %)Auditing
1269 (0.761 %)Electronics
1364 (0.706 %)Home Office
1463 (0.695 %)Avionics
1554 (0.596 %)Electric
1641 (0.452 %)Law
1740 (0.441 %)Banking
1836 (0.397 %)Education
1836 (0.397 %)Marketing
1925 (0.276 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11077 (11.88 %)Developer
2994 (10.97 %)Analyst
3916 (10.10 %)Consultant
4600 (6.619 %)Project Manager
5570 (6.288 %)Architect
6289 (3.188 %)Tester
7283 (3.122 %)Administrator
8258 (2.846 %)Business Analyst
9244 (2.692 %)Software Engineer
10233 (2.570 %)Java Developer
11229 (2.526 %)DBA
12199 (2.195 %)Systems Engineer
13185 (2.041 %)Test Analyst
14181 (1.997 %)Oracle DBA
15162 (1.787 %)Support Engineer
15162 (1.787 %)Network Engineer
16153 (1.688 %)Test Manager
17149 (1.644 %)Technical Architect
18148 (1.633 %)Oracle Developer
19142 (1.566 %)Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1125 (1.379 %)Clustering
289 (0.982 %)RMADS
379 (0.871 %)Management Information System
475 (0.827 %)PKI
569 (0.761 %)CESG
652 (0.574 %)Replication
751 (0.563 %)Client/Server
751 (0.563 %)Video Conferencing
845 (0.496 %)Fat Client
845 (0.496 %)Thin Client
942 (0.463 %)Biometrics
1038 (0.419 %)Firmware
1136 (0.397 %)CESG CLAS
1232 (0.353 %)Blackberry
1329 (0.320 %)E-Learning
1428 (0.309 %)Smartcard
1526 (0.287 %)N-Tier
1526 (0.287 %)PDA
1624 (0.265 %)PMI
1723 (0.254 %)VHDL
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11520 (16.77 %)Windows
2667 (7.358 %)UNIX
3597 (6.586 %)Windows Server 2003
4433 (4.777 %)Linux
5340 (3.751 %)Windows XP
6304 (3.354 %)Solaris
7275 (3.034 %)Windows 2000
8184 (2.030 %)Windows Vista
9102 (1.125 %)Red Hat Linux
1096 (1.059 %)Windows Server 2008
1194 (1.037 %)AIX
1273 (0.805 %)HPUX
1368 (0.750 %)Windows NT
1450 (0.552 %)Windows 2000 Server
1532 (0.353 %)VxWorks
1621 (0.232 %)Tru64
1621 (0.232 %)Windows Mobile
1712 (0.132 %)VMS
1811 (0.121 %)SUSE
198 (0.088 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15081 (56.05 %)SC Cleared
21130 (12.47 %)DV Cleared
3807 (8.902 %)PRINCE2
4584 (6.442 %)ITIL
5580 (6.398 %)BC Cleared
6545 (6.012 %)Project Management
7473 (5.218 %)CTC Cleared
8447 (4.931 %)Migration
9378 (4.170 %)UML
10321 (3.541 %)Configuration Management
11314 (3.464 %)Service Management
12227 (2.504 %)Test Scripting
13212 (2.339 %)Change Management
14180 (1.986 %)Business Intelligence
15178 (1.964 %)SOA
16173 (1.908 %)Service Delivery
17168 (1.853 %)Workflow
18165 (1.820 %)RUP
18165 (1.820 %)Data Migration
19161 (1.776 %)ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1905 (9.983 %)SQL
2740 (8.163 %)Java
3463 (5.108 %)C
4330 (3.640 %)PL/SQL
5317 (3.497 %)C++
6196 (2.162 %)C#
7149 (1.644 %)Perl
8120 (1.324 %)VB
9110 (1.213 %)JavaScript
10103 (1.136 %)Transact-SQL
11101 (1.114 %)VBScript
1284 (0.927 %)Ada
1383 (0.916 %)VB.NET
1482 (0.905 %)Shell Script
1535 (0.386 %)VBA
1629 (0.320 %)Embedded C
1723 (0.254 %)XPath
1723 (0.254 %)PHP
1821 (0.232 %)Korn
1920 (0.221 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1221 (2.438 %)Cisco Certification
2205 (2.261 %)Microsoft Certification
3194 (2.140 %)Degree
4180 (1.986 %)ISEB
5150 (1.655 %)MCSE
6139 (1.533 %)PRINCE2 Certification
7128 (1.412 %)CCNP
8106 (1.169 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
991 (1.004 %)CCNA
1076 (0.838 %)ITIL Certification
1169 (0.761 %)CCIE
1260 (0.662 %)Novell Certification
1358 (0.640 %)CNE
1445 (0.496 %)HNC
1541 (0.452 %)MCP
1637 (0.408 %)Sun Certification
1735 (0.386 %)HND
1827 (0.298 %)ISTQB
1922 (0.243 %)CISSP
2021 (0.232 %)MCDBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1200 (2.206 %)QA
2102 (1.125 %)SLA
392 (1.015 %)ISO27001
432 (0.353 %)BS7799
527 (0.298 %)COBIT
623 (0.254 %)JSP 440
716 (0.177 %)ISO17799
814 (0.154 %)CESG Infosec
912 (0.132 %)HMG Infosec
1010 (0.110 %)HL7
1010 (0.110 %)WAI
117 (0.077 %)ISO9000
117 (0.077 %)ISO9001
126 (0.066 %)BS15000
126 (0.066 %)SNOMED CT
134 (0.044 %)ISO12207
143 (0.033 %)ISO15504
143 (0.033 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
152 (0.022 %)BS7666
152 (0.022 %)WCAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1555 (6.122 %)Active Directory
2102 (1.125 %)NetBackup
394 (1.037 %)VMware Infrastructure
489 (0.982 %)Oracle RAC
585 (0.938 %)AquaLogic
659 (0.651 %)Oracle RMAN
752 (0.574 %)Citrix Presentation Server
834 (0.375 %)VMware ESX
933 (0.364 %)Backup Exec
1024 (0.265 %)NFS
1123 (0.254 %)Terminal Server
1123 (0.254 %)Terminal Services
1220 (0.221 %)ISA Server
1316 (0.177 %)MailMarshal
1412 (0.132 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
157 (0.077 %)MSMQ
166 (0.066 %)MetaFrame
174 (0.044 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
182 (0.022 %)VMware GSX
182 (0.022 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1139 (1.533 %)OpenView Configuration Management
2117 (1.291 %)OpenView
385 (0.938 %)OVOW
440 (0.441 %)Norton AntiVirus
536 (0.397 %)Tivoli
635 (0.386 %)MIIS
733 (0.364 %)MOM
829 (0.320 %)CiscoWorks
926 (0.287 %)Netcool
1025 (0.276 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1025 (0.276 %)OVSD
1121 (0.232 %)Unicenter
1121 (0.232 %)SCCM
1218 (0.199 %)OVPI
1218 (0.199 %)NNM
1317 (0.188 %)WSUS
1411 (0.121 %)Legato
1411 (0.121 %)HP Data Protector
159 (0.099 %)ServiceCenter
159 (0.099 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11321 (14.57 %)Oracle
2765 (8.439 %)Microsoft
3551 (6.078 %)Cisco
4463 (5.108 %)HP
5285 (3.144 %)SAP
6186 (2.052 %)VMware
7172 (1.897 %)Citrix
8167 (1.842 %)Sun
9145 (1.600 %)Business Objects
10140 (1.544 %)BEA
11114 (1.258 %)Symantec
12110 (1.213 %)Remedy
13103 (1.136 %)Red Hat
1498 (1.081 %)IBM
1574 (0.816 %)BMC
1671 (0.783 %)VERITAS
1768 (0.750 %)Altiris
1867 (0.739 %)Borland
1966 (0.728 %)CheckPoint
2059 (0.651 %)CA