Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security 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 Clearance
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank19721
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Up+14
Matching contract IT job ads276139304594
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK6.307 %8.545 %5.612 %
As % of the Qualifications category44.26 %48.17 %37.66 %
Daily rates quoted109312051365
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£250£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£400£400
% change year-on-year
-13.87 %-
Hourly rates quoted223472555
Average hourly rate£20.00£32.50£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.46 %-1.510 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.50£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.79£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£33.12£33.83
% change year-on-year
-39.61 %-2.090 %
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.

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 Qualifications 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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

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 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-142618£363-9.37 %
LondonDown-14986£400-6.97 %
South EastDown-1771£335-16.25 %
South WestDown-2446£350-14.94 %
City of LondonUp+14288£388-8.82 %
HampshireNo change0260£300-20.00 %
BerkshireUp+2254£369-7.81 %
GloucestershireNo change0123£388-3.96 %
ReadingDown-1106£360-14.02 %
North WestDown-8105£325-18.87 %
West MidlandsUp+791£375+38.88 %
BuckinghamshireDown-385£350+7.69 %
WiltshireDown-280£294-30.05 %
WalesDown-575£327-27.33 %
Milton KeynesDown-273£350+7.69 %
East of EnglandDown-967£300-25.00 %
BristolDown-165£375+10.29 %
BracknellNo change056£363-9.37 %
East MidlandsUp+454£363+81.25 %
CheltenhamNo change052£388+3.33 %
FarnboroughUp+151£318-13.01 %
SurreyUp+349£400-8.04 %
SomersetDown-145£350-22.00 %
MiddlesexUp+944£320-20.00 %
HertfordshireUp+342£305-23.75 %
West WalesDown-142£340-33.98 %
SwanseaDown-242£340-33.98 %
YorkshireDown-1539£375-1.96 %
SwindonUp+934£225-47.05 %
ScotlandDown-1733£321-17.29 %

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

13500 (61.54 %)SC Cleared
21631 (28.68 %)Government
31085 (19.08 %)Windows
4993 (17.46 %)DV Cleared
5765 (13.45 %)Oracle
6715 (12.57 %)Microsoft
7584 (10.27 %)C
8538 (9.460 %)SQL
9474 (8.335 %)Java
10441 (7.755 %)Windows Server 2003
11439 (7.719 %)UNIX
12435 (7.649 %)SQL Server
13403 (7.086 %)Active Directory
14384 (6.752 %)XML
15370 (6.506 %)PRINCE2
16368 (6.471 %)ITIL
17360 (6.330 %).NET
18322 (5.662 %)HP
19310 (5.451 %)Project Management
20299 (5.258 %)C#
21292 (5.135 %)MS Office
22289 (5.082 %)VMware
23276 (4.853 %)Cisco
24273 (4.800 %)Web Services
25270 (4.748 %)SharePoint
26267 (4.695 %)UML
27263 (4.625 %)Finance
27263 (4.625 %)BC Cleared
28259 (4.554 %)Linux
29256 (4.501 %)MS Excel

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1384 (6.752 %)XML
2360 (6.330 %).NET
3273 (4.800 %)Web Services
4230 (4.044 %)J2EE
5191 (3.359 %)ASP.NET
6172 (3.024 %)HTML
7117 (2.057 %)CSS
8109 (1.917 %)Spring
988 (1.547 %)WebSphere
1082 (1.442 %)Hibernate
1175 (1.319 %)Application Packaging
1274 (1.301 %).NET Framework
1371 (1.248 %)ASP
1468 (1.196 %)XSLT
1563 (1.108 %)Middleware
1659 (1.037 %)XSD
1758 (1.020 %)AJAX
1845 (0.791 %)EJB
1941 (0.721 %)Oracle Fusion
2039 (0.686 %)MVC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1270 (4.748 %)SharePoint
2190 (3.341 %)WebLogic
3153 (2.690 %)MS Exchange
4120 (2.110 %)IIS
599 (1.741 %)SharePoint Server 2007
678 (1.372 %)Apache
757 (1.002 %)Oracle Application Server
852 (0.914 %)ESB
951 (0.897 %)Exchange Server 2007
1050 (0.879 %)Exchange Server 2003
1140 (0.703 %)WebSphere MQ
1140 (0.703 %)Tomcat
1239 (0.686 %)WebLogic Portal
1335 (0.615 %)Documentum
1335 (0.615 %)CMS
1430 (0.528 %)SAS
1523 (0.404 %)Oracle Workflow
1622 (0.387 %)Oracle BPEL
1622 (0.387 %)WebSphere Application Server
1720 (0.352 %)SharePoint Portal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1292 (5.135 %)MS Office
2256 (4.501 %)MS Excel
3113 (1.987 %)MS Project
488 (1.547 %)MS Visio
549 (0.862 %)MS PowerPoint
631 (0.545 %)Spreadsheet
725 (0.440 %)InfoPath
814 (0.246 %)Paint Shop Pro
913 (0.229 %)Fireworks
1010 (0.176 %)SPSS
117 (0.123 %)CA Clarity
125 (0.088 %)Photoshop
134 (0.070 %)Acrobat
143 (0.053 %)MATLAB
143 (0.053 %)Simulink
143 (0.053 %)AutoCAD
143 (0.053 %)Windchill
143 (0.053 %)Adobe Illustrator
152 (0.035 %)Abaqus
152 (0.035 %)NASTRAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
153 (0.932 %)SoftGrid
247 (0.826 %)Oracle Applications
336 (0.633 %)Oracle EBS
426 (0.457 %)BusinessWorks
524 (0.422 %)Oracle Financials
622 (0.387 %)Oracle EBS R12
622 (0.387 %)SAP HR
717 (0.299 %)assyst
813 (0.229 %)Oracle 11i
910 (0.176 %)Dynamics CRM
910 (0.176 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
910 (0.176 %)SAP R/3
109 (0.158 %)Maximo
118 (0.141 %)TIBCO iProcess
118 (0.141 %)SAP Payroll
118 (0.141 %)Microsoft CRM
118 (0.141 %)SAP SD
127 (0.123 %)SAP BPC
136 (0.106 %)Oracle CRM
136 (0.106 %)Oracle HRMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1209 (3.675 %)Firewall
2199 (3.499 %)SAN
3143 (2.515 %)WAN
4140 (2.462 %)LAN
5137 (2.409 %)DNS
6118 (2.075 %)Internet
7109 (1.917 %)TCP/IP
8100 (1.758 %)DHCP
978 (1.372 %)Network Security
1074 (1.301 %)LDAP
1171 (1.248 %)HTTP
1253 (0.932 %)VoIP
1253 (0.932 %)VPN
1350 (0.879 %)Intranet
1435 (0.615 %)SSL
1534 (0.598 %)SMTP
1630 (0.528 %)Wireless
1729 (0.510 %)MPLS
1828 (0.492 %)NAS
1924 (0.422 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1435 (7.649 %)SQL Server
2174 (3.060 %)SQL Server 2005
3166 (2.919 %)Oracle 10g
487 (1.530 %)Oracle Reports
573 (1.284 %)Oracle 11g
666 (1.161 %)MySQL
761 (1.073 %)BusinessObjects
858 (1.020 %)Datawarehouse
858 (1.020 %)Oracle 9i
957 (1.002 %)ETL
1055 (0.967 %)SQL Server 2008
1150 (0.879 %)Oracle 8/8i
1248 (0.844 %)SQL Server 2000
1341 (0.721 %)DB2
1433 (0.580 %)Oracle Discoverer
1532 (0.563 %)GIS
1630 (0.528 %)BusinessObjects XI
1729 (0.510 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1827 (0.475 %)EDRMS
1827 (0.475 %)Ingres
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1154 (2.708 %)Visual Studio
2136 (2.391 %)ClearCase
3105 (1.846 %)TestDirector
491 (1.600 %)Oracle Forms
580 (1.407 %)ClearQuest
654 (0.950 %)LoadRunner
740 (0.703 %)Dreamweaver
839 (0.686 %)Maven
938 (0.668 %)StarTeam
1037 (0.651 %)Subversion
1132 (0.563 %)QuickTest Pro
1228 (0.492 %)JDeveloper
1327 (0.475 %)RequisitePro
1327 (0.475 %)JUnit
1426 (0.457 %)Ant
1426 (0.457 %)Eclipse
1525 (0.440 %)Oracle APEX
1624 (0.422 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1722 (0.387 %)NUnit
1821 (0.369 %)WinRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11631 (28.68 %)Government
2263 (4.625 %)Finance
3131 (2.303 %)Military
4116 (2.040 %)Telecoms
591 (1.600 %)Criminal Justice
665 (1.143 %)Aerospace
764 (1.125 %)Police
862 (1.090 %)Health
948 (0.844 %)Auditing
1038 (0.668 %)Publishing
1137 (0.651 %)Manufacturing
1231 (0.545 %)Legal
1329 (0.510 %)Electronics
1329 (0.510 %)Banking
1428 (0.492 %)Home Office
1527 (0.475 %)Electric
1623 (0.404 %)Law
1721 (0.369 %)Back Office
1818 (0.317 %)Marketing
1915 (0.264 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1921 (16.19 %)Developer
2689 (12.12 %)Analyst
3606 (10.66 %)Consultant
4440 (7.737 %)Architect
5267 (4.695 %)Project Manager
6182 (3.200 %)Tester
7173 (3.042 %)Administrator
8154 (2.708 %)Business Analyst
8154 (2.708 %)Test Analyst
9152 (2.673 %)Designer
10129 (2.268 %)Software Engineer
11128 (2.251 %)Java Developer
12112 (1.969 %)Technical Architect
13107 (1.881 %)Support Engineer
14102 (1.794 %)Oracle Developer
1596 (1.688 %)Systems Engineer
1695 (1.670 %)Solutions Architect
1794 (1.653 %)DBA
1891 (1.600 %)Oracle Consultant
1990 (1.583 %)Network Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
189 (1.565 %)PKI
277 (1.354 %)Management Information System
361 (1.073 %)Clustering
447 (0.826 %)CESG
543 (0.756 %)Fat Client
543 (0.756 %)Thin Client
543 (0.756 %)Replication
641 (0.721 %)RMADS
740 (0.703 %)Client/Server
836 (0.633 %)NHS
928 (0.492 %)Computer Science
1027 (0.475 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1126 (0.457 %)CESG CLAS
1222 (0.387 %)Statistics
1321 (0.369 %)Biometrics
1420 (0.352 %)PDA
1420 (0.352 %)EPoS
1519 (0.334 %)HACMP
1618 (0.317 %)Open Source
1618 (0.317 %)CLARiiON
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11085 (19.08 %)Windows
2441 (7.755 %)Windows Server 2003
3439 (7.719 %)UNIX
4259 (4.554 %)Linux
5216 (3.798 %)Windows XP
6196 (3.446 %)Windows Server 2008
7157 (2.761 %)Solaris
8153 (2.690 %)Windows Vista
9130 (2.286 %)AIX
1084 (1.477 %)Red Hat Linux
1169 (1.213 %)Windows 2000
1255 (0.967 %)HPUX
1336 (0.633 %)Windows 2000 Server
1336 (0.633 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1419 (0.334 %)Windows NT
1514 (0.246 %)Tru64
1610 (0.176 %)Windows 7
177 (0.123 %)VMS
177 (0.123 %)Windows Mobile
184 (0.070 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1370 (6.506 %)PRINCE2
2368 (6.471 %)ITIL
3310 (5.451 %)Project Management
4267 (4.695 %)UML
5256 (4.501 %)Migration
6216 (3.798 %)Configuration Management
7185 (3.253 %)Service Management
8170 (2.989 %)Test Scripting
9158 (2.778 %)SOA
10129 (2.268 %)Workflow
11127 (2.233 %)Service Delivery
12122 (2.145 %)Agile Software Development
13119 (2.092 %)Change Management
14115 (2.022 %)OO
1598 (1.723 %)Unit Testing
1696 (1.688 %)CRM
1789 (1.565 %)Data Migration
1887 (1.530 %)Software Testing
1983 (1.459 %)Business Analysis
1983 (1.459 %)Data Modelling
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1584 (10.27 %)C
2538 (9.460 %)SQL
3474 (8.335 %)Java
4299 (5.258 %)C#
5190 (3.341 %)C++
6155 (2.726 %)PL/SQL
7137 (2.409 %)VB
8120 (2.110 %)JavaScript
9111 (1.952 %)VB.NET
1093 (1.635 %)Perl
1185 (1.495 %)VBScript
1283 (1.459 %)T-SQL
1365 (1.143 %)Python
1454 (0.950 %)Shell Script
1543 (0.756 %)PHP
1633 (0.580 %)PowerShell
1725 (0.440 %)VBA
1725 (0.440 %)ABAP
1819 (0.334 %)AWK
1916 (0.281 %)Ada
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13500 (61.54 %)SC Cleared
2993 (17.46 %)DV Cleared
3263 (4.625 %)BC Cleared
4245 (4.308 %)CTC Cleared
5154 (2.708 %)Microsoft Certification
6121 (2.128 %)Cisco Certification
7110 (1.934 %)MCSE
890 (1.583 %)CCNA
989 (1.565 %)Degree
1085 (1.495 %)ISEB
1163 (1.108 %)ITIL Certification
1254 (0.950 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1345 (0.791 %)CCNP
1442 (0.739 %)CISSP
1538 (0.668 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1634 (0.598 %)MCP
1724 (0.422 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1817 (0.299 %)CCIE
1915 (0.264 %)Oracle Certification
2013 (0.229 %)PMI Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
178 (1.372 %)QA
267 (1.178 %)SLA
337 (0.651 %)ISO27001
414 (0.246 %)ISO9001
513 (0.229 %)ISO9000
611 (0.193 %)HMG Infosec
79 (0.158 %)JSP 440
87 (0.123 %)WCAG
87 (0.123 %)COBIT
96 (0.106 %)WAI
96 (0.106 %)TickIT
104 (0.070 %)BS25999
112 (0.035 %)JTAG
112 (0.035 %)PCI DSS
112 (0.035 %)HL7
112 (0.035 %)GxP
112 (0.035 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
112 (0.035 %)BS7799
121 (0.018 %)BS15000
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1403 (7.086 %)Active Directory
2181 (3.183 %)VMware Infrastructure
396 (1.688 %)VMware ESX
480 (1.407 %)NetBackup
571 (1.248 %)Oracle RAC
648 (0.844 %)AquaLogic
723 (0.404 %)XenApp
822 (0.387 %)vSphere
822 (0.387 %)Backup Exec
919 (0.334 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1017 (0.299 %)VMware Workstation
1115 (0.264 %)Terminal Services
1214 (0.246 %)ISA Server
1312 (0.211 %)Oracle RMAN
149 (0.158 %)NFS
157 (0.123 %)MSMQ
157 (0.123 %)Samba
166 (0.106 %)XenDesktop
166 (0.106 %)MetaFrame
175 (0.088 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1130 (2.286 %)OpenView Configuration Management
269 (1.213 %)OpenView
362 (1.090 %)Tivoli
454 (0.950 %)SCCM
547 (0.826 %)HP Quality Center
646 (0.809 %)MSI
735 (0.615 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
735 (0.615 %)SCOM
831 (0.545 %)OVSD
927 (0.475 %)MOM
1020 (0.352 %)OVOW
1117 (0.299 %)Netcool
1117 (0.299 %)Data Guard
1216 (0.281 %)MIIS
1314 (0.246 %)Legato
1412 (0.211 %)CiscoWorks
1412 (0.211 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1412 (0.211 %)Unicenter
1511 (0.193 %)HP Data Protector
1610 (0.176 %)Sun Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1765 (13.45 %)Oracle
2715 (12.57 %)Microsoft
3322 (5.662 %)HP
4289 (5.082 %)VMware
5276 (4.853 %)Cisco
6193 (3.394 %)Citrix
7154 (2.708 %)SAP
8105 (1.846 %)IBM
987 (1.530 %)Red Hat
1082 (1.442 %)Siebel
1176 (1.336 %)Sun
1272 (1.266 %)CheckPoint
1361 (1.073 %)Business Objects
1459 (1.037 %)Altiris
1548 (0.844 %)Juniper
1548 (0.844 %)EMC
1647 (0.826 %)Symantec
1745 (0.791 %)BEA
1843 (0.756 %)CA
1938 (0.668 %)TIBCO