Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 12 March 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 for the Uxbridge region.

 Security Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank222
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching contract IT job ads252570
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge28.41 %28.09 %29.54 %
As % of the Qualifications category73.53 %60.98 %66.04 %
Daily rates quoted151124
Average daily rate£400£375£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-11.76 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£320£96£351
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£448£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£378£381
% change year-on-year
-7.280 %-0.990 %
Hourly rates quoted071
Average hourly rate-£15.00£44.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--65.90 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-16.92 %-7.140 %
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3441106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge38.64 %46.07 %44.73 %
Daily rates quoted221734
Average daily rate£400£400£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--3.030 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£320£96£341
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£446£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted0114
Average hourly rate-£14.50£38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--61.84 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£28.11£25.00
% change year-on-year
-28.85 %+12.44 %
SC Cleared LondonSC Cleared
London

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SC Cleared across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Uxbridge 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 across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge 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 across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Uxbridge 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 across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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.

147 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
222 (46.81 %)Government
317 (36.17 %)Linux
414 (29.79 %)J2EE
414 (29.79 %)WebLogic
513 (27.66 %)Java
612 (25.53 %)WebLogic Portal
711 (23.40 %)Hibernate
711 (23.40 %)Spring
711 (23.40 %)SQL
810 (21.28 %)Configuration Management
99 (19.15 %)Oracle
108 (17.02 %)JavaScript
108 (17.02 %)Struts
108 (17.02 %)OO
108 (17.02 %)ClearCase
108 (17.02 %)JMS
108 (17.02 %)Maven
108 (17.02 %)JRules
108 (17.02 %)DAO
108 (17.02 %)PKI
108 (17.02 %)Apache FOP
108 (17.02 %)Struts2
108 (17.02 %)Taglibs
108 (17.02 %)Performance Testing
108 (17.02 %)Unit Testing
116 (12.77 %)NetBackup
116 (12.77 %)MVC
116 (12.77 %)Software Testing
116 (12.77 %)LDAP

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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.

Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (29.79 %)J2EE
211 (23.40 %)Hibernate
211 (23.40 %)Spring
38 (17.02 %)Struts
38 (17.02 %)JMS
38 (17.02 %)JRules
38 (17.02 %)DAO
38 (17.02 %)Apache FOP
38 (17.02 %)Struts2
38 (17.02 %)Taglibs
46 (12.77 %)MVC
46 (12.77 %)Application Packaging
53 (6.383 %)JAAS
53 (6.383 %)EJB
53 (6.383 %)Servlets
53 (6.383 %)EJB 3.0
62 (4.255 %)WebSphere
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (29.79 %)WebLogic
212 (25.53 %)WebLogic Portal
35 (10.64 %)MS Exchange
42 (4.255 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (2.128 %)AquaLogic
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.128 %)MS Project
11 (2.128 %)MS Excel
11 (2.128 %)MS PowerPoint
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (12.77 %)LDAP
25 (10.64 %)DHCP
25 (10.64 %)DNS
33 (6.383 %)WAN
33 (6.383 %)LAN
33 (6.383 %)Firewall
42 (4.255 %)SMS
42 (4.255 %)VPN
51 (2.128 %)MPLS
51 (2.128 %)SAN
51 (2.128 %)SSL
51 (2.128 %)TCP/IP
51 (2.128 %)BIG-IP
51 (2.128 %)IPsec
51 (2.128 %)Cisco PIX
51 (2.128 %)Network Security
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (10.64 %)SQL Server
21 (2.128 %)Data Mining
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (17.02 %)ClearCase
18 (17.02 %)Maven
26 (12.77 %)JUnit
35 (10.64 %)Eclipse
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
122 (46.81 %)Government
23 (6.383 %)Education
32 (4.255 %)Finance
32 (4.255 %)Home Office
41 (2.128 %)Health
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (29.79 %)Developer
212 (25.53 %)Architect
310 (21.28 %)Java Developer
47 (14.89 %)Java/J2EE Developer
47 (14.89 %)J2EE Developer
54 (8.511 %)Infrastructure Architect
54 (8.511 %)Technical Architect
54 (8.511 %)Consultant
63 (6.383 %)Analyst
63 (6.383 %)Software Developer
63 (6.383 %)Linux Engineer
63 (6.383 %)TIBCO Analyst
63 (6.383 %)Deployment Engineer
72 (4.255 %)Administrator
72 (4.255 %)Oracle Developer
72 (4.255 %)Security Architect
72 (4.255 %)WebLogic Developer
72 (4.255 %)WebLogic Consultant
72 (4.255 %)Data Architect
81 (2.128 %)Systems Engineer
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (17.02 %)PKI
21 (2.128 %)CESG
21 (2.128 %)DataPower
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (36.17 %)Linux
26 (12.77 %)Windows
26 (12.77 %)Red Hat Linux
35 (10.64 %)UNIX
41 (2.128 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (2.128 %)Solaris
41 (2.128 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (21.28 %)Configuration Management
28 (17.02 %)OO
28 (17.02 %)Performance Testing
28 (17.02 %)Unit Testing
36 (12.77 %)Software Testing
36 (12.77 %)Continuous Integration
45 (10.64 %)User Acceptance Testing
45 (10.64 %)PRINCE2
45 (10.64 %)Service Delivery
54 (8.511 %)Service Management
54 (8.511 %)Programme Management
63 (6.383 %)Project Management
63 (6.383 %)ITIL
63 (6.383 %)Information Security
72 (4.255 %)Network Design
72 (4.255 %)Validation
72 (4.255 %)Change Management
72 (4.255 %)Supplier Management
72 (4.255 %)Project Planning
72 (4.255 %)Technical Architecture
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (27.66 %)Java
211 (23.40 %)SQL
38 (17.02 %)JavaScript
44 (8.511 %)VBScript
44 (8.511 %)VB
44 (8.511 %)Perl
44 (8.511 %)C
52 (4.255 %)PL/SQL
61 (2.128 %)Shell Script
61 (2.128 %)Python
61 (2.128 %)WebLogic Scripting Tool
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
147 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
24 (8.511 %)Degree
32 (4.255 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (2.128 %)RHCT
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (12.77 %)Active Directory
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (12.77 %)NetBackup
21 (2.128 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (19.15 %)Oracle
26 (12.77 %)Citrix
26 (12.77 %)Red Hat
33 (6.383 %)TIBCO
42 (4.255 %)Altiris
42 (4.255 %)Cisco
51 (2.128 %)Juniper
51 (2.128 %)Veritas
51 (2.128 %)Microsoft
51 (2.128 %)SAP
51 (2.128 %)Finjan