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The table below looks at the demand for Security Check (SC) Clearance skills within the Uxbridge region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank218
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads993
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.141 %0.003 %
As % of the category below55.31 %3.896 %
Daily rates quoted170
Average minimum daily rate£264-
Average daily rate£302-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£340-
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£365
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£16.50-
Average hourly rate£18.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.57£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.43 %
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Uxbridge
Matching contract IT job ads17977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.255 %0.080 %
Daily rates quoted4822
Average minimum daily rate£333£231
Average daily rate£361£243
% change on same period last year+48.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£254
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted94
Average minimum hourly rate£18.85£35.14
Average hourly rate£20.06£36.21
% change on same period last year-44.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.28£37.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
SC Cleared LondonSC Cleared
London

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.

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 Processes & Methodologies 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 15 October 2008.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Uxbridge SC Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

1147 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
287 (59.18 %)Government
324 (16.33 %)Oracle
423 (15.65 %)Windows
423 (15.65 %)Service Management
522 (14.97 %)Linux
619 (12.93 %)Business Objects
619 (12.93 %)BusinessObjects
718 (12.24 %)Oracle 10g
816 (10.88 %)Red Hat
816 (10.88 %)Red Hat Linux
915 (10.20 %)User Acceptance Testing
1014 (9.524 %)Software Testing
1014 (9.524 %)Citrix
1014 (9.524 %)Cisco
1014 (9.524 %)HP
1014 (9.524 %)BMC
1014 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
1014 (9.524 %)Remedy
1113 (8.844 %)Oracle 9i
1113 (8.844 %)MS PowerPoint
1212 (8.163 %)MS Exchange
1212 (8.163 %)ITIL
1212 (8.163 %)Active Directory
1311 (7.483 %)Symantec
1311 (7.483 %)NetBackup
1410 (6.803 %)Data Mining
1410 (6.803 %)ETL
1410 (6.803 %)SQL
1410 (6.803 %)Exchange Server 2007

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (2.721 %)J2EE
14 (2.721 %)Middleware
21 (0.680 %)MVC
21 (0.680 %)Hibernate
21 (0.680 %)DAO
21 (0.680 %)Spring
21 (0.680 %)WebSphere
21 (0.680 %)Oracle Streams
21 (0.680 %)EJB
21 (0.680 %)Servlets
21 (0.680 %)SOAP
21 (0.680 %)WebServices
21 (0.680 %)XML
21 (0.680 %)HTML
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (8.163 %)MS Exchange
210 (6.803 %)Exchange Server 2007
34 (2.721 %)WebLogic
42 (1.361 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.680 %)ESB
51 (0.680 %)SAS
51 (0.680 %)Oracle Workflow
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (8.844 %)MS PowerPoint
29 (6.122 %)MS Office
29 (6.122 %)MS Excel
31 (0.680 %)MS Project
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (4.082 %)Remedy ITSM
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (4.762 %)NetScreen
17 (4.762 %)Cisco ASA
26 (4.082 %)Internet
26 (4.082 %)Firewall
32 (1.361 %)IP Telephony
32 (1.361 %)VoIP
32 (1.361 %)WAN
32 (1.361 %)TCP/IP
32 (1.361 %)SAN
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (12.93 %)BusinessObjects
218 (12.24 %)Oracle 10g
313 (8.844 %)Oracle 9i
410 (6.803 %)Data Mining
410 (6.803 %)ETL
59 (6.122 %)Datawarehouse
68 (5.442 %)Crystal Reports
73 (2.041 %)Oracle Reports
82 (1.361 %)SQL Server
82 (1.361 %)RDBMS
91 (0.680 %)Star Schema
91 (0.680 %)MySQL
91 (0.680 %)BusinessObjects XI
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (2.721 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (2.041 %)LoadRunner
23 (2.041 %)ClearQuest
31 (0.680 %)JUnit
31 (0.680 %)ClearCase
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
187 (59.18 %)Government
24 (2.721 %)Home Office
32 (1.361 %)Telecoms
32 (1.361 %)Finance
41 (0.680 %)Health
41 (0.680 %)Legal
41 (0.680 %)Military
41 (0.680 %)Auditing
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (11.56 %)Analyst
214 (9.524 %)Test Manager
313 (8.844 %)Data Centre Engineer
412 (8.163 %)Consultant
59 (6.122 %)Tester
59 (6.122 %)Author
59 (6.122 %)Technical Author
59 (6.122 %)Administrator
67 (4.762 %)Developer
67 (4.762 %)UAT Test Manager
76 (4.082 %)PMO Administrator
76 (4.082 %)Business Objects Specialist
76 (4.082 %)Test Coordinator
76 (4.082 %)Coordinator
76 (4.082 %)Service Analyst
85 (3.401 %)Migration Engineer
85 (3.401 %)Service Desk Analyst
85 (3.401 %)Rollout Engineer
94 (2.721 %)Team Leader
94 (2.721 %)Linux Engineer
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.442 %)PKI
23 (2.041 %)Clustering
32 (1.361 %)Fat Client
32 (1.361 %)Video Conferencing
32 (1.361 %)N-Tier
32 (1.361 %)Thin Client
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (15.65 %)Windows
222 (14.97 %)Linux
316 (10.88 %)Red Hat Linux
414 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (4.762 %)Windows XP
64 (2.721 %)Solaris
73 (2.041 %)UNIX
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1147 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
223 (15.65 %)Service Management
315 (10.20 %)User Acceptance Testing
414 (9.524 %)Software Testing
512 (8.163 %)ITIL
68 (5.442 %)Business Intelligence
77 (4.762 %)ITSM
77 (4.762 %)Integration Testing
77 (4.762 %)Test Management
86 (4.082 %)Project Management
86 (4.082 %)Validation
95 (3.401 %)Migration
95 (3.401 %)PRINCE2
104 (2.721 %)Test Scripting
113 (2.041 %)Time Management
113 (2.041 %)Business Analysis
113 (2.041 %)Penetration Testing
113 (2.041 %)Project Planning
113 (2.041 %)Programme Management
122 (1.361 %)Asset Management
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (6.803 %)SQL
27 (4.762 %)PL/SQL
32 (1.361 %)Java
32 (1.361 %)VBScript
32 (1.361 %)VB
41 (0.680 %)XQuery
41 (0.680 %)XPath
41 (0.680 %)Perl
41 (0.680 %)PHP
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.721 %)RHCE
23 (2.041 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.680 %)MCSE
31 (0.680 %)CCNA
31 (0.680 %)Cisco Certification
31 (0.680 %)Microsoft Certification
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.041 %)QA
22 (1.361 %)ISO27001
31 (0.680 %)SLA
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (8.163 %)Active Directory
211 (7.483 %)NetBackup
37 (4.762 %)Citrix Presentation Server
44 (2.721 %)Oracle RAC
53 (2.041 %)AquaLogic
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.361 %)BMC Performance Manager
21 (0.680 %)Norton AntiVirus
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (16.33 %)Oracle
219 (12.93 %)Business Objects
316 (10.88 %)Red Hat
414 (9.524 %)BMC
414 (9.524 %)Remedy
414 (9.524 %)Cisco
414 (9.524 %)HP
414 (9.524 %)Citrix
511 (7.483 %)Symantec
68 (5.442 %)Altiris
77 (4.762 %)Juniper
86 (4.082 %)BEA
86 (4.082 %)SAP
86 (4.082 %)Microsoft
95 (3.401 %)IBM
102 (1.361 %)AppSense