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The table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Cleared over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Clearance
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank16
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads9025
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.142 %0.027 %
As % of the category below59.21 %22.73 %
Daily rates quoted281
Average minimum daily rate£297£400
Average daily rate£322£525
% change on same period last year-38.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£373
% change on same period last year-1.95 %
Hourly rates quoted100
Average minimum hourly rate£16.20-
Average hourly rate£16.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.30-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£30.08
% change on same period last year+1.99 %
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Uxbridge
Matching contract IT job ads152110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.239 %0.118 %
Daily rates quoted4728
Average minimum daily rate£330£298
Average daily rate£350£327
% change on same period last year+7.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted155
Average minimum hourly rate£18.61£33.51
Average hourly rate£19.46£34.44
% change on same period last year-43.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.31£35.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Security Cleared LondonSecurity 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.

Security Cleared
Demand Trend

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

Uxbridge 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 across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge 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 across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Uxbridge 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 across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge 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 across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Uxbridge Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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.

1169 (84.08 %)SC Cleared
2106 (52.74 %)Government
336 (17.91 %)Windows
427 (13.43 %)Linux
522 (10.95 %)Service Management
618 (8.955 %)Red Hat
618 (8.955 %)Software Testing
618 (8.955 %)MS PowerPoint
717 (8.458 %)Windows Server 2003
816 (7.960 %)C
816 (7.960 %)Citrix
816 (7.960 %)Red Hat Linux
915 (7.463 %)User Acceptance Testing
915 (7.463 %)HP
1014 (6.965 %)BMC
1014 (6.965 %)Cisco
1014 (6.965 %)MS Office
1014 (6.965 %)Oracle
1014 (6.965 %)ITIL
1113 (6.468 %)MS Excel
1113 (6.468 %)Active Directory
1113 (6.468 %)Remedy
1212 (5.970 %)Symantec
1212 (5.970 %)MS Exchange
1212 (5.970 %)Altiris
1212 (5.970 %)PKI
1311 (5.473 %)NetBackup
1410 (4.975 %)Exchange Server 2007
1410 (4.975 %)Windows XP
1410 (4.975 %)Microsoft

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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.

Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (3.483 %)J2EE
25 (2.488 %)Middleware
32 (0.995 %)Oracle Streams
32 (0.995 %)Hibernate
32 (0.995 %)DAO
32 (0.995 %)Spring
41 (0.498 %)WebSphere
41 (0.498 %)Apache FOP
41 (0.498 %)EJB
41 (0.498 %)Servlets
41 (0.498 %)SOAP
41 (0.498 %)Struts
41 (0.498 %)WebServices
41 (0.498 %)XML
41 (0.498 %)HTML
41 (0.498 %)MVC
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (5.970 %)MS Exchange
210 (4.975 %)Exchange Server 2007
33 (1.493 %)WebLogic
42 (0.995 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.498 %)ESB
51 (0.498 %)CMS
51 (0.498 %)Oracle Workflow
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (8.955 %)MS PowerPoint
214 (6.965 %)MS Office
313 (6.468 %)MS Excel
42 (0.995 %)MS Project
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.995 %)Remedy ITSM
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (4.478 %)Firewall
27 (3.483 %)NetScreen
27 (3.483 %)Cisco ASA
36 (2.985 %)SAN
36 (2.985 %)Internet
44 (1.990 %)WAN
44 (1.990 %)LDAP
52 (0.995 %)LAN
52 (0.995 %)VoIP
52 (0.995 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.995 %)IP Telephony
52 (0.995 %)Network Security
52 (0.995 %)iSCSI
61 (0.498 %)WLAN
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (4.478 %)Data Mining
27 (3.483 %)Oracle 10g
36 (2.985 %)BusinessObjects
44 (1.990 %)Datawarehouse
53 (1.493 %)Crystal Reports
62 (0.995 %)SQL Server
62 (0.995 %)ETL
62 (0.995 %)RDBMS
62 (0.995 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.498 %)Star Schema
71 (0.498 %)MySQL
71 (0.498 %)Oracle Reports
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (1.990 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (1.493 %)LoadRunner
32 (0.995 %)ClearQuest
32 (0.995 %)MSI
32 (0.995 %)TestDirector
41 (0.498 %)JUnit
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1106 (52.74 %)Government
27 (3.483 %)Legal
34 (1.990 %)Home Office
34 (1.990 %)Health
43 (1.493 %)Construction
52 (0.995 %)Telecoms
52 (0.995 %)Finance
61 (0.498 %)Military
61 (0.498 %)Auditing
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (9.453 %)Architect
119 (9.453 %)Author
119 (9.453 %)Technical Author
216 (7.960 %)Test Manager
315 (7.463 %)Analyst
315 (7.463 %)Administrator
414 (6.965 %)Data Centre Engineer
513 (6.468 %)Technical Architect
610 (4.975 %)Tester
610 (4.975 %)Consultant
79 (4.478 %)Developer
79 (4.478 %)Training Manager
88 (3.980 %)PMO Administrator
88 (3.980 %)Rollout Engineer
88 (3.980 %)Migration Engineer
97 (3.483 %)UAT Test Manager
106 (2.985 %)Infrastructure Architect
106 (2.985 %)Team Leader
106 (2.985 %)Test Coordinator
106 (2.985 %)Test Team Leader
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (5.970 %)PKI
24 (1.990 %)Fat Client
24 (1.990 %)Thin Client
33 (1.493 %)Clustering
42 (0.995 %)Video Conferencing
42 (0.995 %)N-Tier
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
136 (17.91 %)Windows
227 (13.43 %)Linux
317 (8.458 %)Windows Server 2003
416 (7.960 %)Red Hat Linux
510 (4.975 %)Windows XP
64 (1.990 %)Solaris
73 (1.493 %)UNIX
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1169 (84.08 %)SC Cleared
222 (10.95 %)Service Management
318 (8.955 %)Software Testing
415 (7.463 %)User Acceptance Testing
514 (6.965 %)ITIL
610 (4.975 %)PRINCE2
79 (4.478 %)Programme Management
88 (3.980 %)Migration
97 (3.483 %)Integration Testing
97 (3.483 %)Test Management
97 (3.483 %)Test Scripting
106 (2.985 %)Project Management
115 (2.488 %)Disaster Recovery
115 (2.488 %)Validation
115 (2.488 %)Project Planning
124 (1.990 %)Penetration Testing
124 (1.990 %)ITSM
133 (1.493 %)Contact Management
133 (1.493 %)UML
133 (1.493 %)Data Modelling
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (7.960 %)C
28 (3.980 %)SQL
34 (1.990 %)VB
43 (1.493 %)PL/SQL
52 (0.995 %)VBScript
52 (0.995 %)Java
52 (0.995 %)JavaScript
61 (0.498 %)PHP
61 (0.498 %)XQuery
61 (0.498 %)XPath
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (1.990 %)RHCE
22 (0.995 %)ISEB
31 (0.498 %)Cisco Certification
31 (0.498 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.498 %)MCSE
31 (0.498 %)CCNA
31 (0.498 %)ITIL Certification
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.493 %)QA
21 (0.498 %)SLA
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (6.468 %)Active Directory
211 (5.473 %)NetBackup
37 (3.483 %)Citrix Presentation Server
45 (2.488 %)AquaLogic
54 (1.990 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.498 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.498 %)VMware Infrastructure
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.995 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (0.995 %)BMC Performance Manager
21 (0.498 %)OpenView
21 (0.498 %)Norton AntiVirus
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (8.955 %)Red Hat
216 (7.960 %)Citrix
315 (7.463 %)HP
414 (6.965 %)Oracle
414 (6.965 %)Cisco
414 (6.965 %)BMC
513 (6.468 %)Remedy
612 (5.970 %)Symantec
612 (5.970 %)Altiris
710 (4.975 %)Microsoft
87 (3.483 %)Juniper
87 (3.483 %)IBM
96 (2.985 %)Business Objects
96 (2.985 %)SAP
96 (2.985 %)BEA
102 (0.995 %)AppSense
111 (0.498 %)VMware