Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkCounter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4155
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.006 %
As % of the category below3.905 %1.154 %
Daily rates quoted120
Average minimum daily rate£348-
Average daily rate£379-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£411-
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£359
% change on same period last year+11.31 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.67£12.50
% change on same period last year+153.33 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads589520
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.839 %0.538 %
Daily rates quoted206115
Average minimum daily rate£348£395
Average daily rate£369£437
% change on same period last year-15.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted8368
Average minimum hourly rate£34.42£21.93
Average hourly rate£35.93£24.10
% change on same period last year+49.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.45£26.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
CTC Cleared UKCTC Cleared
UK

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.

CTC Cleared
Demand Trend

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

Wales CTC Cleared Demand Trend

CTC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CTC Cleared across the Wales region.

Wales CTC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

CTC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Wales CTC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

CTC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CTC Cleared across the Wales region.

Wales CTC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

CTC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the Wales region over the 3 months to 15 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
West WalesNew entry-11£396-
South WalesUp+310£347-
CTC Cleared UKCTC Cleared
UK

CTC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing CTC 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 CTC Cleared.

136 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
221 (58.33 %)Government
310 (27.78 %)UNIX
49 (25.00 %)ClearCase
49 (25.00 %)Oracle
58 (22.22 %)J2EE
58 (22.22 %)Telecoms
67 (19.44 %)Finance
67 (19.44 %)Java
67 (19.44 %)WebLogic
76 (16.67 %)Perl
85 (13.89 %)AIX
85 (13.89 %)Configuration Management
94 (11.11 %)RequisitePro
94 (11.11 %)Shell Script
94 (11.11 %)EDRMS
94 (11.11 %)ClearQuest
94 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
94 (11.11 %)TestDirector
94 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
94 (11.11 %)Ant
94 (11.11 %)XML
94 (11.11 %)Quality Management
94 (11.11 %)Change Management
94 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
103 (8.333 %)Oracle EBS
103 (8.333 %)MS Office
103 (8.333 %)JUnit
103 (8.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (8.333 %)ITIL

CTC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing CTC 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 CTC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (22.22 %)J2EE
24 (11.11 %)XML
31 (2.778 %)XSL
31 (2.778 %)XSLT
31 (2.778 %)WSDL
31 (2.778 %)WebSphere
31 (2.778 %)Java EE
31 (2.778 %)SOAP
31 (2.778 %)Struts
31 (2.778 %)WebServices
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (19.44 %)WebLogic
22 (5.556 %)ESB
31 (2.778 %)WebSphere Message Broker
31 (2.778 %)IIS
31 (2.778 %)WebLogic Portal
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (8.333 %)MS Office
22 (5.556 %)MS Excel
22 (5.556 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (2.778 %)MS Project
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (8.333 %)Oracle EBS
21 (2.778 %)Oracle CRM
21 (2.778 %)SoftGrid
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
14 (11.11 %)EDRMS
23 (8.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (2.778 %)SQL Server
31 (2.778 %)TOAD
31 (2.778 %)Oracle Discoverer
31 (2.778 %)Oracle 10g
31 (2.778 %)DataStage
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (25.00 %)ClearCase
24 (11.11 %)TestDirector
24 (11.11 %)RequisitePro
24 (11.11 %)ClearQuest
24 (11.11 %)Ant
33 (8.333 %)JUnit
41 (2.778 %)MSI
41 (2.778 %)InstallShield
41 (2.778 %)AdminStudio
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (58.33 %)Government
28 (22.22 %)Telecoms
37 (19.44 %)Finance
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (13.89 %)Developer
24 (11.11 %)Release Engineer
33 (8.333 %)Project Officer
33 (8.333 %)UAT Tester
33 (8.333 %)Project Support Officer
33 (8.333 %)Project Manager
33 (8.333 %)Tester
33 (8.333 %)Software Engineer
42 (5.556 %)Analyst
42 (5.556 %)Solutions Architect
42 (5.556 %)Applications Developer
42 (5.556 %)Applications Packager
42 (5.556 %)Java Developer
42 (5.556 %)Architect
51 (2.778 %)Test Specialist
51 (2.778 %)Technical Manager
51 (2.778 %)J2EE Architect
51 (2.778 %)Delivery Manager
51 (2.778 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (2.778 %)J2EE Solutions Architect
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.778 %)Client/Server
11 (2.778 %)EPoS
11 (2.778 %)Mainframe
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (27.78 %)UNIX
25 (13.89 %)AIX
31 (2.778 %)Windows
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
25 (13.89 %)Configuration Management
34 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
34 (11.11 %)Quality Management
34 (11.11 %)Change Management
34 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
43 (8.333 %)Project Management
43 (8.333 %)ITIL
52 (5.556 %)SOA
52 (5.556 %)Unit Testing
52 (5.556 %)Test Scripting
52 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
61 (2.778 %)BC Cleared
61 (2.778 %)Security Management
61 (2.778 %)Document Management
61 (2.778 %)Incident Management
61 (2.778 %)Enterprise Architecture
61 (2.778 %)Web Development
61 (2.778 %)Business Intelligence
61 (2.778 %)OO
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (19.44 %)Java
26 (16.67 %)Perl
34 (11.11 %)Shell Script
42 (5.556 %)SQL
51 (2.778 %)VBScript
51 (2.778 %)PL/SQL
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (8.333 %)SLA
21 (2.778 %)PCI DSS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.778 %)Active Directory
11 (2.778 %)Terminal Services
11 (2.778 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (25.00 %)Oracle
23 (8.333 %)Microsoft
31 (2.778 %)Citrix
31 (2.778 %)BEA
31 (2.778 %)Siebel