The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the West Sussex region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 33 48 28
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -20
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 8 10 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.073% 1.580% 5.393%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.53% 11.11% 30.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 8
Average daily rate £260 £369 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.49% -1.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £370
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 10
Average hourly rate £38.00 £42.50 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +155.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -21.87%
All Qualifications
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
76 90 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 19.69% 14.22% 17.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 48 30
Average daily rate £400 £315 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.98% -18.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £140 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £438 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 22
Average hourly rate £36.50 £18.65 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+95.71% +18.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.27 £11.93 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £42.25 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Sussex Security Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Cleared across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Crawley +13 3 £260 -20.00%
Gatwick +8 1 - -
Worthing -2 1 - -
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) Windows
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) VB
4 3 (23.08%) C#
4 3 (23.08%) C++
4 3 (23.08%) Requirements Management
5 2 (15.38%) TOWER Software
5 2 (15.38%) VMware
5 2 (15.38%) Finance
5 2 (15.38%) MS Office
5 2 (15.38%) Linux
5 2 (15.38%) Client/Server
5 2 (15.38%) LAN
5 2 (15.38%) UNIX
5 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) OpenGL
5 2 (15.38%) HP
5 2 (15.38%) Citrix
5 2 (15.38%) vSphere
5 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
5 2 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
6 1 (7.692%) Test Strategy
6 1 (7.692%) NetScaler
6 1 (7.692%) iPad

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) OpenGL
2 1 (7.692%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) Apache
1 1 (7.692%) Tomcat
1 1 (7.692%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) SAP HR
1 1 (7.692%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) LAN
2 1 (7.692%) WAN
2 1 (7.692%) DHCP
2 1 (7.692%) SNMP
2 1 (7.692%) DNS
2 1 (7.692%) SAN
2 1 (7.692%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (7.692%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (7.692%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Service Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (7.692%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (7.692%) SAP Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Server Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Project Officer
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Project Coordinator
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Project Officer
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Project Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Client/Server
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
2 1 (7.692%) Clustering
2 1 (7.692%) CCTV
2 1 (7.692%) iPhone
2 1 (7.692%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) UNIX
2 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) ITIL
1 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
1 3 (23.08%) Requirements Management
2 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Process Management
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (7.692%) OOP
3 1 (7.692%) OO
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
3 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.692%) SAP Security
3 1 (7.692%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C#
1 3 (23.08%) C++
1 3 (23.08%) VB
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
3 1 (7.692%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) vSphere
3 1 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (7.692%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) NetBackup
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
1 1 (7.692%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) HP
2 2 (15.38%) Citrix
2 2 (15.38%) TOWER Software
2 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 1 (7.692%) LANDesk
3 1 (7.692%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.692%) NetApp
3 1 (7.692%) Symantec
3 1 (7.692%) Remedy
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle
3 1 (7.692%) SAP
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco
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