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The table below looks at the demand for Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance skills within the West 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCounter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.896 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£375-
Average daily rate£423-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£470-
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£397
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
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£27.25£17.88
% change on same period last year+52.44 %
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Wales
Matching contract IT job ads7772
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.077 %
Daily rates quoted2026
Average minimum daily rate£398£375
Average daily rate£430£420
% change on same period last year+2.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£462£465
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£13.25-
Average hourly rate£13.36-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£13.47-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
CTC Cleared WalesCTC Cleared
Wales

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 West Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West 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 West Wales region.

West Wales CTC Cleared Daily 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 West Wales region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
SwanseaNew entry-3£423-
CTC Cleared WalesCTC Cleared
Wales

CTC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

118 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
29 (50.00 %)UNIX
29 (50.00 %)ClearCase
38 (44.44 %)Government
47 (38.89 %)Telecoms
56 (33.33 %)Java
56 (33.33 %)Perl
56 (33.33 %)J2EE
56 (33.33 %)WebLogic
65 (27.78 %)Oracle
65 (27.78 %)Configuration Management
74 (22.22 %)TestDirector
74 (22.22 %)RequisitePro
74 (22.22 %)Shell Script
74 (22.22 %)ClearQuest
74 (22.22 %)Ant
74 (22.22 %)AIX
74 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
74 (22.22 %)Change Management
83 (16.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (16.67 %)XML
92 (11.11 %)JUnit
92 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
92 (11.11 %)ESB
101 (5.556 %)WebSphere Message Broker
101 (5.556 %)PCI DSS
101 (5.556 %)BC Cleared
101 (5.556 %)Enterprise Architecture
101 (5.556 %)WebSphere
101 (5.556 %)Java EE

CTC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (33.33 %)J2EE
23 (16.67 %)XML
31 (5.556 %)XSL
31 (5.556 %)XSLT
31 (5.556 %)WSDL
31 (5.556 %)WebSphere
31 (5.556 %)Java EE
31 (5.556 %)SOAP
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (33.33 %)WebLogic
22 (11.11 %)ESB
31 (5.556 %)WebSphere Message Broker
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)MS Office
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.556 %)Oracle CRM
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
23 (16.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (50.00 %)ClearCase
24 (22.22 %)TestDirector
24 (22.22 %)RequisitePro
24 (22.22 %)ClearQuest
24 (22.22 %)Ant
32 (11.11 %)JUnit
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (44.44 %)Government
27 (38.89 %)Telecoms
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (22.22 %)Release Engineer
23 (16.67 %)Software Engineer
23 (16.67 %)Developer
32 (11.11 %)Analyst
32 (11.11 %)Solutions Architect
32 (11.11 %)Applications Developer
32 (11.11 %)Architect
32 (11.11 %)Project Manager
41 (5.556 %)Business Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Analyst Programmer
41 (5.556 %)Programmer
41 (5.556 %)Java Developer
41 (5.556 %)Test Specialist
41 (5.556 %)Technical Manager
41 (5.556 %)J2EE Architect
41 (5.556 %)Consultant
41 (5.556 %)Technical Project Manager
41 (5.556 %)J2EE Solutions Architect
41 (5.556 %)WebLogic Architect
41 (5.556 %)Solutions Consultant
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)EPoS
11 (5.556 %)Mainframe
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (50.00 %)UNIX
24 (22.22 %)AIX
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
25 (27.78 %)Configuration Management
34 (22.22 %)Change Management
42 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
51 (5.556 %)BC Cleared
51 (5.556 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (5.556 %)Project Management
51 (5.556 %)CRM
51 (5.556 %)SOA
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (33.33 %)Java
16 (33.33 %)Perl
24 (22.22 %)Shell Script
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.556 %)PCI DSS
West Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (27.78 %)Oracle
21 (5.556 %)Siebel
21 (5.556 %)BEA