The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC 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 Yorkshire 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 Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 68 72 57
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -15
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 23 22 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.812% 1.360% 1.517%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.92% 9.778% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 12
Average daily rate £280 £515 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.63% +47.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £580 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £370
% change year-on-year
-4.06% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
193 225 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 15.21% 13.91% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 124 57
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £236 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 13
Average hourly rate £12.75 £20.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.80% -6.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.86 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £50.00 £25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
SC Cleared
Yorkshire

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire SC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire SC Cleared Daily Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire SC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire SC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

SC Cleared
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -2 22 £278 -47.88%
SC Cleared
Yorkshire

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 46 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.26%) .NET
3 10 (21.74%) BC Cleared
4 9 (19.57%) Oracle
4 9 (19.57%) Java
5 8 (17.39%) Windows
5 8 (17.39%) Firewall
6 7 (15.22%) C#
7 6 (13.04%) SQL
7 6 (13.04%) Web Services
7 6 (13.04%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (10.87%) SQL Server
8 5 (10.87%) Cisco
8 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
8 5 (10.87%) Test Strategy
9 4 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (8.696%) F5
9 4 (8.696%) RDBMS
9 4 (8.696%) JavaScript
9 4 (8.696%) ITIL
9 4 (8.696%) MVC
10 3 (6.522%) Project Management
10 3 (6.522%) Scrum
10 3 (6.522%) VMware
10 3 (6.522%) ASP.NET
10 3 (6.522%) C++
10 3 (6.522%) J2EE
10 3 (6.522%) NetApp
10 3 (6.522%) Juniper
10 3 (6.522%) CheckPoint

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (28.26%) .NET
2 6 (13.04%) Web Services
3 3 (6.522%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (6.522%) J2EE
3 3 (6.522%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.348%) CSS
4 2 (4.348%) Ajax
4 2 (4.348%) NHibernate
4 2 (4.348%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.348%) HTML5
4 2 (4.348%) CSS3
4 2 (4.348%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 2 (4.348%) jQuery
5 1 (2.174%) HTML
5 1 (2.174%) XML
5 1 (2.174%) Gherkin
5 1 (2.174%) MDX
5 1 (2.174%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.522%) SharePoint
1 3 (6.522%) SAS
2 2 (4.348%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.174%) IIS
3 1 (2.174%) Apache
3 1 (2.174%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.174%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) MS Office
2 1 (2.174%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) Firewall
2 2 (4.348%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (4.348%) LAN
2 2 (4.348%) Network Security
2 2 (4.348%) SAN
2 2 (4.348%) Internet
3 1 (2.174%) NetScreen
3 1 (2.174%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.174%) OpenLDAP
3 1 (2.174%) NAS
3 1 (2.174%) WAAS
3 1 (2.174%) WAN
3 1 (2.174%) SMTP
3 1 (2.174%) VPN
3 1 (2.174%) DNS
3 1 (2.174%) BIG-IP
3 1 (2.174%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.696%) RDBMS
3 3 (6.522%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (4.348%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 2 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.174%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.174%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.174%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.174%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.174%) MSI
2 1 (2.174%) JIRA
2 1 (2.174%) Selenium
2 1 (2.174%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.174%) WebDriver
2 1 (2.174%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.174%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (2.174%) Telecoms
1 1 (2.174%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Developer
2 7 (15.22%) Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) Java Developer
4 5 (10.87%) Architect
5 3 (6.522%) Test Analyst
5 3 (6.522%) .NET Developer
5 3 (6.522%) C# Developer
5 3 (6.522%) Consultant
5 3 (6.522%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 3 (6.522%) Design Engineer
6 2 (4.348%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (4.348%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (4.348%) Development Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) Senior Design Engineer
6 2 (4.348%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.348%) DBA
6 2 (4.348%) Administrator
6 2 (4.348%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.348%) Open Source
2 1 (2.174%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.174%) NHS
2 1 (2.174%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (4.348%) Solaris
2 2 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (4.348%) Windows 7
2 2 (4.348%) UNIX
3 1 (2.174%) Linux
3 1 (2.174%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.04%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (10.87%) Test Strategy
3 4 (8.696%) ITIL
3 4 (8.696%) MVC
4 3 (6.522%) Project Management
4 3 (6.522%) Scrum
4 3 (6.522%) Automated Testing
4 3 (6.522%) Problem Management
4 3 (6.522%) Integration Testing
5 2 (4.348%) Business Analysis
5 2 (4.348%) TDD
5 2 (4.348%) Regression Testing
5 2 (4.348%) Migration
5 2 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.348%) UML
5 2 (4.348%) OO
5 2 (4.348%) CRM
5 2 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (4.348%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) Java
2 7 (15.22%) C#
3 6 (13.04%) SQL
4 4 (8.696%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.522%) C++
6 2 (4.348%) VB
7 1 (2.174%) Python
7 1 (2.174%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.174%) C
7 1 (2.174%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.174%) Perl
7 1 (2.174%) PHP
Qualifications
1 46 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (21.74%) BC Cleared
3 2 (4.348%) Degree
3 2 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.174%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.174%) CCNP
4 1 (2.174%) CCNA
4 1 (2.174%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.174%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.522%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.174%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.174%) Sendmail
2 1 (2.174%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.174%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle
2 5 (10.87%) Cisco
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.696%) F5
4 3 (6.522%) VMware
4 3 (6.522%) Juniper
4 3 (6.522%) NetApp
4 3 (6.522%) CheckPoint
5 2 (4.348%) TIBCO
5 2 (4.348%) McAfee
5 2 (4.348%) Blue Coat
5 2 (4.348%) hybris
6 1 (2.174%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (2.174%) Websense
6 1 (2.174%) Perforce
6 1 (2.174%) Hyperion
6 1 (2.174%) Informatica
6 1 (2.174%) Symantec
6 1 (2.174%) Sun
6 1 (2.174%) HP
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