The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 24 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 Wiltshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 7 4 25
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +21
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 64 103 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 14.00% 16.80% 4.719%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.76% 52.82% 21.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 42 6
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £210 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £448 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £371
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
Average hourly rate £13.00 £15.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.46% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -19.19%
All Qualifications
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
143 195 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 31.29% 31.81% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 98 52
Average daily rate £380 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £200 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £472 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 13
Average hourly rate £13.00 £22.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.22% -4.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £14.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £42.50 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Swindon -9 30 £445 +11.25%
Corsham 0 8 £470 +4.44%
Salisbury -4 4 £337 -11.89%
Chippenham +2 2 £325 -23.52%
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

1 153 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 35 (22.88%) Windows
3 31 (20.26%) Telecoms
4 28 (18.30%) DV Cleared
5 25 (16.34%) Web Services
6 23 (15.03%) C#
7 22 (14.38%) Military
8 21 (13.73%) .NET
9 20 (13.07%) Oracle
10 19 (12.42%) C
10 19 (12.42%) Project Management
10 19 (12.42%) Service Management
11 17 (11.11%) ITIL
11 17 (11.11%) Cisco
12 15 (9.804%) Windows Server 2008
13 13 (8.497%) Windows 7
13 13 (8.497%) Firewall
13 13 (8.497%) Migration
14 11 (7.190%) Finance
14 11 (7.190%) VMware
14 11 (7.190%) VB
14 11 (7.190%) SQL Server
14 11 (7.190%) SAN
14 11 (7.190%) Microsoft
15 10 (6.536%) HP
15 10 (6.536%) Oracle 9i
15 10 (6.536%) Siebel
15 10 (6.536%) MS Excel
15 10 (6.536%) Workflow
15 10 (6.536%) Degree

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 25 (16.34%) Web Services
2 21 (13.73%) .NET
3 9 (5.882%) WCF
4 7 (4.575%) JSP
5 6 (3.922%) XML
5 6 (3.922%) Silverlight
6 4 (2.614%) Managed Extensibility Framework
6 4 (2.614%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 4 (2.614%) HTML5
7 3 (1.961%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.961%) Sencha Touch
8 2 (1.307%) SAML
8 2 (1.307%) WebSphere
8 2 (1.307%) WPF
8 2 (1.307%) LINQ
8 2 (1.307%) jQuery
9 1 (0.654%) KML
9 1 (0.654%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.654%) Middleware
9 1 (0.654%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.614%) SharePoint
1 4 (2.614%) IIS
1 4 (2.614%) ArcGIS
2 3 (1.961%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (1.961%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (1.307%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.307%) Apache
3 2 (1.307%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.307%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (1.307%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.307%) GlassFish
3 2 (1.307%) Mathematica
4 1 (0.654%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.654%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.654%) Lync
4 1 (0.654%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (6.536%) MS Excel
2 9 (5.882%) MS Office
3 7 (4.575%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (2.614%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (1.307%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.307%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.307%) Maximo
2 1 (0.654%) FRx
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.497%) Firewall
2 11 (7.190%) SAN
3 9 (5.882%) LAN
4 8 (5.229%) WAN
5 6 (3.922%) IPsec
6 4 (2.614%) LDAP
6 4 (2.614%) SSL
7 3 (1.961%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.961%) HTTP
7 3 (1.961%) SNMP
7 3 (1.961%) VPN
7 3 (1.961%) ATM
7 3 (1.961%) MPLS
7 3 (1.961%) Network Security
8 2 (1.307%) NAS
8 2 (1.307%) IPv4
8 2 (1.307%) IPv6
8 2 (1.307%) OSPF
8 2 (1.307%) BGP
8 2 (1.307%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.190%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.536%) Oracle 9i
2 10 (6.536%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (2.614%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.307%) DB2
4 2 (1.307%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.654%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.654%) MySQL
5 1 (0.654%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (3.922%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.268%) MSI
3 4 (2.614%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (2.614%) MSTest
3 4 (2.614%) Moq
4 3 (1.961%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 2 (1.307%) Subversion
5 2 (1.307%) NetBeans
6 1 (0.654%) Selenium
6 1 (0.654%) JIRA
6 1 (0.654%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 31 (20.26%) Telecoms
2 22 (14.38%) Military
3 11 (7.190%) Finance
4 1 (0.654%) Legal
4 1 (0.654%) Back Office
4 1 (0.654%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 24 (15.69%) Consultant
2 18 (11.76%) Architect
2 18 (11.76%) Developer
3 17 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 11 (7.190%) Test Manager
5 9 (5.882%) Siebel Consultant
5 9 (5.882%) Designer
6 8 (5.229%) Software Engineer
7 7 (4.575%) Network Designer
8 6 (3.922%) Software Developer
9 5 (3.268%) Test Engineer
9 5 (3.268%) Analyst
9 5 (3.268%) Applications Packager
9 5 (3.268%) Support Engineer
9 5 (3.268%) CLAS Consultant
10 4 (2.614%) Programmer
10 4 (2.614%) Technical Architect
10 4 (2.614%) Network Engineer
10 4 (2.614%) Systems Engineer
10 4 (2.614%) Software Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.882%) RMADS
2 6 (3.922%) Mathematics
3 5 (3.268%) Statistics
4 4 (2.614%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.614%) Digital Media
4 4 (2.614%) Blackberry
4 4 (2.614%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.614%) RIA
5 3 (1.961%) Open Source
5 3 (1.961%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.307%) Visualisation
6 2 (1.307%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.307%) Chemistry
7 1 (0.654%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.654%) Human Factors
7 1 (0.654%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.654%) Physics
7 1 (0.654%) PKI
7 1 (0.654%) Cryptography
7 1 (0.654%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.88%) Windows
2 15 (9.804%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (8.497%) Windows 7
4 5 (3.268%) Windows XP
4 5 (3.268%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (2.614%) Windows Phone
5 4 (2.614%) Android
5 4 (2.614%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.614%) Linux
5 4 (2.614%) UNIX
6 2 (1.307%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (12.42%) Project Management
1 19 (12.42%) Service Management
2 17 (11.11%) ITIL
3 13 (8.497%) Migration
4 10 (6.536%) Workflow
5 9 (5.882%) UML
6 8 (5.229%) Test Strategy
6 8 (5.229%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (4.575%) Integration Testing
7 7 (4.575%) PRINCE2
8 6 (3.922%) Service Delivery
9 5 (3.268%) Compatibility Testing
9 5 (3.268%) Software Engineering
9 5 (3.268%) Software Distribution
10 4 (2.614%) Information Assurance
10 4 (2.614%) MODAF
10 4 (2.614%) Unit Testing
10 4 (2.614%) Technical Architecture
11 3 (1.961%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (1.961%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.03%) C#
2 19 (12.42%) C
3 11 (7.190%) VB
4 9 (5.882%) SQL
4 9 (5.882%) C++
5 8 (5.229%) Java
6 5 (3.268%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.614%) R
8 3 (1.961%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.961%) Perl
9 2 (1.307%) PHP
9 2 (1.307%) VBA
10 1 (0.654%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 153 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 28 (18.30%) DV Cleared
3 10 (6.536%) Degree
4 9 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.922%) CCNP
6 5 (3.268%) CCNA
6 5 (3.268%) MCSE
6 5 (3.268%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.961%) JNCIS
8 2 (1.307%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.654%) CIPD
9 1 (0.654%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.654%) ISEB
9 1 (0.654%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.654%) PMP
9 1 (0.654%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.654%) APMP
9 1 (0.654%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.654%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.307%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.654%) QA
2 1 (0.654%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.654%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.268%) Microsoft App-V
1 5 (3.268%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.307%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.307%) Xen
3 1 (0.654%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.654%) vSphere
3 1 (0.654%) XenApp
3 1 (0.654%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 7 (4.575%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (3.268%) SCCM
3 4 (2.614%) BMC PATROL
4 3 (1.961%) Netcool
4 3 (1.961%) Tivoli
5 2 (1.307%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (1.307%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (1.307%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.654%) OpenView
6 1 (0.654%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 20 (13.07%) Oracle
2 17 (11.11%) Cisco
3 11 (7.190%) VMware
3 11 (7.190%) Microsoft
4 10 (6.536%) HP
4 10 (6.536%) Siebel
5 7 (4.575%) Juniper
6 4 (2.614%) Sencha
6 4 (2.614%) IBM
6 4 (2.614%) ESRI
7 3 (1.961%) CA
7 3 (1.961%) Appcelerator
8 2 (1.307%) NetApp
8 2 (1.307%) Dell
8 2 (1.307%) EMC
8 2 (1.307%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.307%) McAfee
8 2 (1.307%) Sophos
8 2 (1.307%) JBoss
8 2 (1.307%) Capita
Wiltshire, South West
We have an immediate requirement for several SC Cleared C++ application engineers. The ideal candidate will have expert level knowledge of C++ along with a good understanding of...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
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Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013