Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Cleared over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Wiltshire region.

 Security Clearance
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank313
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads99176184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire16.75 %24.65 %15.93 %
As % of the Qualifications category66.44 %73.64 %68.91 %
Daily rates quoted416573
Average daily rate£300£400£360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£300£251
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£475£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£388£380
% change year-on-year
-9.670 %+1.900 %
Hourly rates quoted52517
Average hourly rate£23.00£17.50£36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.42 %-52.05 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£13.60£18.63
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.30£22.80£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£32.25£33.83
% change year-on-year
-16.27 %-4.670 %
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
149239267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire25.21 %33.47 %23.12 %
Daily rates quoted5693107
Average daily rate£300£400£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+8.100 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£275£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£413£550£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted212931
Average hourly rate£15.50£18.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.21 %-47.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.00£13.75£18.08
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.50£25.00£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Security Cleared South WestSecurity Cleared
South West

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.

Security Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Wiltshire Security Cleared Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Security Cleared Daily Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Wiltshire Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Security Cleared Hourly Rate Trend

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Wiltshire Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SwindonUp+944£256-39.70 %
SalisburyNo change017£400+10.34 %
Security Cleared South WestSecurity Cleared
South West

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

1145 (78.80 %)SC Cleared
247 (25.54 %)SharePoint
346 (25.00 %).NET
439 (21.20 %)C#
536 (19.57 %)SQL
536 (19.57 %)Visual Studio
635 (19.02 %)Government
734 (18.48 %)ASP.NET
833 (17.93 %)IIS
833 (17.93 %)VB.NET
928 (15.22 %)HTML
928 (15.22 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1026 (14.13 %)Windows
1026 (14.13 %)Microsoft
1125 (13.59 %)SQL Server
1223 (12.50 %)MySQL
1321 (11.41 %)CSS
1420 (10.87 %)Oracle
1519 (10.33 %)C
1519 (10.33 %)VBScript
1519 (10.33 %)ADO
1617 (9.239 %)T-SQL
1716 (8.696 %)Linux
1716 (8.696 %)Telecoms
1815 (8.152 %)DV Cleared
1914 (7.609 %)Cisco
2013 (7.065 %)HP
2013 (7.065 %)Project Management
2013 (7.065 %)JavaScript
2013 (7.065 %)ASP

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
146 (25.00 %).NET
234 (18.48 %)ASP.NET
328 (15.22 %)HTML
421 (11.41 %)CSS
519 (10.33 %)ADO
613 (7.065 %)ASP
711 (5.978 %)Windows SharePoint Services
89 (4.891 %)XML
96 (3.261 %)LAMP
104 (2.174 %)Web Services
112 (1.087 %)Flash
112 (1.087 %)XML Schema
121 (0.543 %)SAML
121 (0.543 %)WS-I
121 (0.543 %)WSDL
121 (0.543 %)Spring
121 (0.543 %)JSF
121 (0.543 %)WebSphere
121 (0.543 %)WCF
121 (0.543 %)Hibernate
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
147 (25.54 %)SharePoint
233 (17.93 %)IIS
328 (15.22 %)SharePoint Server 2007
411 (5.978 %)SharePoint Portal Server
53 (1.630 %)Apache
61 (0.543 %)WebSphere MQ
61 (0.543 %)WebLogic
61 (0.543 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.543 %)AquaLogic
61 (0.543 %)Office Project Server
61 (0.543 %)Oracle Workflow
61 (0.543 %)CMS
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (6.522 %)InfoPath
211 (5.978 %)MS Office
310 (5.435 %)MS Excel
45 (2.717 %)MS Project
51 (0.543 %)Fireworks
51 (0.543 %)Paint Shop Pro
51 (0.543 %)Spreadsheet
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.087 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.543 %)assyst
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
112 (6.522 %)Network Security
27 (3.804 %)MPLS
27 (3.804 %)Firewall
36 (3.261 %)ATM
36 (3.261 %)DWDM
45 (2.717 %)SAN
45 (2.717 %)Ethernet
45 (2.717 %)SNMP
54 (2.174 %)Intranet
63 (1.630 %)CTI
63 (1.630 %)DPNSS
63 (1.630 %)PBX
63 (1.630 %)VoIP
63 (1.630 %)Intrusion Detection
63 (1.630 %)Nortel Meridian
72 (1.087 %)LDAP
72 (1.087 %)TCP/IP
81 (0.543 %)QSIG
81 (0.543 %)WAN
81 (0.543 %)LAN
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (13.59 %)SQL Server
223 (12.50 %)MySQL
36 (3.261 %)Text Mining
45 (2.717 %)Data Mining
54 (2.174 %)Data Cleansing
54 (2.174 %)Oracle Discoverer
63 (1.630 %)Datawarehouse
72 (1.087 %)MS Access
81 (0.543 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.543 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.543 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.543 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.543 %)GIS
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
136 (19.57 %)Visual Studio
23 (1.630 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.543 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.543 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.543 %)Oracle APEX
31 (0.543 %)Team Foundation Server
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
135 (19.02 %)Government
216 (8.696 %)Telecoms
310 (5.435 %)Military
43 (1.630 %)Multimedia
52 (1.087 %)Advertising
52 (1.087 %)Publishing
52 (1.087 %)Animation
61 (0.543 %)Graphic Design
61 (0.543 %)Electronics
61 (0.543 %)Aerospace
61 (0.543 %)Electric
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
152 (28.26 %)Developer
230 (16.30 %)Analyst
324 (13.04 %)SharePoint Developer
415 (8.152 %)Web Developer
510 (5.435 %)Project Manager
68 (4.348 %)Systems Analyst
77 (3.804 %)Tester
77 (3.804 %)Process Analyst
86 (3.261 %)Network Specialist
86 (3.261 %)Architect
95 (2.717 %)Test Manager
95 (2.717 %)Consultant
95 (2.717 %).NET Developer
104 (2.174 %)Test Team Leader
104 (2.174 %)C# Developer
104 (2.174 %)Team Leader
104 (2.174 %)Network Engineer
104 (2.174 %)Software Engineer
104 (2.174 %)Applications Developer
104 (2.174 %)Test Analyst
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (1.630 %)CCTV
13 (1.630 %)IVR
22 (1.087 %)E-Learning
22 (1.087 %)Video Conferencing
22 (1.087 %)Statistics
31 (0.543 %)Mainframe
31 (0.543 %)CESG
31 (0.543 %)Clustering
31 (0.543 %)Learning Management System
31 (0.543 %)DataPower
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
126 (14.13 %)Windows
216 (8.696 %)Linux
312 (6.522 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (3.804 %)UNIX
55 (2.717 %)Windows XP
64 (2.174 %)Red Hat Linux
64 (2.174 %)AIX
73 (1.630 %)Windows NT
82 (1.087 %)Solaris
91 (0.543 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.543 %)Windows 7
91 (0.543 %)Windows Server 2008
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (7.065 %)Project Management
113 (7.065 %)PRINCE2
211 (5.978 %)Web Development
310 (5.435 %)Network Design
49 (4.891 %)OO
58 (4.348 %)ITIL
66 (3.261 %)Time Management
75 (2.717 %)UML
75 (2.717 %)Service Management
84 (2.174 %)Data Entry
84 (2.174 %)Risk Management
84 (2.174 %)Document Management
84 (2.174 %)Agile Software Development
84 (2.174 %)Security Testing
84 (2.174 %)Penetration Testing
84 (2.174 %)RUP
93 (1.630 %)Business Intelligence
93 (1.630 %)Data Modelling
93 (1.630 %)Information Management
93 (1.630 %)Business Analysis
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
139 (21.20 %)C#
236 (19.57 %)SQL
333 (17.93 %)VB.NET
419 (10.33 %)C
419 (10.33 %)VBScript
517 (9.239 %)T-SQL
613 (7.065 %)JavaScript
78 (4.348 %)C++
87 (3.804 %)VB
96 (3.261 %)Java
96 (3.261 %)PHP
101 (0.543 %)PL/SQL
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1145 (78.80 %)SC Cleared
215 (8.152 %)DV Cleared
36 (3.261 %)Degree
45 (2.717 %)Cisco Certification
54 (2.174 %)CCDE
54 (2.174 %)JNCIA
54 (2.174 %)CCDP
62 (1.087 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
62 (1.087 %)MCP
62 (1.087 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (1.087 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.543 %)ISEB
71 (0.543 %)HNC
71 (0.543 %)CCNA
71 (0.543 %)BC Cleared
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.174 %)QA
14 (2.174 %)ISO9001
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (2.717 %)Active Directory
23 (1.630 %)Terminal Services
32 (1.087 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.543 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.543 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (3.261 %)OpenView
25 (2.717 %)WhatsUp Gold
31 (0.543 %)Unicenter
31 (0.543 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.543 %)SCOM
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
126 (14.13 %)Microsoft
220 (10.87 %)Oracle
314 (7.609 %)Cisco
413 (7.065 %)HP
511 (5.978 %)Juniper
610 (5.435 %)Nortel
77 (3.804 %)VMware
86 (3.261 %)IBM
94 (2.174 %)Citrix
94 (2.174 %)Siemens
94 (2.174 %)Red Hat
103 (1.630 %)Avaya
103 (1.630 %)ESRI
112 (1.087 %)Remedy
121 (0.543 %)BEA
121 (0.543 %)BMC
121 (0.543 %)CA
121 (0.543 %)Symantec
121 (0.543 %)Clearswift
121 (0.543 %)SAP