Berkshire Security Cleared Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Security Clearance skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Altrincham Andover Ascot Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bridgwater Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Corsham County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Daresbury Darlington Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunbar Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Evesham Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Ledbury Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwood Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romsey Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shepton Mallet Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Towcester Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Woking Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	31	73
Rank change on same period last year	+42
Matching permanent IT job ads	450	315
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.290 %	0.141 %
As % of the category below	9.250 %	4.671 %
Salaries quoted	267	253
Average minimum salary	£37,930	£33,836
Average salary	£41,896	£37,477
% change on same period last year	+11.79 %
Average maximum salary	£45,862	£41,117
UK excluding London average salary	£42,621	£41,696
% change on same period last year	+2.21 %
Processes & Methodologies Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	4865	6744
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	3.139 %	3.019 %
Salaries quoted	4009	5328
Average minimum salary	£41,983	£42,380
Average salary	£45,756	£46,189
% change on same period last year	-0.93 %
Average maximum salary	£49,530	£49,997
UK excluding London average salary	£43,011	£44,526
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
Security Cleared South East

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Berkshire region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Berkshire 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+19	249	£43,598	+11.99 %
Bracknell	+30	36	£43,909	+34.58 %
Slough	+18	24	£37,263	-14.82 %
Newbury	-13	8	£43,094	+181.04 %
Maidenhead	-	1	£65,000	-
Ascot	-	1	£30,000	-

Security Cleared South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Security Cleared.

1 265 (36.96 %) SC Cleared 2 175 (24.41 %) Government 3 131 (18.27 %) Windows 4 127 (17.71 %) Oracle 5 99 (13.81 %) DV Cleared 6 83 (11.58 %) SQL 7 69 (9.623 %) Linux 8 68 (9.484 %) PRINCE2 9 67 (9.344 %) Microsoft 10 64 (8.926 %) Java 11 59 (8.229 %) Degree 12 58 (8.089 %) Cisco 12 58 (8.089 %) Telecoms 13 52 (7.252 %) UNIX 14 50 (6.974 %) Windows Server 2003

15 49 (6.834 %) C++ 16 48 (6.695 %) ITIL 16 48 (6.695 %) Active Directory 17 45 (6.276 %) Oracle Applications 17 45 (6.276 %) Service Management 18 44 (6.137 %) C 19 43 (5.997 %) Oracle EBS 20 42 (5.858 %) Oracle 10g 21 38 (5.300 %) Windows XP 21 38 (5.300 %) Oracle RAC 22 37 (5.160 %) J2EE 22 37 (5.160 %) Cisco Certification 23 36 (5.021 %) LAN 23 36 (5.021 %) WAN 24 35 (4.881 %) Windows 2000

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Security Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 37 (5.160 %) J2EE 2 29 (4.045 %) .NET 3 27 (3.766 %) XML 4 14 (1.953 %) WebServices 4 14 (1.953 %) EJB 5 13 (1.813 %) Struts 5 13 (1.813 %) OC4J 6 12 (1.674 %) Hibernate 7 9 (1.255 %) OpenGL 7 9 (1.255 %) .NET Framework 7 9 (1.255 %) SOAP 8 8 (1.116 %) HTML 9 7 (0.976 %) ASP.NET 10 6 (0.837 %) Middleware 11 5 (0.697 %) MVC 11 5 (0.697 %) CSS 12 4 (0.558 %) ASP 12 4 (0.558 %) Swing 12 4 (0.558 %) WSH 12 4 (0.558 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 21 (2.929 %) Oracle 10gAS 2 15 (2.092 %) Apache 2 15 (2.092 %) Tomcat 3 14 (1.953 %) JBoss 4 12 (1.674 %) Oracle Collaboration Suite 5 8 (1.116 %) MS Exchange 6 7 (0.976 %) SharePoint 6 7 (0.976 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 7 (0.976 %) Office Project Server 6 7 (0.976 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 6 (0.837 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 6 (0.837 %) WebLogic 8 5 (0.697 %) Lotus Notes 8 5 (0.697 %) Lotus Domino 9 2 (0.279 %) SAS 9 2 (0.279 %) SharePoint Portal Server 9 2 (0.279 %) ESB 9 2 (0.279 %) GroupWise 10 1 (0.139 %) Oracle Workflow 10 1 (0.139 %) WPS
Applications 1 29 (4.045 %) MS Office 1 29 (4.045 %) MS Excel 2 23 (3.208 %) MS Project 3 21 (2.929 %) MS Visio 4 4 (0.558 %) MS PowerPoint 4 4 (0.558 %) Spreadsheet 5 2 (0.279 %) Acrobat 6 1 (0.139 %) RoboHelp 6 1 (0.139 %) Paint Shop Pro	Business Applications 1 45 (6.276 %) Oracle Applications 2 43 (5.997 %) Oracle EBS 3 14 (1.953 %) Oracle 11i 4 8 (1.116 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 5 2 (0.279 %) SoftGrid 5 2 (0.279 %) Dynamics AX 6 1 (0.139 %) Oracle Financials 6 1 (0.139 %) SAP CO 6 1 (0.139 %) Oracle Payroll 6 1 (0.139 %) SAP FI/CO 6 1 (0.139 %) SAP FI 6 1 (0.139 %) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking 1 36 (5.021 %) LAN 1 36 (5.021 %) WAN 2 31 (4.324 %) Wireless 3 28 (3.905 %) MPLS 4 24 (3.347 %) Firewall 5 22 (3.068 %) ISDN 6 21 (2.929 %) DSL 7 19 (2.650 %) TCP/IP 7 19 (2.650 %) VPN 8 14 (1.953 %) GSM 9 11 (1.534 %) Cisco PIX 10 9 (1.255 %) Network Security 10 9 (1.255 %) DNS 11 8 (1.116 %) UMTS 11 8 (1.116 %) X.500 11 8 (1.116 %) SAN 12 7 (0.976 %) OSPF 12 7 (0.976 %) BGP 12 7 (0.976 %) RIP 12 7 (0.976 %) BIG-IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (5.858 %) Oracle 10g 2 32 (4.463 %) SQL Server 3 16 (2.232 %) SQL Server 2005 4 13 (1.813 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 13 (1.813 %) Oracle Discoverer 4 13 (1.813 %) RDBMS 5 12 (1.674 %) Oracle 11g 6 11 (1.534 %) DTS 7 10 (1.395 %) TOAD 8 9 (1.255 %) BusinessObjects 8 9 (1.255 %) Oracle Reports 8 9 (1.255 %) SQLPlus 9 6 (0.837 %) Datawarehouse 10 5 (0.697 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 5 (0.697 %) DB2 11 4 (0.558 %) ETL 12 3 (0.418 %) Informix 12 3 (0.418 %) Oracle 9i 12 3 (0.418 %) BusinessObjects XI 13 2 (0.279 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 17 (2.371 %) Visual Studio 2 14 (1.953 %) StarTeam 3 13 (1.813 %) Eclipse 4 12 (1.674 %) TestDirector 5 6 (0.837 %) Ant 6 5 (0.697 %) LoadRunner 6 5 (0.697 %) Subversion 7 4 (0.558 %) MSI 8 3 (0.418 %) WinRunner 9 2 (0.279 %) Oracle Forms 9 2 (0.279 %) InstallShield 9 2 (0.279 %) QALoad 9 2 (0.279 %) QuickTest Pro 10 1 (0.139 %) ClearQuest 10 1 (0.139 %) Flash 10 1 (0.139 %) ClearCase 10 1 (0.139 %) JUnit	General 1 175 (24.41 %) Government 2 58 (8.089 %) Telecoms 3 32 (4.463 %) Finance 4 27 (3.766 %) Pensions 5 22 (3.068 %) Electronics 6 21 (2.929 %) Military 7 13 (1.813 %) Health 8 9 (1.255 %) Education 9 7 (0.976 %) Manufacturing 10 6 (0.837 %) Auditing 10 6 (0.837 %) Electric 11 5 (0.697 %) Law 12 4 (0.558 %) Aerospace 12 4 (0.558 %) Marketing 13 3 (0.418 %) Banking 14 1 (0.139 %) Retail 14 1 (0.139 %) Publishing 14 1 (0.139 %) 3D Graphics 14 1 (0.139 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 76 (10.60 %) Project Manager 2 70 (9.763 %) Analyst 3 60 (8.368 %) Consultant 4 56 (7.810 %) DBA 5 55 (7.671 %) Oracle DBA 6 46 (6.416 %) Developer 7 45 (6.276 %) Architect 8 39 (5.439 %) Software Engineer 9 38 (5.300 %) Oracle Applications DBA 10 26 (3.626 %) Cisco Engineer 11 25 (3.487 %) Support Analyst 12 22 (3.068 %) Design Engineer 13 21 (2.929 %) Administrator 13 21 (2.929 %) Functional Consultant 14 18 (2.510 %) Oracle Consultant 15 17 (2.371 %) Security Consultant 16 16 (2.232 %) 1st Line Support 16 16 (2.232 %) Risk Manager 16 16 (2.232 %) Requirements Manager 17 15 (2.092 %) 1st Line Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 18 (2.510 %) Mathematics 2 14 (1.953 %) Clustering 3 9 (1.255 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 4 8 (1.116 %) Physics 5 6 (0.837 %) N-Tier 6 5 (0.697 %) PKI 6 5 (0.697 %) Grid Computing 7 4 (0.558 %) PMI 7 4 (0.558 %) Client/Server 7 4 (0.558 %) Replication 8 3 (0.418 %) Economics 8 3 (0.418 %) SecurID 8 3 (0.418 %) Mainframe 8 3 (0.418 %) Management Information System 8 3 (0.418 %) Computer Science 9 2 (0.279 %) PDA 9 2 (0.279 %) ASIC 9 2 (0.279 %) VHDL 10 1 (0.139 %) IVR 10 1 (0.139 %) CESG
Operating Systems 1 131 (18.27 %) Windows 2 69 (9.623 %) Linux 3 52 (7.252 %) UNIX 4 50 (6.974 %) Windows Server 2003 5 38 (5.300 %) Windows XP 6 35 (4.881 %) Windows 2000 7 16 (2.232 %) Windows Vista 8 15 (2.092 %) Windows Server 2008 9 10 (1.395 %) VxWorks 9 10 (1.395 %) Windows NT 10 8 (1.116 %) Windows Mobile 10 8 (1.116 %) Windows 2000 Server 11 4 (0.558 %) Solaris 12 3 (0.418 %) AIX 13 2 (0.279 %) NetWare 13 2 (0.279 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 265 (36.96 %) SC Cleared 2 99 (13.81 %) DV Cleared 3 68 (9.484 %) PRINCE2 4 48 (6.695 %) ITIL 5 45 (6.276 %) Service Management 6 32 (4.463 %) Project Management 7 31 (4.324 %) Configuration Management 8 30 (4.184 %) E-business 9 28 (3.905 %) Risk Management 10 20 (2.789 %) PRINCE 11 18 (2.510 %) SOA 12 17 (2.371 %) Six Sigma 13 16 (2.232 %) OO 13 16 (2.232 %) OOD 13 16 (2.232 %) Quality Management 14 15 (2.092 %) BPEL 15 14 (1.953 %) Technical Architecture 15 14 (1.953 %) CMMI 16 13 (1.813 %) Change Management 16 13 (1.813 %) Validation
Programming Languages 1 83 (11.58 %) SQL 2 64 (8.926 %) Java 3 49 (6.834 %) C++ 4 44 (6.137 %) C 5 32 (4.463 %) Perl 6 29 (4.045 %) PL/SQL 7 23 (3.208 %) C# 8 15 (2.092 %) Transact-SQL 9 14 (1.953 %) Python 10 12 (1.674 %) VB 10 12 (1.674 %) Ruby 11 9 (1.255 %) JavaScript 12 8 (1.116 %) Embedded C 13 7 (0.976 %) VBScript 14 6 (0.837 %) Fortran 15 5 (0.697 %) DHTML 15 5 (0.697 %) LotusScript 15 5 (0.697 %) XPath 16 4 (0.558 %) VB6 16 4 (0.558 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 59 (8.229 %) Degree 2 37 (5.160 %) Cisco Certification 3 28 (3.905 %) CCNP 3 28 (3.905 %) CCNA 4 25 (3.487 %) Microsoft Certification 5 22 (3.068 %) CISSP 6 19 (2.650 %) MCP 7 18 (2.510 %) ISEB 8 14 (1.953 %) MCSE 9 13 (1.813 %) OCP 9 13 (1.813 %) Oracle Certification 10 12 (1.674 %) CISA 10 12 (1.674 %) CISM 11 10 (1.395 %) ISEB Practitioner 12 9 (1.255 %) CCSA 13 7 (0.976 %) HND 13 7 (0.976 %) EnCE 14 6 (0.837 %) ISTQB 15 4 (0.558 %) ITIL Certification 15 4 (0.558 %) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 22 (3.068 %) QA 2 17 (2.371 %) SLA 3 13 (1.813 %) ISO27001 4 12 (1.674 %) BS7799 5 5 (0.697 %) HMG Infosec 6 3 (0.418 %) BS15000 7 2 (0.279 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 48 (6.695 %) Active Directory 2 38 (5.300 %) Oracle RAC 3 17 (2.371 %) NetBackup 3 17 (2.371 %) Oracle RMAN 4 9 (1.255 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 8 (1.116 %) VMware ESX 6 7 (0.976 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 7 5 (0.697 %) Backup Exec 8 3 (0.418 %) ProxySG 9 1 (0.139 %) MSMQ
Systems Management 1 25 (3.487 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 16 (2.232 %) Netcool 3 12 (1.674 %) MIIS 4 11 (1.534 %) Tivoli 5 4 (0.558 %) OpenView 5 4 (0.558 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 6 3 (0.418 %) Novell Identity Manager 6 3 (0.418 %) Tivoli Identity Manager 7 2 (0.279 %) Unicenter 7 2 (0.279 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 7 2 (0.279 %) Netcool/Webtop 7 2 (0.279 %) ZENworks 8 1 (0.139 %) EMC Navisphere 8 1 (0.139 %) EMC NetWorker 8 1 (0.139 %) Legato 8 1 (0.139 %) MOM 8 1 (0.139 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 127 (17.71 %) Oracle 2 67 (9.344 %) Microsoft 3 58 (8.089 %) Cisco 4 31 (4.324 %) HP 5 23 (3.208 %) CheckPoint 6 18 (2.510 %) VERITAS 7 14 (1.953 %) Borland 7 14 (1.953 %) PeopleSoft 8 12 (1.674 %) IBM 8 12 (1.674 %) Nortel 9 11 (1.534 %) Citrix 9 11 (1.534 %) Nokia 9 11 (1.534 %) VMware 10 10 (1.395 %) Altiris 11 9 (1.255 %) Business Objects 12 8 (1.116 %) Sun 13 7 (0.976 %) LANDesk 14 6 (0.837 %) Dell 14 6 (0.837 %) SAP 15 5 (0.697 %) Novell