The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 20 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 45 28 -
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 6 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 1.700% 5.521% -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.53% 23.08% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 0
Average salary £37,500 £29,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.31% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +8.75%
All Qualifications
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
57 39 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 16.15% 23.93% 17.09%
Number of salaries quoted 39 32 37
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £21,216 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Security Cleared
Cheshire

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Security Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Trend

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

Chester Security Cleared Salary Trend

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 12 (52.17%) C
1 12 (52.17%) Aerospace
1 12 (52.17%) DO-178B
2 8 (34.78%) .NET Framework
2 8 (34.78%) jQuery
2 8 (34.78%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (34.78%) MVC
2 8 (34.78%) C#
2 8 (34.78%) JavaScript
2 8 (34.78%) SQL
2 8 (34.78%) .NET
2 8 (34.78%) ASP.NET
2 8 (34.78%) XHTML
2 8 (34.78%) E-Commerce
3 7 (30.43%) Embedded Software Development
4 6 (26.09%) Embedded C
5 5 (21.74%) Scrum
5 5 (21.74%) OO
5 5 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (21.74%) TDD
5 5 (21.74%) Ethernet
5 5 (21.74%) E-business
5 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
5 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 5 (21.74%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (21.74%) HTML5
5 5 (21.74%) Web Development
6 3 (13.04%) Field-Programmable Gate Array

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 8 (34.78%) .NET
1 8 (34.78%) ASP.NET
1 8 (34.78%) XHTML
1 8 (34.78%) .NET Framework
1 8 (34.78%) jQuery
2 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (21.74%) HTML5
2 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC 2
2 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 3 (13.04%) CSS
3 3 (13.04%) Web Services
3 3 (13.04%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Ethernet
2 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (13.04%) Subversion
General
1 12 (52.17%) Aerospace
2 3 (13.04%) Military
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Software Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (34.78%) .NET Developer
3 8 (34.78%) Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Web Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Senior Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Design Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Senior Web Developer
4 5 (21.74%) .NET Web Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Senior .NET Developer
4 5 (21.74%) Software Design Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Senior .NET Web Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (13.04%) C# Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (13.04%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (13.04%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) E-Commerce
1 8 (34.78%) MVC
2 7 (30.43%) Embedded Software Development
3 5 (21.74%) Web Development
3 5 (21.74%) Scrum
3 5 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (21.74%) TDD
3 5 (21.74%) E-business
3 5 (21.74%) OO
4 3 (13.04%) Software Engineering
4 3 (13.04%) Web Application Development
5 2 (8.696%) Change Control
5 2 (8.696%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.696%) Requirements Management
5 2 (8.696%) UML
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) C
2 8 (34.78%) C#
2 8 (34.78%) JavaScript
2 8 (34.78%) SQL
3 6 (26.09%) Embedded C
4 2 (8.696%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) HND
1 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) BC Cleared
2 2 (8.696%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (52.17%) DO-178B
Chester, North West
Due to the sensitivity of projects, this role requires you to go through SC Clearance for UK government standards.You You'll be responsible for the design and...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 8 May 2013