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The table below looks at the demand for Security Clearance skills within the England 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Clearance
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank97156
Rank change on same period last yearUp+59
Matching permanent IT job ads34942794
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.023 %1.202 %
As % of the category below3.630 %2.311 %
Salaries quoted26872248
Average minimum salary£37,431£39,299
Average salary£41,081£44,109
% change on same period last year-6.86 %
Average maximum salary£44,732£48,918
UK excluding London average salary£40,627£41,956
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching permanent IT job ads96242120916
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.71 %52.03 %
Salaries quoted8010897246
Average minimum salary£42,968£44,074
Average salary£47,012£48,088
% change on same period last year-2.23 %
Average maximum salary£51,055£52,102
UK excluding London average salary£42,675£44,216
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Security Cleared UKSecurity Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Demand Trend

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

England Security Cleared Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Trend

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

England Security Cleared Salary Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Security Cleared Salary Histogram

Security Cleared
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 England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+281300£40,613-4.93 %
South WestUp+16739£37,952-0.16 %
LondonUp+94700£46,774-7.49 %
West MidlandsUp+56219£41,889+6.04 %
North WestUp+30160£40,452-27.90 %
East of EnglandUp+46148£39,389+0.56 %
East MidlandsUp+81114£35,693-15.07 %
North EastUp+7065£27,052-25.88 %
YorkshireUp+3439£30,941-19.10 %
MidlandsDown-1215£54,682+5.90 %
South CoastUp+912£57,917+54.44 %
Security Cleared UKSecurity Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

12324 (35.81 %)SC Cleared
21755 (27.05 %)Government
31114 (17.17 %)Oracle
41108 (17.08 %)Windows
5979 (15.09 %)Java
6722 (11.13 %)Degree
7709 (10.93 %)SQL
8667 (10.28 %)UNIX
9645 (9.940 %)J2EE
10578 (8.907 %)DV Cleared
11573 (8.830 %)C++
12549 (8.460 %)UML
13545 (8.399 %)Microsoft
14518 (7.983 %).NET
15498 (7.675 %)C
16497 (7.659 %)Linux
17492 (7.582 %)XML
18464 (7.151 %)ITIL
19459 (7.074 %)Cisco
20406 (6.257 %)Project Management
21373 (5.748 %)Windows Server 2003
22372 (5.733 %)PRINCE2
23363 (5.594 %)SQL Server
24347 (5.348 %)Active Directory
25344 (5.301 %)MS Excel
26342 (5.270 %)Cisco Certification
27341 (5.255 %)Firewall
28340 (5.240 %)Telecoms
29328 (5.055 %)Finance
30325 (5.008 %)MS Office

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1645 (9.940 %)J2EE
2518 (7.983 %).NET
3492 (7.582 %)XML
4191 (2.943 %)WebServices
5138 (2.127 %)WebSphere
6137 (2.111 %)Middleware
7126 (1.942 %)ASP.NET
8122 (1.880 %)HTML
9120 (1.849 %)JSP
10111 (1.711 %)EJB
11101 (1.556 %)XSL
1289 (1.372 %)Struts
1385 (1.310 %)Spring
1469 (1.063 %)Hibernate
1557 (0.878 %)CSS
1653 (0.817 %)ASP
1751 (0.786 %).NET Framework
1850 (0.771 %)SOAP
1945 (0.693 %)AJAX
2042 (0.647 %)OC4J
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1271 (4.176 %)WebLogic
2222 (3.421 %)MS Exchange
3129 (1.988 %)Exchange Server 2003
497 (1.495 %)Tomcat
583 (1.279 %)Apache
679 (1.217 %)SAS
777 (1.187 %)SharePoint
867 (1.033 %)Oracle Application Server
959 (0.909 %)ESB
1056 (0.863 %)Oracle 10gAS
1140 (0.616 %)Lotus Notes
1236 (0.555 %)WebSphere Application Server
1334 (0.524 %)IIS
1334 (0.524 %)Exchange Server 2000
1433 (0.509 %)JBoss
1530 (0.462 %)Oracle Workflow
1626 (0.401 %)Exchange Server 2007
1724 (0.370 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1724 (0.370 %)Lotus Domino
1820 (0.308 %)BizTalk Server
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1344 (5.301 %)MS Excel
2325 (5.008 %)MS Office
3131 (2.019 %)MS Project
478 (1.202 %)MS Visio
567 (1.033 %)MS PowerPoint
646 (0.709 %)MATLAB
729 (0.447 %)Simulink
817 (0.262 %)Spreadsheet
911 (0.170 %)SPSS
106 (0.092 %)AutoCAD
106 (0.092 %)ArcInfo
113 (0.046 %)Windchill
113 (0.046 %)RoboHelp
122 (0.031 %)Photoshop
122 (0.031 %)InfoPath
131 (0.015 %)NASTRAN
131 (0.015 %)S-PLUS
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1159 (2.450 %)Oracle Applications
2129 (1.988 %)Oracle EBS
373 (1.125 %)Oracle 11i
423 (0.354 %)SAP R/3
518 (0.277 %)MAXIMO
615 (0.231 %)SAP CO
615 (0.231 %)SAP FI/CO
615 (0.231 %)SAP FI
615 (0.231 %)SAP WM
714 (0.216 %)SAP HR
813 (0.200 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
912 (0.185 %)Oracle Financials
912 (0.185 %)SoftGrid
912 (0.185 %)Remedy ITSM
1011 (0.170 %)SAP EBP
1011 (0.170 %)Oracle HRMS
1110 (0.154 %)SAP MM
1110 (0.154 %)Oracle Payroll
1110 (0.154 %)SAP ERP
129 (0.139 %)assyst
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1341 (5.255 %)Firewall
2259 (3.991 %)LAN
3247 (3.806 %)WAN
4201 (3.098 %)SAN
5187 (2.882 %)TCP/IP
6175 (2.697 %)Network Security
7135 (2.080 %)VoIP
8127 (1.957 %)VPN
9110 (1.695 %)Internet
10107 (1.649 %)DNS
1199 (1.526 %)Wireless
1199 (1.526 %)Cisco PIX
1282 (1.264 %)DHCP
1373 (1.125 %)MPLS
1459 (0.909 %)ATM
1553 (0.817 %)TETRA
1652 (0.801 %)Intrusion Detection
1750 (0.771 %)NetScreen
1848 (0.740 %)DSL
1945 (0.693 %)ISDN
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1363 (5.594 %)SQL Server
2275 (4.238 %)Oracle 10g
3145 (2.235 %)Oracle 9i
4144 (2.219 %)Oracle Reports
5129 (1.988 %)RDBMS
698 (1.510 %)Datawarehouse
797 (1.495 %)BusinessObjects
895 (1.464 %)DB2
986 (1.325 %)Oracle 8/8i
1059 (0.909 %)Oracle Discoverer
1153 (0.817 %)SQL Server 2005
1251 (0.786 %)GIS
1336 (0.555 %)ETL
1434 (0.524 %)OLAP
1434 (0.524 %)SQLPlus
1533 (0.509 %)Crystal Reports
1631 (0.478 %)SQL Server 2000
1729 (0.447 %)TOAD
1827 (0.416 %)MySQL
1827 (0.416 %)Data Mining
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1109 (1.680 %)Oracle Forms
296 (1.479 %)Ant
380 (1.233 %)Eclipse
476 (1.171 %)ClearCase
562 (0.955 %)LoadRunner
656 (0.863 %)ClearQuest
752 (0.801 %)QuickTest Pro
850 (0.771 %)Visual Studio
939 (0.601 %)WinRunner
1036 (0.555 %)JUnit
1130 (0.462 %)TestDirector
1224 (0.370 %)Rational Rose
1323 (0.354 %)QALoad
1417 (0.262 %)MSI
1516 (0.247 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1615 (0.231 %)Oracle APEX
1714 (0.216 %)TestPartner
1813 (0.200 %)JDeveloper
1813 (0.200 %)PVCS
1912 (0.185 %)InstallShield
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11755 (27.05 %)Government
2340 (5.240 %)Telecoms
3328 (5.055 %)Finance
4273 (4.207 %)Aerospace
5261 (4.022 %)Military
6237 (3.652 %)Pensions
7233 (3.591 %)Health
8211 (3.252 %)Electronics
9129 (1.988 %)Education
1094 (1.449 %)Manufacturing
1167 (1.033 %)Insurance
1266 (1.017 %)Electric
1355 (0.848 %)Avionics
1447 (0.724 %)Police
1541 (0.632 %)Auditing
1636 (0.555 %)Automotive
1733 (0.509 %)Banking
1830 (0.462 %)Law
1830 (0.462 %)Marketing
1917 (0.262 %)Legal
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1744 (11.47 %)Consultant
2736 (11.34 %)Developer
3715 (11.02 %)Analyst
4388 (5.979 %)Architect
5358 (5.517 %)Software Engineer
6333 (5.132 %)Project Manager
7251 (3.868 %)DBA
8248 (3.822 %)Java Developer
9233 (3.591 %)Support Engineer
10218 (3.360 %)Systems Engineer
11208 (3.205 %)Oracle DBA
12183 (2.820 %)Security Consultant
13166 (2.558 %)Network Engineer
14161 (2.481 %)Administrator
15158 (2.435 %)Technical Architect
16150 (2.312 %)Support Analyst
17143 (2.204 %)Tester
18127 (1.957 %)Software Developer
19125 (1.926 %)Design Engineer
2096 (1.479 %)Applications Developer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1134 (2.065 %)Biometrics
2112 (1.726 %)Mathematics
3110 (1.695 %)Computer Science
484 (1.294 %)PKI
581 (1.248 %)CESG
674 (1.140 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
772 (1.110 %)VHDL
863 (0.971 %)Management Information System
959 (0.909 %)Client/Server
959 (0.909 %)Clustering
1038 (0.586 %)Physics
1134 (0.524 %)PDA
1233 (0.509 %)Replication
1332 (0.493 %)Human Factors
1430 (0.462 %)N-Tier
1525 (0.385 %)Firmware
1623 (0.354 %)SCADA
1722 (0.339 %)PMI
1821 (0.324 %)Thin Client
1821 (0.324 %)Statistics
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11108 (17.08 %)Windows
2667 (10.28 %)UNIX
3497 (7.659 %)Linux
4373 (5.748 %)Windows Server 2003
5276 (4.253 %)Windows XP
6211 (3.252 %)Windows 2000
7174 (2.681 %)Solaris
890 (1.387 %)Windows Vista
975 (1.156 %)Windows 2000 Server
1064 (0.986 %)AIX
1157 (0.878 %)Windows NT
1248 (0.740 %)Red Hat Linux
1336 (0.555 %)HPUX
1433 (0.509 %)Windows Mobile
1527 (0.416 %)Windows Server 2008
1626 (0.401 %)VxWorks
1713 (0.200 %)NetWare
1810 (0.154 %)SUSE
195 (0.077 %)VMS
204 (0.062 %)Tru64
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12324 (35.81 %)SC Cleared
2578 (8.907 %)DV Cleared
3549 (8.460 %)UML
4464 (7.151 %)ITIL
5406 (6.257 %)Project Management
6372 (5.733 %)PRINCE2
7287 (4.423 %)Service Management
8255 (3.930 %)Information Security
9203 (3.128 %)OO
10197 (3.036 %)Software Engineering
11166 (2.558 %)SOA
12165 (2.543 %)Validation
13160 (2.466 %)Configuration Management
14154 (2.373 %)Service Delivery
15152 (2.342 %)Programme Management
16148 (2.281 %)Risk Management
17145 (2.235 %)Test Scripting
18143 (2.204 %)Unit Testing
19138 (2.127 %)BC Cleared
20122 (1.880 %)Change Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1979 (15.09 %)Java
2709 (10.93 %)SQL
3573 (8.830 %)C++
4498 (7.675 %)C
5298 (4.592 %)C#
6277 (4.269 %)PL/SQL
7156 (2.404 %)VB
8127 (1.957 %)Perl
9126 (1.942 %)JavaScript
10107 (1.649 %)Ada
11104 (1.603 %)VB.NET
1252 (0.801 %)Embedded C
1252 (0.801 %)Shell Script
1339 (0.601 %)Embedded C++
1438 (0.586 %)VC++
1532 (0.493 %)Python
1631 (0.478 %)VB6
1631 (0.478 %)VBA
1727 (0.416 %)Transact-SQL
1826 (0.401 %)ABAP
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1722 (11.13 %)Degree
2342 (5.270 %)Cisco Certification
3250 (3.853 %)CCNA
4243 (3.745 %)Microsoft Certification
5175 (2.697 %)MCSE
6148 (2.281 %)CCNP
7144 (2.219 %)ISEB
8114 (1.757 %)CISSP
994 (1.449 %)MCP
1077 (1.187 %)CISM
1160 (0.925 %)CCIE
1258 (0.894 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1354 (0.832 %)CISA
1452 (0.801 %)Oracle Certification
1550 (0.771 %)CCSA
1645 (0.693 %)MCSA
1744 (0.678 %)CCDP
1843 (0.663 %)CCSP
1938 (0.586 %)HNC
1938 (0.586 %)ITIL Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1191 (2.943 %)SLA
2166 (2.558 %)QA
3110 (1.695 %)ISO27001
460 (0.925 %)ISO9001
551 (0.786 %)BS7799
638 (0.586 %)JSP 440
722 (0.339 %)HMG Infosec
815 (0.231 %)BS15000
914 (0.216 %)ISO17799
1012 (0.185 %)ISO9000
1111 (0.170 %)PCI DSS
129 (0.139 %)PCI QSA
129 (0.139 %)CESG Infosec
138 (0.123 %)TickIT
146 (0.092 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
146 (0.092 %)ISO/IEC 20000
154 (0.062 %)JTAG
163 (0.046 %)WAI
171 (0.015 %)ISO14001
171 (0.015 %)BS25999
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1347 (5.348 %)Active Directory
2158 (2.435 %)Oracle RAC
381 (1.248 %)Oracle RMAN
466 (1.017 %)NetBackup
551 (0.786 %)VMware Infrastructure
642 (0.647 %)VMware ESX
732 (0.493 %)Backup Exec
823 (0.354 %)AquaLogic
914 (0.216 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1013 (0.200 %)MetaFrame
1111 (0.170 %)Terminal Services
126 (0.092 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
134 (0.062 %)NFS
134 (0.062 %)ISA Server
143 (0.046 %)ProxySG
152 (0.031 %)VMware Server
152 (0.031 %)Nmap
161 (0.015 %)Snort
161 (0.015 %)VMware Workstation
161 (0.015 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
151 (0.786 %)OpenView Configuration Management
247 (0.724 %)OpenView
343 (0.663 %)MOM
438 (0.586 %)Tivoli
523 (0.354 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
523 (0.354 %)Netcool
622 (0.339 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
716 (0.247 %)BMC PATROL
716 (0.247 %)ZENworks
813 (0.200 %)Unicenter
99 (0.139 %)Norton AntiVirus
108 (0.123 %)MIIS
117 (0.108 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
117 (0.108 %)ARCserve
126 (0.092 %)BMC Marimba
135 (0.077 %)MAILsweeper
135 (0.077 %)Legato
144 (0.062 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
144 (0.062 %)Nagios
144 (0.062 %)Oracle Statspack
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11114 (17.17 %)Oracle
2545 (8.399 %)Microsoft
3459 (7.074 %)Cisco
4216 (3.329 %)HP
5152 (2.342 %)SAP
6145 (2.235 %)BEA
7143 (2.204 %)Citrix
8131 (2.019 %)CheckPoint
9106 (1.634 %)VMware
1097 (1.495 %)Business Objects
1192 (1.418 %)Sun
1192 (1.418 %)Nortel
1286 (1.325 %)IBM
1372 (1.110 %)Juniper
1462 (0.955 %)Nokia
1557 (0.878 %)Remedy
1557 (0.878 %)EMC
1648 (0.740 %)Red Hat
1744 (0.678 %)VERITAS
1744 (0.678 %)BMC