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The table below looks at the demand for Security Check (SC) Clearance skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8985
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads51
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.803 %0.147 %
Salaries quoted41
Average minimum salary£36,000£40,000
Average salary£48,000£45,000
% change on same period last year+6.66 %
Average maximum salary£60,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,068£44,528
% change on same period last year-7.77 %
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Lancashire
Matching permanent IT job ads623679
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.359 %0.296 %
Salaries quoted520527
Average minimum salary£31,340£34,543
Average salary£34,581£38,336
% change on same period last year-9.79 %
Average maximum salary£37,822£42,129
UK excluding London average salary£42,662£44,191
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
SC Cleared North WestSC Cleared
North West

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

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

Lancashire SC Cleared Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire SC Cleared Salary Trend

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Lancashire SC Cleared Salary Histogram

SC Cleared
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 8 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
PrestonNew entry-4£48,000-
ChorleyNew entry-1--
SC Cleared North WestSC Cleared
North West

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SC Cleared.

127 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
218 (66.67 %)C
218 (66.67 %)VoIP
218 (66.67 %)DHCP
218 (66.67 %)DNS
218 (66.67 %)Embedded C
39 (33.33 %)Assembly Language
39 (33.33 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
44 (14.81 %)WebSphere
44 (14.81 %)Web Development
44 (14.81 %)Unit Testing
44 (14.81 %)Data Architecture
44 (14.81 %)Asset Management
44 (14.81 %)Content Management
44 (14.81 %)Spring
44 (14.81 %)Hibernate
44 (14.81 %)Information Security
44 (14.81 %)Internet
44 (14.81 %)HTML
44 (14.81 %)Java
44 (14.81 %)JavaScript
44 (14.81 %)PL/SQL
44 (14.81 %)SQL
44 (14.81 %)J2EE
44 (14.81 %)Oracle
44 (14.81 %)SQL Server
44 (14.81 %)JSP
44 (14.81 %)Struts
44 (14.81 %)XML
44 (14.81 %)XSL

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Lancashire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (14.81 %)HTML
14 (14.81 %)J2EE
14 (14.81 %)JSP
14 (14.81 %)Struts
14 (14.81 %)XML
14 (14.81 %)XSL
14 (14.81 %)Hibernate
14 (14.81 %)Spring
14 (14.81 %)WebSphere
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (14.81 %)Apache
Lancashire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.704 %)SAP QM
Lancashire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (66.67 %)VoIP
118 (66.67 %)DHCP
118 (66.67 %)DNS
24 (14.81 %)Internet
Lancashire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (14.81 %)SQL Server
Lancashire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (3.704 %)Government
Lancashire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (66.67 %)Software Engineer
29 (33.33 %)DSP Engineer
29 (33.33 %)DSP Software Engineer
34 (14.81 %)Java Developer
34 (14.81 %)Developer
34 (14.81 %)Data Architect
34 (14.81 %)Architect
41 (3.704 %)Support Consultant
41 (3.704 %)Consultant
41 (3.704 %)SAP Consultant
41 (3.704 %)SAP QM Consultant
Lancashire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (33.33 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
24 (14.81 %)Data Architecture
24 (14.81 %)UML
24 (14.81 %)OO
24 (14.81 %)OOD
24 (14.81 %)Information Security
24 (14.81 %)Asset Management
24 (14.81 %)Content Management
24 (14.81 %)Web Development
24 (14.81 %)Unit Testing
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (66.67 %)C
118 (66.67 %)Embedded C
29 (33.33 %)Assembly Language
34 (14.81 %)Java
34 (14.81 %)JavaScript
34 (14.81 %)PL/SQL
34 (14.81 %)SQL
Lancashire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (14.81 %)Oracle
21 (3.704 %)SAP