The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 97 114 140
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +26
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 179 143 98
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.519% 2.017% 1.448%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.36% 8.029% 6.016%
Number of salaries quoted 94 127 74
Average salary £36,750 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.12% +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,850 £29,000 £27,700
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +8.75%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1728 1781 1629
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.32% 25.12% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1416 1526 1406
Average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Security Cleared Salary Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire -5 71 £35,000 -12.50%
Manchester +12 70 £36,000 -28.00%
Lancashire +27 25 £44,500 -15.23%
Cumbria +15 13 £51,500 +71.66%
Merseyside +32 6 £32,875 +15.35%
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 146 (41.60%) SC Cleared
2 127 (36.18%) Finance
3 109 (31.05%) Oracle
4 92 (26.21%) Oracle EBS
5 87 (24.79%) .NET
6 85 (24.22%) Telecoms
7 83 (23.65%) C#
8 82 (23.36%) Retail
9 81 (23.08%) Fujitsu
10 80 (22.79%) SQL
11 75 (21.37%) .NET Framework
12 71 (20.23%) Business Intelligence
13 69 (19.66%) ASP.NET
13 69 (19.66%) Oracle EBS R12
14 68 (19.37%) OO
15 66 (18.80%) Time Management
16 65 (18.52%) Hyperion
16 65 (18.52%) Essbase
17 63 (17.95%) Microsoft
17 63 (17.95%) SQL Server
18 52 (14.81%) JavaScript
18 52 (14.81%) Hyperion Planning
19 51 (14.53%) Oracle 11g
19 51 (14.53%) Oracle Financials
20 49 (13.96%) Windows
21 48 (13.68%) Oracle BI EE
22 47 (13.39%) Agile Software Development
23 44 (12.54%) MVC
24 41 (11.68%) SQL Server 2008
25 36 (10.26%) CSS

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 87 (24.79%) .NET
2 75 (21.37%) .NET Framework
3 69 (19.66%) ASP.NET
4 36 (10.26%) CSS
5 33 (9.402%) Ajax
6 32 (9.117%) XML
6 32 (9.117%) HTML
7 26 (7.407%) WPF
8 25 (7.123%) jQuery
8 25 (7.123%) Web Services
9 23 (6.553%) WCF
10 15 (4.274%) Silverlight
11 14 (3.989%) WF
11 14 (3.989%) XHTML
12 12 (3.419%) ASP.NET MVC
13 11 (3.134%) ASP.NET MVC 2
13 11 (3.134%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 11 (3.134%) ADO.NET
13 11 (3.134%) Ruby on Rails
13 11 (3.134%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 27 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.698%) IIS
3 18 (5.128%) SharePoint 2010
4 17 (4.843%) SharePoint Server
5 15 (4.274%) BizTalk Server
6 11 (3.134%) SharePoint Foundation
7 8 (2.279%) CMS
8 7 (1.994%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (1.709%) Captiva
10 3 (0.855%) MS Exchange
10 3 (0.855%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.570%) Windows Azure
11 2 (0.570%) SAS
11 2 (0.570%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.570%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.285%) WordPress
12 1 (0.285%) Magento
12 1 (0.285%) Drupal
12 1 (0.285%) Apache
12 1 (0.285%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 34 (9.687%) MS Excel
2 20 (5.698%) MS Office
3 11 (3.134%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.285%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 92 (26.21%) Oracle EBS
2 69 (19.66%) Oracle EBS R12
3 52 (14.81%) Hyperion Planning
4 51 (14.53%) Oracle Financials
5 11 (3.134%) Oracle Applications
6 8 (2.279%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (0.855%) Oracle 11i
8 2 (0.570%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.285%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.285%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.285%) Oracle HRMS
9 1 (0.285%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.285%) Maximo
9 1 (0.285%) HFM
9 1 (0.285%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.128%) Firewall
2 17 (4.843%) WAN
3 9 (2.564%) LAN
3 9 (2.564%) SAN
3 9 (2.564%) Internet
4 8 (2.279%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (1.709%) SSL
5 6 (1.709%) OSPF
5 6 (1.709%) BGP
5 6 (1.709%) IPsec
5 6 (1.709%) HTTP
6 5 (1.425%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.425%) Ethernet
7 4 (1.140%) DNS
8 3 (0.855%) SMTP
9 2 (0.570%) DHCP
9 2 (0.570%) SDH
9 2 (0.570%) FTP
9 2 (0.570%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.570%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (18.52%) Essbase
2 63 (17.95%) SQL Server
3 51 (14.53%) Oracle 11g
4 48 (13.68%) Oracle BI EE
5 41 (11.68%) SQL Server 2008
6 20 (5.698%) Oracle Discoverer
7 14 (3.989%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
9 12 (3.419%) SQL Server 2000
10 11 (3.134%) Oracle 8/8i
11 10 (2.849%) SQL Server 2005
12 8 (2.279%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.709%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (1.709%) PowerCenter
14 3 (0.855%) SQLPlus
14 3 (0.855%) MySQL
14 3 (0.855%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.570%) MS Access
15 2 (0.570%) RDBMS
15 2 (0.570%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 22 (6.268%) Visual Studio
2 18 (5.128%) NUnit
3 12 (3.419%) CruiseControl
3 12 (3.419%) Visual Studio Team System
3 12 (3.419%) MSBuild
4 6 (1.709%) Subversion
4 6 (1.709%) JDeveloper
5 3 (0.855%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 2 (0.570%) Ant
6 2 (0.570%) MSI
7 1 (0.285%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.285%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.285%) Moq
7 1 (0.285%) Trac
7 1 (0.285%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.285%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.285%) JIRA
7 1 (0.285%) Selenium
General
1 127 (36.18%) Finance
2 85 (24.22%) Telecoms
3 82 (23.36%) Retail
4 17 (4.843%) Advertising
5 12 (3.419%) Aerospace
6 8 (2.279%) Back Office
6 8 (2.279%) Local Government
7 5 (1.425%) Legal
8 3 (0.855%) Electronics
8 3 (0.855%) Military
9 2 (0.570%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.285%) Front Office
10 1 (0.285%) Billing
Job Titles
1 97 (27.64%) Consultant
2 91 (25.93%) Developer
3 64 (18.23%) Oracle Consultant
4 49 (13.96%) .NET Developer
5 36 (10.26%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 36 (10.26%) Oracle BI Consultant
6 26 (7.407%) Web Developer
6 26 (7.407%) Architect
6 26 (7.407%) DBA
7 25 (7.123%) Software Engineer
8 19 (5.413%) Administrator
9 17 (4.843%) Oracle DBA
9 17 (4.843%) Analyst
9 17 (4.843%) Hyperion Consultant
10 16 (4.558%) .NET Web Developer
11 14 (3.989%) Software Developer
12 13 (3.704%) Senior Developer
13 12 (3.419%) Sales Consultant
13 12 (3.419%) Senior .NET Developer
14 11 (3.134%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.849%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (1.425%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 4 (1.140%) N-Tier
4 3 (0.855%) Blackberry
4 3 (0.855%) SCADA
4 3 (0.855%) Open Source
5 2 (0.570%) CMDB
5 2 (0.570%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.570%) HP StorageWorks
5 2 (0.570%) Kindle
5 2 (0.570%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.285%) Clustering
6 1 (0.285%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.285%) Informatics
6 1 (0.285%) Biotechnology
6 1 (0.285%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.285%) Life Science
6 1 (0.285%) Oracle Exalogic
6 1 (0.285%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.285%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 49 (13.96%) Windows
2 17 (4.843%) UNIX
3 16 (4.558%) Linux
3 16 (4.558%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (3.989%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (2.564%) AIX
6 8 (2.279%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.140%) Solaris
8 3 (0.855%) SUSE
8 3 (0.855%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.285%) Windows Phone 8
9 1 (0.285%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.285%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.285%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.285%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.285%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (20.23%) Business Intelligence
2 68 (19.37%) OO
3 66 (18.80%) Time Management
4 47 (13.39%) Agile Software Development
5 44 (12.54%) MVC
6 34 (9.687%) TDD
7 24 (6.838%) Scrum
8 19 (5.413%) ITIL
9 18 (5.128%) E-Commerce
10 17 (4.843%) UML
11 15 (4.274%) OOA/OOD
11 15 (4.274%) Service Management
12 14 (3.989%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (3.989%) Web Development
13 13 (3.704%) Continuous Integration
14 12 (3.419%) Unit Testing
14 12 (3.419%) Software Engineering
14 12 (3.419%) Information Security
14 12 (3.419%) ITSM
14 12 (3.419%) Unified Process
Programming Languages
1 83 (23.65%) C#
2 80 (22.79%) SQL
3 52 (14.81%) JavaScript
4 24 (6.838%) PL/SQL
5 23 (6.553%) T-SQL
6 22 (6.268%) VB.NET
7 20 (5.698%) C
7 20 (5.698%) Java
8 13 (3.704%) PHP
8 13 (3.704%) Shell Script
9 11 (3.134%) Ruby
10 8 (2.279%) C++
11 7 (1.994%) XAML
12 6 (1.709%) Embedded C
13 4 (1.140%) VBScript
13 4 (1.140%) VB
14 3 (0.855%) ABAP
15 2 (0.570%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.570%) XPath
16 1 (0.285%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 146 (41.60%) SC Cleared
2 30 (8.547%) DV Cleared
3 18 (5.128%) Degree
4 8 (2.279%) CISSP
4 8 (2.279%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.994%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.709%) CISM
7 5 (1.425%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.140%) MCSE
8 4 (1.140%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.855%) BC Cleared
9 3 (0.855%) MCAD
9 3 (0.855%) MCSD
9 3 (0.855%) HND
9 3 (0.855%) CCNP
9 3 (0.855%) CCNA
9 3 (0.855%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (0.855%) MCTS
9 3 (0.855%) MCPD
10 2 (0.570%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.419%) SLA
1 12 (3.419%) DO-178B
2 4 (1.140%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.570%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.285%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.285%) QA
4 1 (0.285%) HMG Infosec
4 1 (0.285%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (4.274%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (3.704%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (2.564%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.279%) Xen
5 6 (1.709%) XenApp
6 3 (0.855%) vSphere
6 3 (0.855%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (0.855%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.855%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.855%) VMware ESX
6 3 (0.855%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.570%) UAG
8 1 (0.285%) XenServer
8 1 (0.285%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.285%) vCloud
8 1 (0.285%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 13 (3.704%) Data Guard
2 8 (2.279%) Tivoli
2 8 (2.279%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (1.425%) SCCM
4 3 (0.855%) SCOM
4 3 (0.855%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.570%) MOM
5 2 (0.570%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.570%) WMI
6 1 (0.285%) WSUS
6 1 (0.285%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.285%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 1 (0.285%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.285%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 109 (31.05%) Oracle
2 81 (23.08%) Fujitsu
3 65 (18.52%) Hyperion
4 63 (17.95%) Microsoft
5 30 (8.547%) Cisco
6 26 (7.407%) Citrix
7 17 (4.843%) Juniper
7 17 (4.843%) VMware
8 14 (3.989%) IBM
9 10 (2.849%) SAP
10 9 (2.564%) Cognos
11 8 (2.279%) Lotus
11 8 (2.279%) Riverbed
11 8 (2.279%) Isilon
11 8 (2.279%) EMC
12 7 (1.994%) Informatica
13 6 (1.709%) HP
13 6 (1.709%) CheckPoint
14 4 (1.140%) AppSense
14 4 (1.140%) NetApp
North West
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic IT Infrastructure Specialist- Working for a large government body, the successful candidate will be responsible for the support and maintenance...
Michael Page
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP29500 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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
Bolton, Lancashire
It would also be beneficial to have Microsoft Exchange 2010, Citrix Presentation Server, Triole for services, Sophos Enterprise AV, SAN Storage or experience working within local government. The...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Competitive salary on application
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
The specialist should be experienced in supporting 2 or more of the following Security Products: RSA Envision, Logrhythm, Symantec Endpoint Security, Web and Email security technologies such as...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Runcorn, Cheshire
Activities should have included: installation / upgrade of the technology stack configuration maintenance administration problem solving Knowledge of WebLogic Middleware particularly in the area of: Installation Configuration Administration Release...
Atos
Salary: £1 - £2 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Cumbria, North West
Key projects underway at present: Rework and Creation of New SSRS Reports to support business needs Standardisation of SQL Server Maintenance Plans Upgrading of SQL Server 2000 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000.00 - £31000.00 per annum
Posted: 25 April 2013
Moor Row, Cumbria
Upgrading of SQL Server 2000 and 2005 installations and related applications to SQL Server 2008 including Sage, Primavera, Cognos, Proquis and Sharepoint... SSRS... SQL Server 2008 High Availability.
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £20000.00 - £31000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013