South East SC Cleared Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Security Check (SC) Clearance skills within the South East 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Location Aldershot Andover Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Corsham Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Farnham Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Guildford Gwent Hampshire Harlow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horley Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Maidenhead Malvern Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stevenage Surrey Swindon Taunton Telford Tewkesbury Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Wells West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	178	225
Rank change on same period last year	+47
Matching permanent IT job ads	404	383
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.213 %	0.157 %
As % of the category below	1.875 %	1.457 %
Salaries quoted	312	286
Average minimum salary	£36,536	£42,968
Average salary	£41,335	£45,817
% change on same period last year	-9.78 %
Average maximum salary	£46,134	£48,665
UK excluding London average salary	£41,485	£45,319
% change on same period last year	-8.46 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching permanent IT job ads	21545	26287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	11.37 %	10.76 %
Salaries quoted	17194	21112
Average minimum salary	£40,358	£41,997
Average salary	£44,230	£45,432
% change on same period last year	-2.64 %
Average maximum salary	£48,103	£48,866
UK excluding London average salary	£42,567	£44,524
% change on same period last year	-4.39 %
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SC Cleared
Demand Trend

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

SC Cleared
Salary Trend

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

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Hampshire	+15	125	£38,918	-6.89 %
Berkshire	+51	99	£34,899	-18.28 %
Surrey	+17	71	£43,315	-11.57 %
Buckinghamshire	+2	54	£45,057	-11.30 %
Middlesex	+39	24	£61,417	+63.77 %
Kent	-4	16	£38,813	-3.05 %
Oxfordshire	-6	5	£43,250	-0.38 %
West Sussex	+14	5	£46,000	-3.99 %
East Sussex	-	1	-	-

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SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 889 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 292 (32.85 %) Government 3 191 (21.48 %) Oracle 4 181 (20.36 %) Windows 5 140 (15.75 %) SQL 6 137 (15.41 %) Java 7 127 (14.29 %) Microsoft 8 109 (12.26 %) J2EE 9 101 (11.36 %) .NET 10 100 (11.25 %) UML 11 98 (11.02 %) XML 12 96 (10.80 %) C 13 95 (10.69 %) Active Directory 14 94 (10.57 %) Linux 15 93 (10.46 %) DV Cleared

16 89 (10.01 %) C++ 17 88 (9.899 %) Cisco 18 86 (9.674 %) Degree 19 84 (9.449 %) UNIX 20 71 (7.987 %) SQL Server 21 70 (7.874 %) PRINCE2 21 70 (7.874 %) Oracle 10g 21 70 (7.874 %) Cisco Certification 22 68 (7.649 %) Firewall 23 64 (7.199 %) Military 24 61 (6.862 %) PL/SQL 25 60 (6.749 %) C# 25 60 (6.749 %) Service Management 26 58 (6.524 %) CCNA 27 56 (6.299 %) Eclipse

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development 1 109 (12.26 %) J2EE 2 101 (11.36 %) .NET 3 98 (11.02 %) XML 4 53 (5.962 %) Hibernate 5 50 (5.624 %) Spring 6 39 (4.387 %) HTML 7 38 (4.274 %) EJB 8 29 (3.262 %) JSP 9 27 (3.037 %) Struts 9 27 (3.037 %) WebServices 10 23 (2.587 %) ASP 11 22 (2.475 %) ASP.NET 12 20 (2.250 %) J2SE 13 13 (1.462 %) WebSphere 14 11 (1.237 %) CSS 15 10 (1.125 %) .NET Framework 16 8 (0.900 %) JSF 16 8 (0.900 %) JDBC 17 6 (0.675 %) ADO.NET 17 6 (0.675 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 49 (5.512 %) WebLogic 2 47 (5.287 %) MS Exchange 3 42 (4.724 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 26 (2.925 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 21 (2.362 %) Apache 6 20 (2.250 %) JBoss 6 20 (2.250 %) SharePoint 6 20 (2.250 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 18 (2.025 %) Tomcat 8 9 (1.012 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 7 (0.787 %) BizTalk Server 10 5 (0.562 %) Lotus Notes 11 4 (0.450 %) MQSeries 11 4 (0.450 %) MTS 11 4 (0.450 %) SharePoint Server 2007 12 3 (0.337 %) Lotus Domino 13 2 (0.225 %) IIS 13 2 (0.225 %) WebLogic Portal 13 2 (0.225 %) WebSphere Application Server 14 1 (0.112 %) Documentum
Applications 1 51 (5.737 %) MS Excel 2 29 (3.262 %) MS Office 3 13 (1.462 %) AutoCAD 4 9 (1.012 %) MS Project 5 7 (0.787 %) MS PowerPoint 6 6 (0.675 %) InfoPath 7 5 (0.562 %) MATLAB 7 5 (0.562 %) Simulink 8 4 (0.450 %) MS Visio 9 2 (0.225 %) Spreadsheet 10 1 (0.112 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 21 (2.362 %) Oracle Applications 2 17 (1.912 %) Oracle EBS 3 10 (1.125 %) Oracle 11i 4 9 (1.012 %) SAP R/3 4 9 (1.012 %) SAP WM 5 8 (0.900 %) SAP EBP 6 1 (0.112 %) Oracle Financials 6 1 (0.112 %) Oracle Payroll 6 1 (0.112 %) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking 1 68 (7.649 %) Firewall 2 49 (5.512 %) VPN 3 47 (5.287 %) SAN 3 47 (5.287 %) LAN 4 37 (4.162 %) TCP/IP 5 33 (3.712 %) WAN 6 29 (3.262 %) NetScreen 6 29 (3.262 %) Internet 7 22 (2.475 %) Network Security 8 21 (2.362 %) SMS 8 21 (2.362 %) DNS 9 20 (2.250 %) VoIP 9 20 (2.250 %) Cisco PIX 10 14 (1.575 %) X.500 11 13 (1.462 %) SSL 12 12 (1.350 %) ATM 13 10 (1.125 %) Intranet 13 10 (1.125 %) OSPF 13 10 (1.125 %) BGP 14 9 (1.012 %) RIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 71 (7.987 %) SQL Server 2 70 (7.874 %) Oracle 10g 3 17 (1.912 %) Oracle 9i 4 15 (1.687 %) SQL Server 2005 5 14 (1.575 %) GIS 6 12 (1.350 %) DB2 6 12 (1.350 %) BusinessObjects 7 10 (1.125 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 9 (1.012 %) Oracle Reports 9 8 (0.900 %) SAP BW 9 8 (0.900 %) Data Mining 9 8 (0.900 %) RDBMS 10 7 (0.787 %) SQL Server 2000 11 6 (0.675 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 6 (0.675 %) Ingres 11 6 (0.675 %) MS Access 12 5 (0.562 %) Datawarehouse 12 5 (0.562 %) DTS 12 5 (0.562 %) SQL Server Integration Services 13 3 (0.337 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications 1 56 (6.299 %) Eclipse 2 40 (4.499 %) Ant 3 38 (4.274 %) Rational Rose 4 35 (3.937 %) JUnit 5 20 (2.250 %) Visual Studio 6 18 (2.025 %) ClearCase 7 17 (1.912 %) ClearQuest 8 7 (0.787 %) QuickTest Pro 8 7 (0.787 %) Telelogic DOORS 8 7 (0.787 %) Oracle Forms 9 4 (0.450 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 4 (0.450 %) Subversion 10 3 (0.337 %) MSI 10 3 (0.337 %) InstallShield 10 3 (0.337 %) TestDirector 10 3 (0.337 %) Visual Studio Team System 11 2 (0.225 %) LoadRunner 11 2 (0.225 %) ARTiSAN 12 1 (0.112 %) Oracle Designer 10g 12 1 (0.112 %) Borland Together	General 1 292 (32.85 %) Government 2 64 (7.199 %) Military 3 49 (5.512 %) Telecoms 3 49 (5.512 %) Finance 4 46 (5.174 %) Pensions 5 41 (4.612 %) Health 6 25 (2.812 %) Aerospace 7 18 (2.025 %) Police 8 15 (1.687 %) Electronics 9 13 (1.462 %) Auditing 10 9 (1.012 %) Education 11 8 (0.900 %) Law 12 7 (0.787 %) Insurance 13 6 (0.675 %) Marketing 14 5 (0.562 %) Retail 15 3 (0.337 %) Banking 15 3 (0.337 %) Legal 15 3 (0.337 %) Construction 16 2 (0.225 %) General Ledger 17 1 (0.112 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 133 (14.96 %) Developer 2 132 (14.85 %) Analyst 3 82 (9.224 %) Architect 4 74 (8.324 %) Java Developer 5 58 (6.524 %) Project Manager 5 58 (6.524 %) Consultant 6 54 (6.074 %) Network Engineer 7 39 (4.387 %) Design Engineer 8 33 (3.712 %) DBA 8 33 (3.712 %) Java/J2EE Developer 9 32 (3.600 %) J2EE Developer 10 29 (3.262 %) Solutions Architect 11 28 (3.150 %) Support Engineer 12 26 (2.925 %) Team Leader 13 23 (2.587 %) Technical Architect 14 22 (2.475 %) Senior Network Engineer 15 21 (2.362 %) Test Analyst 15 21 (2.362 %) Security Consultant 16 20 (2.250 %) Support Analyst 16 20 (2.250 %) Security Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 23 (2.587 %) Clustering 2 22 (2.475 %) VHDL 3 16 (1.800 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 4 13 (1.462 %) Replication 4 13 (1.462 %) Management Information System 5 12 (1.350 %) Remote Sensing 6 11 (1.237 %) Client/Server 7 10 (1.125 %) CESG 7 10 (1.125 %) Computer Science 8 9 (1.012 %) SecurID 9 8 (0.900 %) HACMP 10 7 (0.787 %) Economics 11 6 (0.675 %) Data Protection Act 11 6 (0.675 %) PKI 12 5 (0.562 %) Data Integration 13 4 (0.450 %) Human Factors 13 4 (0.450 %) N-Tier 14 3 (0.337 %) RMADS 15 2 (0.225 %) IPTV 15 2 (0.225 %) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems 1 181 (20.36 %) Windows 2 94 (10.57 %) Linux 3 84 (9.449 %) UNIX 4 36 (4.049 %) Windows NT 5 34 (3.825 %) Windows 2000 6 30 (3.375 %) Windows Server 2003 7 29 (3.262 %) Solaris 8 24 (2.700 %) Windows XP 9 11 (1.237 %) AIX 9 11 (1.237 %) HPUX 10 7 (0.787 %) SUSE 11 4 (0.450 %) Windows Mobile 12 3 (0.337 %) Debian 13 2 (0.225 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 889 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 100 (11.25 %) UML 3 93 (10.46 %) DV Cleared 4 70 (7.874 %) PRINCE2 5 60 (6.749 %) Service Management 6 52 (5.849 %) RUP 7 51 (5.737 %) OO 8 50 (5.624 %) Project Management 8 50 (5.624 %) BC Cleared 9 46 (5.174 %) ITIL 10 40 (4.499 %) Service Delivery 11 38 (4.274 %) Risk Management 12 29 (3.262 %) Configuration Management 12 29 (3.262 %) Software Engineering 13 28 (3.150 %) Logistics 14 23 (2.587 %) Validation 15 21 (2.362 %) OOA/OOD 15 21 (2.362 %) Unified Process 15 21 (2.362 %) Information Security 16 20 (2.250 %) CMMI
Programming Languages 1 140 (15.75 %) SQL 2 137 (15.41 %) Java 3 96 (10.80 %) C 4 89 (10.01 %) C++ 5 61 (6.862 %) PL/SQL 6 60 (6.749 %) C# 7 50 (5.624 %) JavaScript 8 31 (3.487 %) VB.NET 9 22 (2.475 %) VB 10 19 (2.137 %) Perl 11 9 (1.012 %) DHTML 11 9 (1.012 %) Shell Script 12 8 (0.900 %) Python 12 8 (0.900 %) Transact-SQL 13 6 (0.675 %) VB6 14 5 (0.562 %) Ruby 15 4 (0.450 %) Embedded C++ 15 4 (0.450 %) PHP 16 3 (0.337 %) Delphi 16 3 (0.337 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 86 (9.674 %) Degree 2 70 (7.874 %) Cisco Certification 3 58 (6.524 %) CCNA 4 29 (3.262 %) CCDA 5 28 (3.150 %) Microsoft Certification 6 27 (3.037 %) CISSP 7 23 (2.587 %) ISEB 7 23 (2.587 %) CCNP 7 23 (2.587 %) CCSE 8 22 (2.475 %) CISM 9 16 (1.800 %) MCP 10 13 (1.462 %) HND 10 13 (1.462 %) CCIE 11 12 (1.350 %) CCSA 12 11 (1.237 %) CISA 12 11 (1.237 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 13 8 (0.900 %) CCDP 13 8 (0.900 %) MCSE 13 8 (0.900 %) MCAD 14 7 (0.787 %) EnCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 33 (3.712 %) SLA 2 15 (1.687 %) ISO27001 3 7 (0.787 %) HMG Infosec 3 7 (0.787 %) ISO9001 4 6 (0.675 %) BS7799 5 5 (0.562 %) ISO17799 6 4 (0.450 %) QA 7 3 (0.337 %) JSP 440 8 2 (0.225 %) ISO14001 9 1 (0.112 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 95 (10.69 %) Active Directory 2 16 (1.800 %) Oracle RAC 3 12 (1.350 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 3 (0.337 %) Terminal Server 4 3 (0.337 %) ProxySG 4 3 (0.337 %) AquaLogic 4 3 (0.337 %) VMware ESX 5 2 (0.225 %) Oracle RMAN 6 1 (0.112 %) VMware Workstation 6 1 (0.112 %) NetBackup 6 1 (0.112 %) Backup Exec 6 1 (0.112 %) VMware GSX
Systems Management 1 22 (2.475 %) MOM 2 11 (1.237 %) Tivoli 3 7 (0.787 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 5 (0.562 %) Unicenter 5 3 (0.337 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 5 3 (0.337 %) OpenView 5 3 (0.337 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 3 (0.337 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 3 (0.337 %) MIIS 6 2 (0.225 %) WSUS 6 2 (0.225 %) Netcool 6 2 (0.225 %) Legato 7 1 (0.112 %) EMC NetWorker 7 1 (0.112 %) ServiceCenter 7 1 (0.112 %) AssetCenter 7 1 (0.112 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 191 (21.48 %) Oracle 2 127 (14.29 %) Microsoft 3 88 (9.899 %) Cisco 4 44 (4.949 %) CheckPoint 5 25 (2.812 %) SAP 6 19 (2.137 %) Juniper 7 17 (1.912 %) VMware 8 16 (1.800 %) BEA 9 15 (1.687 %) Nokia 10 14 (1.575 %) HP 10 14 (1.575 %) IBM 11 13 (1.462 %) Sun 12 12 (1.350 %) Business Objects 13 9 (1.012 %) Avaya 13 9 (1.012 %) Blue Coat 14 8 (0.900 %) Remedy 15 7 (0.787 %) Telelogic 15 7 (0.787 %) Finjan 16 6 (0.675 %) Ericsson 17 5 (0.562 %) Lotus