Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the South West region.

 Security Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6054132
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+78
Matching permanent IT job ads168198137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West3.351 %3.201 %1.179 %
As % of the Qualifications category15.03 %11.60 %5.687 %
Salaries quoted14918291
Average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,500£51,500£46,750
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
--6.250 %
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
111817072409
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West22.30 %27.59 %20.73 %
Salaries quoted98714811976
Average salary£35,000£35,000£33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+5.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
SC Cleared EnglandSC Cleared
England

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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West SC Cleared Salary Trend

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireDown-1567£35,000+2.94 %
GloucestershireUp+1647£35,000-6.66 %
BristolUp+1825£32,500-1.51 %
SomersetUp+915£75,000+114.28 %
DevonUp+183--
SC Cleared EnglandSC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1320 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
273 (22.81 %)Windows
361 (19.06 %)Government
459 (18.44 %)SQL
556 (17.50 %)Java
653 (16.56 %)UNIX
749 (15.31 %)UML
847 (14.69 %)DV Cleared
946 (14.38 %)SQL Server
946 (14.38 %)Microsoft
1045 (14.06 %)Oracle
1143 (13.44 %)Cisco
1241 (12.81 %)Linux
1339 (12.19 %)Windows Server 2003
1434 (10.63 %)ITIL
1533 (10.31 %)J2EE
1533 (10.31 %)C++
1631 (9.688 %)TCP/IP
1730 (9.375 %).NET
1829 (9.063 %)XML
1928 (8.750 %)Citrix
2027 (8.438 %)Cisco Certification
2027 (8.438 %)Degree
2027 (8.438 %)Hibernate
2027 (8.438 %)Spring
2126 (8.125 %)C#
2126 (8.125 %)Project Management
2225 (7.813 %)Active Directory
2225 (7.813 %)JSF
2324 (7.500 %)VMware

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
133 (10.31 %)J2EE
230 (9.375 %).NET
329 (9.063 %)XML
427 (8.438 %)Hibernate
427 (8.438 %)Spring
525 (7.813 %)JSF
623 (7.188 %)JPA
715 (4.688 %)Spring Web Flow
812 (3.750 %)XSL
910 (3.125 %)Web Services
108 (2.500 %)HTML
117 (2.188 %)JSP
126 (1.875 %)Struts
126 (1.875 %)CSS
135 (1.563 %)ASP
135 (1.563 %)EJB
135 (1.563 %)Swing
143 (0.938 %)AJAX
143 (0.938 %)Adobe Flex
143 (0.938 %)WebSphere
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
116 (5.000 %)MS Exchange
213 (4.063 %)Exchange Server 2003
312 (3.750 %)SAS
312 (3.750 %)WebLogic
49 (2.813 %)IIS
58 (2.500 %)Exchange Server 2000
66 (1.875 %)Tomcat
73 (0.938 %)WebLogic Portal
73 (0.938 %)Oracle Workflow
73 (0.938 %)MTS
73 (0.938 %)SharePoint
73 (0.938 %)Exchange Server 2007
73 (0.938 %)TPMS
82 (0.625 %)GlassFish
82 (0.625 %)Tuxedo
82 (0.625 %)Apache
91 (0.313 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
91 (0.313 %)Oracle Spatial
91 (0.313 %)ESB
91 (0.313 %)SharePoint Server 2007
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (4.688 %)MS Excel
27 (2.188 %)MS Office
33 (0.938 %)MS Project
41 (0.313 %)MS Visio
41 (0.313 %)MS PowerPoint
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.313 %)Oracle EBS
11 (0.313 %)assyst
11 (0.313 %)ResourceLink
11 (0.313 %)AWD
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
131 (9.688 %)TCP/IP
223 (7.188 %)Firewall
321 (6.563 %)SAN
413 (4.063 %)WAN
512 (3.750 %)LAN
512 (3.750 %)DHCP
611 (3.438 %)DNS
79 (2.813 %)Internet
79 (2.813 %)NetScreen
79 (2.813 %)NAS
88 (2.500 %)SSL
96 (1.875 %)Cisco ASA
96 (1.875 %)LDAP
105 (1.563 %)Cisco PIX
105 (1.563 %)Intranet
113 (0.938 %)SSH
122 (0.625 %)Nortel Alteon
122 (0.625 %)Network Security
122 (0.625 %)Wireless
122 (0.625 %)MPLS
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (14.38 %)SQL Server
222 (6.875 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (5.000 %)DataStage
415 (4.688 %)ETL
513 (4.063 %)Datawarehouse
513 (4.063 %)BusinessObjects
612 (3.750 %)Oracle OLAP
612 (3.750 %)OLAP
76 (1.875 %)Oracle Reports
85 (1.563 %)DTS
85 (1.563 %)MySQL
85 (1.563 %)Oracle 10g
85 (1.563 %)SQL Server 2000
85 (1.563 %)SQL Server Integration Services
85 (1.563 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
94 (1.250 %)Oracle 9i
102 (0.625 %)GIS
102 (0.625 %)PostgreSQL
102 (0.625 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
102 (0.625 %)SQL Server 7
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
118 (5.625 %)Visual Studio
212 (3.750 %)ERwin
39 (2.813 %)VSS/SourceSafe
46 (1.875 %)Subversion
55 (1.563 %)QuickTest Pro
55 (1.563 %)JUnit
64 (1.250 %)ClearCase
73 (0.938 %)Ant
73 (0.938 %)Eclipse
82 (0.625 %)CheckStyle
91 (0.313 %)Oracle APEX
91 (0.313 %)LoadRunner
91 (0.313 %)LabVIEW
91 (0.313 %)TestDirector
91 (0.313 %)JBuilder
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
161 (19.06 %)Government
212 (3.750 %)Military
311 (3.438 %)Aerospace
410 (3.125 %)Health
410 (3.125 %)Finance
59 (2.813 %)Pensions
68 (2.500 %)Electric
77 (2.188 %)Automotive
77 (2.188 %)Avionics
86 (1.875 %)Insurance
95 (1.563 %)Telecoms
103 (0.938 %)Marketing
103 (0.938 %)Construction
103 (0.938 %)Education
103 (0.938 %)Manufacturing
112 (0.625 %)Advertising
112 (0.625 %)Retail
121 (0.313 %)Banking
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
177 (24.06 %)Developer
234 (10.63 %)Analyst
328 (8.750 %)Administrator
421 (6.563 %)Java Developer
421 (6.563 %)Systems Administrator
520 (6.250 %)Architect
618 (5.625 %)Software Developer
717 (5.313 %)Cisco Engineer
717 (5.313 %)NOC Engineer
816 (5.000 %)Project Manager
915 (4.688 %)Systems Engineer
915 (4.688 %)DBA
915 (4.688 %)Support Analyst
915 (4.688 %)Team Leader
1014 (4.375 %)Graduate
1113 (4.063 %)Applications Support
1113 (4.063 %).NET Developer
1113 (4.063 %)Graduate Developer
1210 (3.125 %)Oracle DBA
1210 (3.125 %)Consultant
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (4.688 %)Mathematics
210 (3.125 %)Fat Client
210 (3.125 %)Thin Client
37 (2.188 %)Clustering
44 (1.250 %)Management Information System
53 (0.938 %)RIA
53 (0.938 %)VLE
53 (0.938 %)Data Protection Act
62 (0.625 %)CESG
62 (0.625 %)NHS
62 (0.625 %)RMADS
71 (0.313 %)Symmetrix DMX
71 (0.313 %)Celerra
71 (0.313 %)CLARiiON
71 (0.313 %)CMDB
71 (0.313 %)Client/Server
71 (0.313 %)Blackberry
71 (0.313 %)CESG CLAS
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
173 (22.81 %)Windows
253 (16.56 %)UNIX
341 (12.81 %)Linux
439 (12.19 %)Windows Server 2003
519 (5.938 %)Solaris
617 (5.313 %)Windows Server 2008
714 (4.375 %)Windows XP
813 (4.063 %)Windows 2000 Server
912 (3.750 %)Red Hat Linux
105 (1.563 %)Windows 2000
113 (0.938 %)AIX
122 (0.625 %)IRIX
122 (0.625 %)SUSE
122 (0.625 %)Windows NT
131 (0.313 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
131 (0.313 %)Windows Vista
131 (0.313 %)Android
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
149 (15.31 %)UML
234 (10.63 %)ITIL
326 (8.125 %)Project Management
419 (5.938 %)PRINCE2
515 (4.688 %)Service Delivery
614 (4.375 %)Service Management
713 (4.063 %)Business Intelligence
812 (3.750 %)Data Modelling
812 (3.750 %)Information Management
911 (3.438 %)Risk Management
1010 (3.125 %)Requirements Analysis
119 (2.813 %)Software Engineering
119 (2.813 %)Information Security
128 (2.500 %)RUP
128 (2.500 %)Software Testing
137 (2.188 %)Configuration Management
137 (2.188 %)Risk Assessment
146 (1.875 %)Programme Management
146 (1.875 %)Workflow
146 (1.875 %)Project Planning
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
159 (18.44 %)SQL
256 (17.50 %)Java
333 (10.31 %)C++
426 (8.125 %)C#
522 (6.875 %)C
621 (6.563 %)T-SQL
719 (5.938 %)VB.NET
813 (4.063 %)VB
99 (2.813 %)JavaScript
108 (2.500 %)VBScript
108 (2.500 %)PL/SQL
117 (2.188 %)Shell Script
126 (1.875 %)Perl
135 (1.563 %)Python
143 (0.938 %)Embedded C
143 (0.938 %)SQR
152 (0.625 %)PowerShell
161 (0.313 %)Ada
161 (0.313 %)VBA
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1320 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
247 (14.69 %)DV Cleared
327 (8.438 %)Degree
327 (8.438 %)Cisco Certification
424 (7.500 %)CCNA
523 (7.188 %)Microsoft Certification
614 (4.375 %)MCP
713 (4.063 %)MCSE
713 (4.063 %)CCNP
89 (2.813 %)PRINCE2 Certification
97 (2.188 %)ISEB
105 (1.563 %)CCA
105 (1.563 %)Citrix Certification
105 (1.563 %)MCSA
105 (1.563 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
114 (1.250 %)Sun Certification
123 (0.938 %)HNC
132 (0.625 %)OCP
132 (0.625 %)Oracle Certification
132 (0.625 %)MCDBA
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (4.688 %)QA
28 (2.500 %)ISO27001
36 (1.875 %)SLA
44 (1.250 %)ISO/IEC 20000
44 (1.250 %)PCI DSS
53 (0.938 %)HMG Infosec
53 (0.938 %)BS15000
61 (0.313 %)TickIT
61 (0.313 %)ISO9001
61 (0.313 %)JSP 440
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
125 (7.813 %)Active Directory
210 (3.125 %)Oracle RMAN
210 (3.125 %)Citrix Presentation Server
39 (2.813 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (2.813 %)Terminal Services
46 (1.875 %)VMware ESX
55 (1.563 %)Oracle RAC
55 (1.563 %)vSphere
64 (1.250 %)NFS
64 (1.250 %)Samba
73 (0.938 %)VMware Workstation
81 (0.313 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.313 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.313 %)Sendmail
81 (0.313 %)XenApp
81 (0.313 %)Veritas Volume Manager
South West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (2.813 %)NetBackup
28 (2.500 %)MOM
37 (2.188 %)WSUS
44 (1.250 %)SCCM
44 (1.250 %)SCOM
44 (1.250 %)Data Guard
53 (0.938 %)McAfee ePO
53 (0.938 %)Backup Exec
62 (0.625 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
62 (0.625 %)BMC PATROL
71 (0.313 %)Norton AntiVirus
71 (0.313 %)Nessus
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
146 (14.38 %)Microsoft
245 (14.06 %)Oracle
343 (13.44 %)Cisco
428 (8.750 %)Citrix
524 (7.500 %)VMware
615 (4.688 %)Red Hat
615 (4.688 %)Nortel
713 (4.063 %)Cognos
713 (4.063 %)Business Objects
713 (4.063 %)Informatica
812 (3.750 %)MicroStrategy
812 (3.750 %)Brio
812 (3.750 %)3Com
911 (3.438 %)HP
1010 (3.125 %)Veritas
119 (2.813 %)CheckPoint
119 (2.813 %)BMC
119 (2.813 %)Sun
126 (1.875 %)EMC
135 (1.563 %)IBM