Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DV Cleared in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DV Cleared over the 3 months to 16 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 currently tracked.

LinkDeveloped Vetting (DV) Clearance
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank457417741
Rank change year-on-year
Down-40Up+324
Matching permanent IT job ads232294209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.276 %0.343 %0.103 %
As % of the Qualifications category1.326 %1.456 %0.483 %
Salaries quoted207220167
Average salary£50,000£50,000£50,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£31,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£80,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£47,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.260 %+5.550 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
174972018743263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.78 %23.55 %21.39 %
Salaries quoted145961688836054
Average salary£40,000£37,500£39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-5.060 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

DV Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

DV Cleared Demand Trend

DV Cleared
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the UK.

DV Cleared Salary Trend

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DV Cleared over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 within the UK.

DV Cleared Salary Histogram

DV Cleared
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 16 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
EnglandDown-41220£50,000+11.11 %
LondonUp+3480£55,000-12.00 %
South EastDown-1759£60,000+30.43 %
South WestDown-2758£37,500-16.66 %
GloucestershireDown-1244£38,500-14.44 %
GloucesterUp+1927£40,000-
BerkshireNo change027£68,750+52.77 %
ReadingUp+1922£72,500+45.00 %
City of LondonDown-2419£55,000+12.24 %
SurreyUp+2816£55,000+46.66 %
North WestUp+1911£36,000-29.75 %
WiltshireDown-311£35,000+1.44 %
HampshireUp+1910£67,500+92.85 %
BasingstokeUp+129£67,500+22.72 %
ManchesterNew entry-6£24,500-
CheshireUp+85£37,500-26.82 %
SalisburyUp+45£32,000-3.03 %
CheltenhamDown-105£27,750-38.33 %
RuncornUp+64£37,125-27.56 %
BristolUp+22£55,000+66.66 %
West MidlandsUp+22£38,750-3.12 %
GuildfordNew entry-2£50,000-
BracknellNew entry-2£46,250-
BirminghamUp+191£45,000-43.75 %
Milton KeynesUp+11£29,500-
HerefordshireUp+11£32,500-
BuckinghamshireDown-31£29,500-
South WalesDown-61£20,000-33.33 %
WalesDown-81£20,000-33.33 %
East MidlandsNew entry-1£41,000-

DV Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing DV 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 DV Cleared.

1541 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2230 (42.51 %)SC Cleared
3216 (39.93 %)Government
4140 (25.88 %)Java
5108 (19.96 %)Oracle
699 (18.30 %)J2EE
773 (13.49 %)Windows
864 (11.83 %)Hibernate
957 (10.54 %)Spring
1055 (10.17 %)Information Security
1055 (10.17 %)Degree
1055 (10.17 %)Microsoft
1154 (9.982 %)Technical Architecture
1253 (9.797 %)Linux
1352 (9.612 %)C
1451 (9.427 %)EJB
1546 (8.503 %).NET
1644 (8.133 %)ITIL
1644 (8.133 %)UML
1644 (8.133 %)Cisco Certification
1743 (7.948 %)Cisco
1743 (7.948 %)C++
1841 (7.579 %)UNIX
1841 (7.579 %)Project Management
1841 (7.579 %)Windows Server 2003
1937 (6.839 %)C#
2036 (6.654 %)JUnit
2036 (6.654 %)Health
2134 (6.285 %)CCNA
2231 (5.730 %)SQL

DV Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing DV 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 DV Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
199 (18.30 %)J2EE
264 (11.83 %)Hibernate
357 (10.54 %)Spring
451 (9.427 %)EJB
546 (8.503 %).NET
624 (4.436 %)Struts
722 (4.067 %)JMS
820 (3.697 %)JSP
820 (3.697 %)Java EE
919 (3.512 %)WebSphere
1018 (3.327 %)XML
1116 (2.957 %)Servlets
1213 (2.403 %)JSF
1213 (2.403 %)Swing
1310 (1.848 %)JDBC
1310 (1.848 %)Web Services
149 (1.664 %)HTML
149 (1.664 %)ASP.NET
149 (1.664 %)Middleware
158 (1.479 %)Java RMI
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
128 (5.176 %)SharePoint
224 (4.436 %)LiveLink
319 (3.512 %)BizTalk Server
415 (2.773 %)WebLogic
514 (2.588 %)WebSphere Application Server
613 (2.403 %)MS Exchange
711 (2.033 %)Exchange Server 2003
711 (2.033 %)WebSphere Message Broker
85 (0.924 %)Oracle Application Server
85 (0.924 %)ESB
85 (0.924 %)WebLogic Portal
85 (0.924 %)CMS
94 (0.739 %)SAS
94 (0.739 %)Documentum
103 (0.555 %)Apache
103 (0.555 %)Tomcat
112 (0.370 %)ArcGIS
112 (0.370 %)GlassFish
112 (0.370 %)Exchange Server 2007
112 (0.370 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (2.403 %)MS Excel
28 (1.479 %)MS Visio
37 (1.294 %)MS Office
43 (0.555 %)SPSS
52 (0.370 %)MS Project
61 (0.185 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.185 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (3.512 %)Dynamics CRM
119 (3.512 %)Dynamics AX
210 (1.848 %)Oracle Applications
33 (0.555 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
41 (0.185 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (0.185 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.185 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.185 %)Oracle HRMS
41 (0.185 %)Oracle EBS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
129 (5.360 %)Firewall
228 (5.176 %)TCP/IP
318 (3.327 %)DNS
318 (3.327 %)WAN
412 (2.218 %)VPN
510 (1.848 %)Internet
510 (1.848 %)LDAP
68 (1.479 %)SAN
68 (1.479 %)DHCP
68 (1.479 %)LAN
68 (1.479 %)VoIP
76 (1.109 %)Cisco IOS
85 (0.924 %)SSH
85 (0.924 %)VSAT
85 (0.924 %)Ethernet
85 (0.924 %)SSL
94 (0.739 %)IPsec
102 (0.370 %)DMZ
102 (0.370 %)X.400
102 (0.370 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (3.882 %)SQL Server
25 (0.924 %)Datawarehouse
25 (0.924 %)Oracle 10g
33 (0.555 %)Oracle OLAP
33 (0.555 %)Oracle 9i
33 (0.555 %)OLAP
33 (0.555 %)EDRMS
42 (0.370 %)GIS
42 (0.370 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (0.370 %)Oracle Reports
42 (0.370 %)RDBMS
51 (0.185 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.185 %)ETL
51 (0.185 %)MySQL
51 (0.185 %)DB2
51 (0.185 %)Informix
51 (0.185 %)Oracle OWB
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
136 (6.654 %)JUnit
227 (4.991 %)Eclipse
227 (4.991 %)Ant
315 (2.773 %)Maven
48 (1.479 %)TestDirector
48 (1.479 %)ClearCase
48 (1.479 %)Oracle Forms
55 (0.924 %)StarTeam
64 (0.739 %)Bugzilla
73 (0.555 %)Subversion
73 (0.555 %)CheckStyle
82 (0.370 %)Visual Studio
91 (0.185 %)Team Foundation Server
91 (0.185 %)ClearQuest
91 (0.185 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1216 (39.93 %)Government
236 (6.654 %)Health
329 (5.360 %)Finance
418 (3.327 %)Military
517 (3.142 %)Pensions
614 (2.588 %)Telecoms
712 (2.218 %)Education
712 (2.218 %)Aerospace
87 (1.294 %)Insurance
87 (1.294 %)Home Office
95 (0.924 %)Avionics
104 (0.739 %)Electric
104 (0.739 %)Automotive
104 (0.739 %)Electronics
113 (0.555 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.370 %)Auditing
122 (0.370 %)Retail
131 (0.185 %)Local Government
131 (0.185 %)Police
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1161 (29.76 %)Developer
298 (18.11 %)Consultant
389 (16.45 %)Java Developer
468 (12.57 %)Architect
545 (8.318 %)Senior Consultant
637 (6.839 %)CLAS Consultant
734 (6.285 %)Designer
830 (5.545 %)Java/J2EE Developer
929 (5.360 %)Senior CLAS Consultant
929 (5.360 %)J2EE Developer
929 (5.360 %)Senior Developer
929 (5.360 %)Administrator
1028 (5.176 %)Technical Architect
1126 (4.806 %)Project Manager
1217 (3.142 %)Security Consultant
1217 (3.142 %)Systems Administrator
1217 (3.142 %)Analyst
1314 (2.588 %)Solutions Architect
1314 (2.588 %)Applications Architect
1314 (2.588 %)Security Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (4.806 %)CESG
212 (2.218 %)Mathematics
212 (2.218 %)Physics
311 (2.033 %)CESG CLAS
49 (1.664 %)PKI
49 (1.664 %)Management Information System
58 (1.479 %)RMADS
58 (1.479 %)Chemistry
66 (1.109 %)Thin Client
66 (1.109 %)Fat Client
75 (0.924 %)Derivative
75 (0.924 %)Equity Derivative
75 (0.924 %)Computer Science
75 (0.924 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
84 (0.739 %)Taxonomies
84 (0.739 %)Replication
93 (0.555 %)German Language
93 (0.555 %)Mainframe
102 (0.370 %)CUDA
102 (0.370 %)Device Driver
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
173 (13.49 %)Windows
253 (9.797 %)Linux
341 (7.579 %)UNIX
341 (7.579 %)Windows Server 2003
421 (3.882 %)Solaris
516 (2.957 %)Red Hat Linux
69 (1.664 %)Windows XP
78 (1.479 %)AIX
78 (1.479 %)Windows 2000 Server
86 (1.109 %)Windows Server 2008
95 (0.924 %)Windows Vista
104 (0.739 %)SUSE
104 (0.739 %)IRIX
104 (0.739 %)Embedded Linux
113 (0.555 %)Windows 2000
121 (0.185 %)Windows NT
121 (0.185 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
155 (10.17 %)Information Security
254 (9.982 %)Technical Architecture
344 (8.133 %)ITIL
344 (8.133 %)UML
441 (7.579 %)Project Management
529 (5.360 %)Business Development
627 (4.991 %)TDD
725 (4.621 %)SOA
725 (4.621 %)Information Assurance
725 (4.621 %)Security Architecture
824 (4.436 %)Identity Management
923 (4.251 %)Configuration Management
1022 (4.067 %)CRM
1121 (3.882 %)RUP
1219 (3.512 %)PRINCE2
1318 (3.327 %)Service Delivery
1416 (2.957 %)Network Design
1515 (2.773 %)Service Management
1614 (2.588 %)Agile Software Development
1711 (2.033 %)Business Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1140 (25.88 %)Java
252 (9.612 %)C
343 (7.948 %)C++
437 (6.839 %)C#
531 (5.730 %)SQL
622 (4.067 %)Shell Script
710 (1.848 %)VB
88 (1.479 %)Perl
97 (1.294 %)Bash shell
97 (1.294 %)PL/SQL
97 (1.294 %)VBScript
105 (0.924 %)JavaScript
114 (0.739 %)Embedded C
114 (0.739 %)Embedded C++
123 (0.555 %)Python
123 (0.555 %)Tcl
132 (0.370 %)PowerShell
141 (0.185 %)Ruby
141 (0.185 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1541 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2230 (42.51 %)SC Cleared
355 (10.17 %)Degree
444 (8.133 %)Cisco Certification
534 (6.285 %)CCNA
617 (3.142 %)Microsoft Certification
715 (2.773 %)MCSE
813 (2.403 %)CCNP
910 (1.848 %)CISSP
910 (1.848 %)ISEB
107 (1.294 %)Sun Certification
116 (1.109 %)MCSA
116 (1.109 %)CTC Cleared
125 (0.924 %)PMP
125 (0.924 %)PMI Certification
134 (0.739 %)ITIL Certification
134 (0.739 %)MCTS
143 (0.555 %)ISTQB
143 (0.555 %)MCP
152 (0.370 %)GIAC
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.479 %)SLA
22 (0.370 %)ISO/IEC 20000
31 (0.185 %)ISO27001
31 (0.185 %)QA
31 (0.185 %)HMG Infosec
31 (0.185 %)ISO17799
31 (0.185 %)BS7799
31 (0.185 %)BS15000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
127 (4.991 %)Active Directory
29 (1.664 %)ISA Server
38 (1.479 %)Oracle RAC
45 (0.924 %)NFS
45 (0.924 %)Samba
54 (0.739 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (0.739 %)Snort
63 (0.555 %)Oracle RMAN
72 (0.370 %)VMware ESX
81 (0.185 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.185 %)Terminal Services
81 (0.185 %)VMware Workstation
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (1.109 %)NetBackup
25 (0.924 %)OpenView Configuration Management
34 (0.739 %)Tivoli
34 (0.739 %)Nessus
43 (0.555 %)Data Guard
52 (0.370 %)Netcool
52 (0.370 %)MOM
52 (0.370 %)MIIS
61 (0.185 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.185 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.185 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1108 (19.96 %)Oracle
255 (10.17 %)Microsoft
343 (7.948 %)Cisco
422 (4.067 %)HP
520 (3.697 %)Red Hat
618 (3.327 %)SAP
714 (2.588 %)Sun
813 (2.403 %)Open Text
912 (2.218 %)VMware
912 (2.218 %)JBoss
1010 (1.848 %)IBM
117 (1.294 %)Citrix
125 (0.924 %)Sybase
125 (0.924 %)Veritas
125 (0.924 %)Borland
134 (0.739 %)SolidWorks
134 (0.739 %)EMC
134 (0.739 %)Fujitsu
143 (0.555 %)DataFlux
143 (0.555 %)Cognos