Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

LinkSecurity Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank206164324
Rank change year-on-year
Down-42Up+160
Matching permanent IT job ads83710231096
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.974 %1.206 %0.537 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.694 %5.145 %2.506 %
Salaries quoted634833884
Average salary£42,250£38,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.18 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£70,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
--6.250 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
178321988343743
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.75 %23.44 %21.43 %
Salaries quoted148911663436465
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
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£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

SC Cleared Salary Trend

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SC Cleared over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

SC Cleared Salary Histogram

SC 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 SC Cleared within the UK 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
EnglandDown-40798£42,500+13.33 %
South EastUp+3369£42,000+2.43 %
South WestDown-6168£35,000+2.94 %
LondonDown-67168£55,000+32.53 %
BerkshireUp+55149£40,000+5.26 %
ReadingUp+3387£37,500-10.71 %
HampshireDown-983£41,000+9.33 %
WiltshireDown-1567£35,000+2.94 %
SurreyDown-248£34,000-24.44 %
GloucestershireUp+1647£35,000-6.66 %
West MidlandsUp+439£42,000-1.17 %
GloucesterUp+1236£35,000+7.69 %
MiddlesexDown-529£55,000+37.50 %
WalesDown-1028£37,500+7.14 %
City of LondonDown-5928£45,000+15.75 %
BristolUp+1825£32,500-1.51 %
SalisburyDown-822£35,000+2.94 %
South WalesDown-1521£42,500+21.42 %
North WestUp+918£35,000-
UxbridgeDown-817£47,500+26.66 %
Hemel HempsteadUp+2116£41,000-31.66 %
HerefordshireUp+1516£41,000+26.15 %
SomersetUp+915£75,000+114.28 %
West SussexUp+1214£45,000-
BasingstokeDown-313£40,000-9.09 %
BirminghamUp+512£38,000+1.33 %
NewportUp+512£42,500+21.42 %
ChippenhamUp+711£35,000+16.66 %
East of EnglandDown-111£50,000+33.33 %
HertfordshireUp+610£44,250+18.00 %

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11729 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2350 (20.24 %)Windows
3347 (20.07 %)Government
4264 (15.27 %)Oracle
5236 (13.65 %)Java
6229 (13.24 %)SQL
7226 (13.07 %)DV Cleared
8221 (12.78 %)Microsoft
9212 (12.26 %)UNIX
10198 (11.45 %)Degree
11191 (11.05 %).NET
12179 (10.35 %)Cisco
13145 (8.386 %)J2EE
14138 (7.981 %)C#
15135 (7.808 %)HP
16130 (7.519 %)ITIL
17128 (7.403 %)XML
18124 (7.172 %)Firewall
19123 (7.114 %)C++
20122 (7.056 %)Windows Server 2003
21112 (6.478 %)Active Directory
21112 (6.478 %)SQL Server
21112 (6.478 %)UML
22110 (6.362 %)Linux
2398 (5.668 %)C
2398 (5.668 %)Cisco Certification
2493 (5.379 %)Project Management
2591 (5.263 %)Information Security
2687 (5.032 %)Finance
2784 (4.858 %)VMware

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1191 (11.05 %).NET
2145 (8.386 %)J2EE
3128 (7.403 %)XML
463 (3.644 %)Web Services
560 (3.470 %)Hibernate
655 (3.181 %)Spring
754 (3.123 %)ASP.NET
848 (2.776 %)JSP
946 (2.660 %)HTML
1039 (2.256 %)EJB
1136 (2.082 %)JMS
1136 (2.082 %)JSF
1224 (1.388 %)Swing
1224 (1.388 %)CSS
1224 (1.388 %)Struts
1323 (1.330 %)JPA
1419 (1.099 %)Java RMI
1518 (1.041 %)XSLT
1518 (1.041 %)ASP
1518 (1.041 %)AJAX
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
179 (4.569 %)SharePoint
254 (3.123 %)WebLogic
348 (2.776 %)MS Exchange
443 (2.487 %)SharePoint Server 2007
542 (2.429 %)Documentum
629 (1.677 %)SAS
723 (1.330 %)Exchange Server 2007
822 (1.272 %)BizTalk Server
919 (1.099 %)Oracle Workflow
919 (1.099 %)ESB
1018 (1.041 %)Apache
1117 (0.983 %)IIS
1117 (0.983 %)Exchange Server 2003
1214 (0.810 %)LiveLink
1214 (0.810 %)Tomcat
1313 (0.752 %)WebLogic Portal
1412 (0.694 %)AquaLogic
159 (0.521 %)Exchange Server 2000
167 (0.405 %)Oracle Application Server
167 (0.405 %)Lotus Domino
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
174 (4.280 %)MS Excel
245 (2.603 %)MS Office
319 (1.099 %)MATLAB
417 (0.983 %)MS PowerPoint
515 (0.868 %)SPSS
613 (0.752 %)MS Project
710 (0.578 %)MS Visio
87 (0.405 %)Simulink
93 (0.174 %)AutoCAD
102 (0.116 %)CA Clarity
102 (0.116 %)Windchill
111 (0.058 %)PrintSoft PReS
111 (0.058 %)NASTRAN
111 (0.058 %)Spreadsheet
111 (0.058 %)CATIA
111 (0.058 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (0.868 %)BusinessWorks
212 (0.694 %)Oracle Applications
38 (0.463 %)Oracle EBS
38 (0.463 %)Oracle EBS R12
45 (0.289 %)SAP SRM
45 (0.289 %)SAP CRM
54 (0.231 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
54 (0.231 %)assyst
63 (0.174 %)AWD
63 (0.174 %)Oracle BPM
63 (0.174 %)Maximo
63 (0.174 %)Oracle 11i
72 (0.116 %)Oracle ERP
72 (0.116 %)Oracle iStore
72 (0.116 %)Oracle iProcurement
72 (0.116 %)Oracle ASCP
81 (0.058 %)ResourceLink
81 (0.058 %)SAP HCM
81 (0.058 %)AquaLogic BPM
81 (0.058 %)Oracle Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1124 (7.172 %)Firewall
270 (4.049 %)SAN
364 (3.702 %)TCP/IP
450 (2.892 %)LAN
545 (2.603 %)WAN
545 (2.603 %)Network Security
641 (2.371 %)VPN
641 (2.371 %)Internet
726 (1.504 %)DNS
822 (1.272 %)SSL
921 (1.215 %)DHCP
1020 (1.157 %)Cisco PIX
1020 (1.157 %)NAS
1020 (1.157 %)IPsec
1117 (0.983 %)NetScreen
1117 (0.983 %)MPLS
1216 (0.925 %)SMS
1216 (0.925 %)Wireless
1315 (0.868 %)VoIP
1413 (0.752 %)Cisco ASA
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1112 (6.478 %)SQL Server
254 (3.123 %)Oracle 10g
342 (2.429 %)SQL Server 2005
435 (2.024 %)Datawarehouse
523 (1.330 %)Oracle Reports
523 (1.330 %)GIS
622 (1.272 %)Oracle 8/8i
718 (1.041 %)BusinessObjects
718 (1.041 %)Oracle Discoverer
718 (1.041 %)MySQL
718 (1.041 %)ETL
817 (0.983 %)OLAP
916 (0.925 %)DataStage
916 (0.925 %)Oracle OLAP
916 (0.925 %)SQL Server 2008
1015 (0.868 %)Oracle 11g
1114 (0.810 %)TOAD
1213 (0.752 %)Oracle 9i
1312 (0.694 %)SQL Server 2000
1411 (0.636 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
144 (2.545 %)ClearCase
235 (2.024 %)StarTeam
334 (1.966 %)Eclipse
431 (1.793 %)Visual Studio
529 (1.677 %)QuickTest Pro
529 (1.677 %)InstallShield
619 (1.099 %)TestDirector
619 (1.099 %)JUnit
716 (0.925 %)Oracle Forms
716 (0.925 %)LoadRunner
815 (0.868 %)CheckStyle
914 (0.810 %)WinRunner
1013 (0.752 %)Ant
1112 (0.694 %)ERwin
1210 (0.578 %)Subversion
139 (0.521 %)VSS/SourceSafe
147 (0.405 %)ClearQuest
156 (0.347 %)JDeveloper
156 (0.347 %)Maven
165 (0.289 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1347 (20.07 %)Government
287 (5.032 %)Finance
360 (3.470 %)Military
439 (2.256 %)Health
536 (2.082 %)Telecoms
634 (1.966 %)Pensions
729 (1.677 %)Aerospace
819 (1.099 %)Publishing
917 (0.983 %)Education
917 (0.983 %)Legal
1016 (0.925 %)Electric
1016 (0.925 %)Banking
1115 (0.868 %)Manufacturing
1212 (0.694 %)Electronics
1310 (0.578 %)Insurance
1310 (0.578 %)Auditing
149 (0.521 %)Billing
158 (0.463 %)Avionics
158 (0.463 %)Marketing
167 (0.405 %)Retail
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1278 (16.08 %)Developer
2231 (13.36 %)Architect
3206 (11.91 %)Consultant
4139 (8.039 %)Analyst
569 (3.991 %)Software Engineer
662 (3.586 %)Solutions Architect
759 (3.412 %)Administrator
858 (3.355 %)Java Developer
858 (3.355 %)Designer
953 (3.065 %)DBA
1049 (2.834 %)Security Consultant
1148 (2.776 %)Team Leader
1247 (2.718 %)Tester
1345 (2.603 %)Test Analyst
1444 (2.545 %)Oracle DBA
1444 (2.545 %)Security Architect
1542 (2.429 %)Network Engineer
1542 (2.429 %)Senior Architect
1640 (2.313 %)Systems Engineer
1739 (2.256 %).NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
146 (2.660 %)CESG
241 (2.371 %)Mathematics
330 (1.735 %)RMADS
426 (1.504 %)Client/Server
524 (1.388 %)Computer Science
623 (1.330 %)Clustering
719 (1.099 %)Management Information System
719 (1.099 %)Thin Client
719 (1.099 %)Fat Client
817 (0.983 %)CESG CLAS
912 (0.694 %)PKI
912 (0.694 %)Human Factors
1011 (0.636 %)Statistics
1011 (0.636 %)Replication
1110 (0.578 %)Cryptography
1110 (0.578 %)Physics
129 (0.521 %)Biometrics
137 (0.405 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
146 (0.347 %)N-Tier
146 (0.347 %)Chemistry
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1350 (20.24 %)Windows
2212 (12.26 %)UNIX
3122 (7.056 %)Windows Server 2003
4110 (6.362 %)Linux
574 (4.280 %)Windows XP
655 (3.181 %)Solaris
739 (2.256 %)Windows Server 2008
835 (2.024 %)Windows NT
923 (1.330 %)AIX
923 (1.330 %)Red Hat Linux
1016 (0.925 %)Windows 2000 Server
1115 (0.868 %)Windows 2000
1212 (0.694 %)Windows Vista
1311 (0.636 %)HPUX
146 (0.347 %)Mac OS
154 (0.231 %)Embedded Linux
163 (0.174 %)SUSE
172 (0.116 %)IRIX
172 (0.116 %)Windows 7
172 (0.116 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1130 (7.519 %)ITIL
2112 (6.478 %)UML
393 (5.379 %)Project Management
491 (5.263 %)Information Security
583 (4.800 %)PRINCE2
674 (4.280 %)Configuration Management
762 (3.586 %)Business Intelligence
856 (3.239 %)Service Management
955 (3.181 %)Security Architecture
1053 (3.065 %)Requirements Analysis
1151 (2.950 %)Information Assurance
1247 (2.718 %)Risk Management
1345 (2.603 %)SOA
1444 (2.545 %)Data Modelling
1539 (2.256 %)Service Delivery
1638 (2.198 %)Penetration Testing
1737 (2.140 %)Risk Assessment
1737 (2.140 %)Test Scripting
1835 (2.024 %)Programme Management
1835 (2.024 %)Document Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1236 (13.65 %)Java
2229 (13.24 %)SQL
3138 (7.981 %)C#
4123 (7.114 %)C++
598 (5.668 %)C
659 (3.412 %)PL/SQL
746 (2.660 %)VB.NET
845 (2.603 %)VB
938 (2.198 %)Perl
1036 (2.082 %)JavaScript
1132 (1.851 %)T-SQL
1230 (1.735 %)VBScript
1321 (1.215 %)Shell Script
1414 (0.810 %)PowerShell
1510 (0.578 %)PHP
167 (0.405 %)Python
167 (0.405 %)Embedded C
175 (0.289 %)XPath
184 (0.231 %)Embedded C++
193 (0.174 %)Tcl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11729 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2226 (13.07 %)DV Cleared
3198 (11.45 %)Degree
498 (5.668 %)Cisco Certification
579 (4.569 %)CCNA
649 (2.834 %)ISEB
746 (2.660 %)Microsoft Certification
836 (2.082 %)CCNP
932 (1.851 %)MCSE
1026 (1.504 %)CISSP
1121 (1.215 %)CTC Cleared
1121 (1.215 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1216 (0.925 %)ITIL Certification
1315 (0.868 %)MCP
1414 (0.810 %)Citrix Certification
1513 (0.752 %)CCA
1612 (0.694 %)Sun Certification
1711 (0.636 %)CCIE
1711 (0.636 %)BC Cleared
1810 (0.578 %)CCDP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
166 (3.817 %)QA
244 (2.545 %)SLA
342 (2.429 %)ISO27001
414 (0.810 %)JSP 440
513 (0.752 %)HL7
69 (0.521 %)PCI DSS
78 (0.463 %)ISO9001
86 (0.347 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
86 (0.347 %)ISO17799
95 (0.289 %)ISO/IEC 20000
104 (0.231 %)TickIT
113 (0.174 %)BS15000
113 (0.174 %)HMG Infosec
122 (0.116 %)ISO9000
131 (0.058 %)BS7799
131 (0.058 %)COBIT
131 (0.058 %)JTAG
131 (0.058 %)COSO
131 (0.058 %)BS25999
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1112 (6.478 %)Active Directory
240 (2.313 %)VMware Infrastructure
327 (1.562 %)Oracle RAC
419 (1.099 %)VMware Workstation
419 (1.099 %)Oracle RMAN
518 (1.041 %)Terminal Services
613 (0.752 %)Citrix Presentation Server
711 (0.636 %)XenApp
89 (0.521 %)ISA Server
97 (0.405 %)XenServer
97 (0.405 %)XenDesktop
97 (0.405 %)VMware ESX
106 (0.347 %)MSMQ
115 (0.289 %)vSphere
124 (0.231 %)NFS
124 (0.231 %)Snort
124 (0.231 %)Samba
132 (0.116 %)Veritas Volume Manager
132 (0.116 %)Veritas Cluster Server
132 (0.116 %)Sendmail
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
143 (2.487 %)NetBackup
232 (1.851 %)OpenView Configuration Management
325 (1.446 %)SCCM
422 (1.272 %)SCOM
520 (1.157 %)Tivoli
615 (0.868 %)MOM
714 (0.810 %)MSI
811 (0.636 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
910 (0.578 %)Netcool
108 (0.463 %)Data Guard
108 (0.463 %)WSUS
116 (0.347 %)McAfee ePO
116 (0.347 %)Nessus
125 (0.289 %)OpenView
125 (0.289 %)CiscoWorks
125 (0.289 %)Norton AntiVirus
125 (0.289 %)HP Quality Center
134 (0.231 %)Backup Exec
134 (0.231 %)MIIS
134 (0.231 %)BMC PATROL
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1264 (15.27 %)Oracle
2221 (12.78 %)Microsoft
3179 (10.35 %)Cisco
4135 (7.808 %)HP
584 (4.858 %)VMware
683 (4.800 %)Citrix
761 (3.528 %)Sun
846 (2.660 %)IBM
945 (2.603 %)Veritas
1040 (2.313 %)CheckPoint
1137 (2.140 %)Juniper
1235 (2.024 %)EMC
1334 (1.966 %)Symantec
1432 (1.851 %)Borland
1530 (1.735 %)SAP
1628 (1.619 %)Red Hat
1726 (1.504 %)Nortel
1825 (1.446 %)StorageTek
1924 (1.388 %)JBoss
2020 (1.157 %)TIBCO