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 22 May 2012 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.

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank172175206
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+31
Matching permanent IT job ads18541715993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.537 %1.399 %1.040 %
As % of the Qualifications category5.538 %5.336 %4.294 %
Number of salaries quoted14161323820
Average salary£45,000£42,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14 %-1.17 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50 %-
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
334753214123123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.76 %26.21 %24.22 %
Number of salaries quoted284762683119147
Average salary£42,500£41,000£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65 %-1.20 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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-61609£45,000+12.50 %
South EastUp+25599£45,000-
South WestNo change0323£40,000+6.66 %
LondonDown-47265£50,000-
HampshireUp+69203£42,500-15.00 %
BerkshireDown-6186£43,250-17.61 %
ReadingDown-2137£44,000-7.36 %
SurreyUp+55130£52,500+23.52 %
GloucestershireDown-2126£40,000-
East of EnglandDown-42118£40,000+3.89 %
ScotlandUp+3595£36,000-28.00 %
WiltshireUp+582£40,500+22.72 %
BristolDown-1375£40,000-11.11 %
West MidlandsDown-1469£50,000+25.00 %
SouthamptonUp+3064£36,000-28.00 %
GloucesterDown-156£38,500-7.22 %
North WestUp+855£44,500-15.23 %
East MidlandsDown-1055£46,500+26.53 %
EssexUp+2852£50,000+60.00 %
GuildfordUp+1845£65,000+66.66 %
HertfordshireDown-7042£40,000+3.89 %
City of LondonDown-3039£47,500-9.52 %
ErskineNew entry-34£30,000-
RenfrewshireNew entry-34£30,000-
GlasgowUp+2931£30,000-31.81 %
FarnboroughUp+2030£65,000+44.44 %
CheltenhamDown-1329£40,000-27.27 %
WokingUp+1727£65,000+44.44 %
CheshireUp+627£39,000+4.00 %
Hemel HempsteadDown-1326£40,000+14.28 %

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

13624 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2903 (24.92 %)Windows
3737 (20.34 %)Java
4668 (18.43 %)Oracle
5642 (17.72 %)Microsoft
6557 (15.37 %)Linux
7519 (14.32 %)UNIX
8515 (14.21 %)DV Cleared
9496 (13.69 %)Degree
10479 (13.22 %)SQL
11447 (12.33 %)ITIL
12432 (11.92 %)Finance
13427 (11.78 %)SQL Server
14411 (11.34 %)Cisco
15391 (10.79 %)Firewall
16387 (10.68 %).NET
17376 (10.38 %)Active Directory
18372 (10.26 %)MS Excel
19351 (9.685 %)VMware
20332 (9.161 %)C
21328 (9.051 %)C#
22314 (8.664 %)Telecoms
23313 (8.637 %)Information Security
24309 (8.526 %)C++
25308 (8.499 %)Windows Server 2003
26297 (8.195 %)UML
27291 (8.030 %)Windows Server 2008
28285 (7.864 %)XML
29275 (7.588 %)Citrix
30274 (7.561 %)J2EE

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
1387 (10.68 %).NET
2285 (7.864 %)XML
3274 (7.561 %)J2EE
4251 (6.926 %)Web Services
5249 (6.871 %)Spring
6206 (5.684 %)Hibernate
7176 (4.857 %)Middleware
8137 (3.780 %)HTML
9125 (3.449 %)CSS
10112 (3.091 %)ASP.NET
1190 (2.483 %).NET Framework
1285 (2.345 %)GWT
1371 (1.959 %)Swing
1470 (1.932 %)WCF
1566 (1.821 %)JSP
1664 (1.766 %)MFC
1664 (1.766 %)SOAP
1762 (1.711 %)Java EE
1762 (1.711 %)jQuery
1858 (1.600 %)REST
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1199 (5.491 %)SharePoint
2112 (3.091 %)MS Exchange
3111 (3.063 %)WebLogic
492 (2.539 %)SharePoint 2010
591 (2.511 %)IIS
689 (2.456 %)Apache
768 (1.876 %)Exchange Server 2010
857 (1.573 %)Exchange Server 2007
954 (1.490 %)BizTalk Server
1046 (1.269 %)ESB
1137 (1.021 %)SharePoint Server
1137 (1.021 %)Tomcat
1233 (0.911 %)Exchange Server 2003
1325 (0.690 %)Oracle Application Server
1325 (0.690 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1424 (0.662 %)GlassFish
1523 (0.635 %)NetWeaver
1619 (0.524 %)SAS
1712 (0.331 %)Exchange Server 2000
1712 (0.331 %)Lync
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1372 (10.26 %)MS Excel
2117 (3.228 %)MS Office
365 (1.794 %)MS Visio
447 (1.297 %)MATLAB
542 (1.159 %)MS Project
611 (0.304 %)Photoshop
77 (0.193 %)Office 365
85 (0.138 %)MS PowerPoint
94 (0.110 %)Pro/ENGINEER
103 (0.083 %)PowerPivot
112 (0.055 %)InfoPath
112 (0.055 %)Spreadsheet
112 (0.055 %)FrameMaker
112 (0.055 %)SmartSuite
112 (0.055 %)SPSS
112 (0.055 %)Acrobat
121 (0.028 %)Fireworks
121 (0.028 %)Windchill
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1110 (3.035 %)Oracle EBS
2107 (2.953 %)Oracle EBS R12
340 (1.104 %)Dynamics CRM
434 (0.938 %)Oracle Financials
532 (0.883 %)Oracle 11i
629 (0.800 %)Oracle BPM
727 (0.745 %)Oracle Applications
727 (0.745 %)Oracle Payroll
820 (0.552 %)SAP CRM
917 (0.469 %)Oracle HRMS
917 (0.469 %)Oracle ERP
1013 (0.359 %)SAP FI
1013 (0.359 %)SAP CO
1112 (0.331 %)SAP FI/CO
128 (0.221 %)SAP MM
128 (0.221 %)Pivotal CRM
128 (0.221 %)Remedy ITSM
128 (0.221 %)Hyperion Planning
137 (0.193 %)SoftGrid
146 (0.166 %)BusinessWorks
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1391 (10.79 %)Firewall
2196 (5.408 %)TCP/IP
3153 (4.222 %)LAN
4152 (4.194 %)SAN
5140 (3.863 %)Network Security
6131 (3.615 %)WAN
7110 (3.035 %)VPN
896 (2.649 %)Internet
993 (2.566 %)DHCP
1092 (2.539 %)Cisco ASA
1191 (2.511 %)DNS
1266 (1.821 %)Cisco PIX
1364 (1.766 %)HTTP
1444 (1.214 %)VLAN
1541 (1.131 %)OSPF
1638 (1.049 %)Wireless
1736 (0.993 %)VoIP
1835 (0.966 %)MPLS
1934 (0.938 %)Intrusion Detection
1934 (0.938 %)Ethernet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1427 (11.78 %)SQL Server
2123 (3.394 %)SQL Server 2008
3121 (3.339 %)ETL
4119 (3.284 %)SQL Server 2005
5113 (3.118 %)Data Warehouse
672 (1.987 %)MySQL
765 (1.794 %)OLTP
860 (1.656 %)Oracle 11g
959 (1.628 %)RDBMS
1051 (1.407 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1150 (1.380 %)Oracle 10g
1246 (1.269 %)Oracle BI EE
1343 (1.187 %)Oracle Exadata
1439 (1.076 %)Oracle 8/8i
1439 (1.076 %)Oracle 9i
1536 (0.993 %)SQL Server 2000
1633 (0.911 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1730 (0.828 %)GIS
1817 (0.469 %)SAP BW
1914 (0.386 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1133 (3.670 %)Maven
2130 (3.587 %)ClearCase
3114 (3.146 %)Eclipse
4108 (2.980 %)Subversion
5103 (2.842 %)JUnit
680 (2.208 %)Ant
776 (2.097 %)Visual Studio
867 (1.849 %)Bugzilla
964 (1.766 %)Git (software)
1036 (0.993 %)LoadRunner
1132 (0.883 %)Rational DOORS
1229 (0.800 %)TestDirector
1328 (0.773 %)Team Foundation Server
1425 (0.690 %)Hudson
1425 (0.690 %)MSI
1524 (0.662 %)QuickTest Pro
1620 (0.552 %)Oracle APEX
1717 (0.469 %)Talend Open Studio
1815 (0.414 %)InstallShield
1914 (0.386 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1432 (11.92 %)Finance
2314 (8.664 %)Telecoms
3239 (6.595 %)Back Office
4121 (3.339 %)Retail
569 (1.904 %)Manufacturing
665 (1.794 %)Aerospace
758 (1.600 %)Electronics
758 (1.600 %)Military
854 (1.490 %)Banking
947 (1.297 %)Advertising
1029 (0.800 %)Publishing
1029 (0.800 %)Legal
1122 (0.607 %)Marketing
1219 (0.524 %)Law
1314 (0.386 %)General Ledger
1411 (0.304 %)Local Government
1411 (0.304 %)Investment Banking
1510 (0.276 %)Billing
168 (0.221 %)Automotive
177 (0.193 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1681 (18.79 %)Developer
2518 (14.29 %)Architect
3484 (13.36 %)Consultant
4318 (8.775 %)Analyst
5289 (7.975 %)Java Developer
6211 (5.822 %)Software Engineer
7133 (3.670 %)Solutions Architect
8126 (3.477 %)Systems Engineer
9116 (3.201 %)Network Engineer
10110 (3.035 %)Security Consultant
11109 (3.008 %)Support Engineer
11109 (3.008 %)Java/J2EE Developer
12106 (2.925 %)Technical Architect
13103 (2.842 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1491 (2.511 %).NET Developer
1577 (2.125 %)Security Engineer
1675 (2.070 %)Tester
1675 (2.070 %)Support Analyst
1773 (2.014 %)Security Analyst
1773 (2.014 %)Oracle Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1117 (3.228 %)Management Information System
2106 (2.925 %)Clustering
396 (2.649 %)Computer Science
482 (2.263 %)Embedded Systems
580 (2.208 %)Mathematics
653 (1.462 %)CESG
751 (1.407 %)RMADS
844 (1.214 %)Blackberry
943 (1.187 %)Physics
1042 (1.159 %)Replication
1141 (1.131 %)Oracle Exalogic
1239 (1.076 %)Human Factors
1338 (1.049 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1437 (1.021 %)Data Integration
1533 (0.911 %)Open Source
1631 (0.855 %)e-Health
1730 (0.828 %)CLARiiON
1827 (0.745 %)Symmetrix
1926 (0.717 %)CESG CLAS
2025 (0.690 %)Client/Server
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1903 (24.92 %)Windows
2557 (15.37 %)Linux
3519 (14.32 %)UNIX
4308 (8.499 %)Windows Server 2003
5291 (8.030 %)Windows Server 2008
6166 (4.581 %)Solaris
797 (2.677 %)Windows XP
860 (1.656 %)Windows 7
944 (1.214 %)AIX
944 (1.214 %)HPUX
1043 (1.187 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1140 (1.104 %)Windows 2000
1233 (0.911 %)Windows Vista
1330 (0.828 %)VxWorks
1330 (0.828 %)LynxOS
1425 (0.690 %)Windows 2000 Server
1521 (0.579 %)CentOS
169 (0.248 %)Android
169 (0.248 %)Windows CE
178 (0.221 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1447 (12.33 %)ITIL
2313 (8.637 %)Information Security
3297 (8.195 %)UML
4245 (6.760 %)SOA
5233 (6.429 %)Project Management
6228 (6.291 %)OO
7184 (5.077 %)Agile Software Development
8171 (4.719 %)Migration
8171 (4.719 %)Service Delivery
9145 (4.001 %)MODAF
10144 (3.974 %)Business Development
11139 (3.836 %)Security Architecture
12131 (3.615 %)Configuration Management
13130 (3.587 %)Risk Management
14129 (3.560 %)Change Management
14129 (3.560 %)PRINCE2
15121 (3.339 %)ERP
16119 (3.284 %)CRM
16119 (3.284 %)Data Migration
17118 (3.256 %)TDD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1737 (20.34 %)Java
2479 (13.22 %)SQL
3332 (9.161 %)C
4328 (9.051 %)C#
5309 (8.526 %)C++
6164 (4.525 %)Perl
7157 (4.332 %)JavaScript
8125 (3.449 %)PL/SQL
9104 (2.870 %)Python
1063 (1.738 %)Shell Script
1140 (1.104 %)PHP
1239 (1.076 %)VB
1333 (0.911 %)T-SQL
1432 (0.883 %)VBScript
1531 (0.855 %)Embedded C++
1630 (0.828 %)Embedded C
1725 (0.690 %)VB.NET
1824 (0.662 %)Ruby
1921 (0.579 %)Bash shell
2018 (0.497 %)PowerShell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13624 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
2515 (14.21 %)DV Cleared
3496 (13.69 %)Degree
4240 (6.623 %)Cisco Certification
5185 (5.105 %)Microsoft Certification
6151 (4.167 %)CISSP
7145 (4.001 %)CCNP
8142 (3.918 %)CCNA
9136 (3.753 %)MCSE
10124 (3.422 %)ISEB
1184 (2.318 %)MCITP
1256 (1.545 %)CISM
1352 (1.435 %)CCSA
1451 (1.407 %)CISA
1548 (1.325 %)CCDP
1642 (1.159 %)ISTQB
1741 (1.131 %)CCSP
1741 (1.131 %)ITIL Certification
1832 (0.883 %)CCSE
1930 (0.828 %)RHCE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1196 (5.408 %)ISO/IEC 27001
2133 (3.670 %)SLA
372 (1.987 %)QA
465 (1.794 %)PCI DSS
526 (0.717 %)JSP 440
624 (0.662 %)DO-178B
722 (0.607 %)ISO 9001
817 (0.469 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
916 (0.442 %)BS7799
916 (0.442 %)Data Quality
1011 (0.304 %)WAI
119 (0.248 %)BS25999
124 (0.110 %)JTAG
133 (0.083 %)HMG Infosec
133 (0.083 %)TickIT
142 (0.055 %)COBIT
142 (0.055 %)CESG Infosec
151 (0.028 %)ISO 14001
151 (0.028 %)ISO/IEC 17799
151 (0.028 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1376 (10.38 %)Active Directory
2199 (5.491 %)VMware Infrastructure
3125 (3.449 %)Hyper-V
475 (2.070 %)vSphere
573 (2.014 %)Xen
656 (1.545 %)VMware ESX
742 (1.159 %)Terminal Services
841 (1.131 %)Oracle RAC
841 (1.131 %)XenApp
922 (0.607 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
922 (0.607 %)Oracle RMAN
1020 (0.552 %)VMware ESXi
1119 (0.524 %)XenServer
1119 (0.524 %)XenDesktop
1119 (0.524 %)Samba
1218 (0.497 %)Nmap
1317 (0.469 %)ISA Server
1415 (0.414 %)SRDF
1514 (0.386 %)Citrix Presentation Server
168 (0.221 %)Snort
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
173 (2.014 %)HP Quality Center
271 (1.959 %)NetBackup
342 (1.159 %)SCCM
439 (1.076 %)OpenView
538 (1.049 %)OpenView Configuration Management
637 (1.021 %)Tivoli
735 (0.966 %)Data Guard
824 (0.662 %)Nagios
923 (0.635 %)Netcool
1022 (0.607 %)SCOM
1121 (0.579 %)Backup Exec
1219 (0.524 %)Nessus
1315 (0.414 %)BMC PATROL
1414 (0.386 %)WSUS
1513 (0.359 %)EMC NetWorker
1513 (0.359 %)EMC TimeFinder
1513 (0.359 %)Control-M
1513 (0.359 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1513 (0.359 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1513 (0.359 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1668 (18.43 %)Oracle
2642 (17.72 %)Microsoft
3411 (11.34 %)Cisco
4351 (9.685 %)VMware
5275 (7.588 %)Citrix
6247 (6.816 %)HP
7145 (4.001 %)JBoss
8144 (3.974 %)CheckPoint
9138 (3.808 %)Juniper
10104 (2.870 %)SAP
1188 (2.428 %)IBM
1285 (2.345 %)Symantec
1369 (1.904 %)Blue Coat
1466 (1.821 %)EMC
1561 (1.683 %)NetApp
1658 (1.600 %)Brocade
1751 (1.407 %)Fujitsu
1751 (1.407 %)Red Hat
1849 (1.352 %)Nokia
1948 (1.325 %)ArcSight