The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 99 104 87
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -17
Contract jobs citing Clustering 21 31 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.877% 0.986% 1.411%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.688% 5.124% 7.381%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 15
Average daily rate £363 £240 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+51.04% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £176 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £376 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £400 £290
% change year-on-year
-10.62% +37.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -19.35%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
448 605 569
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 18.71% 19.24% 19.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 253 230
Average daily rate £375 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 31 34
Average hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.48 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Clustering
South East

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire Clustering Jobs Demand Trend

Clustering
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Clustering Daily Rate Trend

Clustering
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Clustering Daily Rate Histogram

Clustering
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

Clustering
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +14 8 £340 +94.28%
Maidenhead -5 2 - -
Slough -8 2 £500 +25.00%
Bracknell -28 1 - -
Clustering
South East

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Clustering 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Clustering.

1 35 (76.09%) Windows
2 31 (67.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (63.04%) Windows Server 2003
4 28 (60.87%) VMware
5 26 (56.52%) SAN
6 23 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 21 (45.65%) SQL
8 19 (41.30%) ITIL
9 17 (36.96%) Linux
10 16 (34.78%) SQL Server
10 16 (34.78%) Active Directory
11 15 (32.61%) TCP/IP
12 13 (28.26%) Microsoft
13 12 (26.09%) VPN
13 12 (26.09%) LAN
13 12 (26.09%) NAS
14 11 (23.91%) DNS
14 11 (23.91%) IBM
14 11 (23.91%) HP
14 11 (23.91%) IIS
15 9 (19.57%) Web Services
15 9 (19.57%) .NET
15 9 (19.57%) Finance
15 9 (19.57%) Disaster Recovery
16 8 (17.39%) Symantec
16 8 (17.39%) VMware Workstation
16 8 (17.39%) IBM HTTP Server
16 8 (17.39%) NetBackup
16 8 (17.39%) UNIX
16 8 (17.39%) Apache

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Clustering also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Clustering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (19.57%) Web Services
1 9 (19.57%) .NET
2 7 (15.22%) J2EE
3 5 (10.87%) WebSphere
4 3 (6.522%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 11 (23.91%) IIS
2 8 (17.39%) IBM HTTP Server
2 8 (17.39%) Apache
2 8 (17.39%) Tomcat
3 6 (13.04%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 5 (10.87%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (8.696%) WebLogic
5 4 (8.696%) MS Exchange
6 3 (6.522%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (6.522%) FileNet
7 2 (4.348%) SharePoint
7 2 (4.348%) Lotus Domino
7 2 (4.348%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (2.174%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (2.174%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (2.174%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 7 (15.22%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.348%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 26 (56.52%) SAN
2 15 (32.61%) TCP/IP
3 12 (26.09%) VPN
3 12 (26.09%) LAN
3 12 (26.09%) NAS
4 11 (23.91%) DNS
5 8 (17.39%) HTTP
6 6 (13.04%) DHCP
7 4 (8.696%) WAN
7 4 (8.696%) Broadband
8 3 (6.522%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (6.522%) Ethernet
8 3 (6.522%) ADSL
8 3 (6.522%) LDAP
8 3 (6.522%) Internet
8 3 (6.522%) Firewall
9 2 (4.348%) 3G
9 2 (4.348%) SSL
10 1 (2.174%) DSL
10 1 (2.174%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (34.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.696%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (6.522%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.522%) MySQL
4 2 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (4.348%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (4.348%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 2 (4.348%) Oracle 11g
General
1 9 (19.57%) Finance
2 6 (13.04%) Retail
3 5 (10.87%) Banking
4 3 (6.522%) Marketing
4 3 (6.522%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.348%) Electronics
6 1 (2.174%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Desktop Support
2 7 (15.22%) DBA
2 7 (15.22%) Support Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) SQL DBA
3 5 (10.87%) Administrator
4 4 (8.696%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (8.696%) Analyst
4 4 (8.696%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (8.696%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (6.522%) Storage Engineer
5 3 (6.522%) WebSphere Consultant
5 3 (6.522%) Server Administrator
5 3 (6.522%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.522%) Consultant
5 3 (6.522%) Applications Support
6 2 (4.348%) Systems Support
6 2 (4.348%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.348%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Replication
2 3 (6.522%) LPAR
2 3 (6.522%) DLPAR
2 3 (6.522%) HACMP
3 2 (4.348%) CLARiiON
3 2 (4.348%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.174%) FMCG
4 1 (2.174%) EqualLogic
4 1 (2.174%) Open Source
4 1 (2.174%) Handset
4 1 (2.174%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (76.09%) Windows
2 31 (67.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (63.04%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (36.96%) Linux
5 8 (17.39%) UNIX
6 6 (13.04%) Windows 7
7 5 (10.87%) Windows XP
8 3 (6.522%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (6.522%) AIX
9 2 (4.348%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (2.174%) CentOS
10 1 (2.174%) Solaris
10 1 (2.174%) Windows 2000
10 1 (2.174%) Windows NT
10 1 (2.174%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) ITIL
2 9 (19.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (17.39%) Release Management
4 6 (13.04%) Workflow
4 6 (13.04%) Content Management
5 4 (8.696%) Data Modelling
5 4 (8.696%) Problem Management
6 3 (6.522%) Product Management
6 3 (6.522%) Capacity Management
6 3 (6.522%) Project Management
6 3 (6.522%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.522%) ITSM
7 2 (4.348%) CRM
7 2 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.348%) Customer Insight
7 2 (4.348%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (4.348%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.174%) Matrix Management
8 1 (2.174%) Performance Management
8 1 (2.174%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 21 (45.65%) SQL
2 2 (4.348%) PL/SQL
2 2 (4.348%) T-SQL
2 2 (4.348%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.174%) Bash shell
3 1 (2.174%) Python
3 1 (2.174%) C
3 1 (2.174%) Perl
3 1 (2.174%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (6.522%) Degree
2 2 (4.348%) MCSE
2 2 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.348%) OCP
2 2 (4.348%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (2.174%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.174%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.174%) MCDBA
3 1 (2.174%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) SLA
2 1 (2.174%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (34.78%) Active Directory
3 8 (17.39%) VMware Workstation
4 7 (15.22%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (6.522%) NLBS
5 3 (6.522%) vSphere
6 2 (4.348%) VMware ESX
6 2 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (4.348%) NFS
7 1 (2.174%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (2.174%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) NetBackup
1 8 (17.39%) HP SIM
2 6 (13.04%) Foglight
3 3 (6.522%) SCOM
3 3 (6.522%) Tivoli
3 3 (6.522%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (4.348%) MOM
5 1 (2.174%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (60.87%) VMware
2 13 (28.26%) Microsoft
3 11 (23.91%) IBM
3 11 (23.91%) HP
4 8 (17.39%) Symantec
4 8 (17.39%) NetApp
5 7 (15.22%) Oracle
6 5 (10.87%) Dell
6 5 (10.87%) Citrix
7 4 (8.696%) JBoss
7 4 (8.696%) Red Hat
8 3 (6.522%) Lotus
8 3 (6.522%) EMC
8 3 (6.522%) ReadSoft
9 2 (4.348%) Clearswift
9 2 (4.348%) SolarWinds
10 1 (2.174%) LANDesk