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This section looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank9384
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads3584
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.085 %
As % of the category below8.197 %12.96 %
Daily rates quoted814
Average minimum daily rate£313£330
Average daily rate£333£355
% change on same period last year-6.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£352
% change on same period last year-1.76 %
Hourly rates quoted18
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£29.75
Average hourly rate£50.00£29.94
% change on same period last year+67.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£65.00£30.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.26£35.94
% change on same period last year-10.22 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads427648
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.569 %0.656 %
Daily rates quoted94227
Average minimum daily rate£353£343
Average daily rate£373£361
% change on same period last year+3.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted5875
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£25.29
Average hourly rate£18.44£26.77
% change on same period last year-31.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.88£28.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
Clustering South EastClustering
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Clustering
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire Clustering Demand Trend

Clustering
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire Clustering Daily Rate Histogram

Clustering
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+416£278-29.02 %
MaidenheadUp+248£450-
WokinghamNew entry-2--
SloughDown-61--
Clustering South EastClustering
South East

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

153 (66.25 %)Windows
237 (46.25 %)Microsoft
327 (33.75 %)Active Directory
327 (33.75 %)VMware
424 (30.00 %)SQL
522 (27.50 %)HP
621 (26.25 %)MS Exchange
621 (26.25 %)SAN
720 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
819 (23.75 %)IIS
918 (22.50 %)Citrix
1017 (21.25 %)UNIX
1017 (21.25 %)Replication
1116 (20.00 %)Load Balancing
1116 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
1116 (20.00 %)Solaris
1116 (20.00 %)Dell
1116 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
1214 (17.50 %)Microsoft Certification
1214 (17.50 %)Windows 2000
1313 (16.25 %)SC Cleared
1412 (15.00 %)Telecoms
1412 (15.00 %)MCSE
1412 (15.00 %)Oracle
1412 (15.00 %)DNS
1511 (13.75 %)SQL Server
1511 (13.75 %)Linux
1610 (12.50 %)WebLogic
1610 (12.50 %)IBM
1610 (12.50 %)TCP/IP

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (10.00 %)J2EE
18 (10.00 %)XML
26 (7.500 %)WebServices
34 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
34 (5.000 %).NET
34 (5.000 %)AJAX
42 (2.500 %).NET Framework
42 (2.500 %)WCF
42 (2.500 %)HTML
42 (2.500 %)SOAP
42 (2.500 %)UDDI
51 (1.250 %)JMS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (26.25 %)MS Exchange
220 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
319 (23.75 %)IIS
410 (12.50 %)WebLogic
59 (11.25 %)Exchange Server 2000
68 (10.00 %)BizTalk Server
77 (8.750 %)SharePoint
86 (7.500 %)Exchange Server 2007
95 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 5.5
95 (6.250 %)Apache
95 (6.250 %)Tomcat
104 (5.000 %)SharePoint Portal Server
113 (3.750 %)Oracle Application Server
113 (3.750 %)Oracle 10gAS
113 (3.750 %)SharePoint Server 2007
122 (2.500 %)ESB
122 (2.500 %)WebLogic Portal
131 (1.250 %)Oracle HTTP Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (8.750 %)MS Excel
25 (6.250 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.500 %)Oracle EBS
21 (1.250 %)Oracle 11i
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (26.25 %)SAN
212 (15.00 %)DNS
310 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
49 (11.25 %)DHCP
57 (8.750 %)Firewall
66 (7.500 %)WAN
75 (6.250 %)HTTP
75 (6.250 %)VPN
75 (6.250 %)NetScreen
83 (3.750 %)Network Security
83 (3.750 %)VoIP
92 (2.500 %)LAN
101 (1.250 %)GPRS
101 (1.250 %)Wi-Fi
101 (1.250 %)Wireless
101 (1.250 %)BSS
101 (1.250 %)VLAN
101 (1.250 %)HTTPS
101 (1.250 %)3G
101 (1.250 %)MPLS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (13.75 %)SQL Server
26 (7.500 %)SQL Server 2005
26 (7.500 %)Oracle 9i
32 (2.500 %)Oracle 10g
32 (2.500 %)SQL Server 7
32 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (2.500 %)Oracle Reports
41 (1.250 %)Oracle 11g
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (2.500 %)TestDirector
21 (1.250 %)ProC
21 (1.250 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (15.00 %)Telecoms
25 (6.250 %)Government
34 (5.000 %)Finance
34 (5.000 %)Billing
42 (2.500 %)Military
51 (1.250 %)Education
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (16.25 %)Analyst
210 (12.50 %)Support Engineer
210 (12.50 %)3rd Line Support
38 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
38 (10.00 %)Server Engineer
46 (7.500 %)Technical Architect
46 (7.500 %)Architect
46 (7.500 %)Systems Engineer
55 (6.250 %)DBA
55 (6.250 %)Technical Specialist
64 (5.000 %)Administrator
64 (5.000 %)Technical Support
64 (5.000 %)Integration Engineer
64 (5.000 %)Windows Server Engineer
64 (5.000 %)OSS Engineer
73 (3.750 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
73 (3.750 %)Data Centre Engineer
73 (3.750 %)Wintel Support
73 (3.750 %)Technical Designer
73 (3.750 %)UNIX Specialist
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (21.25 %)Replication
23 (3.750 %)Management Information System
31 (1.250 %)N-Tier
31 (1.250 %)Thin Client
31 (1.250 %)CLARiiON
31 (1.250 %)Computer Science
31 (1.250 %)Fat Client
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
153 (66.25 %)Windows
217 (21.25 %)UNIX
316 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
316 (20.00 %)Solaris
414 (17.50 %)Windows 2000
511 (13.75 %)Linux
66 (7.500 %)Windows NT
75 (6.250 %)AIX
84 (5.000 %)HPUX
93 (3.750 %)SUSE
93 (3.750 %)Debian
102 (2.500 %)FreeBSD
111 (1.250 %)NetWare
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (20.00 %)Load Balancing
116 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
213 (16.25 %)SC Cleared
39 (11.25 %)Disaster Recovery
39 (11.25 %)Validation
47 (8.750 %)ITIL
55 (6.250 %)Technical Architecture
64 (5.000 %)B2B
64 (5.000 %)Configuration Management
64 (5.000 %)Migration
64 (5.000 %)Business Continuity
64 (5.000 %)Service Management
73 (3.750 %)SOA
73 (3.750 %)Change Management
73 (3.750 %)Strategic Planning
82 (2.500 %)Network Load Balancing
82 (2.500 %)Unit Testing
82 (2.500 %)Test Scripting
82 (2.500 %)Time Management
82 (2.500 %)CRM
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (30.00 %)SQL
24 (5.000 %)C#
24 (5.000 %)Perl
24 (5.000 %)AWK
33 (3.750 %)Java
33 (3.750 %)Shell Script
42 (2.500 %)VBScript
42 (2.500 %)VB
51 (1.250 %)C
51 (1.250 %)JavaScript
51 (1.250 %)PL/SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (17.50 %)Microsoft Certification
212 (15.00 %)MCSE
36 (7.500 %)CCNA
36 (7.500 %)Cisco Certification
45 (6.250 %)MCP
53 (3.750 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (7.500 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
127 (33.75 %)Active Directory
29 (11.25 %)NetBackup
35 (6.250 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (3.750 %)ISA Server
52 (2.500 %)VMware ESX
52 (2.500 %)MetaFrame
52 (2.500 %)Terminal Services
52 (2.500 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
52 (2.500 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
52 (2.500 %)MSMQ
52 (2.500 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (1.250 %)Oracle RAC
61 (1.250 %)Backup Exec
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (6.250 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
15 (6.250 %)WSUS
24 (5.000 %)EMC NetWorker
24 (5.000 %)Legato
32 (2.500 %)Tivoli
32 (2.500 %)OpenView
32 (2.500 %)MOM
32 (2.500 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (2.500 %)Netcool
32 (2.500 %)Netcool/Proviso
41 (1.250 %)OpenView Configuration Management
41 (1.250 %)EMC Navisphere
41 (1.250 %)CiscoWorks
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (46.25 %)Microsoft
227 (33.75 %)VMware
322 (27.50 %)HP
418 (22.50 %)Citrix
516 (20.00 %)Dell
612 (15.00 %)Oracle
710 (12.50 %)IBM
89 (11.25 %)VERITAS
98 (10.00 %)Cisco
107 (8.750 %)Sun
116 (7.500 %)EMC
116 (7.500 %)Altiris
125 (6.250 %)Compaq
125 (6.250 %)Red Hat
134 (5.000 %)BEA
142 (2.500 %)Siemens
142 (2.500 %)Fujitsu Siemens
151 (1.250 %)AppSense
151 (1.250 %)NetApp
151 (1.250 %)Novell
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