Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank6983
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.004 %
As % of the category below5.952 %2.353 %
Daily rates quoted81
Average minimum daily rate£325£275
Average daily rate£344£288
% change on same period last year+19.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£376
% change on same period last year-7.48 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£34.44
Average hourly rate-£34.44
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.66£34.07
% change on same period last year+1.73 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads168170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.265 %0.182 %
Daily rates quoted6933
Average minimum daily rate£313£334
Average daily rate£335£359
% change on same period last year-6.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted1842
Average minimum hourly rate£18.50£22.51
Average hourly rate£19.62£23.96
% change on same period last year-18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.73£25.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Milton KeynesUp+59£344-
Clustering South EastClustering
South East

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

125 (73.53 %)SQL Server
224 (70.59 %)SAN
321 (61.76 %)SQL
420 (58.82 %)Transact-SQL
420 (58.82 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
420 (58.82 %)Security Cleared
516 (47.06 %)OLAP
516 (47.06 %)DTS
516 (47.06 %)Business Intelligence
613 (38.24 %)ITIL
613 (38.24 %)Microsoft Certification
712 (35.29 %)ITSM
712 (35.29 %)MCDBA
712 (35.29 %)SC Cleared
89 (26.47 %)Windows
98 (23.53 %)Government
98 (23.53 %)Windows Server 2003
107 (20.59 %)Microsoft
107 (20.59 %)HP
116 (17.65 %)Sun
116 (17.65 %)Active Directory
116 (17.65 %)Cisco
116 (17.65 %)MS Exchange
125 (14.71 %)Solaris
125 (14.71 %)IIS
125 (14.71 %)UNIX
125 (14.71 %)Auditing
125 (14.71 %)Windows Vista
134 (11.76 %)CNE
134 (11.76 %)Novell Certification

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (17.65 %)MS Exchange
25 (14.71 %)IIS
33 (8.824 %)Apache
42 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2007
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (70.59 %)SAN
24 (11.76 %)Firewall
32 (5.882 %)WAN
32 (5.882 %)TCP/IP
41 (2.941 %)DNS
41 (2.941 %)DHCP
41 (2.941 %)LDAP
41 (2.941 %)Internet
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (73.53 %)SQL Server
220 (58.82 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
316 (47.06 %)OLAP
316 (47.06 %)DTS
43 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (23.53 %)Government
25 (14.71 %)Auditing
31 (2.941 %)Telecoms
31 (2.941 %)Finance
31 (2.941 %)Automotive
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (32.35 %)Database Specialist
27 (20.59 %)Administrator
35 (14.71 %)Developer
35 (14.71 %)Systems Administrator
35 (14.71 %)Database Developer
35 (14.71 %)SQL Developer
35 (14.71 %)SQL Database Developer
44 (11.76 %)UNIX Administrator
44 (11.76 %)SQL DBA
44 (11.76 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
44 (11.76 %)DBA
53 (8.824 %)Consultant
62 (5.882 %)Systems Engineer
62 (5.882 %)Network Consultant
62 (5.882 %)Systems Support
62 (5.882 %)Support Engineer
62 (5.882 %)Technical Consultant
62 (5.882 %)Infrastructure Specialist
62 (5.882 %)Systems Support Engineer
71 (2.941 %)Security Specialist
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (8.824 %)Thin Client
13 (8.824 %)Fat Client
21 (2.941 %)CESG
21 (2.941 %)IPTV
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (26.47 %)Windows
28 (23.53 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (14.71 %)Windows Vista
35 (14.71 %)Solaris
35 (14.71 %)UNIX
43 (8.824 %)Windows XP
43 (8.824 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (5.882 %)FreeBSD
52 (5.882 %)Windows NT
52 (5.882 %)Linux
61 (2.941 %)Windows 2000
61 (2.941 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (2.941 %)Windows Server 2008
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (58.82 %)Security Cleared
216 (47.06 %)Business Intelligence
313 (38.24 %)ITIL
412 (35.29 %)SC Cleared
412 (35.29 %)ITSM
51 (2.941 %)Network Design
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (61.76 %)SQL
220 (58.82 %)Transact-SQL
32 (5.882 %)C
41 (2.941 %)VBScript
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (38.24 %)Microsoft Certification
212 (35.29 %)MCDBA
34 (11.76 %)MCSE
34 (11.76 %)CNE
34 (11.76 %)Novell Certification
41 (2.941 %)Degree
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.882 %)SLA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (17.65 %)Active Directory
22 (5.882 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (2.941 %)Terminal Services
31 (2.941 %)ISA Server
31 (2.941 %)VMware ESX
31 (2.941 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (8.824 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 (8.824 %)OpenView Configuration Management
21 (2.941 %)EMC NetWorker
21 (2.941 %)Tivoli
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (20.59 %)Microsoft
17 (20.59 %)HP
26 (17.65 %)Sun
26 (17.65 %)Cisco
34 (11.76 %)Citrix
34 (11.76 %)VMware
43 (8.824 %)StorageTek
51 (2.941 %)Red Hat
51 (2.941 %)Dell
51 (2.941 %)IBM