Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Cambridge 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
Rank42-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.087 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£376
% change on same period last year-7.48 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.66£34.07
% change on same period last year+1.73 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads9293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.100 %
Daily rates quoted1213
Average minimum daily rate£249£259
Average daily rate£272£293
% change on same period last year-7.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£295£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted3619
Average minimum hourly rate£34.41£37.50
Average hourly rate£36.17£42.87
% change on same period last year-15.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.93£48.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Clustering CambridgeshireClustering
Cambridgeshire

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Clustering Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Clustering Daily Rate Trend

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Ant
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSD
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
11 (100.00 %)Eclipse
11 (100.00 %)JavaBeans
11 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (100.00 %)Subversion
11 (100.00 %)BPEL
11 (100.00 %)Spring
11 (100.00 %)JNI
11 (100.00 %)Degree

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSD
11 (100.00 %)JavaBeans
11 (100.00 %)Spring
11 (100.00 %)JNI
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Ant
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
11 (100.00 %)Eclipse
11 (100.00 %)Subversion
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (100.00 %)BPEL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle