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This section looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Cheltenham 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank23-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
As % of the category below30.30 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£347-
Average daily rate£351-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£355-
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£356
% change on same period last year-1.91 %
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£34.85£34.78
% change on same period last year+0.20 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads334
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.004 %
Daily rates quoted163
Average minimum daily rate£409£500
Average daily rate£420£500
% change on same period last year-15.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£353
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£11.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.01£28.53
% change on same period last year-12.34 %
Clustering GloucestershireClustering
Gloucestershire

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 Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Clustering Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cheltenham Clustering Daily Rate Histogram

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Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

19 (90.00 %)Security Cleared
28 (80.00 %)Solaris
28 (80.00 %)Linux
28 (80.00 %)UNIX
37 (70.00 %)TCP/IP
37 (70.00 %)DNS
37 (70.00 %)SAN
46 (60.00 %)DHCP
46 (60.00 %)NFS
46 (60.00 %)Perl
46 (60.00 %)HPUX
46 (60.00 %)DV Cleared
46 (60.00 %)Government
55 (50.00 %)C
55 (50.00 %)Shell Script
64 (40.00 %)Service Management
73 (30.00 %)Telecoms
82 (20.00 %)Business Continuity
82 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
82 (20.00 %)Tru64
82 (20.00 %)Windows
82 (20.00 %)SQL Server
82 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
82 (20.00 %)Windows NT
91 (10.00 %)SQL
91 (10.00 %)HP
91 (10.00 %)SC Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (70.00 %)TCP/IP
17 (70.00 %)DNS
17 (70.00 %)SAN
26 (60.00 %)DHCP
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (60.00 %)Government
23 (30.00 %)Telecoms
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (90.00 %)Consultant
26 (60.00 %)UNIX Consultant
32 (20.00 %)SQL Server Consultant
41 (10.00 %)Linux Engineer
41 (10.00 %)UNIX Engineer
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (80.00 %)Solaris
18 (80.00 %)Linux
18 (80.00 %)UNIX
26 (60.00 %)HPUX
32 (20.00 %)Windows
32 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (20.00 %)Windows NT
32 (20.00 %)Tru64
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (90.00 %)Security Cleared
26 (60.00 %)DV Cleared
34 (40.00 %)Service Management
42 (20.00 %)Business Continuity
42 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
51 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)Perl
25 (50.00 %)C
25 (50.00 %)Shell Script
31 (10.00 %)SQL
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (60.00 %)NFS
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)HP