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The table below looks at the demand for IBM High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HACMP over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2928
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.405 %7.692 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£399
% change on same period last year-11.19 %
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-£46.75
% change on same period last year-
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads3726
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.060 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted51
Average minimum daily rate£325£350
Average daily rate£329£350
% change on same period last year-6.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted85
Average minimum hourly rate£25.78£10.17
Average hourly rate£28.28£11.50
% change on same period last year+145.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.78£12.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£25.58
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
HACMP CheshireHACMP
Cheshire

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.

HACMP
Demand Trend

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

Chester HACMP Demand Trend

HACMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester HACMP Daily Rate Trend

HACMP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing HACMP 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 HACMP.

14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)AIX
14 (100.00 %)Tru64
23 (75.00 %)Migration
32 (50.00 %)FMCG
41 (25.00 %)ITIL
41 (25.00 %)Incident Management
41 (25.00 %)Problem Management
41 (25.00 %)Change Management
41 (25.00 %)HPUX
41 (25.00 %)Linux
41 (25.00 %)DNS

HACMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing HACMP 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 HACMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)DNS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)FMCG
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Technical Specialist
12 (50.00 %)UNIX Specialist
12 (50.00 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Systems Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Administrator
21 (25.00 %)AIX Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Server Analyst
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)AIX
14 (100.00 %)Tru64
21 (25.00 %)HPUX
21 (25.00 %)Linux
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Migration
21 (25.00 %)Incident Management
21 (25.00 %)Problem Management
21 (25.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)Change Management