Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the East Midlands 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9092
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.915 %0.962 %
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£375
% change on same period last year-7.11 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£21.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.22£34.06
% change on same period last year-5.39 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads328312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.467 %0.323 %
Daily rates quoted7630
Average minimum daily rate£348£344
Average daily rate£375£376
% change on same period last year-0.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.48 %
Hourly rates quoted4760
Average minimum hourly rate£21.66£15.30
Average hourly rate£23.77£18.52
% change on same period last year+28.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.88£21.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.03£26.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Clustering EnglandClustering
England

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Clustering Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Clustering across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

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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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
NottinghamshireUp+23--
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

110 (76.92 %)UNIX
28 (61.54 %)Windows
37 (53.85 %)Oracle
37 (53.85 %)Solaris
46 (46.15 %)Linux
46 (46.15 %)SAN
55 (38.46 %)IRIX
55 (38.46 %)Red Hat Linux
55 (38.46 %)Red Hat
55 (38.46 %)Perl
55 (38.46 %)SQL
64 (30.77 %)WebLogic
64 (30.77 %)Apache
64 (30.77 %)Microsoft
64 (30.77 %)Beowulf
73 (23.08 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
73 (23.08 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
73 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (23.08 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (23.08 %)Active Directory
73 (23.08 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (23.08 %)SQL Server
82 (15.38 %)Citrix
82 (15.38 %)NFS
91 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
91 (7.692 %)DNS
91 (7.692 %)IBM
91 (7.692 %)HP
91 (7.692 %)Dell
91 (7.692 %)Sun

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (30.77 %)WebLogic
14 (30.77 %)Apache
21 (7.692 %)SharePoint
21 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
21 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.692 %)MS Office
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (46.15 %)SAN
21 (7.692 %)Firewall
21 (7.692 %)DHCP
21 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
21 (7.692 %)DNS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2005
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server Integration Services
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (46.15 %)UNIX Specialist
23 (23.08 %)DBA
23 (23.08 %)Administrator
23 (23.08 %)SQL DBA
31 (7.692 %)Project Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Server Support Analyst
31 (7.692 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
31 (7.692 %)Server Support
31 (7.692 %)Support Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Support Specialist
31 (7.692 %)Server Analyst
31 (7.692 %)UNIX Support
31 (7.692 %)Analyst
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (30.77 %)Beowulf
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (76.92 %)UNIX
28 (61.54 %)Windows
37 (53.85 %)Solaris
46 (46.15 %)Linux
55 (38.46 %)IRIX
55 (38.46 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (23.08 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (7.692 %)HPUX
71 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
71 (7.692 %)Windows XP
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.692 %)ITIL
11 (7.692 %)Project Management
11 (7.692 %)Load Balancing
11 (7.692 %)Security Cleared
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (38.46 %)Perl
15 (38.46 %)SQL
21 (7.692 %)Shell Script
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)MCSE
11 (7.692 %)Microsoft Certification
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (23.08 %)Active Directory
22 (15.38 %)NFS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (7.692 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (7.692 %)MOM
11 (7.692 %)BMC PATROL
11 (7.692 %)CONTROL-M
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (53.85 %)Oracle
25 (38.46 %)Red Hat
34 (30.77 %)Microsoft
42 (15.38 %)Citrix
51 (7.692 %)BMC
51 (7.692 %)VERITAS
51 (7.692 %)IBM
51 (7.692 %)Sun
51 (7.692 %)HP
51 (7.692 %)Dell
51 (7.692 %)VMware