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This section looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank239216
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching contract IT job ads428644
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.564 %0.683 %
As % of the category below2.724 %3.202 %
Daily rates quoted151171
Average minimum daily rate£338£347
Average daily rate£357£365
% change on same period last year-2.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£346
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Hourly rates quoted4862
Average minimum hourly rate£29.15£32.75
Average hourly rate£32.30£34.94
% change on same period last year-7.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.44£37.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.58£35.67
% change on same period last year-8.66 %
Miscellaneous EnglandMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1571020110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.72 %21.33 %
Daily rates quoted58267364
Average minimum daily rate£445£475
Average daily rate£478£511
% change on same period last year-6.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£511£546
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£350
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted13251332
Average minimum hourly rate£22.13£26.45
Average hourly rate£24.12£28.23
% change on same period last year-14.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.11£30.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.27£28.32
% change on same period last year-14.29 %
Clustering UKClustering
UK

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England 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 England region.

England Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

Clustering
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England Clustering Hourly Rate Histogram

Clustering
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Clustering within the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
LondonUp+33224£378-2.52 %
South EastUp+3116£311-19.74 %
East of EnglandDown-1820£317-13.71 %
South WestDown-417£376+43.97 %
North WestDown-3714£225-29.13 %
East MidlandsDown-310£304+14.10 %
West MidlandsDown-498£259-5.51 %
YorkshireUp+38£283+24.39 %
MidlandsDown-13£440-
North EastUp+32--
Clustering UKClustering
UK

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1438 (49.55 %)Windows
2335 (37.90 %)SAN
3239 (27.04 %)Active Directory
4238 (26.92 %)Microsoft
5236 (26.70 %)SQL Server
6232 (26.24 %)Unix
7231 (26.13 %)SQL
8222 (25.11 %)Solaris
9191 (21.61 %)Linux
9191 (21.61 %)VMware
10184 (20.81 %)HP
11149 (16.86 %)Oracle
12139 (15.72 %)VERITAS
13137 (15.50 %)Microsoft Certification
14129 (14.59 %)Windows 2000
15128 (14.48 %)Citrix
16127 (14.37 %)Exchange Server 2003
17122 (13.80 %)Finance
18121 (13.69 %)MS Exchange
19116 (13.12 %)TCP/IP
19116 (13.12 %)Windows Server 2003
20112 (12.67 %)Sun
21110 (12.44 %)Replication
22103 (11.65 %)SQL Server 2005
22103 (11.65 %)IBM
22103 (11.65 %)MCSE
2399 (11.20 %)SQL Server 2000
2498 (11.09 %)NetBackup
2597 (10.97 %)DNS
2692 (10.41 %)Red Hat

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
142 (4.751 %)WebSphere
235 (3.959 %).NET
328 (3.167 %)J2EE
423 (2.602 %)ASP.NET
522 (2.489 %)XML
618 (2.036 %)WebServices
716 (1.810 %)LAMP
813 (1.471 %)Middleware
98 (0.905 %)HTML
107 (0.792 %)WSH
115 (0.566 %)JMS
124 (0.452 %)EJB
124 (0.452 %)SOAP
124 (0.452 %)Struts
124 (0.452 %).NET Framework
133 (0.339 %)Application Packaging
133 (0.339 %)SAP XI
133 (0.339 %)ASP
133 (0.339 %)JDBC
133 (0.339 %)JSP
Application Platforms
1127 (14.37 %)Exchange Server 2003
2121 (13.69 %)MS Exchange
383 (9.389 %)IIS
458 (6.561 %)Apache
555 (6.222 %)Exchange Server 2000
647 (5.317 %)Exchange Server 2007
736 (4.072 %)WebLogic
830 (3.394 %)SharePoint
923 (2.602 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1022 (2.489 %)Tomcat
1115 (1.697 %)MQSeries
1115 (1.697 %)WebSphere MQ
1213 (1.471 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1213 (1.471 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1312 (1.357 %)TIBCO EMS
1312 (1.357 %)BizTalk Server
1410 (1.131 %)SharePoint Portal Server
158 (0.905 %)Oracle Application Server
158 (0.905 %)Live Communications Server
167 (0.792 %)WebLogic Portal
Applications
162 (7.014 %)MS Excel
230 (3.394 %)MS Office
39 (1.018 %)MS Project
42 (0.226 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
17 (0.792 %)Oracle Applications
26 (0.679 %)Oracle 11i
33 (0.339 %)Siebel Analytics
41 (0.113 %)TIBCO iProcess
41 (0.113 %)Kondor+
41 (0.113 %)BusinessWorks
41 (0.113 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.113 %)Staffware
41 (0.113 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1335 (37.90 %)SAN
2116 (13.12 %)TCP/IP
397 (10.97 %)DNS
489 (10.07 %)Firewall
553 (5.995 %)DHCP
645 (5.090 %)WAN
739 (4.412 %)VPN
837 (4.186 %)LAN
936 (4.072 %)WINS
1029 (3.281 %)iSCSI
1121 (2.376 %)Internet
1216 (1.810 %)LDAP
1314 (1.584 %)HTTP
1412 (1.357 %)SMTP
1412 (1.357 %)VLAN
1510 (1.131 %)Network Security
1510 (1.131 %)Wireless
168 (0.905 %)SSH
177 (0.792 %)NetScreen
177 (0.792 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1236 (26.70 %)SQL Server
2103 (11.65 %)SQL Server 2005
399 (11.20 %)SQL Server 2000
453 (5.995 %)Oracle 10g
549 (5.543 %)DTS
644 (4.977 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
735 (3.959 %)SQL Server 7
826 (2.941 %)MySQL
925 (2.828 %)Oracle 9i
1020 (2.262 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1118 (2.036 %)OLAP
1217 (1.923 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1217 (1.923 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1313 (1.471 %)RDBMS
146 (0.679 %)DB2
155 (0.566 %)Oracle 11g
163 (0.339 %)Datawarehouse
163 (0.339 %)Oracle 8/8i
163 (0.339 %)GIS
163 (0.339 %)PostgreSQL
Development Applications
19 (1.018 %)VSS/SourceSafe
25 (0.566 %)ClearCase
34 (0.452 %)JIRA
34 (0.452 %)ClearQuest
34 (0.452 %)MSI
34 (0.452 %)TestDirector
43 (0.339 %)Oracle APEX
52 (0.226 %)QuickTest Pro
52 (0.226 %)LoadRunner
52 (0.226 %)Flash
61 (0.113 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.113 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.113 %)ProC
61 (0.113 %)WebLOAD
61 (0.113 %)Eclipse
61 (0.113 %)InstallShield
61 (0.113 %)CruiseControl
General
1122 (13.80 %)Finance
270 (7.919 %)Banking
343 (4.864 %)Investment Banking
432 (3.620 %)Government
527 (3.054 %)Telecoms
623 (2.602 %)Health
712 (1.357 %)Law
89 (1.018 %)Publishing
98 (0.905 %)Games
107 (0.792 %)Financial Institution
107 (0.792 %)Education
116 (0.679 %)Insurance
116 (0.679 %)Pharmaceutical
125 (0.566 %)Retail
134 (0.452 %)Billing
134 (0.452 %)Auditing
143 (0.339 %)Online Games
143 (0.339 %)Legal
143 (0.339 %)Chemicals
152 (0.226 %)Front Office
Job Titles
1171 (19.34 %)Administrator
2143 (16.18 %)DBA
3121 (13.69 %)Analyst
494 (10.63 %)SQL DBA
567 (7.579 %)Systems Administrator
666 (7.466 %)SQL Server DBA
759 (6.674 %)Support Analyst
857 (6.448 %)Consultant
857 (6.448 %)Architect
937 (4.186 %)UNIX Administrator
1036 (4.072 %)Developer
1036 (4.072 %)3rd Line Support
1134 (3.846 %)Oracle DBA
1230 (3.394 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1328 (3.167 %)Support Engineer
1328 (3.167 %)Server Engineer
1425 (2.828 %)Systems Engineer
1524 (2.715 %)Technical Architect
1623 (2.602 %)Storage Engineer
1721 (2.376 %)Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1110 (12.44 %)Replication
227 (3.054 %)Asset Management
323 (2.602 %)HACMP
421 (2.376 %)Blackberry
517 (1.923 %)Web 2.0
615 (1.697 %)CLARiiON
78 (0.905 %)Beowulf
78 (0.905 %)Thin Client
78 (0.905 %)Fat Client
87 (0.792 %)Management Information System
95 (0.566 %)Symmetrix
95 (0.566 %)Mainframe
95 (0.566 %)Celerra
104 (0.452 %)German Language
104 (0.452 %)N-Tier
104 (0.452 %)VAX
113 (0.339 %)Handset
113 (0.339 %)Fixed Income
113 (0.339 %)Derivative
113 (0.339 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
1438 (49.55 %)Windows
2232 (26.24 %)Unix
3222 (25.11 %)Solaris
4191 (21.61 %)Linux
5129 (14.59 %)Windows 2000
6116 (13.12 %)Windows Server 2003
780 (9.050 %)HPUX
866 (7.466 %)Windows NT
965 (7.353 %)AIX
1021 (2.376 %)Debian
1117 (1.923 %)Windows XP
1215 (1.697 %)SUSE
1312 (1.357 %)VMS
1411 (1.244 %)FreeBSD
159 (1.018 %)IRIX
165 (0.566 %)Tru64
165 (0.566 %)NetWare
173 (0.339 %)MVS
173 (0.339 %)Windows Vista
182 (0.226 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
177 (8.710 %)ITIL
276 (8.597 %)Migration
367 (7.579 %)Disaster Recovery
455 (6.222 %)Security Cleared
550 (5.656 %)Load Balancing
630 (3.394 %)SC Cleared
727 (3.054 %)Project Management
826 (2.941 %)PRINCE2
826 (2.941 %)Change Management
917 (1.923 %)Business Intelligence
1016 (1.810 %)Business Continuity
1115 (1.697 %)Content Management
1115 (1.697 %)Network Load Balancing
1214 (1.584 %)Performance Testing
1214 (1.584 %)Data Migration
1313 (1.471 %)Service Management
1412 (1.357 %)Validation
1511 (1.244 %)CRM
1511 (1.244 %)Release Management
1610 (1.131 %)Problem Management
Programming Languages
1231 (26.13 %)SQL
272 (8.145 %)Perl
352 (5.882 %)Shell Script
448 (5.430 %)Transact-SQL
534 (3.846 %)VBScript
632 (3.620 %)Java
725 (2.828 %)VB
818 (2.036 %)C
916 (1.810 %)PHP
1013 (1.471 %)C#
119 (1.018 %)PL/SQL
127 (0.792 %)JavaScript
136 (0.679 %)AWK
144 (0.452 %)Korn
153 (0.339 %)VB.NET
162 (0.226 %)C++
162 (0.226 %)Jython
171 (0.113 %)Python
Qualifications
1137 (15.50 %)Microsoft Certification
2103 (11.65 %)MCSE
335 (3.959 %)MCP
426 (2.941 %)Degree
522 (2.489 %)Cisco Certification
621 (2.376 %)MCDBA
719 (2.149 %)CCNA
818 (2.036 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
915 (1.697 %)MCSA
1014 (1.584 %)RHCE
118 (0.905 %)Citrix Certification
127 (0.792 %)CCA
127 (0.792 %)CCNP
134 (0.452 %)CCEA
134 (0.452 %)Oracle Certification
134 (0.452 %)MCTS
134 (0.452 %)PRINCE2 Certification
143 (0.339 %)CCDA
143 (0.339 %)ISEB
152 (0.226 %)CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
114 (1.584 %)SLA
211 (1.244 %)QA
System Software
1239 (27.04 %)Active Directory
298 (11.09 %)NetBackup
366 (7.466 %)VMware Infrastructure
457 (6.448 %)VMware ESX
534 (3.846 %)ISA Server
534 (3.846 %)Citrix Presentation Server
622 (2.489 %)Terminal Services
622 (2.489 %)Backup Exec
717 (1.923 %)NFS
816 (1.810 %)Oracle RAC
99 (1.018 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
107 (0.792 %)MetaFrame
115 (0.566 %)AquaLogic
124 (0.452 %)Oracle RMAN
124 (0.452 %)VMware Server
133 (0.339 %)VMware Workstation
142 (0.226 %)MSMQ
142 (0.226 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
142 (0.226 %)Samba
151 (0.113 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
139 (4.412 %)Tivoli
237 (4.186 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
317 (1.923 %)MOM
317 (1.923 %)WSUS
416 (1.810 %)Legato
512 (1.357 %)Norton AntiVirus
69 (1.018 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
77 (0.792 %)OpenView
86 (0.679 %)BMC PATROL
86 (0.679 %)EMC NetWorker
95 (0.566 %)OMEGAMON
95 (0.566 %)OpenView Configuration Management
103 (0.339 %)CONTROL-M
103 (0.339 %)OVPI
112 (0.226 %)ARCserve
112 (0.226 %)ZENworks
112 (0.226 %)DameWare
112 (0.226 %)EMC TimeFinder
112 (0.226 %)EMC Navisphere
121 (0.113 %)OVSD
Vendors
1238 (26.92 %)Microsoft
2191 (21.61 %)VMware
3184 (20.81 %)HP
4149 (16.86 %)Oracle
5139 (15.72 %)VERITAS
6128 (14.48 %)Citrix
7112 (12.67 %)Sun
8103 (11.65 %)IBM
992 (10.41 %)Red Hat
1087 (9.842 %)EMC
1184 (9.502 %)Cisco
1245 (5.090 %)Dell
1245 (5.090 %)NetApp
1327 (3.054 %)Symantec
1416 (1.810 %)Remedy
1416 (1.810 %)Brocade
1416 (1.810 %)Hitachi
1514 (1.584 %)TIBCO
1613 (1.471 %)BEA
1613 (1.471 %)Compaq
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