The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Essex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 42 - 29
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Clustering 5 0 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.244% - 5.612%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.630% - 25.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
Average daily rate £400 - £216
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £400 £290
% change year-on-year
-10.62% +37.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
Average hourly rate £25.00 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -19.35%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
108 88 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 26.87% 21.20% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 39 38
Average daily rate £325 £250 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £110 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 20
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.76% -34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £12.10 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £33.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Clustering
East of England

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Clustering across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Essex Clustering Jobs Demand Trend

Clustering
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Clustering Daily Rate Trend

Clustering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

Clustering
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 Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Basildon - 1 - -
Colchester - 1 £400 -
Clustering
East of England

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

1 6 (85.71%) SQL
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (71.43%) SAN
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (57.14%) ISA Server
3 4 (57.14%) ADIC
3 4 (57.14%) Compaq
3 4 (57.14%) Dell
3 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
3 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
3 4 (57.14%) MCSE
3 4 (57.14%) VBScript
3 4 (57.14%) VB
3 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
3 4 (57.14%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (57.14%) PACS
3 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (57.14%) CommVault

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
1 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) SAN
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (14.29%) MySQL
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) SQL DBA
2 2 (28.57%) DBA
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Teradata DBA
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Virtualisation Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Server Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) PACS
2 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
1 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) VBScript
2 4 (57.14%) VB
3 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (57.14%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) MCDBA
3 1 (14.29%) MCITP
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) ISA Server
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Backup Exec
2 1 (14.29%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) HP
3 4 (57.14%) ADIC
3 4 (57.14%) Compaq
3 4 (57.14%) Dell
3 4 (57.14%) CommVault
3 4 (57.14%) Veritas
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) BMC
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
Basildon, Essex
Active Directory 2008 - PACS system Administration exposure - ISA Server 2006 and ForeFront TMG 2010 - Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 - Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 - Windows Server...
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013