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This section looks at the demand for Load Balancing skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Load Balancing over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLoad Balancing
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank98119
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.410 %0.392 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£367-
Average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£383-
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£33.75
Average hourly rate-£39.88
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.93£36.54
% change on same period last year+1.04 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads12211532
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.611 %1.526 %
Daily rates quoted376474
Average minimum daily rate£354£357
Average daily rate£378£381
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted206285
Average minimum hourly rate£32.62£30.33
Average hourly rate£34.38£32.26
% change on same period last year+6.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.15£34.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Load Balancing South EastLoad Balancing
South East

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.

Load Balancing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Load Balancing across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hampshire Load Balancing Demand Trend

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Load Balancing Daily Rate Trend

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Load Balancing across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Hampshire Load Balancing Daily Rate Histogram

Load Balancing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Load Balancing across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Load Balancing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Balancing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
BasingstokeUp+81£325-
Load Balancing South EastLoad Balancing
South East

Load Balancing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Load Balancing 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 Load Balancing.

16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
25 (50.00 %)Windows
34 (40.00 %)Replication
43 (30.00 %)AIX
43 (30.00 %)SQL
43 (30.00 %)MS Excel
43 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
43 (30.00 %)TestDirector
43 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (30.00 %)Finance
52 (20.00 %)UNIX
52 (20.00 %)Firewall
52 (20.00 %)ISO8583
52 (20.00 %)Clustering
52 (20.00 %)CONTROL-M
52 (20.00 %)VPN
52 (20.00 %)DNS
52 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
52 (20.00 %)Cisco
52 (20.00 %)Oracle
52 (20.00 %)HTML
52 (20.00 %)Solaris
52 (20.00 %)IIS
52 (20.00 %)MS Project
52 (20.00 %)Network Security
52 (20.00 %)WebSphere
61 (10.00 %)Technical Architecture
61 (10.00 %)IMAP
61 (10.00 %)Cisco IOS
61 (10.00 %)Finjan

Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Load Balancing 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 Load Balancing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %)HTML
12 (20.00 %)WebSphere
21 (10.00 %)XML
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (20.00 %)IIS
21 (10.00 %)SharePoint Portal Server
21 (10.00 %)Apache
21 (10.00 %)WebLogic
21 (10.00 %)SharePoint
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Excel
22 (20.00 %)MS Project
31 (10.00 %)MS Office
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (20.00 %)Firewall
22 (20.00 %)VPN
22 (20.00 %)DNS
22 (20.00 %)Network Security
31 (10.00 %)IMAP
31 (10.00 %)Cisco IOS
31 (10.00 %)VLAN
31 (10.00 %)HTTPS
31 (10.00 %)SSL
31 (10.00 %)LAN
31 (10.00 %)VoIP
31 (10.00 %)WAN
31 (10.00 %)SMTP
31 (10.00 %)HTTP
31 (10.00 %)SNMP
31 (10.00 %)OSPF
31 (10.00 %)NetScreen
31 (10.00 %)Internet
31 (10.00 %)CTI
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (10.00 %)DB2
11 (10.00 %)MySQL
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (30.00 %)TestDirector
21 (10.00 %)WebLogic Workshop
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Finance
21 (10.00 %)Education
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Team Leader
23 (30.00 %)Tester
31 (10.00 %)Security Specialist
31 (10.00 %)CRM Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Storage Specialist
31 (10.00 %)Network Specialist
31 (10.00 %).NET Team Leader
31 (10.00 %)Network Security Specialist
31 (10.00 %)Network Team Leader
31 (10.00 %)WebLogic Architect
31 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Designer
31 (10.00 %)Architect
31 (10.00 %)Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Technical Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Network Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Web Designer
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Replication
22 (20.00 %)Clustering
31 (10.00 %)Mainframe
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)Windows
23 (30.00 %)AIX
23 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (20.00 %)UNIX
32 (20.00 %)Solaris
41 (10.00 %)Linux
41 (10.00 %)Debian
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Technical Architecture
11 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
11 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
11 (10.00 %)Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)CRM
11 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (10.00 %)Service Delivery
11 (10.00 %)Disaster Recovery
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)Python
21 (10.00 %)Java
21 (10.00 %)Perl
21 (10.00 %)PHP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)CCSP
11 (10.00 %)CCNP
11 (10.00 %)CCNA
11 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (10.00 %)Check Point Certification
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (20.00 %)ISO8583
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Squid
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (20.00 %)CONTROL-M
21 (10.00 %)CA SiteMinder
21 (10.00 %)Tivoli
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Cisco
22 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (10.00 %)Finjan
31 (10.00 %)VMware
31 (10.00 %)Blue Coat
31 (10.00 %)Lagan
31 (10.00 %)IBM
31 (10.00 %)Remedy
31 (10.00 %)MicroStrategy
31 (10.00 %)CheckPoint
31 (10.00 %)Intel
31 (10.00 %)Juniper
31 (10.00 %)Genesys