Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Kent 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4339
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.014 %
As % of the category below4.167 %12.62 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£300£330
Average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£378
% change on same period last year-8.42 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.00
Average hourly rate-£29.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.61£33.17
% change on same period last year+7.34 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads120103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.193 %0.111 %
Daily rates quoted3011
Average minimum daily rate£315£383
Average daily rate£330£395
% change on same period last year-16.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£345
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted1523
Average minimum hourly rate£18.92£16.96
Average hourly rate£20.04£18.29
% change on same period last year+9.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.17£19.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.41£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Clustering South EastClustering
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.

Clustering
Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Clustering Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent Clustering Daily Rate Histogram

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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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
West MallingNew entry-3£375-
MaidstoneNew entry-1£325-
Clustering South EastClustering
South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

15 (83.33 %)Solaris
24 (66.67 %)Linux
24 (66.67 %)UNIX
33 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server
33 (50.00 %)Microsoft
33 (50.00 %)HP
33 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (50.00 %)NetBackup
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (50.00 %)HPUX
33 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
42 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
42 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
42 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
42 (33.33 %)SQL Server 7
42 (33.33 %)Sun
42 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (33.33 %)VERITAS
42 (33.33 %)IIS
42 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
42 (33.33 %)AIX
42 (33.33 %)C#
42 (33.33 %)VB
42 (33.33 %)VBA
42 (33.33 %).NET
42 (33.33 %)Oracle
42 (33.33 %)MCSE
51 (16.67 %)Oracle 8/8i

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %).NET
12 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)IIS
21 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
21 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 5.5
21 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)DHCP
11 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
11 (16.67 %)DNS
11 (16.67 %)SAN
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (33.33 %)SQL Server 7
31 (16.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Government
11 (16.67 %)Local Government
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)UNIX Engineer
22 (33.33 %)UNIX Support Engineer
22 (33.33 %)UNIX Support
22 (33.33 %)Server Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
22 (33.33 %)DBA
22 (33.33 %)Server Support
22 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Server Support Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Administrator
31 (16.67 %)SQL Server DBA
31 (16.67 %)SQL DBA
31 (16.67 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Client/Server
11 (16.67 %)NHS
11 (16.67 %)Thin Client
11 (16.67 %)Fat Client
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (83.33 %)Solaris
24 (66.67 %)Linux
24 (66.67 %)UNIX
33 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (50.00 %)HPUX
42 (33.33 %)AIX
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
22 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
22 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
31 (16.67 %)Change Management
31 (16.67 %)Security Management
31 (16.67 %)Problem Management
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)C#
12 (33.33 %)VB
12 (33.33 %)VBA
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)MCSE
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (16.67 %)HPUX Certification
21 (16.67 %)Degree
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (50.00 %)NetBackup
21 (16.67 %)Backup Exec
21 (16.67 %)Active Directory
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft
13 (50.00 %)HP
22 (33.33 %)Sun
22 (33.33 %)VERITAS
22 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (16.67 %)Symantec
31 (16.67 %)Citrix