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

LinkLoad Balancing
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank35-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.652 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted80
Average minimum daily rate£245-
Average daily rate£254-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£262-
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£370
% change on same period last year-3.41 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.83£38.14
% change on same period last year-11.29 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads230292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.370 %0.314 %
Daily rates quoted7167
Average minimum daily rate£315£337
Average daily rate£327£355
% change on same period last year-7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2239
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£26.99
Average hourly rate£24.10£28.80
% change on same period last year-16.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.19£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Load Balancing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Balancing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing 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
MaidstoneNew entry-4£258-
Load Balancing South EastLoad Balancing
South East

Load Balancing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

113 (86.67 %).NET
212 (80.00 %)Windows
310 (66.67 %)Solaris
310 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (66.67 %)Oracle
310 (66.67 %)C#
310 (66.67 %)VB
310 (66.67 %)VBA
49 (60.00 %)SQL Server
49 (60.00 %)Microsoft Certification
49 (60.00 %)MCSE
56 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
65 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
74 (26.67 %)Firewall
83 (20.00 %)IPsec
83 (20.00 %)Clustering
83 (20.00 %)Incident Management
83 (20.00 %)SharePoint
83 (20.00 %)Microsoft
83 (20.00 %)SSL
83 (20.00 %)Extranet
83 (20.00 %)DMZ
92 (13.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (13.33 %)SQL Server 7
92 (13.33 %)Linux
92 (13.33 %)UNIX
92 (13.33 %)IIS
101 (6.667 %)Network Design
101 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 5.5

Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (86.67 %).NET
25 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
31 (6.667 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (20.00 %)SharePoint
22 (13.33 %)IIS
31 (6.667 %)MS Exchange
31 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 5.5
31 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (26.67 %)Firewall
23 (20.00 %)IPsec
23 (20.00 %)SSL
23 (20.00 %)DMZ
23 (20.00 %)Extranet
31 (6.667 %)LAN
31 (6.667 %)DHCP
31 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
31 (6.667 %)VPN
31 (6.667 %)DNS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (60.00 %)SQL Server
26 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
26 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (13.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (13.33 %)SQL Server 7
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Finance
11 (6.667 %)Government
11 (6.667 %)Legal
11 (6.667 %)Local Government
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (60.00 %)DBA
19 (60.00 %)Administrator
26 (40.00 %)Windows Administrator
35 (33.33 %)Windows Systems Administrator
35 (33.33 %)Systems Administrator
42 (13.33 %)Server Administrator
42 (13.33 %)SQL Server DBA
42 (13.33 %)SQL DBA
51 (6.667 %)Network Support
51 (6.667 %)Network Analyst
51 (6.667 %)SharePoint Consultant
51 (6.667 %)SharePoint Administrator
51 (6.667 %)Systems Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Developer
51 (6.667 %)Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Applications Developer
51 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Network Support Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Solutions Designer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (20.00 %)Clustering
21 (6.667 %)Fat Client
21 (6.667 %)Client/Server
21 (6.667 %)NHS
21 (6.667 %)Thin Client
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (80.00 %)Windows
210 (66.67 %)Solaris
210 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (13.33 %)UNIX
32 (13.33 %)Linux
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (20.00 %)Incident Management
21 (6.667 %)Network Design
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (66.67 %)C#
110 (66.67 %)VB
110 (66.67 %)VBA
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (60.00 %)MCSE
19 (60.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (6.667 %)Degree
21 (6.667 %)MCDBA
21 (6.667 %)CCNP
21 (6.667 %)CCNA
21 (6.667 %)CCDP
21 (6.667 %)Cisco Certification
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)Active Directory
11 (6.667 %)NetBackup
11 (6.667 %)Backup Exec
11 (6.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (66.67 %)Oracle
23 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (6.667 %)Citrix
31 (6.667 %)Symantec
31 (6.667 %)VMware
31 (6.667 %)Cisco