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This section looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the London 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank204235
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads217276
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.289 %0.279 %
As % of the category below2.456 %2.004 %
Daily rates quoted9284
Average minimum daily rate£377£370
Average daily rate£402£391
% change on same period last year+2.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£352
% change on same period last year-1.76 %
Hourly rates quoted823
Average minimum hourly rate£29.00£34.83
Average hourly rate£29.38£36.50
% change on same period last year-19.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.75£38.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.26£35.94
% change on same period last year-10.22 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads883613770
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.78 %13.93 %
Daily rates quoted43046169
Average minimum daily rate£477£495
Average daily rate£514£532
% change on same period last year-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£550£569
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted349416
Average minimum hourly rate£22.75£24.44
Average hourly rate£24.30£26.22
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.85£27.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
Clustering EnglandClustering
England

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London 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 jobs citing Clustering within the London region over the 3 months to 25 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
City of LondonUp+669£405-2.62 %
Docklands, LondonUp+155--
Canary WharfUp+72£325-27.77 %
WestminsterNew entry-1--
West DraytonNew entry-1£302-
Clustering EnglandClustering
England

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1230 (56.23 %)Windows
2178 (43.52 %)SAN
3138 (33.74 %)SQL Server
4134 (32.76 %)Active Directory
5126 (30.81 %)SQL
6110 (26.89 %)Microsoft
7104 (25.43 %)VMware
8102 (24.94 %)Solaris
9100 (24.45 %)Oracle
1098 (23.96 %)Linux
1197 (23.72 %)UNIX
1197 (23.72 %)HP
1278 (19.07 %)Finance
1373 (17.85 %)EMC
1373 (17.85 %)Exchange Server 2003
1470 (17.11 %)Citrix
1564 (15.65 %)VERITAS
1663 (15.40 %)Microsoft Certification
1758 (14.18 %)Red Hat
1857 (13.94 %)TCP/IP
1956 (13.69 %)DNS
1956 (13.69 %)Windows 2000
1956 (13.69 %)SQL Server 2000
2054 (13.20 %)Windows Server 2003
2054 (13.20 %)MCSE
2054 (13.20 %)Banking
2151 (12.47 %)Cisco
2250 (12.22 %)MS Exchange
2250 (12.22 %)NetBackup
2349 (11.98 %)SQL Server 2005

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (7.335 %).NET
220 (4.890 %)ASP.NET
311 (2.689 %)XML
410 (2.445 %)WebSphere
59 (2.200 %)Middleware
59 (2.200 %)J2EE
59 (2.200 %)HTML
67 (1.711 %)WebServices
75 (1.222 %)ASP
84 (0.978 %)Struts
93 (0.733 %)WMI
102 (0.489 %)Spring
102 (0.489 %)Hibernate
102 (0.489 %)EJB
102 (0.489 %)JSP
102 (0.489 %)Java EE
111 (0.244 %)iBATIS
111 (0.244 %)JPA
111 (0.244 %)EJB 3.0
111 (0.244 %)Servlets
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
173 (17.85 %)Exchange Server 2003
250 (12.22 %)MS Exchange
338 (9.291 %)IIS
428 (6.846 %)Exchange Server 2000
525 (6.112 %)Exchange Server 2007
619 (4.645 %)Apache
716 (3.912 %)Tomcat
814 (3.423 %)WebLogic
913 (3.178 %)SharePoint
1011 (2.689 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1110 (2.445 %)TIBCO EMS
1110 (2.445 %)SharePoint Server 2007
129 (2.200 %)Live Communications Server
129 (2.200 %)MQSeries
136 (1.467 %)Oracle Application Server
145 (1.222 %)GlassFish
145 (1.222 %)CMS
154 (0.978 %)WebLogic Portal
154 (0.978 %)WebLogic Integration
163 (0.733 %)SAS
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (7.090 %)MS Excel
210 (2.445 %)MS Office
37 (1.711 %)MS Project
41 (0.244 %)MS Visio
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.467 %)Oracle Applications
24 (0.978 %)Oracle 11i
33 (0.733 %)Siebel Analytics
41 (0.244 %)Kondor+
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1178 (43.52 %)SAN
257 (13.94 %)TCP/IP
356 (13.69 %)DNS
444 (10.76 %)Firewall
527 (6.601 %)WAN
626 (6.357 %)DHCP
725 (6.112 %)LAN
819 (4.645 %)VPN
913 (3.178 %)iSCSI
1010 (2.445 %)VLAN
1010 (2.445 %)Internet
119 (2.200 %)SMTP
127 (1.711 %)HTTP
135 (1.222 %)SNMP
135 (1.222 %)Network Security
144 (0.978 %)LDAP
144 (0.978 %)VoIP
153 (0.733 %)Cisco PIX
153 (0.733 %)IP Telephony
153 (0.733 %)NetScreen
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1138 (33.74 %)SQL Server
256 (13.69 %)SQL Server 2000
349 (11.98 %)SQL Server 2005
448 (11.74 %)Oracle 10g
524 (5.868 %)DTS
620 (4.890 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
718 (4.401 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
817 (4.156 %)SQL Server 7
915 (3.667 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1013 (3.178 %)Oracle 9i
119 (2.200 %)OLAP
128 (1.956 %)MySQL
136 (1.467 %)Oracle 8/8i
145 (1.222 %)RDBMS
145 (1.222 %)SQL Server Integration Services
154 (0.978 %)DB2
162 (0.489 %)Datawarehouse
162 (0.489 %)BusinessObjects
162 (0.489 %)GIS
162 (0.489 %)PostgreSQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.222 %)ClearCase
24 (0.978 %)ClearQuest
24 (0.978 %)JIRA
32 (0.489 %)MSI
32 (0.489 %)TestDirector
32 (0.489 %)QuickTest Pro
32 (0.489 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.244 %)Eclipse
41 (0.244 %)CruiseControl
41 (0.244 %)Oracle Forms
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
178 (19.07 %)Finance
254 (13.20 %)Banking
330 (7.335 %)Investment Banking
412 (2.934 %)Government
59 (2.200 %)Health
59 (2.200 %)Telecoms
59 (2.200 %)Publishing
68 (1.956 %)Games
75 (1.222 %)Insurance
75 (1.222 %)Financial Institution
84 (0.978 %)Law
84 (0.978 %)Retail
93 (0.733 %)Legal
93 (0.733 %)Education
93 (0.733 %)Online Games
102 (0.489 %)Front Office
102 (0.489 %)Private Banking
111 (0.244 %)Local Government
111 (0.244 %)Back Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
187 (21.27 %)Administrator
275 (18.34 %)DBA
351 (12.47 %)Analyst
449 (11.98 %)SQL DBA
537 (9.046 %)SQL Server DBA
631 (7.579 %)Architect
631 (7.579 %)Systems Administrator
631 (7.579 %)Support Analyst
718 (4.401 %)Oracle DBA
816 (3.912 %)Server Engineer
816 (3.912 %)3rd Line Support
816 (3.912 %)Senior Systems Administrator
915 (3.667 %)Consultant
1013 (3.178 %)Support Engineer
1112 (2.934 %)Systems Engineer
1211 (2.689 %)Infrastructure Manager
1211 (2.689 %)UNIX Administrator
1310 (2.445 %)Server Support
1310 (2.445 %)Windows Administrator
149 (2.200 %)Storage Administrator
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
146 (11.25 %)Replication
217 (4.156 %)Web 2.0
312 (2.934 %)CLARiiON
312 (2.934 %)Blackberry
43 (0.733 %)Management Information System
43 (0.733 %)Derivative
43 (0.733 %)Fixed Income
52 (0.489 %)Equities
52 (0.489 %)Credit Risk
52 (0.489 %)Symmetrix
52 (0.489 %)NHS
52 (0.489 %)Celerra
61 (0.244 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (0.244 %)Thin Client
61 (0.244 %)HACMP
61 (0.244 %)Mainframe
61 (0.244 %)Handset
61 (0.244 %)Fat Client
61 (0.244 %)Computer Science
61 (0.244 %)German Language
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1230 (56.23 %)Windows
2102 (24.94 %)Solaris
398 (23.96 %)Linux
497 (23.72 %)UNIX
556 (13.69 %)Windows 2000
654 (13.20 %)Windows Server 2003
728 (6.846 %)HPUX
821 (5.134 %)Windows NT
99 (2.200 %)Windows XP
106 (1.467 %)Windows Vista
115 (1.222 %)AIX
123 (0.733 %)VMS
123 (0.733 %)SUSE
132 (0.489 %)Debian
141 (0.244 %)Windows Mobile
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (9.291 %)Disaster Recovery
235 (8.557 %)ITIL
325 (6.112 %)Migration
421 (5.134 %)Asset Management
421 (5.134 %)Load Balancing
515 (3.667 %)Business Continuity
614 (3.423 %)PRINCE2
614 (3.423 %)Performance Testing
712 (2.934 %)Content Management
811 (2.689 %)Change Management
910 (2.445 %)Project Management
109 (2.200 %)UML
118 (1.956 %)OO
118 (1.956 %)BCP
127 (1.711 %)CRM
127 (1.711 %)Data Modelling
136 (1.467 %)OOD
136 (1.467 %)Business Intelligence
136 (1.467 %)Problem Management
136 (1.467 %)Incident Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1126 (30.81 %)SQL
237 (9.046 %)Shell Script
327 (6.601 %)Perl
418 (4.401 %)Transact-SQL
516 (3.912 %)VBScript
611 (2.689 %)C
710 (2.445 %)C#
88 (1.956 %)Java
88 (1.956 %)VB.NET
96 (1.467 %)VB
105 (1.222 %)JavaScript
114 (0.978 %)C++
114 (0.978 %)Korn
123 (0.733 %)PowerShell
123 (0.733 %)PL/SQL
132 (0.489 %)AWK
132 (0.489 %)Ruby
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
163 (15.40 %)Microsoft Certification
254 (13.20 %)MCSE
327 (6.601 %)Degree
423 (5.623 %)RHCE
513 (3.178 %)MCP
612 (2.934 %)Cisco Certification
612 (2.934 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
710 (2.445 %)CCNA
88 (1.956 %)Citrix Certification
97 (1.711 %)CCA
106 (1.467 %)MCDBA
106 (1.467 %)CCNP
114 (0.978 %)ISEB
114 (0.978 %)CCEA
122 (0.489 %)CCDA
122 (0.489 %)MCSA
122 (0.489 %)MCTS
122 (0.489 %)MCITP
131 (0.244 %)CISSP
131 (0.244 %)ITIL Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.222 %)SLA
24 (0.978 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1134 (32.76 %)Active Directory
250 (12.22 %)NetBackup
345 (11.00 %)VMware ESX
433 (8.068 %)VMware Infrastructure
523 (5.623 %)Citrix Presentation Server
613 (3.178 %)ISA Server
711 (2.689 %)NFS
711 (2.689 %)Terminal Services
87 (1.711 %)Backup Exec
96 (1.467 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
105 (1.222 %)AquaLogic
114 (0.978 %)Xen
114 (0.978 %)Oracle RAC
114 (0.978 %)Oracle RMAN
123 (0.733 %)MetaFrame
131 (0.244 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
131 (0.244 %)LiteSpeed
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
120 (4.890 %)Tivoli
212 (2.934 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
310 (2.445 %)MOM
49 (2.200 %)Norton AntiVirus
58 (1.956 %)Legato
63 (0.733 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
63 (0.733 %)OpenView
72 (0.489 %)BMC PATROL
81 (0.244 %)CONTROL-M
81 (0.244 %)Nagios
81 (0.244 %)ZENworks
81 (0.244 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
81 (0.244 %)Tivoli Monitoring
81 (0.244 %)Tivoli NetView
81 (0.244 %)MAILsweeper
81 (0.244 %)EMC TimeFinder
81 (0.244 %)EMC Navisphere
81 (0.244 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
81 (0.244 %)SCCM
81 (0.244 %)SCOM
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1110 (26.89 %)Microsoft
2104 (25.43 %)VMware
3100 (24.45 %)Oracle
497 (23.72 %)HP
573 (17.85 %)EMC
670 (17.11 %)Citrix
764 (15.65 %)VERITAS
858 (14.18 %)Red Hat
951 (12.47 %)Cisco
1035 (8.557 %)IBM
1133 (8.068 %)Sun
1224 (5.868 %)Dell
1318 (4.401 %)NetApp
1416 (3.912 %)Symantec
1511 (2.689 %)TIBCO
1511 (2.689 %)Sybase
1610 (2.445 %)Vitria
179 (2.200 %)Hitachi
188 (1.956 %)Remedy
197 (1.711 %)BEA
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