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The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Merseyside 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4541
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.563 %4.124 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£200
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£379
% change on same period last year-7.78 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.47£34.75
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads6497
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted2211
Average minimum daily rate£304£291
Average daily rate£324£331
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted2036
Average minimum hourly rate£13.35£10.64
Average hourly rate£16.52£12.03
% change on same period last year+37.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.68£13.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£26.20
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
Clustering North WestClustering
North West

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Clustering Daily Rate Trend

Clustering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
LiverpoolDown-51--
Clustering North WestClustering
North West

Clustering
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)ITIL
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)SharePoint
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)VoIP
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)FTP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)RDBMS
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Sun
11 (100.00 %)SAN
11 (100.00 %)ISA Server
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)VLAN
11 (100.00 %)Load Balancing

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)SharePoint
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)VoIP
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)FTP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)SAN
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)VLAN
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)RDBMS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Administrator
11 (100.00 %)Network Administrator
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)ITIL
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)Load Balancing
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)ISA Server
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Sun