The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Milton Keynes region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 43 38 43
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +5
Contract jobs citing Clustering 12 24 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 2.290% 3.343% 2.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.00% 12.77% 8.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 5
Average daily rate £400 £307 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.50% +42.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £357 £262 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £351 £217
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £25.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -18.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
100 188 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 19.08% 26.18% 23.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 57 41
Average daily rate £350 £339 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.32% +12.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 15
Average hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.20% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.80 £9.95 £13.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Clustering
Buckinghamshire

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Clustering across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Milton Keynes Clustering Jobs Demand Trend

Clustering
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Clustering across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Clustering Daily Rate Trend

Clustering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1 17 (100.00%) Windows
1 17 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
4 11 (64.71%) Citrix
4 11 (64.71%) VMware
5 10 (58.82%) SQL Server
5 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
5 10 (58.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (58.82%) Hyper-V
6 9 (52.94%) IIS
7 8 (47.06%) MS Exchange
7 8 (47.06%) VMware ESX
7 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
7 8 (47.06%) SCOM
8 7 (41.18%) XenApp
8 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (41.18%) MCSE
8 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
9 6 (35.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (29.41%) SAN
10 5 (29.41%) HP
10 5 (29.41%) Windows NT
10 5 (29.41%) NAS
10 5 (29.41%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (29.41%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (23.53%) Lync
11 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (23.53%) BladeLogic
11 4 (23.53%) SCCM

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) JMS
1 3 (17.65%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) IIS
2 8 (47.06%) MS Exchange
3 4 (23.53%) Lync
3 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (23.53%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (11.76%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) SAN
1 5 (29.41%) NAS
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) Internet
2 3 (17.65%) SMTP
2 3 (17.65%) iSCSI
3 2 (11.76%) DHCP
4 1 (5.882%) DDNS
4 1 (5.882%) Broadband
4 1 (5.882%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (58.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Technical Specialist
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Administrator
2 4 (23.53%) Technical Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Systems Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Wintel Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Server Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Windows Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Wintel Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.882%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Wintel Server Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Cryptography
2 2 (11.76%) Fat Client
2 2 (11.76%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
1 17 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (29.41%) Windows NT
3 5 (29.41%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (17.65%) Windows 2000
5 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Time Management
2 3 (17.65%) TOGAF
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL
3 1 (5.882%) Project Management
3 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.882%) Problem Management
3 1 (5.882%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.882%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) SQL
1 1 (5.882%) VBScript
1 1 (5.882%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (41.18%) MCSE
4 3 (17.65%) MCP
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (17.65%) ISEB
4 3 (17.65%) CCSP
4 3 (17.65%) CCNA
4 3 (17.65%) Degree
4 3 (17.65%) MCTS
5 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (5.882%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (58.82%) Hyper-V
2 8 (47.06%) VMware ESX
3 7 (41.18%) XenApp
3 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
4 5 (29.41%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (23.53%) Terminal Services
5 4 (23.53%) ISA Server
6 1 (5.882%) vSphere
6 1 (5.882%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) SCOM
2 6 (35.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (23.53%) BladeLogic
3 4 (23.53%) SCCM
4 3 (17.65%) OpenView
5 2 (11.76%) SCVMM
6 1 (5.882%) MOM
6 1 (5.882%) NetBackup
6 1 (5.882%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (64.71%) Citrix
2 11 (64.71%) VMware
3 5 (29.41%) HP
4 3 (17.65%) StorageTek
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle
4 3 (17.65%) Intel
4 3 (17.65%) Sun
5 2 (11.76%) NetApp
6 1 (5.882%) Cisco
6 1 (5.882%) EMC