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This section looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Oxfordshire 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.

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Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank51-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads70
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.609 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£238-
Average daily rate£281-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£352
% change on same period last year-1.76 %
Hourly rates quoted20
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£32.26£35.94
% change on same period last year-10.22 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9251
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.052 %
Daily rates quoted1211
Average minimum daily rate£222£309
Average daily rate£257£314
% change on same period last year-18.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£291£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted3412
Average minimum hourly rate£18.84£16.61
Average hourly rate£21.16£18.27
% change on same period last year+15.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.48£19.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
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.

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Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxfordshire Clustering Hourly Rate Histogram

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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 Oxfordshire 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
OxfordNew entry-4£281-
Clustering South EastClustering
South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

14 (57.14 %)MCSE
14 (57.14 %)MCSA
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft
14 (57.14 %)Windows
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (57.14 %)SAN
14 (57.14 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (42.86 %)Replication
23 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (42.86 %)SQL Server
32 (28.57 %)EJB
32 (28.57 %)JDBC
32 (28.57 %)WebServices
32 (28.57 %)XML
32 (28.57 %)Java
32 (28.57 %)Perl
32 (28.57 %)MS Excel
32 (28.57 %)Windows NT
32 (28.57 %)J2EE
32 (28.57 %)MCP
32 (28.57 %)PRINCE2
32 (28.57 %)UNIX
32 (28.57 %)Terminal Services
32 (28.57 %)JBoss
32 (28.57 %)Active Directory
32 (28.57 %)HP
32 (28.57 %)EMC
32 (28.57 %)Citrix
32 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
32 (28.57 %)SOA

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (28.57 %)J2EE
12 (28.57 %)EJB
12 (28.57 %)JDBC
12 (28.57 %)WebServices
12 (28.57 %)XML
12 (28.57 %)Middleware
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)JBoss
12 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
12 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (28.57 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (57.14 %)SAN
22 (28.57 %)ADSL
22 (28.57 %)LAN
22 (28.57 %)WAN
22 (28.57 %)DHCP
22 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
22 (28.57 %)VPN
22 (28.57 %)DNS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (42.86 %)SQL Server
13 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (14.29 %)MySQL
21 (14.29 %)DTS
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 7
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (14.29 %)PostgreSQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Support Analyst
12 (28.57 %)2nd Line Support
12 (28.57 %)Analyst
12 (28.57 %)Wintel Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Systems Engineer
21 (14.29 %)DBA
21 (14.29 %)Administrator
21 (14.29 %)SQL DBA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (42.86 %)Replication
22 (28.57 %)Blackberry
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (57.14 %)Windows
14 (57.14 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (28.57 %)UNIX
22 (28.57 %)Windows NT
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)PRINCE2
12 (28.57 %)SOA
12 (28.57 %)Load Balancing
21 (14.29 %)ITIL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (28.57 %)Java
12 (28.57 %)Perl
21 (14.29 %)SQL
21 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
21 (14.29 %)VBScript
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (57.14 %)MCSE
14 (57.14 %)MCSA
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (28.57 %)MCP
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)Active Directory
12 (28.57 %)Terminal Services
12 (28.57 %)Backup Exec
12 (28.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (28.57 %)EMC NetWorker
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft
22 (28.57 %)HP
22 (28.57 %)EMC
22 (28.57 %)Citrix
22 (28.57 %)VMware
22 (28.57 %)Altiris
22 (28.57 %)IBM
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