The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 24 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 Renfrewshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 9 13 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Clustering 13 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 20.63% 5.556% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 39.39% 9.091% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
Average daily rate £371 £420 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.60% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £400 £290
% change year-on-year
-10.62% +37.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -19.35%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
33 22 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 52.38% 61.11% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 11 1
Average daily rate £370 £420 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.90% +8.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Clustering
Scotland

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire Clustering Daily 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 Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Erskine +2 13 £371 -11.60%
Clustering
Scotland

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (93.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
3 12 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (80.00%) Veritas
4 10 (66.67%) AIX
4 10 (66.67%) Netcool
5 9 (60.00%) Windows XP
6 8 (53.33%) SAN
7 7 (46.67%) DHCP
7 7 (46.67%) DNS
7 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
8 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
8 6 (40.00%) SQL
8 6 (40.00%) Solaris
8 6 (40.00%) Linux
8 6 (40.00%) Tivoli
8 6 (40.00%) Configuration Management
8 6 (40.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 6 (40.00%) NAS
8 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
8 6 (40.00%) Software Distribution
9 5 (33.33%) VMware
9 5 (33.33%) Citrix
10 4 (26.67%) WinRunner
10 4 (26.67%) TestDirector
10 4 (26.67%) QuickTest Pro
10 4 (26.67%) VMware ESX
10 4 (26.67%) McAfee
10 4 (26.67%) Test Automation

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.667%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) SAN
2 7 (46.67%) DHCP
2 7 (46.67%) DNS
3 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (40.00%) NAS
4 1 (6.667%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) WinRunner
1 4 (26.67%) TestDirector
1 4 (26.67%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) Design Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) Server Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) Technical Tester
2 1 (6.667%) Tester
2 1 (6.667%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) PDA
2 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (93.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (66.67%) AIX
5 9 (60.00%) Windows XP
6 6 (40.00%) Solaris
6 6 (40.00%) Linux
7 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Configuration Management
1 6 (40.00%) Software Distribution
2 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
3 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
4 2 (13.33%) Change Management
4 2 (13.33%) Workflow
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Project Management
5 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) MCTS
4 1 (6.667%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) VMware ESX
2 1 (6.667%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (6.667%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.667%) XenApp
2 1 (6.667%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (6.667%) ISA Server
2 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) Netcool
2 6 (40.00%) Tivoli
2 6 (40.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 4 (26.67%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (26.67%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (6.667%) SCCM
4 1 (6.667%) SCOM
4 1 (6.667%) Backup Exec
4 1 (6.667%) MOM
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Veritas
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) VMware
3 5 (33.33%) Citrix
4 4 (26.67%) McAfee
5 1 (6.667%) Symantec
5 1 (6.667%) Brocade
5 1 (6.667%) Lotus
5 1 (6.667%) HP
5 1 (6.667%) EMC