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The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Scotland 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
Rank66104
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching contract IT job ads3522
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.022 %
As % of the category below11.67 %5.340 %
Daily rates quoted117
Average minimum daily rate£323£374
Average daily rate£341£388
% change on same period last year-11.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£379
% change on same period last year-7.78 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£20.90
Average hourly rate£32.50£21.45
% change on same period last year+51.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.47£34.75
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads300412
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.424 %0.417 %
Daily rates quoted5988
Average minimum daily rate£320£331
Average daily rate£332£354
% change on same period last year-6.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted3046
Average minimum hourly rate£17.99£17.42
Average hourly rate£19.11£18.49
% change on same period last year+3.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.23£19.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£26.20
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
Clustering UKClustering
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
EdinburghUp+2921£363-
GlasgowUp+1911£300-22.58 %
RenfrewshireNew entry-1£375-
West LothianNew entry-1--
Clustering UKClustering
UK

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

130 (37.50 %)WebSphere
229 (36.25 %)Oracle
229 (36.25 %)Windows
327 (33.75 %)IBM
327 (33.75 %)Finance
424 (30.00 %)Load Balancing
523 (28.75 %)Apache
622 (27.50 %)HTTP
720 (25.00 %)SSL
720 (25.00 %)VERITAS
720 (25.00 %)AIX
819 (23.75 %)Solaris
918 (22.50 %)Shell Script
1017 (21.25 %)UNIX
1116 (20.00 %)Business Objects
1116 (20.00 %)SAN
1116 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
1116 (20.00 %)BusinessObjects
1116 (20.00 %)Sun
1215 (18.75 %)Linux
1314 (17.50 %)VMware
1314 (17.50 %)IBM HTTP Server
1413 (16.25 %)SQL Server
1413 (16.25 %)Active Directory
1413 (16.25 %)HP
1512 (15.00 %)Microsoft
1512 (15.00 %)CA SiteMinder
1611 (13.75 %)J2EE
1710 (12.50 %)Tivoli
189 (11.25 %)zOS

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (37.50 %)WebSphere
211 (13.75 %)J2EE
38 (10.00 %)SOAP
38 (10.00 %)JMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (28.75 %)Apache
214 (17.50 %)IBM HTTP Server
38 (10.00 %)JBoss
47 (8.750 %)IIS
47 (8.750 %)Oracle HTTP Server
55 (6.250 %)WebSphere Application Server
64 (5.000 %)WebSphere MQ
64 (5.000 %)MQSeries
72 (2.500 %)MS Exchange
72 (2.500 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (1.250 %)Exchange Server 5.5
81 (1.250 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (1.250 %)Lotus Notes
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (5.000 %)MS Excel
21 (1.250 %)MS Visio
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (27.50 %)HTTP
220 (25.00 %)SSL
316 (20.00 %)SAN
48 (10.00 %)Firewall
52 (2.500 %)TCP/IP
61 (1.250 %)DNS
61 (1.250 %)LDAP
61 (1.250 %)WAN
61 (1.250 %)DHCP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (20.00 %)BusinessObjects
213 (16.25 %)SQL Server
37 (8.750 %)Oracle 10g
45 (6.250 %)BusinessObjects XI
54 (5.000 %)NonStop SQL
63 (3.750 %)SQL Server 2005
72 (2.500 %)ETL
81 (1.250 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (1.250 %)SQL Server 2000
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.250 %)Oracle Forms
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
127 (33.75 %)Finance
23 (3.750 %)Back Office
31 (1.250 %)Government
31 (1.250 %)Banking
31 (1.250 %)Retail
31 (1.250 %)Retail Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (21.25 %)Administrator
29 (11.25 %)DBA
29 (11.25 %)Oracle DBA
29 (11.25 %)Analyst
37 (8.750 %)Capacity Planner
46 (7.500 %)Webmaster
46 (7.500 %)Server Specialist
55 (6.250 %)Server Engineer
55 (6.250 %)Consultant
64 (5.000 %)Systems Analyst
64 (5.000 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
73 (3.750 %)Systems Administrator
73 (3.750 %)Systems Support
73 (3.750 %)Infrastructure Specialist
73 (3.750 %)Server Analyst
73 (3.750 %)UNIX Administrator
73 (3.750 %)Technical Specialist
73 (3.750 %)UNIX Support
82 (2.500 %)Performance Manager
82 (2.500 %)Sun Specialist
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (7.500 %)Computer Science
25 (6.250 %)AS400
25 (6.250 %)Replication
31 (1.250 %)Taxonomies
31 (1.250 %)Fat Client
31 (1.250 %)Thin Client
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (36.25 %)Windows
220 (25.00 %)AIX
319 (23.75 %)Solaris
417 (21.25 %)UNIX
516 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
615 (18.75 %)Linux
79 (11.25 %)zOS
88 (10.00 %)Red Hat Linux
97 (8.750 %)Windows 2000 Server
106 (7.500 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
115 (6.250 %)HPUX
115 (6.250 %)Windows 2000
122 (2.500 %)Windows NT
131 (1.250 %)Windows XP
131 (1.250 %)Windows Server 2008
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (30.00 %)Load Balancing
27 (8.750 %)ITIL
34 (5.000 %)Migration
43 (3.750 %)Incident Management
43 (3.750 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (2.500 %)Network Load Balancing
61 (1.250 %)CTC Cleared
61 (1.250 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.250 %)Service Management
61 (1.250 %)Service Delivery
61 (1.250 %)Change Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (22.50 %)Shell Script
29 (11.25 %)Java
31 (1.250 %)VBScript
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (8.750 %)Degree
26 (7.500 %)MCSE
26 (7.500 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (2.500 %)MCSA
41 (1.250 %)HND
41 (1.250 %)HP AIS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (16.25 %)Active Directory
28 (10.00 %)NetBackup
37 (8.750 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (6.250 %)Backup Exec
54 (5.000 %)Oracle RAC
63 (3.750 %)MetaFrame
71 (1.250 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (15.00 %)CA SiteMinder
210 (12.50 %)Tivoli
34 (5.000 %)ARCserve
43 (3.750 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
43 (3.750 %)OpenView
52 (2.500 %)MOM
61 (1.250 %)Legato
61 (1.250 %)EMC NetWorker
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (36.25 %)Oracle
227 (33.75 %)IBM
320 (25.00 %)VERITAS
416 (20.00 %)Business Objects
416 (20.00 %)Sun
514 (17.50 %)VMware
613 (16.25 %)HP
712 (15.00 %)Microsoft
88 (10.00 %)EMC
88 (10.00 %)Citrix
88 (10.00 %)Red Hat
95 (6.250 %)Remedy
104 (5.000 %)BMC
113 (3.750 %)Novell
113 (3.750 %)McAfee Security
122 (2.500 %)Symantec
122 (2.500 %)Siebel
131 (1.250 %)Intel
131 (1.250 %)Compaq
131 (1.250 %)Lotus