South East Clustering Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the South East 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Darlington Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Romford Scotland Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Suffolk Surrey Swindon Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	149	147
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	90	154
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.142 %	0.165 %
As % of the category below	5.412 %	6.722 %
Daily rates quoted	30	55
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£399
Average daily rate	£357	£412
% change on same period last year	-13.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£376
% change on same period last year	-7.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.32	£29.93
Average hourly rate	£37.05	£31.33
% change on same period last year	+18.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.77	£32.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.66	£34.07
% change on same period last year	+1.73 %
Miscellaneous South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1663	2291
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.619 %	2.455 %
Daily rates quoted	465	505
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£324
Average daily rate	£351	£347
% change on same period last year	+1.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	242	363
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.29	£26.30
Average hourly rate	£24.73	£27.91
% change on same period last year	-11.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.17	£29.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.46	£25.58
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
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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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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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 South East region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 South East region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

Location	Rank 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
Berkshire	+19	38	£338	-9.64 %
Hampshire	-2	12	£337	-10.92 %
Surrey	+9	12	£483	+9.74 %
Buckinghamshire	+14	10	£344	+19.54 %
Middlesex	-1	8	£391	-13.18 %
Kent	-11	3	£288	-12.87 %
M4 Corridor	+5	1	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	1	£275	-
West Sussex	+16	1	£400	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 145 (57.77 %) Windows 2 92 (36.65 %) Windows Server 2003 3 80 (31.87 %) SAN 3 80 (31.87 %) SQL Server 4 73 (29.08 %) Microsoft 5 71 (28.29 %) Security Cleared 6 67 (26.69 %) Active Directory 7 65 (25.90 %) UNIX 8 58 (23.11 %) Load Balancing 9 54 (21.51 %) SQL 10 50 (19.92 %) Solaris 11 47 (18.73 %) SC Cleared 12 46 (18.33 %) VMware 13 42 (16.73 %) MS Exchange 14 41 (16.33 %) Replication

15 40 (15.94 %) IIS 16 39 (15.54 %) Microsoft Certification 17 38 (15.14 %) HP 17 38 (15.14 %) WebSphere 18 36 (14.34 %) SQL Server 2005 19 29 (11.55 %) Sun 19 29 (11.55 %) Finance 20 28 (11.16 %) Tivoli 21 27 (10.76 %) CONTROL-M 21 27 (10.76 %) Firewall 21 27 (10.76 %) Citrix 21 27 (10.76 %) MCSE 22 26 (10.36 %) DNS 22 26 (10.36 %) SQL Server 2000 22 26 (10.36 %) Exchange Server 2003

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 38 (15.14 %) WebSphere 2 17 (6.773 %) J2EE 3 13 (5.179 %) .NET 4 11 (4.382 %) XML 5 10 (3.984 %) Windows SharePoint Services 6 9 (3.586 %) ASP.NET 7 8 (3.187 %) SOAP 7 8 (3.187 %) LAMP 7 8 (3.187 %) WCF 8 7 (2.789 %) .NET Framework 8 7 (2.789 %) WSH 9 6 (2.390 %) AJAX 9 6 (2.390 %) WebServices 10 5 (1.992 %) HTML 11 4 (1.594 %) JMS 11 4 (1.594 %) UDDI 12 3 (1.195 %) Middleware 13 2 (0.797 %) ASP 14 1 (0.398 %) JDBC 14 1 (0.398 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 42 (16.73 %) MS Exchange 2 40 (15.94 %) IIS 3 26 (10.36 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 25 (9.960 %) WebSphere MQ 5 15 (5.976 %) Apache 5 15 (5.976 %) SharePoint 6 13 (5.179 %) BizTalk Server 7 12 (4.781 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 9 (3.586 %) WebLogic 9 8 (3.187 %) ESB 10 7 (2.789 %) SharePoint Server 2007 11 6 (2.390 %) SharePoint Portal Server 11 6 (2.390 %) Exchange Server 5.5 12 5 (1.992 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 5 (1.992 %) Oracle Application Server 12 5 (1.992 %) WebSphere Application Server 13 4 (1.594 %) Content Management Server 13 4 (1.594 %) WebLogic Portal 13 4 (1.594 %) GroupWise 13 4 (1.594 %) CMS
Applications 1 20 (7.968 %) MS Excel 2 8 (3.187 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 2 (0.797 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (0.398 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 80 (31.87 %) SAN 2 27 (10.76 %) Firewall 3 26 (10.36 %) DNS 4 18 (7.171 %) LAN 5 14 (5.578 %) WAN 6 12 (4.781 %) DHCP 6 12 (4.781 %) HTTP 7 11 (4.382 %) TCP/IP 7 11 (4.382 %) VPN 8 8 (3.187 %) LDAP 8 8 (3.187 %) DMZ 9 7 (2.789 %) Internet 9 7 (2.789 %) SSH 10 6 (2.390 %) Network Security 11 4 (1.594 %) Intranet 11 4 (1.594 %) ADSL 11 4 (1.594 %) VoIP 12 3 (1.195 %) MPLS 12 3 (1.195 %) DECnet 13 2 (0.797 %) NetScreen	Database & Business Intelligence 1 80 (31.87 %) SQL Server 2 36 (14.34 %) SQL Server 2005 3 26 (10.36 %) SQL Server 2000 4 21 (8.367 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 18 (7.171 %) DTS 6 17 (6.773 %) DB2 7 16 (6.375 %) OLAP 8 9 (3.586 %) MySQL 9 8 (3.187 %) Oracle 9i 10 4 (1.594 %) Oracle 10g 10 4 (1.594 %) SQL Server 7 11 2 (0.797 %) Oracle Reports 12 1 (0.398 %) Oracle 8/8i 12 1 (0.398 %) Datawarehouse 12 1 (0.398 %) PostgreSQL 12 1 (0.398 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 12 1 (0.398 %) SQL Server Integration Services 12 1 (0.398 %) Oracle 11g 12 1 (0.398 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 12 1 (0.398 %) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications 1 1 (0.398 %) ProC 1 1 (0.398 %) MSI	General 1 29 (11.55 %) Finance 2 25 (9.960 %) Government 3 14 (5.578 %) Telecoms 4 7 (2.789 %) Banking 5 6 (2.390 %) Education 5 6 (2.390 %) Auditing 6 2 (0.797 %) Retail 6 2 (0.797 %) Health 6 2 (0.797 %) Chemicals 7 1 (0.398 %) Construction 7 1 (0.398 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (0.398 %) Automotive 7 1 (0.398 %) Multimedia 7 1 (0.398 %) Investment Banking 7 1 (0.398 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 39 (15.54 %) Administrator 2 24 (9.562 %) Analyst 3 22 (8.765 %) Consultant 4 21 (8.367 %) Support Engineer 5 18 (7.171 %) Systems Administrator 5 18 (7.171 %) Developer 6 16 (6.375 %) DBA 7 15 (5.976 %) Architect 8 14 (5.578 %) Support Analyst 9 12 (4.781 %) SQL DBA 10 11 (4.382 %) Technical Architect 10 11 (4.382 %) Database Specialist 10 11 (4.382 %) Wintel Support 10 11 (4.382 %) UNIX Administrator 11 10 (3.984 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 11 10 (3.984 %) SQL Developer 12 9 (3.586 %) Systems Engineer 13 8 (3.187 %) PHP Developer 13 8 (3.187 %) Technical Designer 13 8 (3.187 %) LAMP Developer	Miscellaneous 1 41 (16.33 %) Replication 2 7 (2.789 %) N-Tier 3 6 (2.390 %) Thin Client 3 6 (2.390 %) Management Information System 3 6 (2.390 %) Fat Client 4 4 (1.594 %) Client/Server 4 4 (1.594 %) Blackberry 5 3 (1.195 %) VAX 5 3 (1.195 %) Computer Science 5 3 (1.195 %) HACMP 6 2 (0.797 %) PKI 7 1 (0.398 %) IPTV 7 1 (0.398 %) NHS 7 1 (0.398 %) CLARiiON 7 1 (0.398 %) EMC Centera 7 1 (0.398 %) CESG
Operating Systems 1 145 (57.77 %) Windows 2 92 (36.65 %) Windows Server 2003 3 65 (25.90 %) UNIX 4 50 (19.92 %) Solaris 5 23 (9.163 %) Windows 2000 6 20 (7.968 %) Linux 7 19 (7.570 %) AIX 8 17 (6.773 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 16 (6.375 %) HPUX 10 8 (3.187 %) Debian 11 7 (2.789 %) Windows XP 12 6 (2.390 %) Red Hat Linux 12 6 (2.390 %) MVS 13 5 (1.992 %) Windows Mobile 13 5 (1.992 %) Windows Vista 13 5 (1.992 %) Windows NT 14 4 (1.594 %) VMS 14 4 (1.594 %) NetWare 15 2 (0.797 %) FreeBSD 16 1 (0.398 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 71 (28.29 %) Security Cleared 2 58 (23.11 %) Load Balancing 3 47 (18.73 %) SC Cleared 4 22 (8.765 %) Migration 4 22 (8.765 %) ITIL 5 20 (7.968 %) Change Management 6 18 (7.171 %) Disaster Recovery 7 17 (6.773 %) Business Intelligence 8 12 (4.781 %) ITSM 9 11 (4.382 %) B2B 9 11 (4.382 %) Technical Architecture 10 10 (3.984 %) Project Management 10 10 (3.984 %) Service Management 11 8 (3.187 %) SOA 12 7 (2.789 %) Workflow 12 7 (2.789 %) Validation 12 7 (2.789 %) Problem Management 13 6 (2.390 %) Business Continuity 13 6 (2.390 %) Content Management 14 5 (1.992 %) Network Design
Programming Languages 1 54 (21.51 %) SQL 2 21 (8.367 %) Transact-SQL 2 21 (8.367 %) VBScript 2 21 (8.367 %) VB 3 17 (6.773 %) Java 4 11 (4.382 %) Shell Script 5 9 (3.586 %) C# 6 8 (3.187 %) PHP 7 7 (2.789 %) Perl 8 5 (1.992 %) Jython 9 3 (1.195 %) C 9 3 (1.195 %) VBA 10 1 (0.398 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 39 (15.54 %) Microsoft Certification 2 27 (10.76 %) MCSE 3 12 (4.781 %) MCDBA 4 8 (3.187 %) MCSA 4 8 (3.187 %) Degree 5 7 (2.789 %) Cisco Certification 5 7 (2.789 %) MCTS 6 6 (2.390 %) Novell Certification 7 4 (1.594 %) CNE 7 4 (1.594 %) CCIE 7 4 (1.594 %) ISEB 8 3 (1.195 %) MCP 8 3 (1.195 %) CCNA 9 2 (0.797 %) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP) 9 2 (0.797 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 9 2 (0.797 %) RHCE 9 2 (0.797 %) Sun Certification 9 2 (0.797 %) IBM AIX Certification 10 1 (0.398 %) HPUX Certification 10 1 (0.398 %) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 18 (7.171 %) SLA 2 1 (0.398 %) ISO27001 2 1 (0.398 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 67 (26.69 %) Active Directory 2 15 (5.976 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 14 (5.578 %) VMware ESX 4 11 (4.382 %) NetBackup 4 11 (4.382 %) ISA Server 5 10 (3.984 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 8 (3.187 %) Terminal Services 6 8 (3.187 %) MSMQ 7 7 (2.789 %) Backup Exec 8 6 (2.390 %) NFS 9 2 (0.797 %) Terminal Server 9 2 (0.797 %) LiteSpeed 9 2 (0.797 %) Oracle RAC 9 2 (0.797 %) Novell eDirectory 10 1 (0.398 %) VMware Server 10 1 (0.398 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 10 1 (0.398 %) VMware GSX 10 1 (0.398 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 28 (11.16 %) Tivoli 2 27 (10.76 %) CONTROL-M 3 7 (2.789 %) WSUS 4 5 (1.992 %) OpenView 4 5 (1.992 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 4 (1.594 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 6 3 (1.195 %) Netcool 6 3 (1.195 %) OpenView Configuration Management 6 3 (1.195 %) Netcool/Proviso 7 2 (0.797 %) EMC NetWorker 7 2 (0.797 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 7 2 (0.797 %) MOM 8 1 (0.398 %) ARCserve 8 1 (0.398 %) SCCM	Vendors 1 73 (29.08 %) Microsoft 2 46 (18.33 %) VMware 3 38 (15.14 %) HP 4 29 (11.55 %) Sun 5 27 (10.76 %) Citrix 6 24 (9.562 %) Cisco 7 18 (7.171 %) Oracle 7 18 (7.171 %) VERITAS 8 17 (6.773 %) EMC 9 14 (5.578 %) Symantec 9 14 (5.578 %) IBM 10 6 (2.390 %) Remedy 10 6 (2.390 %) Red Hat 10 6 (2.390 %) Ab Initio 11 5 (1.992 %) Amdocs 11 5 (1.992 %) Novell 12 4 (1.594 %) Sophos 12 4 (1.594 %) Dell 12 4 (1.594 %) NetApp 13 3 (1.195 %) BEA