The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 17 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 Southampton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 25 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Clustering 10 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 3.390% 0.873% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.13% 3.448% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £300 £265 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.20% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £413 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.72% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £25.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -17.74%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
62 58 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 21.02% 25.33% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 24 10
Average daily rate £338 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £211 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £480 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 12
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £26.68
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -17.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.94 £14.01 £20.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £37.15 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Clustering
Hampshire

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 10 (100.00%) Migration
2 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Citrix
2 6 (60.00%) Data Migration
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (40.00%) RedPrairie
3 4 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 4 (40.00%) SAP
3 4 (40.00%) JDA
4 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 2 (20.00%) SAP BW
5 2 (20.00%) SAP FI
5 2 (20.00%) DHCP
5 2 (20.00%) DNS
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) HP
5 2 (20.00%) Operations Management
5 2 (20.00%) Network Security
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (10.00%) Software Testing

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (10.00%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Server Support
1 4 (40.00%) Systems Support
1 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (40.00%) Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Tester
1 4 (40.00%) Server Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Server Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Systems Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Server Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Systems Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
1 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
1 6 (60.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Migration
2 6 (60.00%) Data Migration
3 4 (40.00%) Integration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Operations Management
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Workflow
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) Citrix
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) RedPrairie
2 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) JDA
3 2 (20.00%) HP