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This section looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Surrey 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8474
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads2035
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.035 %
As % of the category below9.302 %11.71 %
Daily rates quoted712
Average minimum daily rate£333£400
Average daily rate£345£423
% change on same period last year-18.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£446
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£359
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£25.00
% change on same period last year+70.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.32£34.69
% change on same period last year+1.82 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads215299
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.284 %0.298 %
Daily rates quoted5084
Average minimum daily rate£320£356
Average daily rate£346£379
% change on same period last year-8.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted3844
Average minimum hourly rate£22.43£20.24
Average hourly rate£24.97£22.42
% change on same period last year+11.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.51£24.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£28.72
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
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.

Clustering
Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

Clustering
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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
GuildfordNew entry-3£328-
LeatherheadNew entry-2£401-
Clustering South EastClustering
South East

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

116 (61.54 %)Windows
116 (61.54 %)Windows Server 2003
213 (50.00 %)Active Directory
312 (46.15 %)SAN
411 (42.31 %)Microsoft Certification
411 (42.31 %)MS Exchange
411 (42.31 %)Exchange Server 2003
411 (42.31 %)Windows 2000 Server
510 (38.46 %)IIS
69 (34.62 %)Solaris
78 (30.77 %)SQL Server
78 (30.77 %)Microsoft
78 (30.77 %)Finance
78 (30.77 %)VMware
78 (30.77 %)Exchange Server 5.5
87 (26.92 %)Sun
87 (26.92 %)IBM
87 (26.92 %)MCSE
96 (23.08 %)MCSA
96 (23.08 %)LDAP
96 (23.08 %)LAN
96 (23.08 %)WSH
96 (23.08 %)Citrix
96 (23.08 %)UNIX
96 (23.08 %)Windows 2000
96 (23.08 %)Java
96 (23.08 %)Perl
96 (23.08 %)VBScript
96 (23.08 %)VB
96 (23.08 %)J2EE

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (23.08 %)WSH
16 (23.08 %)J2EE
16 (23.08 %)WebSphere
21 (3.846 %)Middleware
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (42.31 %)MS Exchange
111 (42.31 %)Exchange Server 2003
210 (38.46 %)IIS
38 (30.77 %)Exchange Server 5.5
46 (23.08 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (3.846 %)SharePoint Portal Server
51 (3.846 %)SharePoint
51 (3.846 %)Apache
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.846 %)MS Office
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (46.15 %)SAN
26 (23.08 %)LDAP
26 (23.08 %)LAN
26 (23.08 %)SSH
34 (15.38 %)TCP/IP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (30.77 %)SQL Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (30.77 %)Finance
22 (7.692 %)Chemicals
31 (3.846 %)Construction
31 (3.846 %)Financial Institution
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (42.31 %)Analyst
27 (26.92 %)Administrator
36 (23.08 %)Infrastructure Analyst
44 (15.38 %)Consultant
44 (15.38 %)Solaris Administrator
44 (15.38 %)Windows Administrator
53 (11.54 %)UNIX Consultant
53 (11.54 %)Project Manager
62 (7.692 %)Systems Administrator
62 (7.692 %)Project Analyst
71 (3.846 %)Server Engineer
71 (3.846 %)Server Support Engineer
71 (3.846 %)UNIX Engineer
71 (3.846 %)UNIX Administrator
71 (3.846 %)UNIX Support
71 (3.846 %)Senior Infrastructure Analyst
71 (3.846 %)Linux Support
71 (3.846 %)Supply Chain Manager
71 (3.846 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
71 (3.846 %)Messaging Consultant
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (11.54 %)Blackberry
21 (3.846 %)CLARiiON
21 (3.846 %)HACMP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (61.54 %)Windows
116 (61.54 %)Windows Server 2003
211 (42.31 %)Windows 2000 Server
39 (34.62 %)Solaris
46 (23.08 %)UNIX
46 (23.08 %)Windows 2000
54 (15.38 %)Windows NT
63 (11.54 %)HPUX
72 (7.692 %)Linux
81 (3.846 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (3.846 %)AIX
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (19.23 %)Migration
24 (15.38 %)ITIL
24 (15.38 %)Change Management
32 (7.692 %)Supply Chain Management
41 (3.846 %)Logistics
41 (3.846 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (3.846 %)Project Management
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (23.08 %)Java
16 (23.08 %)Perl
16 (23.08 %)VBScript
16 (23.08 %)VB
16 (23.08 %)Shell Script
21 (3.846 %)SQL
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (42.31 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (26.92 %)MCSE
36 (23.08 %)MCSA
41 (3.846 %)MCP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (50.00 %)Active Directory
26 (23.08 %)VMware ESX
33 (11.54 %)ISA Server
42 (7.692 %)NetBackup
51 (3.846 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (3.846 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (23.08 %)WSUS
21 (3.846 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (3.846 %)ARCserve
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (30.77 %)Microsoft
18 (30.77 %)VMware
27 (26.92 %)Sun
27 (26.92 %)IBM
36 (23.08 %)Citrix
45 (19.23 %)HP
54 (15.38 %)Symantec
63 (11.54 %)IronPort
63 (11.54 %)NetApp
72 (7.692 %)VERITAS
81 (3.846 %)Red Hat
81 (3.846 %)McAfee Security
81 (3.846 %)Cisco
81 (3.846 %)Dell
81 (3.846 %)EMC