West Midlands HACMP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HACMP over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Benfleet Blackpool Borehamwood Cheshire Chester City of London Docklands, London East of England England Essex Hampshire Harrogate Herefordshire Hertfordshire Knaresborough Lancashire London Manchester Middlesex North West North Yorkshire Somerset South East South West Southampton UK Watford West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	127
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	2	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.350 %	0.855 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£450
Average daily rate	-	£450
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£399
% change on same period last year	-11.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£46.75
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	571	468
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.927 %	0.511 %
Daily rates quoted	171	87
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£290
Average daily rate	£332	£318
% change on same period last year	+4.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£345
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	102	95
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.76	£20.32
Average hourly rate	£27.41	£22.42
% change on same period last year	+22.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.06	£24.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.75	£25.58
% change on same period last year	+0.65 %
HACMP England

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.

HACMP
Demand Trend

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

HACMP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HACMP across the West Midlands region.

HACMP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HACMP across the West Midlands region.

HACMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HACMP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 December 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
Herefordshire	-	1	-	-

HACMP England

HACMP
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing HACMP 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 HACMP.

1 2 (100.00 %) AIX 2 1 (50.00 %) IBM 2 1 (50.00 %) SAN

HACMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing HACMP 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 HACMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (50.00 %) SAN	Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Administrator 1 2 (100.00 %) AIX Administrator 2 1 (50.00 %) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) AIX	Vendors 1 1 (50.00 %) IBM