Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Yorkshire 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 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank95117
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads1227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.029 %
As % of the category below1.439 %4.299 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£425£300
Average daily rate£425£300
% change on same period last year+41.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£379
% change on same period last year-8.06 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00-
Average hourly rate£29.13-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.25-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.18£32.93
% change on same period last year+6.82 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads834628
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.322 %0.668 %
Daily rates quoted209112
Average minimum daily rate£362£303
Average daily rate£389£328
% change on same period last year+18.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted5876
Average minimum hourly rate£20.72£21.56
Average hourly rate£22.60£23.93
% change on same period last year-5.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.49£26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£25.42
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Clustering EnglandClustering
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.

Clustering
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Clustering Daily Rate Trend

Clustering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

Clustering
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Clustering across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

Yorkshire Clustering Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 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.

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
West YorkshireDown-55£425+41.66 %
North YorkshireUp+215--
South YorkshireUp+181--
Clustering EnglandClustering
England

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

113 (46.43 %)SQL
113 (46.43 %)Linux
212 (42.86 %)Windows
310 (35.71 %)Oracle
49 (32.14 %)Microsoft
58 (28.57 %)UNIX
67 (25.00 %)Solaris
67 (25.00 %)SQL Server
67 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
67 (25.00 %)Migration
67 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
76 (21.43 %)Oracle RAC
76 (21.43 %)VERITAS
76 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2000
76 (21.43 %)Shell Script
85 (17.86 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (17.86 %)Active Directory
85 (17.86 %)Microsoft Certification
85 (17.86 %)DTS
85 (17.86 %)MCSE
85 (17.86 %)AIX
85 (17.86 %)Disaster Recovery
85 (17.86 %)Finance
85 (17.86 %)Load Balancing
94 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
94 (14.29 %)VMware
94 (14.29 %)NetBackup
94 (14.29 %)Internet
94 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
94 (14.29 %)HP

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (10.71 %)J2EE
13 (10.71 %)Middleware
13 (10.71 %)WebSphere
22 (7.143 %)XML
22 (7.143 %).NET
31 (3.571 %)HTML
31 (3.571 %)CSS
31 (3.571 %)XSL
31 (3.571 %)LAMP
31 (3.571 %)WCF
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (10.71 %)WebSphere Application Server
13 (10.71 %)IIS
13 (10.71 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (7.143 %)Tomcat
22 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
22 (7.143 %)WebLogic
22 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (3.571 %)Apache
31 (3.571 %)Exchange Server 2000
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
24 (14.29 %)Internet
33 (10.71 %)DNS
33 (10.71 %)DHCP
33 (10.71 %)HTTP
42 (7.143 %)LAN
42 (7.143 %)SAN
42 (7.143 %)Firewall
51 (3.571 %)MPLS
51 (3.571 %)Intranet
51 (3.571 %)VPN
51 (3.571 %)WAN
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (25.00 %)SQL Server
17 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
26 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (17.86 %)DTS
44 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
53 (10.71 %)RDBMS
62 (7.143 %)DB2
62 (7.143 %)Oracle 9i
62 (7.143 %)Oracle 11g
71 (3.571 %)SQL Server 2008
71 (3.571 %)MySQL
71 (3.571 %)OLAP
71 (3.571 %)PostgreSQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (10.71 %)WebLOAD
21 (3.571 %)Visual Studio
21 (3.571 %)ProC
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (17.86 %)Finance
23 (10.71 %)Banking
31 (3.571 %)Telecoms
31 (3.571 %)Government
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (32.14 %)DBA
26 (21.43 %)Developer
26 (21.43 %)Infrastructure Engineer
35 (17.86 %)Oracle DBA
44 (14.29 %)SQL Server DBA
44 (14.29 %)SQL DBA
53 (10.71 %)UNIX Engineer
53 (10.71 %)Analyst
53 (10.71 %)WebSphere Engineer
62 (7.143 %)3rd Line Support
62 (7.143 %)Implementation Analyst
71 (3.571 %)Configuration Analyst
71 (3.571 %)HPUX Systems Administrator
71 (3.571 %)AIX Administrator
71 (3.571 %)SQL Developer
71 (3.571 %)Technical Consultant
71 (3.571 %)Administrator
71 (3.571 %)IT Consultant
71 (3.571 %)Consultant
71 (3.571 %)Systems Administrator
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.571 %)EPoS
11 (3.571 %)Replication
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (46.43 %)Linux
212 (42.86 %)Windows
38 (28.57 %)UNIX
47 (25.00 %)Solaris
55 (17.86 %)AIX
55 (17.86 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (7.143 %)HPUX
81 (3.571 %)SUSE
81 (3.571 %)Debian
81 (3.571 %)Ubuntu
81 (3.571 %)Windows Vista
81 (3.571 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (3.571 %)CentOS
81 (3.571 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (3.571 %)Windows XP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (25.00 %)Migration
25 (17.86 %)Disaster Recovery
25 (17.86 %)Load Balancing
33 (10.71 %)Continuous Integration
33 (10.71 %)Data Migration
42 (7.143 %)SOA
42 (7.143 %)Workflow
51 (3.571 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (3.571 %)ITIL
51 (3.571 %)PRINCE2
51 (3.571 %)OO
51 (3.571 %)Data Modelling
51 (3.571 %)Network Load Balancing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (46.43 %)SQL
26 (21.43 %)Shell Script
32 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
41 (3.571 %)VB.NET
41 (3.571 %)ActionScript
41 (3.571 %)Python
41 (3.571 %)C
41 (3.571 %)C++
41 (3.571 %)Java
41 (3.571 %)JavaScript
41 (3.571 %)Perl
41 (3.571 %)PHP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (17.86 %)MCSE
15 (17.86 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (3.571 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (3.571 %)CCNA
21 (3.571 %)Cisco Certification
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.571 %)SLA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (21.43 %)Oracle RAC
25 (17.86 %)Active Directory
34 (14.29 %)NetBackup
41 (3.571 %)VMware ESX
41 (3.571 %)VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (35.71 %)Oracle
29 (32.14 %)Microsoft
36 (21.43 %)VERITAS
44 (14.29 %)HP
44 (14.29 %)VMware
53 (10.71 %)Sun
62 (7.143 %)BEA
71 (3.571 %)Red Hat
71 (3.571 %)TIBCO
71 (3.571 %)Cisco
71 (3.571 %)IBM