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The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank87120
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching permanent IT job ads3112
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.005 %
As % of the category below6.935 %3.200 %
Salaries quoted2710
Average minimum salary£34,370£37,100
Average salary£36,167£40,050
% change on same period last year-9.69 %
Average maximum salary£37,963£43,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,311£41,115
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads447375
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.261 %0.161 %
Salaries quoted398286
Average minimum salary£31,137£34,123
Average salary£34,577£36,751
% change on same period last year-5.91 %
Average maximum salary£38,018£39,378
UK excluding London average salary£37,729£39,500
% change on same period last year-4.48 %
Clustering West MidlandsClustering
West Midlands

Clustering
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Clustering Demand Trend

Clustering
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Clustering across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Clustering Salary Trend

Clustering
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Clustering across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Birmingham Clustering Salary Histogram

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Clustering.

120 (43.48 %)SQL
120 (43.48 %)Windows
217 (36.96 %)SQL Server
316 (34.78 %)Microsoft
414 (30.43 %)ITIL
414 (30.43 %)MS Exchange
513 (28.26 %)Citrix
513 (28.26 %)SAN
513 (28.26 %)Windows Server 2003
612 (26.09 %)HP
612 (26.09 %)Linux
711 (23.91 %)UNIX
810 (21.74 %)Migration
810 (21.74 %)DB2
810 (21.74 %)IBM
99 (19.57 %)Microsoft Certification
99 (19.57 %)MCSE
99 (19.57 %)MS Excel
108 (17.39 %)VMware
108 (17.39 %)Solaris
108 (17.39 %)WAN
108 (17.39 %)PL/SQL
117 (15.22 %)Legato
117 (15.22 %)Active Directory
117 (15.22 %)CommVault
126 (13.04 %)Remedy
126 (13.04 %)Project Management
126 (13.04 %)Exchange Server 2003
126 (13.04 %)Windows Vista
126 (13.04 %)NetBackup

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Clustering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.174 %).NET
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (30.43 %)MS Exchange
26 (13.04 %)Exchange Server 2003
26 (13.04 %)Lotus Notes
35 (10.87 %)SharePoint
41 (2.174 %)Apache
41 (2.174 %)Exchange Server 2007
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (19.57 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (28.26 %)SAN
28 (17.39 %)WAN
35 (10.87 %)TCP/IP
44 (8.696 %)VPN
44 (8.696 %)Internet
44 (8.696 %)MPLS
44 (8.696 %)Firewall
52 (4.348 %)LAN
52 (4.348 %)DNS
61 (2.174 %)LDAP
61 (2.174 %)FTP
61 (2.174 %)SSH
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (36.96 %)SQL Server
210 (21.74 %)DB2
35 (10.87 %)MySQL
35 (10.87 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (10.87 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (6.522 %)Data Mining
52 (4.348 %)Ingres
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (10.87 %)Pensions
24 (8.696 %)Health
33 (6.522 %)Law
33 (6.522 %)Finance
42 (4.348 %)Insurance
51 (2.174 %)Online Games
51 (2.174 %)Government
51 (2.174 %)Games
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (32.61 %)DBA
211 (23.91 %)SQL DBA
39 (19.57 %)Technical Consultant
39 (19.57 %)Consultant
48 (17.39 %)Senior DBA
48 (17.39 %)Senior SQL DBA
57 (15.22 %)Administrator
66 (13.04 %)Analyst
74 (8.696 %)Network Engineer
74 (8.696 %)Support Analyst
83 (6.522 %)SQL Server DBA
83 (6.522 %)IT Consultant
83 (6.522 %)Wintel Support
83 (6.522 %)UNIX Support
83 (6.522 %)Solutions Consultant
83 (6.522 %)UNIX Specialist
92 (4.348 %)Project Consultant
92 (4.348 %)MySQL Developer
92 (4.348 %)Support Specialist
92 (4.348 %)Technical Manager
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (10.87 %)Replication
23 (6.522 %)Fat Client
23 (6.522 %)Thin Client
31 (2.174 %)HACMP
31 (2.174 %)Firmware
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (43.48 %)Windows
213 (28.26 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (26.09 %)Linux
411 (23.91 %)UNIX
58 (17.39 %)Solaris
66 (13.04 %)Windows XP
66 (13.04 %)Windows Vista
75 (10.87 %)SUSE
75 (10.87 %)HPUX
84 (8.696 %)AIX
84 (8.696 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (4.348 %)Windows Server 2008
92 (4.348 %)Windows 2000
101 (2.174 %)Tru64
101 (2.174 %)Red Hat Linux
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (30.43 %)ITIL
210 (21.74 %)Migration
36 (13.04 %)Project Management
45 (10.87 %)Business Continuity
45 (10.87 %)Problem Management
54 (8.696 %)Network Load Balancing
54 (8.696 %)Service Delivery
54 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
61 (2.174 %)E-Commerce
61 (2.174 %)Service Management
61 (2.174 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (2.174 %)Data Analysis
61 (2.174 %)QMS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (43.48 %)SQL
28 (17.39 %)PL/SQL
35 (10.87 %)Shell Script
35 (10.87 %)Perl
41 (2.174 %)PHP
41 (2.174 %)VB
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (19.57 %)MCSE
19 (19.57 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (13.04 %)CCA
26 (13.04 %)Citrix Certification
34 (8.696 %)MCDST
43 (6.522 %)HP APS
52 (4.348 %)MCP
61 (2.174 %)MySQL Certification
61 (2.174 %)CCEA
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (8.696 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (15.22 %)Active Directory
26 (13.04 %)NetBackup
35 (10.87 %)Citrix Presentation Server
35 (10.87 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (10.87 %)MetaFrame
35 (10.87 %)VMware ESX
44 (8.696 %)ISA Server
53 (6.522 %)Terminal Services
61 (2.174 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (15.22 %)Legato
26 (13.04 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
35 (10.87 %)MOM
44 (8.696 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
44 (8.696 %)WSUS
51 (2.174 %)Nagios
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (34.78 %)Microsoft
213 (28.26 %)Citrix
312 (26.09 %)HP
410 (21.74 %)IBM
58 (17.39 %)VMware
67 (15.22 %)CommVault
76 (13.04 %)Sun
76 (13.04 %)Remedy
76 (13.04 %)VERITAS
76 (13.04 %)Lotus
84 (8.696 %)Dell
92 (4.348 %)Cisco
101 (2.174 %)Oracle
101 (2.174 %)NetApp
101 (2.174 %)Novell
101 (2.174 %)EMC
101 (2.174 %)Red Hat
101 (2.174 %)Atos Origin
101 (2.174 %)Brocade