Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
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The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Herefordshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5762
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads1511
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.005 %
As % of the category below12.00 %7.639 %
Salaries quoted1211
Average minimum salary£34,583£34,455
Average salary£35,208£38,182
% change on same period last year-7.78 %
Average maximum salary£35,833£41,909
UK excluding London average salary£39,306£41,038
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Herefordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Herefordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads125144
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.062 %
Salaries quoted108133
Average minimum salary£31,681£34,345
Average salary£34,176£37,517
% change on same period last year-8.90 %
Average maximum salary£36,670£40,689
UK excluding London average salary£37,701£39,528
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
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West Midlands

Clustering
Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire Clustering Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Clustering across the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Herefordshire Clustering Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hemel HempsteadUp+515£35,208-4.26 %
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West Midlands

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

127 (100.00 %)Windows
221 (77.78 %)Windows Server 2003
315 (55.56 %)LAN
315 (55.56 %)WAN
315 (55.56 %)TCP/IP
315 (55.56 %)VMware
315 (55.56 %)VMware ESX
414 (51.85 %)Back Office
414 (51.85 %)Windows 2000
414 (51.85 %)MS Exchange
513 (48.15 %)MS Excel
513 (48.15 %)Exchange Server 5.5
612 (44.44 %)Exchange Server 2000
612 (44.44 %)Exchange Server 2003
612 (44.44 %)IIS
710 (37.04 %)Strategic Planning
89 (33.33 %)SLA
98 (29.63 %)Microsoft
107 (25.93 %)Backup Exec
107 (25.93 %)VMware Server
116 (22.22 %)Windows 2000 Server
116 (22.22 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
116 (22.22 %)Active Directory
125 (18.52 %)VERITAS
134 (14.81 %)Citrix
143 (11.11 %)Internet
143 (11.11 %)Symantec
143 (11.11 %)Norton AntiVirus
143 (11.11 %)Firewall
143 (11.11 %)ITIL

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

Herefordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.704 %)J2EE
11 (3.704 %)JMS
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (51.85 %)MS Exchange
213 (48.15 %)Exchange Server 5.5
312 (44.44 %)Exchange Server 2000
312 (44.44 %)Exchange Server 2003
312 (44.44 %)IIS
41 (3.704 %)Lotus Domino
41 (3.704 %)WebLogic
Herefordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (48.15 %)MS Excel
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (55.56 %)LAN
115 (55.56 %)WAN
115 (55.56 %)TCP/IP
23 (11.11 %)Internet
23 (11.11 %)Firewall
Herefordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (51.85 %)Back Office
21 (3.704 %)Education
21 (3.704 %)Government
21 (3.704 %)Local Government
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (51.85 %)Consultant
211 (40.74 %)Support Engineer
36 (22.22 %)Senior Support Engineer
45 (18.52 %)Server Support Engineer
45 (18.52 %)Server Support
45 (18.52 %)Server Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Support Specialist
52 (7.407 %)Support Consultant
61 (3.704 %)Server Specialist
61 (3.704 %)Architect
61 (3.704 %)Technical Architect
Herefordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.704 %)N-Tier
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (100.00 %)Windows
221 (77.78 %)Windows Server 2003
314 (51.85 %)Windows 2000
46 (22.22 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (7.407 %)Windows NT
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (37.04 %)Strategic Planning
23 (11.11 %)Incident Management
23 (11.11 %)ITIL
31 (3.704 %)Service Delivery
31 (3.704 %)Network Load Balancing
31 (3.704 %)Security Cleared
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (3.704 %)SQL
Herefordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (22.22 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
22 (7.407 %)MCSE
22 (7.407 %)Microsoft Certification
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (33.33 %)SLA
Herefordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (55.56 %)VMware ESX
27 (25.93 %)Backup Exec
27 (25.93 %)VMware Server
36 (22.22 %)Active Directory
41 (3.704 %)MetaFrame
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (11.11 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (3.704 %)HP Data Protector
Herefordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (55.56 %)VMware
28 (29.63 %)Microsoft
35 (18.52 %)VERITAS
44 (14.81 %)Citrix
53 (11.11 %)Symantec
62 (7.407 %)HP
71 (3.704 %)BEA