The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 120 92 71
Rank change year-on-year
-28 -21
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 26 42 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.990% 1.991% 2.435%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.120% 6.316% 9.503%
Number of salaries quoted 23 36 32
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +21.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £39,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
631 665 463
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 24.03% 31.52% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 500 596 385
Average salary £35,878 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Clustering
West Yorkshire

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Clustering across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leeds Clustering Jobs Demand Trend

Clustering
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Clustering Salary Trend

Clustering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Clustering across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds Clustering Salary Histogram

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 36 (80.00%) Windows
2 35 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 32 (71.11%) SQL Server
4 29 (64.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 29 (64.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (57.78%) SQL Server 2008
5 26 (57.78%) VMware
6 24 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 22 (48.89%) Active Directory
8 21 (46.67%) Citrix
8 21 (46.67%) MS Excel
8 21 (46.67%) SQL Server 2005
9 20 (44.44%) SAN
10 18 (40.00%) Linux
11 17 (37.78%) MS Exchange
12 16 (35.56%) XenApp
13 15 (33.33%) UNIX
14 14 (31.11%) VPN
14 14 (31.11%) SQL
14 14 (31.11%) SLA
14 14 (31.11%) Symantec
14 14 (31.11%) Exchange Server 2007
14 14 (31.11%) Exchange Server 2010
14 14 (31.11%) Change Control
14 14 (31.11%) NAS
15 13 (28.89%) NetApp
16 11 (24.44%) CommVault
16 11 (24.44%) Norton AntiVirus
17 10 (22.22%) Blackberry
17 10 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Development
1 8 (17.78%) Web Services
2 1 (2.222%) COM
Application Platforms
1 17 (37.78%) MS Exchange
2 14 (31.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 14 (31.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (8.889%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (6.667%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
5 3 (6.667%) IIS
6 1 (2.222%) Apache
6 1 (2.222%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (46.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.889%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 20 (44.44%) SAN
2 14 (31.11%) VPN
2 14 (31.11%) NAS
3 3 (6.667%) Firewall
3 3 (6.667%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.667%) Internet
3 3 (6.667%) Unified Communications
4 2 (4.444%) DNS
4 2 (4.444%) Network Security
5 1 (2.222%) LAN
5 1 (2.222%) SMS
5 1 (2.222%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (71.11%) SQL Server
2 26 (57.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (46.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
5 8 (17.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (17.78%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (4.444%) MySQL
8 2 (4.444%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (4.444%) DTS
9 1 (2.222%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 1 (2.222%) Finance
1 1 (2.222%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (28.89%) DBA
2 12 (26.67%) SQL DBA
3 7 (15.56%) Support Analyst
3 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 7 (15.56%) Consultant
3 7 (15.56%) Analyst
4 4 (8.889%) Implementation Engineer
5 3 (6.667%) SQL Server DBA
5 3 (6.667%) Installations Engineer
5 3 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.667%) Administrator
5 3 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (4.444%) Server Support
6 2 (4.444%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (4.444%) Teradata DBA
6 2 (4.444%) Virtualisation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Blackberry
1 10 (22.22%) Replication
2 3 (6.667%) Fat Client
2 3 (6.667%) Thin Client
3 2 (4.444%) EqualLogic
3 2 (4.444%) CLARiiON
3 2 (4.444%) Celerra
4 1 (2.222%) NHS
4 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 36 (80.00%) Windows
2 29 (64.44%) Windows Server 2003
2 29 (64.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (40.00%) Linux
4 15 (33.33%) UNIX
5 8 (17.78%) Windows 2000
6 3 (6.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.222%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Change Control
2 9 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
3 6 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (8.889%) Database Security
5 4 (8.889%) High Availability
5 4 (8.889%) ITIL
6 3 (6.667%) Problem Management
6 3 (6.667%) Project Management
7 2 (4.444%) Capacity Management
7 2 (4.444%) Information Security
7 2 (4.444%) Load Balancing
8 1 (2.222%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.222%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (2.222%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.11%) SQL
2 8 (17.78%) PL/SQL
2 8 (17.78%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.444%) Bash shell
3 2 (4.444%) Perl
4 1 (2.222%) Python
4 1 (2.222%) PHP
4 1 (2.222%) C
4 1 (2.222%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (8.889%) MCP
3 2 (4.444%) CCEE
3 2 (4.444%) CCIA
3 2 (4.444%) HP ASE
3 2 (4.444%) HP MASE
3 2 (4.444%) VCDX
3 2 (4.444%) NCDA
3 2 (4.444%) NCIE
3 2 (4.444%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (4.444%) MCITP
3 2 (4.444%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.222%) HP AIS
4 1 (2.222%) MCTS
4 1 (2.222%) MCSE
4 1 (2.222%) CCEA
4 1 (2.222%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.222%) CCNA
4 1 (2.222%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.11%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (48.89%) Active Directory
3 16 (35.56%) XenApp
4 10 (22.22%) vSphere
5 8 (17.78%) VMware ESX
5 8 (17.78%) Terminal Server
6 7 (15.56%) XenServer
7 3 (6.667%) Hyper-V
7 3 (6.667%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (4.444%) XenDesktop
9 1 (2.222%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) Norton AntiVirus
2 10 (22.22%) WSUS
3 8 (17.78%) SCOM
4 6 (13.33%) SCCM
5 3 (6.667%) Backup Exec
6 2 (4.444%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 35 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 26 (57.78%) VMware
3 21 (46.67%) Citrix
4 14 (31.11%) Symantec
5 13 (28.89%) NetApp
6 11 (24.44%) CommVault
7 10 (22.22%) Kaspersky
8 9 (20.00%) Oracle
9 5 (11.11%) EMC
10 3 (6.667%) HP
11 2 (4.444%) Dell
11 2 (4.444%) Cisco
12 1 (2.222%) Google
12 1 (2.222%) AppSense
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