The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 202 172 164
Rank change year-on-year
-30 -8
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 44 80 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.602% 1.093% 0.941%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.169% 3.988% 3.632%
Number of salaries quoted 32 53 63
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £28,750 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £52,500 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.65%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2029 2006 1817
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.74% 27.40% 25.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1711 1694 1572
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,275 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Clustering
England

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Clustering Salary Trend

Clustering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Clustering across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -26 28 £40,000 +6.66% 7
Merseyside +14 8 £40,000 -15.78%
Cheshire +1 6 £35,850 -15.64% 2
Lancashire +8 2 £35,000 -3.44%
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England

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 93 (57.41%) Replication
2 79 (48.77%) SQL Server
3 77 (47.53%) SQL
4 75 (46.30%) High Availability
5 64 (39.51%) SAN
6 61 (37.65%) Linux
7 59 (36.42%) SQL Server 2008
7 59 (36.42%) UNIX
8 53 (32.72%) Finance
9 50 (30.86%) Red Hat
10 49 (30.25%) Windows
11 47 (29.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 45 (27.78%) HP
13 43 (26.54%) AIX
14 41 (25.31%) Configuration Management
15 40 (24.69%) IBM
15 40 (24.69%) C
16 39 (24.07%) Windows Server 2008
17 38 (23.46%) Microsoft
18 36 (22.22%) WebSphere MQ
18 36 (22.22%) Perl
18 36 (22.22%) PHP
18 36 (22.22%) WebSphere
18 36 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 35 (21.60%) SQL Server 2005
19 35 (21.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 31 (19.14%) T-SQL
21 24 (14.81%) VMware
22 23 (14.20%) Oracle
22 23 (14.20%) Data Warehouse

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 36 (22.22%) WebSphere MQ
1 36 (22.22%) WebSphere
2 8 (4.938%) .NET
3 7 (4.321%) Web Services
4 5 (3.086%) XML
5 3 (1.852%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.852%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.235%) Middleware
7 1 (0.617%) SOAP
7 1 (0.617%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 13 (8.025%) MS Exchange
2 11 (6.790%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (4.321%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.321%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (3.704%) IIS
5 4 (2.469%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.617%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.617%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.617%) Apache
6 1 (0.617%) Lync
Applications
1 19 (11.73%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.235%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.321%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (3.704%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (3.704%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.704%) Oracle Payroll
2 6 (3.704%) Oracle HRMS
2 6 (3.704%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (3.704%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.617%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 64 (39.51%) SAN
2 10 (6.173%) iSCSI
3 9 (5.556%) DNS
3 9 (5.556%) Fibre Channel
4 7 (4.321%) HTTP
5 6 (3.704%) Firewall
6 5 (3.086%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.086%) VPN
6 5 (3.086%) VLAN
7 4 (2.469%) Network Security
7 4 (2.469%) IPsec
7 4 (2.469%) MPLS
7 4 (2.469%) DHCP
7 4 (2.469%) WLAN
7 4 (2.469%) SSL
8 3 (1.852%) Wireless
9 2 (1.235%) NAS
9 2 (1.235%) Internet
9 2 (1.235%) WAN
9 2 (1.235%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (48.77%) SQL Server
2 59 (36.42%) SQL Server 2008
3 36 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 35 (21.60%) SQL Server 2005
4 35 (21.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (14.20%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (12.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 18 (11.11%) DTS
8 17 (10.49%) SQL Server 2000
9 16 (9.877%) OLAP
10 13 (8.025%) OLTP
10 13 (8.025%) Oracle 8/8i
10 13 (8.025%) SQL Server 2012
11 11 (6.790%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (5.556%) VLDB
13 6 (3.704%) Oracle 11g
13 6 (3.704%) RDBMS
14 4 (2.469%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (2.469%) MySQL
15 1 (0.617%) Data Mining
General
1 53 (32.72%) Finance
2 4 (2.469%) Telecoms
3 3 (1.852%) Advertising
4 2 (1.235%) Banking
5 1 (0.617%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 79 (48.77%) DBA
2 66 (40.74%) Administrator
3 60 (37.04%) SQL DBA
4 40 (24.69%) Linux Administrator
5 37 (22.84%) Systems Administrator
6 36 (22.22%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 22 (13.58%) Developer
8 17 (10.49%) UNIX Administrator
9 16 (9.877%) UNIX Systems Administrator
10 15 (9.259%) SQL Server DBA
11 14 (8.642%) Senior SQL DBA
11 14 (8.642%) Senior DBA
12 13 (8.025%) SQL Developer
13 8 (4.938%) Oracle DBA
14 7 (4.321%) Oracle Applications DBA
15 6 (3.704%) Analyst
15 6 (3.704%) Consultant
16 5 (3.086%) Team Leader
16 5 (3.086%) Storage Analyst
16 5 (3.086%) Oracle Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 93 (57.41%) Replication
2 4 (2.469%) Data Integration
2 4 (2.469%) Client/Server
3 2 (1.235%) EqualLogic
4 1 (0.617%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.617%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.617%) CLARiiON
4 1 (0.617%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 61 (37.65%) Linux
2 59 (36.42%) UNIX
3 49 (30.25%) Windows
4 47 (29.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 43 (26.54%) AIX
6 39 (24.07%) Windows Server 2008
7 22 (13.58%) Windows Server 2003
8 12 (7.407%) Solaris
9 4 (2.469%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (2.469%) SUSE
9 4 (2.469%) HPUX
10 3 (1.852%) Windows 2000
11 2 (1.235%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.617%) NetWare
12 1 (0.617%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.617%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.617%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (46.30%) High Availability
2 41 (25.31%) Configuration Management
3 22 (13.58%) ITIL
4 18 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
5 17 (10.49%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (9.259%) ETL
7 14 (8.642%) Change Management
8 13 (8.025%) Load Balancing
9 12 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (6.173%) Migration
10 10 (6.173%) E-Commerce
10 10 (6.173%) Database Security
11 9 (5.556%) Data Transformation
12 7 (4.321%) Service Delivery
13 6 (3.704%) CRM
14 5 (3.086%) Data Modelling
14 5 (3.086%) Risk Management
14 5 (3.086%) Validation
14 5 (3.086%) Agile Software Development
14 5 (3.086%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 77 (47.53%) SQL
2 40 (24.69%) C
3 36 (22.22%) Perl
3 36 (22.22%) PHP
4 31 (19.14%) T-SQL
5 10 (6.173%) C#
6 9 (5.556%) PowerShell
7 8 (4.938%) VB
8 7 (4.321%) Shell Script
9 5 (3.086%) Tcl
10 4 (2.469%) Python
10 4 (2.469%) C++
10 4 (2.469%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.617%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.617%) JCL
Qualifications
1 9 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (4.938%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (1.852%) MCSE
3 3 (1.852%) Degree
4 2 (1.235%) MCTS
4 2 (1.235%) MCITP
5 1 (0.617%) MCSA
5 1 (0.617%) MCP
5 1 (0.617%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.617%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.617%) NCDA
5 1 (0.617%) NCIE
5 1 (0.617%) VCAP
5 1 (0.617%) CCEE
5 1 (0.617%) CCIA
5 1 (0.617%) VCDX
5 1 (0.617%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.617%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.617%) HP AIS
5 1 (0.617%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.321%) SLA
2 5 (3.086%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.086%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.852%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.617%) QA
System Software
1 19 (11.73%) VMware Infrastructure
1 19 (11.73%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.556%) XenApp
3 7 (4.321%) vSphere
4 6 (3.704%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (3.086%) NFS
5 5 (3.086%) VMware ESX
6 4 (2.469%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.617%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.617%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.617%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.617%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.617%) vCloud
7 1 (0.617%) XenServer
7 1 (0.617%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (5.556%) SCOM
2 7 (4.321%) SCCM
3 6 (3.704%) NetBackup
4 3 (1.852%) BladeLogic
5 2 (1.235%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.617%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.617%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.617%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.617%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 1 (0.617%) Foglight
6 1 (0.617%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.617%) WSUS
6 1 (0.617%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.617%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 50 (30.86%) Red Hat
2 45 (27.78%) HP
3 40 (24.69%) IBM
4 38 (23.46%) Microsoft
5 24 (14.81%) VMware
6 23 (14.20%) Oracle
7 13 (8.025%) Citrix
8 11 (6.790%) NetApp
9 8 (4.938%) Cisco
9 8 (4.938%) Symantec
10 6 (3.704%) Pegasus
11 5 (3.086%) Fredhopper
12 4 (2.469%) Fortinet
12 4 (2.469%) AppSense
12 4 (2.469%) Sun
13 3 (1.852%) Remedy
13 3 (1.852%) Altiris
14 2 (1.235%) Hitachi
14 2 (1.235%) Dell
15 1 (0.617%) EMC
Wigan, Lancashire
Projects will cover technologies such as Active Directory, Exchange 2003 +, Windows 2003, 2008 and VMware you will also have to be able to deal with Linux ,web process...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £27k - 33k per year
Posted: 12 June 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Adhere to Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management processes... Windows 2003-2012 Active Directory Management & Trouble Shooting. Basic Knowledge VM Ware, Microsoft Clustering & Citrix... Basic SQL/Oracle...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25k - 32k per year
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Linux (RedHat / Oracle Enterprise Linux) and Solaris system administration... Advanced Shell scripting ? Unix networking and security ? Clustering and High Availability ?... Experience of other of Unix ports (especially AIX,...
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
SQL Server 2012. Certification for SQL Server 2005 and/or SQL Server 2008 A working knowledge of Oracle Database technology... The management of SharePoint sites utilising SQL Server...
Crimson Ltd
Salary: £30800 - £33600 per annum + 7% bonus, 26 days hol, pension etc.
Posted: 12 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire, North West
Position: Oracle Database AdministratorLocation: Stockport, CheshireSalary: £ CompetitiveThe Company:CDL is a leading supplier of software solutions to the UK insurance sector, providing our clients with the competitive edge...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP Competitive
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £Competitive
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 28k to 40k per year GBP
Posted: 17 June 2013
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