The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 17 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 40 39 26
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -13
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 3 1 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 1.149% 0.403% 5.333%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.061% 1.220% 17.91%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +5.59%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
98 82 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 37.55% 33.06% 29.78%
Number of salaries quoted 51 42 33
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +27.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £42,500 £54,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Clustering
UK

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Clustering Salary Trend

Clustering
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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
County Londonderry - 3 - -
Clustering
UK

Clustering
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (80.00%) Progress
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) Citrix
3 3 (60.00%) Terminal Services
3 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2000
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (40.00%) SAN
4 2 (40.00%) HP
4 2 (40.00%) AIX
4 2 (40.00%) HPUX
4 2 (40.00%) Solaris
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) UNIX
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) DHCP
5 1 (20.00%) DNS
5 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2000
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) SAN
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Wintel Support
2 3 (60.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Wintel Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Support
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX Support
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) AIX
2 2 (40.00%) HPUX
2 2 (40.00%) Solaris
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Progress
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat