The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Clustering in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 23 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clustering
Rank 70 45 66
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +21
Permanent jobs citing Clustering 20 48 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 1.940% 4.903% 2.169%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.326% 18.68% 6.079%
Number of salaries quoted 18 28 18
Average salary £31,250 £36,750 £27,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.96% +34.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,050 £26,750 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £39,000 £41,275
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
273 257 329
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 26.48% 26.25% 35.68%
Number of salaries quoted 254 205 317
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Clustering
Wales

Clustering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Clustering Salary Trend

Clustering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Clustering across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales Clustering Salary Histogram

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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bridgend - 7 £28,000 -
Gwent - 5 £46,500 -
Caerphilly -11 4 £50,000 +156.41%
Newport -3 1 £45,000 -6.25%
Clustering
Wales

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 20 (74.07%) Windows
2 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
3 16 (59.26%) SQL
4 15 (55.56%) SQL Server
4 15 (55.56%) UNIX
4 15 (55.56%) Linux
5 13 (48.15%) AIX
5 13 (48.15%) Red Hat
5 13 (48.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (40.74%) Oracle
7 10 (37.04%) PL/SQL
7 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
7 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
7 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
8 9 (33.33%) IBM
9 8 (29.63%) HTTP
9 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
10 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
10 7 (25.93%) DV Cleared
11 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (22.22%) VMware
11 6 (22.22%) Firewall
11 6 (22.22%) Sybase
11 6 (22.22%) DTV
11 6 (22.22%) HP
11 6 (22.22%) Compaq
11 6 (22.22%) SAN
12 5 (18.52%) Oracle 10g
12 5 (18.52%) JavaScript
12 5 (18.52%) Perl

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 3 (11.11%) CGI
2 1 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Apache
2 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (14.81%) MS Exchange
3 3 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (11.11%) CMS
3 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2000
3 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (7.407%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (7.407%) IIS
4 2 (7.407%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
2 4 (14.81%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) HTTP
1 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
2 6 (22.22%) Firewall
2 6 (22.22%) SAN
3 3 (11.11%) Internet
3 3 (11.11%) DHCP
3 3 (11.11%) DNS
4 1 (3.704%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 5 (18.52%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (18.52%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (11.11%) MySQL
3 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (7.407%) RDBMS
4 2 (7.407%) Oracle 9i
General
1 1 (3.704%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) DBA
2 6 (22.22%) Administrator
3 5 (18.52%) SQL DBA
4 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Consultant
5 3 (11.11%) Teradata DBA
5 3 (11.11%) SQL Server DBA
5 3 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Senior DBA
5 3 (11.11%) Server Administrator
5 3 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) UNIX Administrator
6 2 (7.407%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Senior SQL DBA
6 2 (7.407%) Oracle DBA
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Windows Support Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Development DBA
6 2 (7.407%) Oracle Development DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) DTV
2 5 (18.52%) Digital Media
2 5 (18.52%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.704%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 20 (74.07%) Windows
2 15 (55.56%) UNIX
2 15 (55.56%) Linux
3 13 (48.15%) AIX
3 13 (48.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (14.81%) HPUX
5 4 (14.81%) Solaris
5 4 (14.81%) Tru64
6 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (3.704%) Windows XP
7 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (7.407%) Load Balancing
2 2 (7.407%) High Availability
2 2 (7.407%) Load Testing
2 2 (7.407%) Data Modelling
3 1 (3.704%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (59.26%) SQL
2 10 (37.04%) PL/SQL
3 5 (18.52%) JavaScript
3 5 (18.52%) Perl
3 5 (18.52%) Python
4 3 (11.11%) VBScript
4 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
5 2 (7.407%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
1 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) MCSE
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (11.11%) MCP
4 3 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (7.407%) MCITP
6 1 (3.704%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.704%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Terminal Services
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.11%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (11.11%) XenApp
2 3 (11.11%) VMware ESX
3 2 (7.407%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (7.407%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (3.704%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) ARCserve
1 3 (11.11%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (11.11%) NetBackup
1 3 (11.11%) Backup Exec
2 2 (7.407%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 13 (48.15%) Red Hat
3 11 (40.74%) Oracle
4 9 (33.33%) IBM
5 6 (22.22%) VMware
5 6 (22.22%) Sybase
5 6 (22.22%) HP
5 6 (22.22%) Compaq
6 3 (11.11%) Citrix
6 3 (11.11%) Symantec
6 3 (11.11%) Remedy
6 3 (11.11%) McAfee
6 3 (11.11%) Sophos
6 3 (11.11%) Cisco
7 2 (7.407%) 3PAR
7 2 (7.407%) Veritas
7 2 (7.407%) Dell
8 1 (3.704%) SAP
8 1 (3.704%) WatchGuard
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: IT, Technical, Solutions, Engineer, Cisco, HP, DELL, VMware, Linux... As an experienced Technical Solutions Engineer, you must have: At least 4 years’ experience with Windows server...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Wales
Requirements: ?Extensive experience with Windows server build, configuration and software installation including Cisco/ HP/ Dell, VMware and Microsoft platforms. Good understanding of clustering and load balancing as well...
Intapeople
Salary: £50000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: DBA, Database, Administrator, Oracle, Development, RMAN, Tuning... As an experienced Oracle DBA you must have: Excellent data modelling skills; 4-5 years of full time experience...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013