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The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills across the UK 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank237240
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads14191844
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.785 %0.773 %
As % of the category below3.725 %3.397 %
Salaries quoted11311376
Average minimum salary£41,833£41,812
Average salary£44,232£45,160
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Average maximum salary£46,630£48,508
UK excluding London average salary£39,926£40,447
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3809654284
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled21.08 %22.77 %
Salaries quoted3123840879
Average minimum salary£44,209£47,833
Average salary£49,065£52,834
% change on same period last year-7.13 %
Average maximum salary£53,920£57,834
UK excluding London average salary£37,737£39,061
% change on same period last year-3.38 %

Clustering
Demand Trend

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

Clustering Demand Trend

Clustering
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Clustering within the UK.

Clustering Salary Trend

Clustering
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Clustering over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 within the UK.

Clustering Salary Histogram

Clustering
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 5 September 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
EnglandUp+31353£44,443-2.76 %
LondonUp+35618£50,345-4.66 %
South EastDown-40368£39,007-5.54 %
City of LondonDown-2173£52,204-15.35 %
SurreyDown-9111£36,343-14.08 %
HampshireUp+71111£37,198+6.09 %
BerkshireDown-10179£40,648-1.60 %
East of EnglandDown-778£45,004-1.02 %
South WestUp+2469£36,905-4.41 %
West MidlandsUp+3468£35,415-5.34 %
YorkshireDown-2063£45,264+25.16 %
East MidlandsUp+3956£41,856+40.45 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-49£41,457-
EssexUp+3843£48,152+20.14 %
North WestNo change036£35,985-16.53 %
NottinghamNew entry-35£42,136-
ReadingDown-5434£40,897+0.32 %
StainesUp+132£37,258-11.55 %
BasingstokeUp+1231£40,333-44.36 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2926£57,625-1.35 %
West YorkshireDown-3424£39,382+5.98 %
South YorkshireUp+1624£58,600+154.78 %
BasildonNew entry-21£50,000-
ScotlandDown-820£43,750+31.41 %
HertfordshireDown-1220£37,075-21.66 %
West SussexUp+2919£47,132+28.54 %
CheshireUp+618£36,367-9.64 %
WokingDown-1718£31,806-26.03 %
SheffieldUp+1317£65,962+266.45 %
MiddlesexUp+717£37,313-14.71 %

Clustering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11554 (51.08 %)Windows
21132 (37.21 %)SQL
31045 (34.35 %)SQL Server
4938 (30.83 %)Microsoft
5915 (30.08 %)Windows Server 2003
6888 (29.19 %)Active Directory
7850 (27.94 %)SAN
8778 (25.58 %)UNIX
9683 (22.45 %)Linux
10623 (20.48 %)Microsoft Certification
11602 (19.79 %)VMware
12592 (19.46 %)Oracle
13551 (18.11 %)MS Exchange
14531 (17.46 %)Solaris
15517 (17.00 %)SQL Server 2005
16490 (16.11 %)Finance
17469 (15.42 %)MCSE
18451 (14.83 %)MS Excel
19448 (14.73 %)Citrix
20436 (14.33 %)Replication
21430 (14.14 %)IIS
22399 (13.12 %)Exchange Server 2003
23398 (13.08 %)TCP/IP
24390 (12.82 %)VERITAS
25373 (12.26 %)DNS
25373 (12.26 %)Disaster Recovery
26349 (11.47 %)HP
27326 (10.72 %)Cisco
28293 (9.632 %)IBM
29283 (9.303 %)SQL Server 2000

Clustering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1124 (4.076 %)J2EE
2123 (4.043 %)WebSphere
3121 (3.978 %).NET
498 (3.222 %)XML
569 (2.268 %)WebServices
660 (1.972 %)HTML
753 (1.742 %)ASP
849 (1.611 %)SOAP
944 (1.446 %)ASP.NET
1039 (1.282 %)Middleware
1136 (1.183 %)JMS
1232 (1.052 %)AJAX
1331 (1.019 %)JDBC
1427 (0.888 %)Application Packaging
1524 (0.789 %)JSP
1622 (0.723 %)WAP
1718 (0.592 %)ADO.NET
1817 (0.559 %)LINQ
1916 (0.526 %)LAMP
2014 (0.460 %)Servlets
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1551 (18.11 %)MS Exchange
2430 (14.14 %)IIS
3399 (13.12 %)Exchange Server 2003
4164 (5.391 %)Exchange Server 2007
5155 (5.095 %)Apache
6119 (3.912 %)SharePoint
6119 (3.912 %)Exchange Server 2000
782 (2.696 %)WebLogic
873 (2.400 %)Tomcat
946 (1.512 %)WebSphere Application Server
1045 (1.479 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1132 (1.052 %)Lotus Domino
1226 (0.855 %)WebSphere MQ
1325 (0.822 %)Oracle Application Server
1423 (0.756 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1521 (0.690 %)JBoss
1620 (0.657 %)BizTalk Server
1716 (0.526 %)Lotus Notes
1716 (0.526 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1815 (0.493 %)Oracle 10gAS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1451 (14.83 %)MS Excel
279 (2.597 %)MS Office
321 (0.690 %)MS Visio
44 (0.131 %)MS Project
44 (0.131 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (0.099 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (0.756 %)Oracle 11i
218 (0.592 %)Oracle EBS
218 (0.592 %)Oracle Applications
310 (0.329 %)Oracle General Ledger
49 (0.296 %)SoftGrid
57 (0.230 %)Dynamics NAV
57 (0.230 %)Navision
66 (0.197 %)BASE24
66 (0.197 %)Tesseract
75 (0.164 %)SAP ERP
83 (0.099 %)TIBCO iProcess
83 (0.099 %)BusinessWorks
91 (0.033 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1850 (27.94 %)SAN
2398 (13.08 %)TCP/IP
3373 (12.26 %)DNS
4274 (9.007 %)Firewall
5194 (6.377 %)DHCP
6188 (6.180 %)WAN
7187 (6.147 %)Internet
8144 (4.734 %)LAN
9115 (3.780 %)VPN
1081 (2.663 %)HTTP
1172 (2.367 %)LDAP
1256 (1.841 %)VoIP
1353 (1.742 %)Wireless
1448 (1.578 %)Cisco PIX
1538 (1.249 %)SMS
1637 (1.216 %)Intranet
1736 (1.183 %)Network Security
1834 (1.118 %)SSL
1932 (1.052 %)FTP
2028 (0.920 %)CTI
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11045 (34.35 %)SQL Server
2517 (17.00 %)SQL Server 2005
3283 (9.303 %)SQL Server 2000
4247 (8.120 %)DTS
5208 (6.838 %)Oracle 10g
6195 (6.410 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7163 (5.358 %)MySQL
8156 (5.128 %)Oracle 9i
9121 (3.978 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10116 (3.813 %)OLAP
11112 (3.682 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1290 (2.959 %)RDBMS
1378 (2.564 %)Datawarehouse
1456 (1.841 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1551 (1.677 %)OLTP
1551 (1.677 %)Oracle 8/8i
1646 (1.512 %)DB2
1741 (1.348 %)SQL Server 7
1836 (1.183 %)Oracle 11g
1934 (1.118 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (0.855 %)Oracle Forms
218 (0.592 %)Ant
313 (0.427 %)Rational Rose
313 (0.427 %)IntelliJ
411 (0.362 %)TestDirector
411 (0.362 %)QuickTest Pro
510 (0.329 %)Visual Studio
510 (0.329 %)Subversion
69 (0.296 %)JIRA
69 (0.296 %)ERwin
78 (0.263 %)ClearCase
78 (0.263 %)WebLOAD
86 (0.197 %)Eclipse
86 (0.197 %)Flash
86 (0.197 %)ClearQuest
94 (0.131 %)Dreamweaver
102 (0.066 %)ProC
102 (0.066 %)JUnit
111 (0.033 %)CruiseControl
111 (0.033 %)Oracle Designer/2000
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1490 (16.11 %)Finance
2254 (8.350 %)Banking
3187 (6.147 %)Pensions
4150 (4.931 %)Health
5110 (3.616 %)Telecoms
679 (2.597 %)Retail
776 (2.498 %)Investment Banking
869 (2.268 %)Insurance
960 (1.972 %)Back Office
1056 (1.841 %)Law
1148 (1.578 %)Games
1247 (1.545 %)Manufacturing
1345 (1.479 %)Education
1345 (1.479 %)Government
1434 (1.118 %)Legal
1523 (0.756 %)Marketing
1621 (0.690 %)Online Games
1715 (0.493 %)Music
1814 (0.460 %)Front Office
1912 (0.394 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1698 (22.95 %)DBA
2679 (22.32 %)Administrator
3413 (13.58 %)SQL DBA
4328 (10.78 %)Systems Administrator
5324 (10.65 %)Analyst
6291 (9.566 %)SQL Server DBA
7245 (8.054 %)Consultant
8190 (6.246 %)Server Engineer
9169 (5.556 %)UNIX Administrator
10164 (5.391 %)Support Analyst
10164 (5.391 %)Support Engineer
11163 (5.358 %)Oracle DBA
12144 (4.734 %)Team Leader
12144 (4.734 %)Developer
13141 (4.635 %)Architect
14138 (4.536 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
15132 (4.339 %)Systems Engineer
16121 (3.978 %)Server Support
1783 (2.728 %)3rd Line Support
1880 (2.630 %)Technical Support
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1436 (14.33 %)Replication
266 (2.170 %)Blackberry
355 (1.808 %)Client/Server
450 (1.644 %)N-Tier
546 (1.512 %)HACMP
629 (0.953 %)Thin Client
629 (0.953 %)Fat Client
724 (0.789 %)AS400
822 (0.723 %)IVR
920 (0.657 %)Management Information System
1018 (0.592 %)Computer Science
1113 (0.427 %)French Language
1113 (0.427 %)CLARiiON
1113 (0.427 %)Firmware
1212 (0.394 %)IPTV
1311 (0.362 %)Equities
149 (0.296 %)Symmetrix
149 (0.296 %)Mainframe
158 (0.263 %)German Language
158 (0.263 %)Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11554 (51.08 %)Windows
2915 (30.08 %)Windows Server 2003
3778 (25.58 %)UNIX
4683 (22.45 %)Linux
5531 (17.46 %)Solaris
6283 (9.303 %)Windows 2000
7243 (7.988 %)Windows 2000 Server
8228 (7.495 %)AIX
9204 (6.706 %)Red Hat Linux
10110 (3.616 %)Windows XP
11103 (3.386 %)HPUX
1274 (2.433 %)SUSE
1371 (2.334 %)Windows Server 2008
1470 (2.301 %)Windows NT
1551 (1.677 %)Windows Vista
1634 (1.118 %)FreeBSD
1730 (0.986 %)Debian
1823 (0.756 %)MVS
1823 (0.756 %)VMS
1922 (0.723 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1373 (12.26 %)Disaster Recovery
2275 (9.040 %)ITIL
3238 (7.824 %)Load Balancing
4146 (4.799 %)Project Management
5121 (3.978 %)Migration
677 (2.531 %)Change Management
677 (2.531 %)Security Cleared
771 (2.334 %)E-Commerce
858 (1.907 %)Network Load Balancing
944 (1.446 %)Data Management
944 (1.446 %)Configuration Management
1038 (1.249 %)Business Intelligence
1136 (1.183 %)Data Protection
1235 (1.151 %)SC Cleared
1235 (1.151 %)SOA
1334 (1.118 %)Service Delivery
1433 (1.085 %)Asset Management
1531 (1.019 %)Business Continuity
1630 (0.986 %)PRINCE2
1630 (0.986 %)Content Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11132 (37.21 %)SQL
2255 (8.383 %)Shell Script
3155 (5.095 %)Perl
4147 (4.832 %)Java
5140 (4.602 %)Transact-SQL
6132 (4.339 %)VB
7106 (3.485 %)VBScript
873 (2.400 %)PL/SQL
970 (2.301 %)C#
1062 (2.038 %)PHP
1157 (1.874 %)C
1233 (1.085 %)C++
1332 (1.052 %)JavaScript
1421 (0.690 %)Ruby
1517 (0.559 %)Korn
1612 (0.394 %)Python
1710 (0.329 %)PHP5
187 (0.230 %)PowerShell
196 (0.197 %)VBA
196 (0.197 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1623 (20.48 %)Microsoft Certification
2469 (15.42 %)MCSE
3149 (4.898 %)Degree
4142 (4.668 %)Cisco Certification
5113 (3.715 %)MCP
685 (2.794 %)CCNA
779 (2.597 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
865 (2.137 %)MCSA
945 (1.479 %)MCDBA
1043 (1.414 %)Oracle Certification
1138 (1.249 %)Citrix Certification
1229 (0.953 %)CCA
1229 (0.953 %)HP ASE
1320 (0.657 %)IBM Certification
1418 (0.592 %)ITIL Certification
1517 (0.559 %)CCNP
1616 (0.526 %)SNIA Certification
1715 (0.493 %)CCEA
1812 (0.394 %)MCSD
1910 (0.329 %)Check Point Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
177 (2.531 %)SLA
259 (1.940 %)QA
311 (0.362 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
46 (0.197 %)ISO8583
54 (0.131 %)ISO9001
62 (0.066 %)ISO17799
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1888 (29.19 %)Active Directory
2233 (7.659 %)VMware Infrastructure
3169 (5.556 %)Oracle RAC
4136 (4.471 %)NetBackup
5131 (4.306 %)VMware ESX
6126 (4.142 %)ISA Server
7109 (3.583 %)Oracle RMAN
8100 (3.287 %)Terminal Services
990 (2.959 %)Backup Exec
1066 (2.170 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1160 (1.972 %)NFS
1257 (1.874 %)MetaFrame
1348 (1.578 %)Terminal Server
1437 (1.216 %)Xen
1437 (1.216 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1511 (0.362 %)VMware Server
1610 (0.329 %)Squid
178 (0.263 %)AquaLogic
187 (0.230 %)MailMarshal
195 (0.164 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1149 (4.898 %)MOM
2105 (3.452 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
380 (2.630 %)Tivoli
467 (2.202 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
548 (1.578 %)Legato
642 (1.381 %)WSUS
741 (1.348 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
828 (0.920 %)CONTROL-M
828 (0.920 %)SCOM
927 (0.888 %)ARCserve
1026 (0.855 %)Norton AntiVirus
1026 (0.855 %)OpenView
1124 (0.789 %)EMC NetWorker
1213 (0.427 %)CA SiteMinder
1312 (0.394 %)SCCM
1411 (0.362 %)OpenView Configuration Management
159 (0.296 %)AutoSys
159 (0.296 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
159 (0.296 %)MAILsweeper
168 (0.263 %)BMC PATROL
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1938 (30.83 %)Microsoft
2602 (19.79 %)VMware
3592 (19.46 %)Oracle
4448 (14.73 %)Citrix
5390 (12.82 %)VERITAS
6349 (11.47 %)HP
7326 (10.72 %)Cisco
8293 (9.632 %)IBM
9257 (8.448 %)Sun
10205 (6.739 %)Red Hat
1198 (3.222 %)EMC
1282 (2.696 %)Symantec
1372 (2.367 %)Sybase
1470 (2.301 %)Dell
1560 (1.972 %)McAfee Security
1656 (1.841 %)Altiris
1753 (1.742 %)NetApp
1848 (1.578 %)Compaq
1944 (1.446 %)Hitachi
2040 (1.315 %)BEA