The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Client/Server 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 Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.541% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.439% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £45.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
-35.55% +52.54%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
41 51 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 22.16% 18.09% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 27 13
Average daily rate £350 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £242 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £466 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
Average hourly rate £12.42 £42.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.77% +286.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Client/Server
East of England

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Client/Server across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bedfordshire Client/Server Jobs Demand Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Client/Server across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Client/Server Daily Rate Trend

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Client/Server across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Client/Server 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Client/Server.

1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) ISEB
2 6 (54.55%) Bugzilla
2 6 (54.55%) ISTQB
2 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
2 6 (54.55%) FogBugz
3 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
3 5 (45.45%) Web Services
3 5 (45.45%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (45.45%) ETL
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 4 (36.36%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) QA
5 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (27.27%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (27.27%) UML
5 3 (27.27%) OO
5 3 (27.27%) C#
5 3 (27.27%) .NET
5 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
5 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
5 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (9.091%) SCCM
7 1 (9.091%) DICOM

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Client/Server also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Client/Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (45.45%) Web Services
2 3 (27.27%) .NET
2 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
3 1 (9.091%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Bugzilla
1 6 (54.55%) FogBugz
2 3 (27.27%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (27.27%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
3 1 (9.091%) MSI
3 1 (9.091%) AdminStudio
3 1 (9.091%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 1 (9.091%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) QA Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Tester
5 1 (9.091%) Implementation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) PACS
1 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
2 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) ETL
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) UML
4 3 (27.27%) OO
4 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
6 1 (9.091%) OOD
6 1 (9.091%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) C#
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.091%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) ISEB
1 6 (54.55%) ISTQB
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
2 1 (9.091%) DICOM
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) VMware
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle