The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fat Client 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 Berkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fat Client
Rank 114 133 109
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -24
Contract jobs citing Fat Client 7 5 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.299% 0.158% 0.696%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.426% 0.792% 3.750%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 14
Average daily rate £325 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.89 £15.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-15.50% +1.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
491 631 560
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 20.97% 19.91% 18.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 255 230
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £521 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 28 34
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £14.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £49.00 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Fat Client
South East

Fat Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Fat Client Jobs Demand Trend

Fat Client
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Fat Client Daily Rate Trend

Fat Client
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Fat Client Hourly Rate Trend

Fat Client
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fat Client within the Berkshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +6 3 £325 -18.75%
Bracknell - 3 - - 1
Slough - 1 - - 1
Fat Client
South East

Fat Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Fat Client 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 Fat Client.

1 9 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 4 (44.44%) MS Office
3 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (33.33%) Netcool/Webtop
4 3 (33.33%) QA
4 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Perl
4 3 (33.33%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (33.33%) Tivoli
4 3 (33.33%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 3 (33.33%) Netcool
4 3 (33.33%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
5 2 (22.22%) CCA
5 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (22.22%) MetaFrame
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000

Fat Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Fat Client 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 Fat Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Office
2 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 1 (11.11%) Back Office
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
3 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 3 (33.33%) Perl
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CCA
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (22.22%) HNC
3 2 (22.22%) MCSE
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) MetaFrame
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) NFS
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Netcool/Webtop
1 3 (33.33%) Tivoli
1 3 (33.33%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 3 (33.33%) Netcool
1 3 (33.33%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
1 7 (77.78%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) NetApp
2 1 (11.11%) Lotus
Slough, Berkshire
Good understanding & knowledge of IT infrastructure, including Windows Client & server technologies, Citrix and thin client technologies. Understanding of LAN/WAN technologies. An understanding of Lotus Notes Messaging... Microsoft,...
TD Group
Rate: Excellent rates will be paid to the right candidate.
Posted: 14 June 2013