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The table below looks at the demand for Thin Client skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Thin Client over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkThin Client
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank109140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads82
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.002 %
As % of the category below2.241 %0.411 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£503£200
Average daily rate£522£230
% change on same period last year+126.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£541£260
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£319
% change on same period last year+10.60 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£13.00
Average hourly rate-£14.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.77£30.56
% change on same period last year-45.12 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads357487
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.562 %0.522 %
Daily rates quoted116143
Average minimum daily rate£333£318
Average daily rate£360£342
% change on same period last year+5.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted2465
Average minimum hourly rate£16.41£23.60
Average hourly rate£17.66£25.03
% change on same period last year-29.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.90£26.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Thin Client South EastThin Client
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Thin Client
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Thin Client across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire Thin Client Demand Trend

Thin Client
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Thin Client Daily Rate Trend

Thin Client
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Thin Client Hourly Rate Trend

Thin Client
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Thin Client within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BracknellNew entry-4£556-
ReadingUp+203£488+111.95 %
Thin Client South EastThin Client
South East

Thin Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Thin 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 Thin Client.

19 (100.00 %)Fat Client
27 (77.78 %)Government
35 (55.56 %)Microsoft
35 (55.56 %)Windows
44 (44.44 %)UNIX
53 (33.33 %)Financial Institution
53 (33.33 %)DV Cleared
53 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
53 (33.33 %)Finance
53 (33.33 %)XML
53 (33.33 %)XSL
53 (33.33 %)HTTP
53 (33.33 %)HTTPS
53 (33.33 %)HTML
53 (33.33 %)Oracle
62 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
62 (22.22 %)DNS
62 (22.22 %)ITIL
62 (22.22 %)DHCP
62 (22.22 %)CESG
62 (22.22 %)HP
62 (22.22 %)Dell
62 (22.22 %)Citrix
62 (22.22 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (11.11 %)Tivoli
71 (11.11 %)ISA Server
71 (11.11 %)3G
71 (11.11 %)Active Directory
71 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
71 (11.11 %)Technical Architecture

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Thin 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 Thin Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (33.33 %)HTML
13 (33.33 %)XML
13 (33.33 %)XSL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)IIS
11 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
11 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (33.33 %)HTTP
13 (33.33 %)HTTPS
22 (22.22 %)DHCP
22 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
22 (22.22 %)DNS
31 (11.11 %)LAN
31 (11.11 %)WAN
31 (11.11 %)3G
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (77.78 %)Government
23 (33.33 %)Financial Institution
23 (33.33 %)Finance
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (77.78 %)Architect
24 (44.44 %)Technical Architect
24 (44.44 %)Security Architect
31 (11.11 %)Desktop Support
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (100.00 %)Fat Client
22 (22.22 %)CESG
31 (11.11 %)Clustering
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (55.56 %)Windows
24 (44.44 %)UNIX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)DV Cleared
13 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
22 (22.22 %)ITIL
22 (22.22 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (11.11 %)Migration
31 (11.11 %)Technical Architecture
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)SQL
11 (11.11 %)VBScript
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Active Directory
11 (11.11 %)ISA Server
11 (11.11 %)VMware ESX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (11.11 %)Tivoli
11 (11.11 %)EMC NetWorker
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (55.56 %)Microsoft
23 (33.33 %)Oracle
32 (22.22 %)HP
32 (22.22 %)Dell
32 (22.22 %)Citrix
41 (11.11 %)VMware
41 (11.11 %)Cisco
41 (11.11 %)IBM