The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Thin 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 Thin Client over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Thin Client
Rank 116 129 106
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -23
Contract jobs citing Thin Client 4 6 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.167% 0.191% 0.773%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.893% 0.992% 4.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 15
Average daily rate £325 £400 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +17.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £416 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
+23.33% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.51 £20.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-29.21% -24.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
448 605 569
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 18.71% 19.24% 19.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 253 230
Average daily rate £375 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 31 34
Average hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.48 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Thin Client
South East

Thin Client
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Thin Client
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 24 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +12 3 £325 -18.75%
Bracknell -13 1 - -
Thin Client
South East

Thin Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 7 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) Internet
4 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) CCA
4 2 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (28.57%) MetaFrame
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (28.57%) IIS
4 2 (28.57%) HNC
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 2000
4 2 (28.57%) MCSE
4 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
4 2 (28.57%) NFS
4 2 (28.57%) VPN
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) Time Management
4 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (14.29%) XenApp
5 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) CCA
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (28.57%) HNC
1 2 (28.57%) MCSE
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) MetaFrame
1 2 (28.57%) NFS
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) XenApp
2 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Citrix
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp