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The table below looks at the demand for Fat Client skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Fat Client over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFat Client
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank5158
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.857 %0.917 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£415£330
% change on same period last year+25.81 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£13.50-
Average hourly rate£13.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£13.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.12£35.25
% change on same period last year-51.44 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads70109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.140 %0.136 %
Daily rates quoted1438
Average minimum daily rate£259£296
Average daily rate£296£313
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£351
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted2311
Average minimum hourly rate£30.25£19.49
Average hourly rate£31.50£23.03
% change on same period last year+36.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.75£26.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.98£25.61
% change on same period last year+1.43 %
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South West

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Bristol Fat Client Demand Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Fat Client Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

12 (100.00 %)Thin Client
12 (100.00 %)Citrix
21 (50.00 %)MetaFrame
21 (50.00 %)Internet
21 (50.00 %)Information Management
21 (50.00 %)MS Project
21 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (50.00 %)MS Access
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)MS Visio
21 (50.00 %)OpenVMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Project
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
11 (50.00 %)MS Visio
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Internet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MS Access
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Desktop Support
11 (50.00 %)Systems Support
11 (50.00 %)Field Service Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Field Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Desktop Engineer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Thin Client
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)OpenVMS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Information Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)MetaFrame
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Citrix