The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Thin Client in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Thin Client over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Thin Client
Rank 61 64 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Thin Client 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.137% 0.251% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.617% 1.408% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £22.25
% change year-on-year
-29.21% -7.86%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
162 142 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.16% 17.79% 21.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 85 119
Average daily rate £350 £325 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £224 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £483 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 11
Average hourly rate £9.00 £14.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +3.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Thin Client
North West

Thin Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Warrington -3 1 - -
Thin Client
North West

Thin Client
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) SLA
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (50.00%) XenApp
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Systems Support
3 2 (50.00%) Systems Support Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (50.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
Warrington, Cheshire
A full driving licence and use of vehicle is essential as you will be required to travel to other sites throughout the Northwest, to provide support to 1500+...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013