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The table below looks at the demand for Thin Client skills within the City of London 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkThin Client
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank186197
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.786 %0.153 %
Daily rates quoted172
Average minimum daily rate£476£500
Average daily rate£499£513
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£521£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£353
% change on same period last year-13.14 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£16.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£17.69
% change on same period last year+7.41 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads27982606
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.919 %2.673 %
Daily rates quoted16641160
Average minimum daily rate£467£502
Average daily rate£512£539
% change on same period last year-4.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£558£576
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£345
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted6752
Average minimum hourly rate£21.74£24.37
Average hourly rate£24.03£25.84
% change on same period last year-7.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.31£27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.92£26.40
% change on same period last year-5.60 %
Thin Client LondonThin Client
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Thin Client Daily Rate Trend

Thin Client
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Thin Client across the City of London region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

City of London Thin Client Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Thin Client Hourly Rate Trend

Thin Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

136 (100.00 %)Fat Client
217 (47.22 %)Java
217 (47.22 %).NET
316 (44.44 %)Windows
414 (38.89 %)Middleware
513 (36.11 %)Construction
513 (36.11 %)VMware
612 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
612 (33.33 %)Credit Risk
711 (30.56 %)C#
810 (27.78 %)Windows Server 2003
810 (27.78 %)WinForms
810 (27.78 %)UML
810 (27.78 %)OO
99 (25.00 %)WebServices
99 (25.00 %)Windows XP
99 (25.00 %)DNS
99 (25.00 %)Active Directory
108 (22.22 %)CCIE
108 (22.22 %)CCNP
108 (22.22 %)CCNA
108 (22.22 %)Cisco
108 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
108 (22.22 %)Nokia
108 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
108 (22.22 %)VoIP
108 (22.22 %)DHCP
108 (22.22 %)CCSA
108 (22.22 %)Blue Coat
108 (22.22 %)CCSE

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (47.22 %).NET
214 (38.89 %)Middleware
312 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
410 (27.78 %)WinForms
59 (25.00 %)WebServices
68 (22.22 %)WPF
68 (22.22 %)WF
77 (19.44 %)JAX-WS
77 (19.44 %)XML
77 (19.44 %)J2EE
77 (19.44 %)Servlets
86 (16.67 %)EJB
95 (13.89 %)JDBC
95 (13.89 %)EJB 3.0
104 (11.11 %)Swing
104 (11.11 %)JMS
104 (11.11 %)Spring
104 (11.11 %)Hibernate
113 (8.333 %)WebSphere
113 (8.333 %)XSLT
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.11 %)JBoss
14 (11.11 %)Tomcat
22 (5.556 %)IIS
31 (2.778 %)SharePoint
31 (2.778 %)MS Exchange
31 (2.778 %)BizTalk Server
31 (2.778 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (2.778 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (2.778 %)SharePoint Portal Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (11.11 %)MS Office
23 (8.333 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (25.00 %)DNS
28 (22.22 %)OSPF
28 (22.22 %)BGP
28 (22.22 %)Firewall
28 (22.22 %)VoIP
28 (22.22 %)DHCP
28 (22.22 %)Cisco IOS
36 (16.67 %)LAN
44 (11.11 %)VLAN
52 (5.556 %)TCP/IP
52 (5.556 %)WAN
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (8.333 %)GIS
22 (5.556 %)RDBMS
31 (2.778 %)Oracle 10g
31 (2.778 %)BusinessObjects
31 (2.778 %)SQL Server
31 (2.778 %)DB2
31 (2.778 %)Datawarehouse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (8.333 %)Cactus
22 (5.556 %)JUnit
22 (5.556 %)Oracle Forms
31 (2.778 %)NUnit
31 (2.778 %)Visual Studio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (36.11 %)Construction
28 (22.22 %)Insurance
37 (19.44 %)Banking
37 (19.44 %)Investment Banking
46 (16.67 %)Finance
52 (5.556 %)Government
61 (2.778 %)Publishing
61 (2.778 %)Front Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (41.67 %)Developer
211 (30.56 %)Senior Developer
38 (22.22 %)Architect
38 (22.22 %)C# Developer
47 (19.44 %)Analyst
47 (19.44 %)Senior C# Developer
55 (13.89 %)Network Security Specialist
55 (13.89 %)Systems Architect
55 (13.89 %)Security Specialist
55 (13.89 %)Network Specialist
64 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
73 (8.333 %)Technical Consultant
73 (8.333 %)Network Analyst
73 (8.333 %)Security Analyst
73 (8.333 %)Consultant
73 (8.333 %)Senior Systems Architect
73 (8.333 %)Systems Developer
73 (8.333 %)Network Security Analyst
82 (5.556 %)Credit Risk Developer
82 (5.556 %)Technical Manager
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (100.00 %)Fat Client
212 (33.33 %)Credit Risk
36 (16.67 %)N-Tier
44 (11.11 %)Fixed Income
51 (2.778 %)Equities
51 (2.778 %)Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (44.44 %)Windows
210 (27.78 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (25.00 %)Windows XP
46 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
54 (11.11 %)Solaris
62 (5.556 %)Windows Vista
71 (2.778 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (2.778 %)Linux
71 (2.778 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (27.78 %)UML
110 (27.78 %)OO
28 (22.22 %)Network Design
36 (16.67 %)OOD
45 (13.89 %)SC Cleared
45 (13.89 %)Security Cleared
54 (11.11 %)Data Migration
54 (11.11 %)Migration
54 (11.11 %)SOA
54 (11.11 %)Workflow
63 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
71 (2.778 %)ITIL
71 (2.778 %)RUP
71 (2.778 %)Validation
71 (2.778 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (2.778 %)Business Continuity
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (47.22 %)Java
211 (30.56 %)C#
34 (11.11 %)SQL
43 (8.333 %)C++
51 (2.778 %)PL/SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (22.22 %)CCIE
18 (22.22 %)CCNP
18 (22.22 %)CCNA
18 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
18 (22.22 %)CCSA
18 (22.22 %)CCSE
25 (13.89 %)Sun Certification
31 (2.778 %)ITIL Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (25.00 %)Active Directory
25 (13.89 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (11.11 %)NetBackup
43 (8.333 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (5.556 %)MetaFrame
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.778 %)SCCM
11 (2.778 %)SCOM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (36.11 %)VMware
28 (22.22 %)Blue Coat
28 (22.22 %)Cisco
28 (22.22 %)Nokia
28 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
35 (13.89 %)Microsoft
35 (13.89 %)Citrix
44 (11.11 %)Sun
44 (11.11 %)Oracle
53 (8.333 %)Sybase
53 (8.333 %)Infragistics
61 (2.778 %)Business Objects
61 (2.778 %)HP