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The table below looks at the demand for Client Server skills within the Devon region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClient Server
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1830
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads1418
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.018 %
As % of the category below23.33 %26.87 %
Daily rates quoted96
Average minimum daily rate£278£241
Average daily rate£303£256
% change on same period last year+18.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£270
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£309
% change on same period last year+9.40 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00-
Average hourly rate£21.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.75£32.68
% change on same period last year-27.32 %
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Devon
Matching contract IT job ads6067
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.069 %
Daily rates quoted3612
Average minimum daily rate£309£318
Average daily rate£321£334
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£345
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted810
Average minimum hourly rate£19.14£21.70
Average hourly rate£22.64£26.30
% change on same period last year-13.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.14£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.92£26.40
% change on same period last year-5.60 %
Client/Server South WestClient/Server
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.

Client/Server
Demand Trend

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

Devon Client/Server Demand Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Devon Client/Server Daily Rate Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Devon Client/Server Daily Rate Histogram

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Devon Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Client/Server across the Devon region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Devon Client/Server Hourly Rate Histogram

Client/Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the Devon region over the 3 months to 8 October 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
PlymouthDown-19£303+101.85 %
Client/Server South WestClient/Server
South West

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Client/Server 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 Client/Server.

112 (70.59 %)UNIX
210 (58.82 %)AIX
39 (52.94 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
39 (52.94 %)TCP/IP
47 (41.18 %)Disaster Recovery
55 (29.41 %)Wireless
55 (29.41 %)Telecoms
55 (29.41 %)IPTV
55 (29.41 %)RDBMS
55 (29.41 %)Broadband
55 (29.41 %)VoIP
55 (29.41 %)Windows
55 (29.41 %)ASP
55 (29.41 %)SQL
64 (23.53 %)C
64 (23.53 %)FTP
64 (23.53 %)HTTP
64 (23.53 %)NFS
64 (23.53 %)SLA
64 (23.53 %)IBM
64 (23.53 %)SAN
64 (23.53 %)HACMP
64 (23.53 %)Samba
64 (23.53 %)Change Management
73 (17.65 %)Oracle RMAN
73 (17.65 %)Workflow
73 (17.65 %)BMC PATROL
73 (17.65 %)Shell Script
73 (17.65 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
73 (17.65 %)BMC

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Client/Server 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 Client/Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (29.41 %)ASP
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (52.94 %)TCP/IP
25 (29.41 %)Wireless
25 (29.41 %)Broadband
25 (29.41 %)VoIP
34 (23.53 %)FTP
34 (23.53 %)HTTP
34 (23.53 %)SAN
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (29.41 %)RDBMS
23 (17.65 %)Oracle 9i
32 (11.76 %)SQL Server
32 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (29.41 %)Telecoms
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (52.94 %)Administrator
19 (52.94 %)Systems Administrator
24 (23.53 %)Developer
33 (17.65 %)Field Engineer
33 (17.65 %)DBA
33 (17.65 %)Applications Support
42 (11.76 %)Support Engineer
42 (11.76 %)Software Support Engineer
42 (11.76 %)Sage Consultant
42 (11.76 %)Consultant
42 (11.76 %)Software Developer
42 (11.76 %)Software Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Senior Systems Administrator
51 (5.882 %)CRM Consultant
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)IPTV
24 (23.53 %)HACMP
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (70.59 %)UNIX
210 (58.82 %)AIX
35 (29.41 %)Windows
42 (11.76 %)Solaris
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)Disaster Recovery
24 (23.53 %)Change Management
33 (17.65 %)Workflow
33 (17.65 %)ITIL
33 (17.65 %)CRM
33 (17.65 %)Data Modelling
42 (11.76 %)Migration
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (29.41 %)SQL
24 (23.53 %)C
33 (17.65 %)PL/SQL
33 (17.65 %)Shell Script
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (23.53 %)SLA
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (23.53 %)NFS
14 (23.53 %)Samba
23 (17.65 %)Oracle RMAN
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (52.94 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (17.65 %)BMC PATROL
23 (17.65 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (23.53 %)IBM
23 (17.65 %)Sun
23 (17.65 %)BMC
23 (17.65 %)Sage
23 (17.65 %)Oracle