The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 106 102 124
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +22
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 9 27 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.418% 0.916% 0.304%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.891% 4.341% 1.663%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 20 3
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £28.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £45.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
-35.55% +52.54%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
476 622 481
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 22.10% 21.11% 18.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 275 189
Average daily rate £325 £325 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £200 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £466 £445 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 67 70
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.37% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.23 £12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £48.55 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Client/Server Jobs Demand Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Client/Server across the East of England region.

East of England Client/Server Daily Rate Trend

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Client/Server across the East of England region.

East of England Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridgeshire +8 5 - -
Essex -4 2 - -
Suffolk -5 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £325 -
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 9 (32.14%) SQL
1 9 (32.14%) UNIX
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 7 (25.00%) ETL
2 7 (25.00%) ISEB
2 7 (25.00%) Web Services
2 7 (25.00%) C#
2 7 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (21.43%) ISTQB
3 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
3 6 (21.43%) FogBugz
3 6 (21.43%) .NET
3 6 (21.43%) Bugzilla
4 5 (17.86%) NetApp
4 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
4 5 (17.86%) Java
4 5 (17.86%) OO
4 5 (17.86%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (17.86%) Isilon
4 5 (17.86%) QA
5 4 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (14.29%) C
5 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
5 4 (14.29%) Linux
6 3 (10.71%) UML
6 3 (10.71%) C++
6 3 (10.71%) Oracle

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
1 7 (25.00%) Web Services
2 6 (21.43%) .NET
3 3 (10.71%) .NET Framework
4 2 (7.143%) Hibernate
4 2 (7.143%) Spring
4 2 (7.143%) SOAP
4 2 (7.143%) XML
5 1 (3.571%) JavaBeans
5 1 (3.571%) Middleware
5 1 (3.571%) STL
5 1 (3.571%) J2EE
5 1 (3.571%) CSS
5 1 (3.571%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (3.571%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) Apache Pig
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) HTTP
1 1 (3.571%) SNMP
1 1 (3.571%) CTI
1 1 (3.571%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.143%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (7.143%) Hadoop
3 2 (7.143%) CouchDB
3 2 (7.143%) Apache Hive
3 2 (7.143%) MongoDB
3 2 (7.143%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (7.143%) MS Access
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (3.571%) RDBMS
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Bugzilla
1 6 (21.43%) FogBugz
2 4 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
3 3 (10.71%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (3.571%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (3.571%) ProC
4 1 (3.571%) MSI
4 1 (3.571%) AdminStudio
4 1 (3.571%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (3.571%) Selenium
General
1 1 (3.571%) Aerospace
1 1 (3.571%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) Test Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Systems Administrator
3 5 (17.86%) Administrator
4 4 (14.29%) Tester
4 4 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Developer
4 4 (14.29%) QA Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Database Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle Forms Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Java Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Implementation Specialist
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Database Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Database Architect
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Database Architect
6 1 (3.571%) Non-Functional Tester
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Mainframe
1 2 (7.143%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.571%) PACS
2 1 (3.571%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.571%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) UNIX
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 4 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (3.571%) Windows XP
3 1 (3.571%) Android
3 1 (3.571%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) ETL
1 7 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
3 5 (17.86%) OO
4 4 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
4 4 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
5 3 (10.71%) UML
6 2 (7.143%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.143%) OOD
6 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 2 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.143%) Release Management
6 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (3.571%) Software Architecture
7 1 (3.571%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.571%) Functional Testing
7 1 (3.571%) Non-Functional Testing
7 1 (3.571%) Software Testing
7 1 (3.571%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) SQL
2 7 (25.00%) C#
3 5 (17.86%) Java
4 4 (14.29%) C
5 3 (10.71%) C++
6 2 (7.143%) Python
6 2 (7.143%) Shell Script
7 1 (3.571%) VBScript
7 1 (3.571%) VB.NET
7 1 (3.571%) Delphi
7 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.571%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) ISEB
2 6 (21.43%) ISTQB
2 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) QA
2 1 (3.571%) DICOM
2 1 (3.571%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) SCCM
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) NetApp
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
1 5 (17.86%) Isilon
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 2 (7.143%) Perforce
4 1 (3.571%) VMware
4 1 (3.571%) Brio
4 1 (3.571%) Lagan
4 1 (3.571%) Hyperion