The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Thin Client 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 Thin Client over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Thin Client
Rank 107 128 115
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -13
Contract jobs citing Thin Client 7 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.327% 0.135% 0.454%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.449% 0.645% 2.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 6
Average daily rate £413 - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £416 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
+23.33% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.51 £20.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-29.21% -24.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
483 620 484
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 22.58% 20.98% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 273 189
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £200 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 66 67
Average hourly rate £32.50 £29.00 £25.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Thin Client
England

Thin Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Thin Client Daily Rate Trend

Thin Client
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Thin Client across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Thin Client Daily Rate Histogram

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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Essex 0 5 £413 -
Bedfordshire - 2 £290 -
Thin Client
England

Thin Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 20 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 18 (90.00%) Citrix
3 14 (70.00%) VMware
4 11 (55.00%) Cisco
5 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (40.00%) Change Control
6 8 (40.00%) Windows
6 8 (40.00%) SLA
7 7 (35.00%) ITIL
7 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
7 7 (35.00%) Build Automation
7 7 (35.00%) XenApp
7 7 (35.00%) Capacity Planning
7 7 (35.00%) Release Management
7 7 (35.00%) Network Security
7 7 (35.00%) Load Balancing
8 6 (30.00%) Blue Coat
8 6 (30.00%) ProxySG
8 6 (30.00%) CCSE
8 6 (30.00%) PowerShell
8 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (30.00%) F5
8 6 (30.00%) HP
8 6 (30.00%) CCNP
8 6 (30.00%) CheckPoint
8 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (30.00%) Juniper
8 6 (30.00%) Project Management
8 6 (30.00%) Firewall

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 Development
1 1 (5.000%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.000%) IIS
2 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Network Security
2 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (30.00%) Firewall
3 5 (25.00%) NetScreen
3 5 (25.00%) OSPF
3 5 (25.00%) DNS
3 5 (25.00%) DHCP
3 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (25.00%) VoIP
3 5 (25.00%) DMVPN
3 5 (25.00%) BIG-IP
3 5 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (25.00%) IP Telephony
4 2 (10.00%) NAS
4 2 (10.00%) SAN
5 1 (5.000%) Internet
5 1 (5.000%) MPLS
5 1 (5.000%) IPsec
5 1 (5.000%) WAN
5 1 (5.000%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.000%) Finance
1 1 (5.000%) Front Office
1 1 (5.000%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 5 (25.00%) Network Specialist
1 5 (25.00%) Network Security Specialist
1 5 (25.00%) Security Specialist
1 5 (25.00%) E-Commerce Specialist
2 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (5.000%) Consultant
3 1 (5.000%) Rollout Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) Citrix Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) Citrix Support
Miscellaneous
1 20 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.000%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (5.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Linux
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Change Control
2 7 (35.00%) ITIL
2 7 (35.00%) Build Automation
2 7 (35.00%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (35.00%) Release Management
2 7 (35.00%) Load Balancing
3 6 (30.00%) Project Management
4 5 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (15.00%) Programme Office Management
7 1 (5.000%) PRINCE
7 1 (5.000%) Change Management
7 1 (5.000%) Migration
7 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.000%) Security Architecture
7 1 (5.000%) Information Governance
7 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity
7 1 (5.000%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (25.00%) C
3 1 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) CCSE
1 6 (30.00%) CCNP
1 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (25.00%) CCIE
3 4 (20.00%) MCSE
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (15.00%) CCEE
5 1 (5.000%) CCNA
5 1 (5.000%) CCA
5 1 (5.000%) CCSP
5 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.000%) CCSA
5 1 (5.000%) JNCIA
5 1 (5.000%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) SLA
2 3 (15.00%) TickIT
2 3 (15.00%) ISO 9001
2 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (35.00%) XenApp
3 6 (30.00%) ProxySG
4 5 (25.00%) XenDesktop
5 4 (20.00%) vSphere
5 4 (20.00%) XenServer
5 4 (20.00%) Hyper-V
6 3 (15.00%) IAG
7 1 (5.000%) MetaFrame
7 1 (5.000%) NFS
7 1 (5.000%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (5.000%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 5 (25.00%) SCOM
2 2 (10.00%) SCCM
3 1 (5.000%) SCVMM
3 1 (5.000%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (5.000%) NetBackup
3 1 (5.000%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) Citrix
2 14 (70.00%) VMware
3 11 (55.00%) Cisco
4 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (30.00%) Blue Coat
5 6 (30.00%) F5
5 6 (30.00%) HP
5 6 (30.00%) CheckPoint
5 6 (30.00%) Juniper
6 5 (25.00%) Wyse
6 5 (25.00%) Infoblox
6 5 (25.00%) Imperva
6 5 (25.00%) AppSense
7 2 (10.00%) Lotus
8 1 (5.000%) NetApp
8 1 (5.000%) Veritas
8 1 (5.000%) Symantec
8 1 (5.000%) SAP
8 1 (5.000%) Oracle
8 1 (5.000%) EMC