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The table below looks at the demand for Fat Client skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Fat Client over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFat Client
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank445495
Rank change on same period last yearUp+50
Matching contract IT job ads88127
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.140 %0.135 %
As % of the category below0.665 %0.665 %
Daily rates quoted3048
Average minimum daily rate£360£343
Average daily rate£379£364
% change on same period last year+4.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£398£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£312
% change on same period last year+14.56 %
Hourly rates quoted1414
Average minimum hourly rate£15.81£23.71
Average hourly rate£17.86£25.04
% change on same period last year-28.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.91£26.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.17£30.86
% change on same period last year-44.34 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1323619101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.99 %20.33 %
Daily rates quoted48416806
Average minimum daily rate£411£463
Average daily rate£443£496
% change on same period last year-10.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£475£529
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted11331482
Average minimum hourly rate£23.69£23.23
Average hourly rate£25.48£25.21
% change on same period last year+1.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.27£27.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£25.42
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Fat Client UKFat Client
UK

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.

Fat Client
Demand Trend

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

England Fat Client Demand Trend

Fat Client
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Fat Client Daily Rate Trend

Fat Client
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fat Client across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Fat Client Daily Rate Histogram

Fat Client
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Fat Client Hourly Rate Trend

Fat Client
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fat Client across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Fat Client Hourly Rate Histogram

Fat Client
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fat Client within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
South EastUp+5823£412+29.57 %
LondonUp+5821£423+4.03 %
South WestUp+3518£173-
East MidlandsUp+289£423-
East of EnglandUp+286--
YorkshireUp+395--
MidlandsUp+183--
West MidlandsUp+143£325+160.00 %
North WestUp+141--
Fat Client UKFat Client
UK

Fat Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Fat 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 Fat Client.

1195 (100.00 %)Thin Client
2106 (54.36 %)Windows
371 (36.41 %)Citrix
463 (32.31 %)Microsoft
551 (26.15 %)Active Directory
642 (21.54 %)Cisco
642 (21.54 %)Security Cleared
740 (20.51 %)Windows Server 2003
838 (19.49 %)Windows XP
838 (19.49 %)VMware
931 (15.90 %)Firewall
1029 (14.87 %)Government
1128 (14.36 %)UNIX
1128 (14.36 %)Oracle
1128 (14.36 %)HP
1227 (13.85 %)SC Cleared
1326 (13.33 %)Java
1425 (12.82 %).NET
1425 (12.82 %)MS Exchange
1425 (12.82 %)WAN
1524 (12.31 %)SQL
1524 (12.31 %)VMware Infrastructure
1623 (11.79 %)Linux
1623 (11.79 %)Windows 2000
1722 (11.28 %)LAN
1821 (10.77 %)SQL Server
1920 (10.26 %)Migration
2019 (9.744 %)Middleware
2118 (9.231 %)Microsoft Certification
2118 (9.231 %)ITIL

Fat Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Fat 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 Fat Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (12.82 %).NET
219 (9.744 %)Middleware
315 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
315 (7.692 %)WinForms
414 (7.179 %)XML
512 (6.154 %)J2EE
611 (5.641 %)WPF
611 (5.641 %)WF
710 (5.128 %)WebServices
89 (4.615 %)Servlets
98 (4.103 %)JAX-WS
107 (3.590 %)HTML
107 (3.590 %)JDBC
107 (3.590 %)EJB
116 (3.077 %)Hibernate
116 (3.077 %)Swing
116 (3.077 %)JMS
116 (3.077 %)EJB 3.0
116 (3.077 %)Spring
116 (3.077 %)WebSphere
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (12.82 %)MS Exchange
215 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (3.590 %)Exchange Server 5.5
46 (3.077 %)Exchange Server 2007
46 (3.077 %)JBoss
46 (3.077 %)Tomcat
53 (1.538 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (1.026 %)IIS
62 (1.026 %)SharePoint
62 (1.026 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.513 %)Oracle Workflow
71 (0.513 %)NetWeaver
71 (0.513 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.513 %)Lotus Domino
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (8.205 %)MS Office
116 (8.205 %)MS Excel
21 (0.513 %)MS Visio
21 (0.513 %)CA Clarity
21 (0.513 %)MS Project
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (2.051 %)Summit
21 (0.513 %)Dynamics AX
21 (0.513 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
21 (0.513 %)Oracle EBS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (15.90 %)Firewall
225 (12.82 %)WAN
322 (11.28 %)LAN
417 (8.718 %)DNS
516 (8.205 %)SAN
614 (7.179 %)DHCP
713 (6.667 %)VoIP
812 (6.154 %)VPN
911 (5.641 %)TCP/IP
1010 (5.128 %)Network Security
119 (4.615 %)OSPF
128 (4.103 %)BGP
128 (4.103 %)Cisco IOS
136 (3.077 %)VLAN
136 (3.077 %)LDAP
145 (2.564 %)iSCSI
145 (2.564 %)NetScreen
154 (2.051 %)IP Telephony
163 (1.538 %)Cisco PIX
163 (1.538 %)HTTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (10.77 %)SQL Server
29 (4.615 %)GIS
37 (3.590 %)Datawarehouse
37 (3.590 %)RDBMS
37 (3.590 %)Oracle 10g
46 (3.077 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (3.077 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (2.564 %)Crystal Reports
64 (2.051 %)MS Access
71 (0.513 %)Oracle BI EE
71 (0.513 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.513 %)DB2
71 (0.513 %)TOAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (5.128 %)Oracle Forms
24 (2.051 %)Cactus
33 (1.538 %)JUnit
42 (1.026 %)LoadRunner
42 (1.026 %)MSI
51 (0.513 %)NUnit
51 (0.513 %)TestDirector
51 (0.513 %)SilkPerformer
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (14.87 %)Government
215 (7.692 %)Finance
314 (7.179 %)Construction
48 (4.103 %)Insurance
48 (4.103 %)Telecoms
57 (3.590 %)Banking
57 (3.590 %)Investment Banking
65 (2.564 %)Auditing
74 (2.051 %)Education
83 (1.538 %)Financial Institution
92 (1.026 %)Publishing
101 (0.513 %)Criminal Justice
101 (0.513 %)Health
101 (0.513 %)Legal
101 (0.513 %)Front Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
142 (21.54 %)Architect
222 (11.28 %)Analyst
317 (8.718 %)Developer
416 (8.205 %)Network Engineer
514 (7.179 %)Technical Architect
612 (6.154 %)Security Specialist
711 (5.641 %)Consultant
711 (5.641 %)Support Analyst
711 (5.641 %)Network Specialist
711 (5.641 %)Network Security Specialist
810 (5.128 %)Administrator
810 (5.128 %)C# Developer
99 (4.615 %)Solutions Architect
99 (4.615 %)Senior Developer
99 (4.615 %)Systems Engineer
108 (4.103 %)3rd Line Support
117 (3.590 %)Applications Support
117 (3.590 %)Security Architect
126 (3.077 %)Systems Architect
126 (3.077 %)Infrastructure Architect
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1195 (100.00 %)Thin Client
214 (7.179 %)Credit Risk
312 (6.154 %)N-Tier
47 (3.590 %)Clustering
56 (3.077 %)PKI
65 (2.564 %)Client/Server
65 (2.564 %)Fixed Income
74 (2.051 %)NHS
74 (2.051 %)Video Conferencing
74 (2.051 %)CESG
82 (1.026 %)Data Integration
91 (0.513 %)Equities
91 (0.513 %)Derivative
91 (0.513 %)Mathematics
91 (0.513 %)Computer Science
91 (0.513 %)Smartcard
91 (0.513 %)Blackberry
91 (0.513 %)Management Information System
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1106 (54.36 %)Windows
240 (20.51 %)Windows Server 2003
338 (19.49 %)Windows XP
428 (14.36 %)UNIX
523 (11.79 %)Linux
523 (11.79 %)Windows 2000
614 (7.179 %)Solaris
710 (5.128 %)Windows Vista
85 (2.564 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (1.026 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (1.026 %)Windows NT
92 (1.026 %)NetWare
101 (0.513 %)OpenVMS
101 (0.513 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.513 %)Ubuntu
101 (0.513 %)Windows Mobile
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
142 (21.54 %)Security Cleared
227 (13.85 %)SC Cleared
320 (10.26 %)Migration
418 (9.231 %)ITIL
515 (7.692 %)OO
515 (7.692 %)Disaster Recovery
612 (6.154 %)UML
79 (4.615 %)Network Design
88 (4.103 %)Technical Architecture
88 (4.103 %)Data Migration
97 (3.590 %)DV Cleared
97 (3.590 %)Validation
106 (3.077 %)SOA
106 (3.077 %)Test Scripting
115 (2.564 %)OOD
115 (2.564 %)Operations Management
123 (1.538 %)User Acceptance Testing
123 (1.538 %)Business Continuity
123 (1.538 %)E-Commerce
123 (1.538 %)PRINCE2
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (13.33 %)Java
224 (12.31 %)SQL
316 (8.205 %)C#
48 (4.103 %)VB
56 (3.077 %)C
65 (2.564 %)C++
74 (2.051 %)VBScript
83 (1.538 %)JavaScript
91 (0.513 %)Transact-SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (9.231 %)Microsoft Certification
217 (8.718 %)Cisco Certification
316 (8.205 %)CCNA
49 (4.615 %)CCNP
58 (4.103 %)CCIE
58 (4.103 %)CCSA
58 (4.103 %)CCSE
58 (4.103 %)Degree
67 (3.590 %)MCP
75 (2.564 %)MCSE
75 (2.564 %)MCSA
75 (2.564 %)Citrix Certification
84 (2.051 %)Sun Certification
92 (1.026 %)ISEB
101 (0.513 %)HND
101 (0.513 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.513 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.026 %)SLA
12 (1.026 %)ISO27001
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
151 (26.15 %)Active Directory
224 (12.31 %)VMware Infrastructure
38 (4.103 %)Terminal Services
38 (4.103 %)NetBackup
47 (3.590 %)Terminal Server
47 (3.590 %)Citrix Presentation Server
54 (2.051 %)MetaFrame
63 (1.538 %)VMware ESX
72 (1.026 %)Backup Exec
72 (1.026 %)ISA Server
81 (0.513 %)Xen
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (2.564 %)MOM
15 (2.564 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (1.538 %)OpenView Configuration Management
32 (1.026 %)Tivoli
32 (1.026 %)EMC NetWorker
32 (1.026 %)SCCM
41 (0.513 %)SCOM
41 (0.513 %)OpenView
41 (0.513 %)WSUS
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
171 (36.41 %)Citrix
263 (32.31 %)Microsoft
342 (21.54 %)Cisco
438 (19.49 %)VMware
528 (14.36 %)Oracle
528 (14.36 %)HP
616 (8.205 %)Sun
79 (4.615 %)Novell
88 (4.103 %)Nokia
88 (4.103 %)CheckPoint
88 (4.103 %)Blue Coat
97 (3.590 %)Dell
106 (3.077 %)Wyse
115 (2.564 %)Altiris
115 (2.564 %)Sybase
124 (2.051 %)Infragistics
124 (2.051 %)ProCurve
124 (2.051 %)Kaspersky
133 (1.538 %)Symantec
133 (1.538 %)IBM