England Thin Client Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Thin 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 Thin Client over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheltenham City of London Devon Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Lancashire Leeds London Luton Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Poole Preston Reading Redditch Salisbury Scotland South East South Wales South West UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	433	495
Rank change on same period last year	+62
Matching contract IT job ads	86	130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.135 %	0.139 %
As % of the category below	0.649 %	0.685 %
Daily rates quoted	29	52
Average minimum daily rate	£362	£341
Average daily rate	£378	£360
% change on same period last year	+4.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£319
% change on same period last year	+10.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.81	£23.59
Average hourly rate	£17.86	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-28.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.91	£26.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.77	£30.56
% change on same period last year	-45.12 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	13259	18984
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	20.88 %	20.34 %
Daily rates quoted	4895	6778
Average minimum daily rate	£413	£465
Average daily rate	£445	£497
% change on same period last year	-10.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£477	£530
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	1139	1507
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.45	£23.39
Average hourly rate	£25.23	£25.35
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.01	£27.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.46	£25.58
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Thin Client across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Thin Client across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+59	23	£421	+5.00 %
South East	+42	22	£411	+33.95 %
South West	+34	17	£173	-
East Midlands	+11	9	£423	-
East of England	+30	6	-	-
Yorkshire	+29	5	-	-
Midlands	+18	3	-	-
West Midlands	+4	2	£325	+160.00 %
North West	+8	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 199 (100.00 %) Fat Client 2 103 (51.76 %) Windows 3 71 (35.68 %) Citrix 4 61 (30.65 %) Microsoft 5 52 (26.13 %) Active Directory 6 47 (23.62 %) Cisco 7 42 (21.11 %) Security Cleared 8 39 (19.60 %) Windows Server 2003 9 36 (18.09 %) Windows XP 9 36 (18.09 %) Firewall 10 35 (17.59 %) VMware 11 31 (15.58 %) HP 12 30 (15.08 %) Oracle 12 30 (15.08 %) Government 13 28 (14.07 %) UNIX

13 28 (14.07 %) SC Cleared 14 27 (13.57 %) Java 14 27 (13.57 %) SQL 15 26 (13.07 %) .NET 15 26 (13.07 %) MS Exchange 15 26 (13.07 %) WAN 16 23 (11.56 %) LAN 17 22 (11.06 %) Linux 17 22 (11.06 %) Windows 2000 18 21 (10.55 %) Cisco Certification 18 21 (10.55 %) VMware Infrastructure 19 20 (10.05 %) Middleware 19 20 (10.05 %) CCNA 19 20 (10.05 %) Sun 19 20 (10.05 %) SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 26 (13.07 %) .NET 2 20 (10.05 %) Middleware 3 16 (8.040 %) ASP.NET 3 16 (8.040 %) WinForms 4 15 (7.538 %) XML 5 13 (6.533 %) J2EE 6 12 (6.030 %) WPF 6 12 (6.030 %) WF 7 11 (5.528 %) WebServices 8 10 (5.025 %) Servlets 9 9 (4.523 %) JAX-WS 10 8 (4.020 %) JDBC 10 8 (4.020 %) EJB 11 7 (3.518 %) HTML 11 7 (3.518 %) Hibernate 11 7 (3.518 %) Swing 11 7 (3.518 %) JMS 11 7 (3.518 %) EJB 3.0 11 7 (3.518 %) Spring 12 6 (3.015 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 26 (13.07 %) MS Exchange 2 16 (8.040 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 7 (3.518 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 7 (3.518 %) JBoss 3 7 (3.518 %) Tomcat 4 6 (3.015 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 3 (1.508 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 2 (1.005 %) IIS 6 2 (1.005 %) SharePoint 6 2 (1.005 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.503 %) Oracle Workflow 7 1 (0.503 %) NetWeaver 7 1 (0.503 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (0.503 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 16 (8.040 %) MS Excel 2 15 (7.538 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.503 %) MS Project 3 1 (0.503 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.503 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 4 (2.010 %) Summit 2 1 (0.503 %) Dynamics AX 2 1 (0.503 %) JDE EnterpriseOne 2 1 (0.503 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 36 (18.09 %) Firewall 2 26 (13.07 %) WAN 3 23 (11.56 %) LAN 4 19 (9.548 %) SAN 5 17 (8.543 %) DNS 6 14 (7.035 %) DHCP 7 13 (6.533 %) VoIP 8 12 (6.030 %) VPN 9 11 (5.528 %) TCP/IP 9 11 (5.528 %) Network Security 10 10 (5.025 %) OSPF 11 8 (4.020 %) BGP 11 8 (4.020 %) Cisco IOS 12 6 (3.015 %) VLAN 12 6 (3.015 %) LDAP 13 5 (2.513 %) NetScreen 13 5 (2.513 %) iSCSI 14 4 (2.010 %) IP Telephony 15 3 (1.508 %) Cisco PIX 15 3 (1.508 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 20 (10.05 %) SQL Server 2 9 (4.523 %) Oracle 10g 2 9 (4.523 %) GIS 3 8 (4.020 %) Datawarehouse 4 7 (3.518 %) RDBMS 5 6 (3.015 %) SQL Server 2000 5 6 (3.015 %) SQL Server 2005 6 5 (2.513 %) Crystal Reports 7 4 (2.010 %) MS Access 8 3 (1.508 %) Oracle 9i 9 1 (0.503 %) TOAD 9 1 (0.503 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 1 (0.503 %) DB2 9 1 (0.503 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 9 1 (0.503 %) Oracle BI EE 9 1 (0.503 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 13 (6.533 %) Oracle Forms 2 4 (2.010 %) Cactus 3 3 (1.508 %) JUnit 4 2 (1.005 %) LoadRunner 4 2 (1.005 %) MSI 5 1 (0.503 %) NUnit 5 1 (0.503 %) TestDirector 5 1 (0.503 %) SilkPerformer	General 1 30 (15.08 %) Government 2 16 (8.040 %) Finance 3 14 (7.035 %) Construction 4 8 (4.020 %) Banking 4 8 (4.020 %) Investment Banking 4 8 (4.020 %) Insurance 5 7 (3.518 %) Telecoms 6 5 (2.513 %) Auditing 7 4 (2.010 %) Education 8 3 (1.508 %) Financial Institution 9 2 (1.005 %) Publishing 10 1 (0.503 %) Criminal Justice 10 1 (0.503 %) Health 10 1 (0.503 %) Legal 10 1 (0.503 %) Front Office
Job Titles 1 43 (21.61 %) Architect 2 22 (11.06 %) Analyst 3 20 (10.05 %) Network Engineer 4 18 (9.045 %) Developer 5 15 (7.538 %) Technical Architect 6 12 (6.030 %) Consultant 7 11 (5.528 %) Support Analyst 7 11 (5.528 %) Security Specialist 7 11 (5.528 %) Network Specialist 7 11 (5.528 %) Network Security Specialist 8 10 (5.025 %) Administrator 8 10 (5.025 %) C# Developer 9 9 (4.523 %) Systems Engineer 9 9 (4.523 %) Senior Developer 10 8 (4.020 %) Solutions Architect 10 8 (4.020 %) 3rd Line Support 11 7 (3.518 %) Applications Support 11 7 (3.518 %) Systems Architect 11 7 (3.518 %) Security Architect 12 6 (3.015 %) Senior C# Developer	Miscellaneous 1 199 (100.00 %) Fat Client 2 16 (8.040 %) Credit Risk 3 13 (6.533 %) N-Tier 4 7 (3.518 %) Clustering 5 6 (3.015 %) PKI 6 5 (2.513 %) Client/Server 6 5 (2.513 %) Fixed Income 7 4 (2.010 %) NHS 7 4 (2.010 %) CESG 7 4 (2.010 %) Video Conferencing 8 2 (1.005 %) Data Integration 9 1 (0.503 %) Derivative 9 1 (0.503 %) Mathematics 9 1 (0.503 %) Computer Science 9 1 (0.503 %) Smartcard 9 1 (0.503 %) Blackberry 9 1 (0.503 %) Management Information System 9 1 (0.503 %) Equities
Operating Systems 1 103 (51.76 %) Windows 2 39 (19.60 %) Windows Server 2003 3 36 (18.09 %) Windows XP 4 28 (14.07 %) UNIX 5 22 (11.06 %) Linux 5 22 (11.06 %) Windows 2000 6 14 (7.035 %) Solaris 7 8 (4.020 %) Windows Vista 8 5 (2.513 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 2 (1.005 %) Red Hat Linux 9 2 (1.005 %) Windows NT 9 2 (1.005 %) NetWare 10 1 (0.503 %) OpenVMS 10 1 (0.503 %) Windows Server 2008 10 1 (0.503 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 42 (21.11 %) Security Cleared 2 28 (14.07 %) SC Cleared 3 20 (10.05 %) Migration 4 18 (9.045 %) ITIL 5 16 (8.040 %) OO 6 15 (7.538 %) Disaster Recovery 7 13 (6.533 %) UML 8 9 (4.523 %) Network Design 9 8 (4.020 %) Technical Architecture 9 8 (4.020 %) Data Migration 10 7 (3.518 %) Validation 11 6 (3.015 %) SOA 11 6 (3.015 %) Test Scripting 11 6 (3.015 %) DV Cleared 12 5 (2.513 %) OOD 12 5 (2.513 %) Operations Management 13 3 (1.508 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 3 (1.508 %) Business Continuity 13 3 (1.508 %) E-Commerce 13 3 (1.508 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 27 (13.57 %) Java 1 27 (13.57 %) SQL 2 17 (8.543 %) C# 3 8 (4.020 %) VB 4 6 (3.015 %) C++ 4 6 (3.015 %) C 5 4 (2.010 %) VBScript 6 3 (1.508 %) JavaScript 7 1 (0.503 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.503 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 21 (10.55 %) Cisco Certification 2 20 (10.05 %) CCNA 3 18 (9.045 %) Microsoft Certification 4 9 (4.523 %) CCNP 5 8 (4.020 %) CCIE 5 8 (4.020 %) CCSA 5 8 (4.020 %) CCSE 5 8 (4.020 %) Degree 6 7 (3.518 %) MCP 7 5 (2.513 %) MCSE 7 5 (2.513 %) MCSA 7 5 (2.513 %) Citrix Certification 8 4 (2.010 %) Sun Certification 9 2 (1.005 %) ISEB 10 1 (0.503 %) HND 10 1 (0.503 %) ITIL Certification 10 1 (0.503 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.005 %) SLA 1 2 (1.005 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 52 (26.13 %) Active Directory 2 21 (10.55 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 8 (4.020 %) Terminal Server 3 8 (4.020 %) Terminal Services 3 8 (4.020 %) NetBackup 4 7 (3.518 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 4 (2.010 %) MetaFrame 6 3 (1.508 %) VMware ESX 7 2 (1.005 %) Backup Exec 7 2 (1.005 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 5 (2.513 %) MOM 1 5 (2.513 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 2 (1.005 %) Tivoli 2 2 (1.005 %) EMC NetWorker 3 1 (0.503 %) SCCM 3 1 (0.503 %) SCOM 3 1 (0.503 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.503 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 71 (35.68 %) Citrix 2 61 (30.65 %) Microsoft 3 47 (23.62 %) Cisco 4 35 (17.59 %) VMware 5 31 (15.58 %) HP 6 30 (15.08 %) Oracle 7 20 (10.05 %) Sun 8 9 (4.523 %) Novell 9 8 (4.020 %) Nokia 9 8 (4.020 %) CheckPoint 9 8 (4.020 %) Blue Coat 10 7 (3.518 %) Dell 11 6 (3.015 %) Sybase 12 5 (2.513 %) Wyse 13 4 (2.010 %) ProCurve 13 4 (2.010 %) Kaspersky 13 4 (2.010 %) Infragistics 13 4 (2.010 %) Altiris 14 3 (1.508 %) IBM 15 2 (1.005 %) Red Hat