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The table below looks at the demand for Fat Client skills within the Glasgow 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFat Client
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank51-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.030 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£350
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£8.00-
Average hourly rate£11.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.42£18.69
% change on same period last year-6.80 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads66133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.138 %
Daily rates quoted1740
Average minimum daily rate£373£329
Average daily rate£385£354
% change on same period last year+8.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.48 %
Hourly rates quoted810
Average minimum hourly rate£15.83£13.83
Average hourly rate£17.64£14.75
% change on same period last year+19.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.44£15.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.03£26.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
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Scotland

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 Fat Client across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Glasgow Fat Client Demand Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Fat Client Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Thin Client
12 (100.00 %)Citrix
21 (50.00 %)Lotus
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Clustering
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Administrator
11 (50.00 %)Desktop Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Windows Administrator
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Thin Client
21 (50.00 %)Clustering
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Citrix
21 (50.00 %)Lotus
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft