The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Thin Client in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Thin Client 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 Hampshire 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
Thin Client
Rank 102 - 103
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Thin Client 2 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.129% - 0.216%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.576% - 1.176%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £170 - £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+29.23% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £20.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-26.82% -24.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
347 304 340
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 22.42% 18.96% 18.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 122 133
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £241 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £540 £456
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 57 66
Average hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -27.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £13.00 £13.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £39.05 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Thin Client
South East

Thin Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Thin Client Daily Rate Trend

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Thin Client Hourly Rate Trend

Thin Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Terminal Services
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) ARCserve
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) Intel
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) CESG
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Business Development
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Clustering
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos Impromptu
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Applications Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (25.00%) Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Terminal Services
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Intel
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle
4 1 (25.00%) Cognos