The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fat Client over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Kent 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fat Client
Rank - 35 37
Contract jobs citing Fat Client 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - 0.797% 0.324%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 4.444% 1.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £125 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -58.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.89 £15.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-15.50% +1.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
53 45 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.03% 17.93% 20.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 22
Average daily rate £323 £260 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.03% -0.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £129 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £305
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 12
Average hourly rate £20.85 £10.00 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+108.45% -27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.39 £9.38 £8.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £129.31 £67.50 £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Fat Client
South East

Fat Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Fat Client Jobs Demand Trend

Fat Client
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Fat Client Daily Rate Trend

Fat Client
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Fat Client Hourly Rate Trend