The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Client/Server 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 Luton 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
Client Server
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £45.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
-35.55% +52.54%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
18 13 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 24.00% 19.40% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 2
Average daily rate £350 £350 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -41.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £12.42 £20.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.41% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Client/Server
Bedfordshire

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton Client/Server Jobs Demand Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Luton Client/Server Daily Rate Trend

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Luton Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton region citing Client/Server 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 Client/Server.

1 6 (75.00%) SQL
1 6 (75.00%) ISEB
1 6 (75.00%) Bugzilla
1 6 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 6 (75.00%) Test Scripting
1 6 (75.00%) FogBugz
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (62.50%) ETL
2 5 (62.50%) Web Services
3 4 (50.00%) QA
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) UML
4 2 (25.00%) OO
4 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
5 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
5 1 (12.50%) Degree

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton region citing Client/Server 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 Client/Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (62.50%) Web Services
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Bugzilla
1 6 (75.00%) FogBugz
2 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Test Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) QA Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) ETL
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) UML
4 2 (25.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) ISEB
1 6 (75.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft