The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank - 27 35
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 0.376% 0.292%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.326% 1.471%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £333 £350
% change year-on-year
-17.29% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £35.75 £29.75
% change year-on-year
-18.88% +20.16%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
24 43 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 13.95% 16.17% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 12
Average daily rate £475 £313 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.00% -21.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £234 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £459 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 15
Average hourly rate £32.00 £41.25 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.42% +65.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) MSI
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 2 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Application Packaging
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MSI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft