North West Client/Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Client Server skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Client Server
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Blackburn Borehamwood Bournemouth Bradford Brentwood Bristol Burnley Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Cramlington Crawley Darlington Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Folkestone Glasgow Gloucestershire Gwent Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Havant Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Midlands Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	132	125
Rank change on same period last year	-7
Matching contract IT job ads	11	13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	1.211 %	2.385 %
Daily rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£327
Average daily rate	£366	£365
% change on same period last year	+0.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£356
% change on same period last year	-3.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.25	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£14.63	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-51.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.00	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.82	£31.17
% change on same period last year	-10.73 %
Miscellaneous North West
Matching contract IT job ads	908	545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.210 %	0.551 %
Daily rates quoted	179	77
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£285
Average daily rate	£347	£307
% change on same period last year	+13.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£354
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	135	119
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.71	£18.29
Average hourly rate	£17.16	£20.04
% change on same period last year	-14.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.61	£21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£29.20
% change on same period last year	-16.30 %
Client/Server England

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.

Client/Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Client/Server across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Client/Server across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Client/Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-11	3	£388	-
Merseyside	-	3	£375	-
Lancashire	+11	2	-	-
Cheshire	-15	1	-	-

Client/Server England

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (36.84 %) Microsoft 2 6 (31.58 %) Oracle 3 5 (26.32 %) PL/SQL 3 5 (26.32 %) Datawarehouse 4 4 (21.05 %) MS Office 4 4 (21.05 %) SQL 4 4 (21.05 %) WebServices 4 4 (21.05 %) Finance 5 3 (15.79 %) UNIX 5 3 (15.79 %) Windows 5 3 (15.79 %) Internet 5 3 (15.79 %) SOAP 5 3 (15.79 %) MS Excel 5 3 (15.79 %) MS Visio 5 3 (15.79 %) Active Directory

6 2 (10.53 %) BusinessObjects 6 2 (10.53 %) JAX-RPC 6 2 (10.53 %) ETL 6 2 (10.53 %) HTTP 6 2 (10.53 %) WSDL 6 2 (10.53 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 2 (10.53 %) Intranet 6 2 (10.53 %) Terminal Services 6 2 (10.53 %) Citrix 6 2 (10.53 %) Genesys 6 2 (10.53 %) Novell 6 2 (10.53 %) Extranet 6 2 (10.53 %) Mainframe 6 2 (10.53 %) Oracle Forms 6 2 (10.53 %) Oracle Reports

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 4 (21.05 %) WebServices 2 3 (15.79 %) SOAP 3 2 (10.53 %) .NET Framework 3 2 (10.53 %) XML 3 2 (10.53 %) XSL 3 2 (10.53 %) WSDL 3 2 (10.53 %) JAX-RPC 3 2 (10.53 %) HTML 3 2 (10.53 %) .NET 3 2 (10.53 %) J2EE 3 2 (10.53 %) EJB 3 2 (10.53 %) CSS 3 2 (10.53 %) JDBC 4 1 (5.263 %) JSP 4 1 (5.263 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (5.263 %) JSF 4 1 (5.263 %) AJAX 4 1 (5.263 %) MyFaces	Application Platforms 1 1 (5.263 %) IIS 1 1 (5.263 %) ESB
Applications 1 4 (21.05 %) MS Office 2 3 (15.79 %) MS Excel 2 3 (15.79 %) MS Visio 3 2 (10.53 %) MS PowerPoint 3 2 (10.53 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 2 (10.53 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 3 (15.79 %) Internet 2 2 (10.53 %) Extranet 2 2 (10.53 %) HTTP 2 2 (10.53 %) Intranet 3 1 (5.263 %) LDAP 3 1 (5.263 %) CTI 3 1 (5.263 %) TETRA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (26.32 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (10.53 %) ETL 2 2 (10.53 %) Oracle Discoverer 2 2 (10.53 %) BusinessObjects 2 2 (10.53 %) SQL Server 2 2 (10.53 %) Oracle Reports 2 2 (10.53 %) Oracle 9i 2 2 (10.53 %) Oracle OWB 2 2 (10.53 %) BusinessObjects XI 3 1 (5.263 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (5.263 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (5.263 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 2 (10.53 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (5.263 %) ProC 2 1 (5.263 %) JIRA	General 1 4 (21.05 %) Finance 2 1 (5.263 %) Health 2 1 (5.263 %) Banking 2 1 (5.263 %) Retail 2 1 (5.263 %) Insurance 2 1 (5.263 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 4 (21.05 %) Project Manager 2 3 (15.79 %) Software Engineer 2 3 (15.79 %) Developer 3 2 (10.53 %) 1st Line Support 3 2 (10.53 %) Solutions Designer 3 2 (10.53 %) Oracle Developer 3 2 (10.53 %) Database Designer 4 1 (5.263 %) Analyst Programmer 4 1 (5.263 %) Programmer 4 1 (5.263 %) Architect 4 1 (5.263 %) Helpdesk Support 4 1 (5.263 %) Technical Specialist 4 1 (5.263 %) Enterprise Architect 4 1 (5.263 %) Applications Manager 4 1 (5.263 %) Deployment Project Manager 4 1 (5.263 %) Deployment Manager 4 1 (5.263 %) Software Tester 4 1 (5.263 %) Java Developer 4 1 (5.263 %) Analyst 4 1 (5.263 %) Tester	Miscellaneous 1 2 (10.53 %) Mainframe 2 1 (5.263 %) Pocket PC
Operating Systems 1 3 (15.79 %) UNIX 1 3 (15.79 %) Windows 2 2 (10.53 %) VME 3 1 (5.263 %) AIX 3 1 (5.263 %) Windows CE	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (10.53 %) RUP 1 2 (10.53 %) ITIL 1 2 (10.53 %) Systems Analysis 1 2 (10.53 %) Incident Management 1 2 (10.53 %) Web Development 1 2 (10.53 %) Integration Testing 1 2 (10.53 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (10.53 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (5.263 %) Manual Testing 2 1 (5.263 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 1 (5.263 %) Enterprise Architecture 2 1 (5.263 %) OO 2 1 (5.263 %) CRM 2 1 (5.263 %) ERP 2 1 (5.263 %) EAI 2 1 (5.263 %) SOA 2 1 (5.263 %) Project Management 2 1 (5.263 %) Agile Software Development 2 1 (5.263 %) Zachman Framework 2 1 (5.263 %) TOGAF
Programming Languages 1 5 (26.32 %) PL/SQL 2 4 (21.05 %) SQL 3 2 (10.53 %) C# 3 2 (10.53 %) Java 3 2 (10.53 %) VB.NET 4 1 (5.263 %) Shell Script 4 1 (5.263 %) VB6 4 1 (5.263 %) Korn 4 1 (5.263 %) C 4 1 (5.263 %) JavaScript 4 1 (5.263 %) C++ 4 1 (5.263 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (5.263 %) VB	Qualifications 1 1 (5.263 %) ISEB 1 1 (5.263 %) ISTQB
System Software 1 3 (15.79 %) Active Directory 2 2 (10.53 %) Terminal Services	Vendors 1 7 (36.84 %) Microsoft 2 6 (31.58 %) Oracle 3 2 (10.53 %) Business Objects 3 2 (10.53 %) Citrix 3 2 (10.53 %) Genesys 3 2 (10.53 %) Novell 4 1 (5.263 %) Mapinfo 4 1 (5.263 %) Autodesk 4 1 (5.263 %) ESRI 4 1 (5.263 %) Chordiant