The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 18 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 Reading 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 70 81 77
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -4
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.114% 0.174% 0.099%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.457% 1.000% 0.529%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £365 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £281 £340 £350
% change year-on-year
-17.27% -2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £28.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -25.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
219 200 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 25.03% 17.38% 18.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 85 83
Average daily rate £400 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £235 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £521 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 8
Average hourly rate £18.50 £15.58 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.78% +7.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.57 £11.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.25 £16.50 £21.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Client/Server
Berkshire

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Automation Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (22.22%) B2B
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
5 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
5 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
5 2 (22.22%) CDMA
5 2 (22.22%) GPRS
5 2 (22.22%) GSM
5 2 (22.22%) UMTS
5 2 (22.22%) J2EE
5 2 (22.22%) Web Services
5 2 (22.22%) C#
5 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
5 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (22.22%) Stress Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Automated Testing
5 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (22.22%) BSS
5 2 (22.22%) Release Management
5 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 (55.56%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) J2EE
2 2 (22.22%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
1 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) CDMA
1 2 (22.22%) GPRS
1 2 (22.22%) GSM
1 2 (22.22%) UMTS
1 2 (22.22%) BSS
2 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Tester
2 2 (22.22%) OSS Architect
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
2 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
1 4 (44.44%) Automation Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
3 2 (22.22%) B2B
3 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Automated Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Release Management
3 2 (22.22%) Stress Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Security Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) SIEM
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Intel
2 1 (11.11%) Qualys