The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 115 105 110
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +5
Contract jobs citing Fat Client 4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.160% 0.149% 0.070%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.686% 0.844% 0.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
Average daily rate £463 £181 £196
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+155.52% -7.77%
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
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
583 474 384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 23.28% 17.63% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 203 162
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £224 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 42 21
Average hourly rate £15.14 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.78% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.27 £12.00 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.20 £32.50 £173.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Fat Client
UK

Fat Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Fat Client Hourly Rate Trend

Fat Client
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fat Client within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh - 1 - - 2
Glasgow - - - -
Aberdeen - - - -
Fat Client
UK

Fat Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Fat Client 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 Fat Client.

1 8 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Oracle
4 4 (50.00%) HP
4 4 (50.00%) VMware
4 4 (50.00%) SAN
4 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) Wyse
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
5 3 (37.50%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 3 (37.50%) Symantec
5 3 (37.50%) McAfee
5 3 (37.50%) Sophos
5 3 (37.50%) Citrix
5 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
5 3 (37.50%) IIS
5 3 (37.50%) Lumension
6 2 (25.00%) Finance
6 2 (25.00%) SQL
6 2 (25.00%) Linux
6 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (12.50%) XenApp
7 1 (12.50%) XenServer
7 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop

Fat Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Fat Client 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 Fat Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) Silverlight
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
1 3 (37.50%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Intranet
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (12.50%) MS Access
3 1 (12.50%) DTS
3 1 (12.50%) MySQL
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Developer
1 1 (12.50%) Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Senior Support Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
5 1 (12.50%) Windows NT
5 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
1 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
1 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
1 1 (12.50%) Project Management
1 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
1 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
1 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
2 1 (12.50%) XenServer
2 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
2 1 (12.50%) MetaFrame
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Terminal Services
2 1 (12.50%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 4 (50.00%) HP
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) Wyse
3 3 (37.50%) Symantec
3 3 (37.50%) McAfee
3 3 (37.50%) Sophos
3 3 (37.50%) Citrix
3 3 (37.50%) Lumension
4 1 (12.50%) Cadis
4 1 (12.50%) Veritas
4 1 (12.50%) AppSense
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