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The table below looks at the demand for Fat Client skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Fat Client over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFat Client
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank89119
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.843 %1.259 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£312
% change on same period last year+14.83 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00-
Average hourly rate£16.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.17£30.86
% change on same period last year-44.34 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads217397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.349 %0.426 %
Daily rates quoted5180
Average minimum daily rate£276£346
Average daily rate£287£366
% change on same period last year-21.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£299£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£345
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted2344
Average minimum hourly rate£21.79£16.85
Average hourly rate£23.27£17.74
% change on same period last year+31.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.75£18.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.41£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Fat Client UKFat Client
UK

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.

Fat Client
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Fat Client
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 2 December 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.

LocationRank 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
EdinburghUp+254--
Fat Client UKFat Client
UK

Fat Client
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)Thin Client
25 (83.33 %)Citrix
33 (50.00 %)Finance
33 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
42 (33.33 %)Windows XP
51 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
51 (16.67 %)VPN
51 (16.67 %)Microsoft
51 (16.67 %)Active Directory
51 (16.67 %)Lotus Notes
51 (16.67 %)MS Access
51 (16.67 %)Oracle
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server
51 (16.67 %)Lotus
51 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (16.67 %)Internet
51 (16.67 %)IMAP
51 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (16.67 %)Clustering

Fat Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)Lotus Notes
11 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)VPN
11 (16.67 %)Internet
11 (16.67 %)IMAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
11 (16.67 %)MS Access
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Finance
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Desktop Support
21 (16.67 %)Consultant
21 (16.67 %)Support Consultant
21 (16.67 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Windows Administrator
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (100.00 %)Thin Client
21 (16.67 %)Clustering
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
32 (33.33 %)Windows XP
41 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)Citrix
21 (16.67 %)Lotus
21 (16.67 %)Oracle
21 (16.67 %)Microsoft