South East Client/Server Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Client Server skills within the South East 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Client Server
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedfordshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chorley City of London Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Fleetwood Gatwick Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds Liverpool Livingston London Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Plymouth Portsmouth Potters Bar Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staines Surbiton Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	181	167
Rank change on same period last year	-14
Matching contract IT job ads	50	130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.081 %	0.142 %
As % of the category below	2.982 %	5.532 %
Daily rates quoted	28	30
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£318
Average daily rate	£363	£332
% change on same period last year	+9.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£394	£323
% change on same period last year	+21.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.00	£30.87
Average hourly rate	£23.94	£32.90
% change on same period last year	-27.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.88	£34.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.71	£32.41
% change on same period last year	-20.67 %
Miscellaneous South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1677	2350
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.721 %	2.565 %
Daily rates quoted	457	523
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£326
Average daily rate	£349	£349
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£345
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	237	370
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.52	£26.03
Average hourly rate	£25.03	£27.68
% change on same period last year	-9.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.53	£29.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.75	£25.58
% change on same period last year	+0.65 %
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 South East 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 South East region.

Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Client/Server across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 December 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 South East region.

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Client/Server across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Client/Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 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.

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
Hampshire	+35	22	£460	+109.16 %
Buckinghamshire	+22	15	£315	-3.10 %
Surrey	+7	3	-	-
Middlesex	0	3	£450	-
West Sussex	+11	2	£200	-48.71 %
Oxfordshire	-6	1	-	-

Client/Server England

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 40 (43.01 %) Windows 2 30 (32.26 %) Active Directory 3 27 (29.03 %) Security Cleared 4 22 (23.66 %) SQL 5 21 (22.58 %) Microsoft 6 20 (21.51 %) DNS 6 20 (21.51 %) Oracle 7 17 (18.28 %) Citrix 8 15 (16.13 %) Terminal Server 8 15 (16.13 %) Windows Vista 8 15 (16.13 %) SC Cleared 9 13 (13.98 %) Windows Server 2003 9 13 (13.98 %) UNIX 10 12 (12.90 %) N-Tier 10 12 (12.90 %) Solaris

10 12 (12.90 %) Java 10 12 (12.90 %) TCP/IP 10 12 (12.90 %) Migration 11 11 (11.83 %) Finance 11 11 (11.83 %) Replication 11 11 (11.83 %) Auditing 11 11 (11.83 %) Microsoft Certification 11 11 (11.83 %) C++ 11 11 (11.83 %) .NET 11 11 (11.83 %) Visual Studio 12 10 (10.75 %) Windows 2000 12 10 (10.75 %) MCSE 13 9 (9.677 %) Government 13 9 (9.677 %) JDBC 13 9 (9.677 %) Internet

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 11 (11.83 %) .NET 2 9 (9.677 %) JDBC 3 8 (8.602 %) CSS 3 8 (8.602 %) CORBA 4 6 (6.452 %) XML 5 4 (4.301 %) ASP.NET 5 4 (4.301 %) SOAP 6 3 (3.226 %) HTML 6 3 (3.226 %) XHTML 6 3 (3.226 %) SAX 6 3 (3.226 %) SAML 6 3 (3.226 %) AJAX 6 3 (3.226 %) WebSphere 6 3 (3.226 %) JSR 168 6 3 (3.226 %) JSR 170 7 2 (2.151 %) ASP 7 2 (2.151 %) WebServices 7 2 (2.151 %) ODBC 8 1 (1.075 %) J2EE 8 1 (1.075 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 8 (8.602 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (4.301 %) Apache 3 3 (3.226 %) WPS 4 2 (2.151 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 2 (2.151 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 2 (2.151 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (1.075 %) ESB 5 1 (1.075 %) SharePoint 5 1 (1.075 %) IIS
Applications 1 5 (5.376 %) MS Office 2 4 (4.301 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 7 (7.527 %) SoftGrid 2 2 (2.151 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (1.075 %) Oracle Applications 3 1 (1.075 %) AWD
Communications & Networking 1 20 (21.51 %) DNS 2 12 (12.90 %) TCP/IP 3 9 (9.677 %) Internet 4 4 (4.301 %) DHCP 4 4 (4.301 %) HTTP 4 4 (4.301 %) Wireless 5 3 (3.226 %) 2G 5 3 (3.226 %) LDAP 5 3 (3.226 %) Broadband 5 3 (3.226 %) LAN 5 3 (3.226 %) 3G 6 2 (2.151 %) VPN 6 2 (2.151 %) VoIP 6 2 (2.151 %) WAN 6 2 (2.151 %) Firewall 7 1 (1.075 %) IPsec 7 1 (1.075 %) Fast Ethernet 7 1 (1.075 %) VLAN 7 1 (1.075 %) IMAP 7 1 (1.075 %) GPRS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (6.452 %) SQL Server 2 4 (4.301 %) DB2 3 3 (3.226 %) MS Access 3 3 (3.226 %) DataStage 4 2 (2.151 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (2.151 %) GIS 4 2 (2.151 %) SQL Anywhere 4 2 (2.151 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (2.151 %) Datawarehouse 4 2 (2.151 %) RDBMS 4 2 (2.151 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (2.151 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (1.075 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (1.075 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (1.075 %) ETL 5 1 (1.075 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 11 (11.83 %) Visual Studio 2 8 (8.602 %) Eclipse 3 2 (2.151 %) TestDirector 4 1 (1.075 %) Subversion 4 1 (1.075 %) Dreamweaver 4 1 (1.075 %) Flash	General 1 11 (11.83 %) Finance 1 11 (11.83 %) Auditing 2 9 (9.677 %) Government 3 6 (6.452 %) Telecoms 3 6 (6.452 %) Insurance 4 5 (5.376 %) Health 5 2 (2.151 %) Financial Institution 5 2 (2.151 %) Billing 6 1 (1.075 %) Music 6 1 (1.075 %) Flash Games 6 1 (1.075 %) Online Gambling 6 1 (1.075 %) Electric 6 1 (1.075 %) Games 6 1 (1.075 %) Military 6 1 (1.075 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 19 (20.43 %) Developer 1 19 (20.43 %) Analyst 2 12 (12.90 %) Support Specialist 3 11 (11.83 %) Active Directory Specialist 4 10 (10.75 %) Support Analyst 5 5 (5.376 %) Test Analyst 6 4 (4.301 %) Architect 6 4 (4.301 %) Project Manager 6 4 (4.301 %) 2nd Line Support 6 4 (4.301 %) Systems Developer 6 4 (4.301 %) Messaging Specialist 7 3 (3.226 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst 7 3 (3.226 %) Active Directory Support Analyst 7 3 (3.226 %) Citrix Support 7 3 (3.226 %) Applications Support 7 3 (3.226 %) 3rd Line Support 7 3 (3.226 %) Web Developer 7 3 (3.226 %) Systems Engineer 8 2 (2.151 %) Consultant 8 2 (2.151 %) Technical Architect	Miscellaneous 1 12 (12.90 %) N-Tier 2 11 (11.83 %) Replication 3 4 (4.301 %) Clustering 4 3 (3.226 %) NHS 4 3 (3.226 %) Mainframe 5 2 (2.151 %) Thin Client 5 2 (2.151 %) IPTV 5 2 (2.151 %) Fat Client 6 1 (1.075 %) Computer Science 6 1 (1.075 %) Management Information System 6 1 (1.075 %) AS400 6 1 (1.075 %) CESG 6 1 (1.075 %) Cryptography 6 1 (1.075 %) VAX 6 1 (1.075 %) PKI
Operating Systems 1 40 (43.01 %) Windows 2 15 (16.13 %) Windows Vista 3 13 (13.98 %) UNIX 3 13 (13.98 %) Windows Server 2003 4 12 (12.90 %) Solaris 5 10 (10.75 %) Windows 2000 6 8 (8.602 %) Windows XP 7 5 (5.376 %) MVS 8 4 (4.301 %) AIX 9 3 (3.226 %) Linux 9 3 (3.226 %) Windows NT 10 2 (2.151 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 2 (2.151 %) Windows Mobile 11 1 (1.075 %) Symbian OS 11 1 (1.075 %) VMS 11 1 (1.075 %) OpenVMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (29.03 %) Security Cleared 2 15 (16.13 %) SC Cleared 3 12 (12.90 %) Migration 4 7 (7.527 %) Workflow 5 6 (6.452 %) CRM 6 5 (5.376 %) Change Management 7 4 (4.301 %) E-Commerce 8 3 (3.226 %) PRINCE2 8 3 (3.226 %) Business Intelligence 8 3 (3.226 %) Web Development 8 3 (3.226 %) Operations Management 9 2 (2.151 %) Load Balancing 9 2 (2.151 %) Enterprise Architecture 9 2 (2.151 %) Release Management 9 2 (2.151 %) Business Analysis 9 2 (2.151 %) Project Management 9 2 (2.151 %) ITIL 9 2 (2.151 %) SOA 9 2 (2.151 %) DV Cleared 9 2 (2.151 %) Risk Management
Programming Languages 1 22 (23.66 %) SQL 2 12 (12.90 %) Java 3 11 (11.83 %) C++ 4 8 (8.602 %) Shell Script 5 6 (6.452 %) VB 5 6 (6.452 %) VB.NET 5 6 (6.452 %) C# 6 3 (3.226 %) C 6 3 (3.226 %) Delphi 6 3 (3.226 %) JavaScript 6 3 (3.226 %) Perl 6 3 (3.226 %) VB6 7 2 (2.151 %) VBScript 7 2 (2.151 %) VBA 7 2 (2.151 %) PowerShell 8 1 (1.075 %) DCL 8 1 (1.075 %) ActionScript 8 1 (1.075 %) Transact-SQL 8 1 (1.075 %) PHP 8 1 (1.075 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 11 (11.83 %) Microsoft Certification 2 10 (10.75 %) MCSE 3 9 (9.677 %) Degree 4 7 (7.527 %) Citrix Certification 5 6 (6.452 %) CCA 6 4 (4.301 %) CCNA 6 4 (4.301 %) Cisco Certification 7 2 (2.151 %) ISEB 7 2 (2.151 %) MCP 8 1 (1.075 %) CNE 8 1 (1.075 %) Novell Certification 8 1 (1.075 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.151 %) ISO9001 2 1 (1.075 %) BS7666 2 1 (1.075 %) QA 2 1 (1.075 %) HL7	System Software 1 30 (32.26 %) Active Directory 2 15 (16.13 %) Terminal Server 3 2 (2.151 %) NetBackup 3 2 (2.151 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (2.151 %) Xen 3 2 (2.151 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 5 (5.376 %) CONTROL-M 2 3 (3.226 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 2 (2.151 %) OVOW 3 2 (2.151 %) ServiceCenter 4 1 (1.075 %) SCCM 4 1 (1.075 %) Netcool 4 1 (1.075 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 1 (1.075 %) MOM	Vendors 1 21 (22.58 %) Microsoft 2 20 (21.51 %) Oracle 3 17 (18.28 %) Citrix 4 6 (6.452 %) IBM 5 5 (5.376 %) HP 5 5 (5.376 %) Remedy 5 5 (5.376 %) AppSense 5 5 (5.376 %) Altiris 6 4 (4.301 %) VMware 7 3 (3.226 %) Siebel 8 2 (2.151 %) Sybase 8 2 (2.151 %) Vignette 8 2 (2.151 %) Cisco 8 2 (2.151 %) Sun 8 2 (2.151 %) Symantec 9 1 (1.075 %) Primavera 9 1 (1.075 %) TOWER Software 9 1 (1.075 %) Adobe 9 1 (1.075 %) Symbian 9 1 (1.075 %) Dell