South Wales Thin Client Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Thin Client skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Thin Client over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Cardiff Cheltenham City of London Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hartlepool Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Middlesex Newport North East North Wales Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Salisbury Scotland South East South Wales South West Swindon Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	48	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	6	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	4.286 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum daily rate	£500	-
Average daily rate	£550	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£600	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£411
% change on same period last year	-7.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.77	£21.56
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
Miscellaneous South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	140	85
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.185 %	0.090 %
Daily rates quoted	44	28
Average minimum daily rate	£410	£405
Average daily rate	£458	£429
% change on same period last year	+6.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£506	£453
UK excluding London average daily rate	£362	£350
% change on same period last year	+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.22	£29.00
Average hourly rate	£15.58	£29.00
% change on same period last year	-46.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.93	£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.27	£28.32
% change on same period last year	-14.29 %
Thin Client Wales

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Thin Client across the South Wales region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Thin Client across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Thin Client across the South Wales region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Thin Client within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 4 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
Newport	-	3	£550	-
Cardiff	-	3	-	-

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Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Thin 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 Thin Client.

1 7 (100.00 %) Fat Client 2 6 (85.71 %) Windows XP 2 6 (85.71 %) Windows 3 4 (57.14 %) Government 4 3 (42.86 %) VMware 4 3 (42.86 %) VMware ESX 4 3 (42.86 %) PRINCE2 4 3 (42.86 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 3 (42.86 %) Windows NT 4 3 (42.86 %) Microsoft 4 3 (42.86 %) Citrix 4 3 (42.86 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 3 (42.86 %) SAN 4 3 (42.86 %) Terminal Server 5 2 (28.57 %) Smartcard

6 1 (14.29 %) JavaScript 6 1 (14.29 %) VB.NET 6 1 (14.29 %) .NET 6 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 6 1 (14.29 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (14.29 %) XML 6 1 (14.29 %) XSLT 6 1 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 2000 6 1 (14.29 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (14.29 %) Process Management 6 1 (14.29 %) E-business 6 1 (14.29 %) FileNet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Thin 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 Thin Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (14.29 %) .NET 1 1 (14.29 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (14.29 %) XML 1 1 (14.29 %) XSLT	Communications & Networking 1 3 (42.86 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 1 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 2000	General 1 4 (57.14 %) Government
Job Titles 1 3 (42.86 %) Project Manager 2 2 (28.57 %) Architect 3 1 (14.29 %) Developer 3 1 (14.29 %) Systems Engineer 3 1 (14.29 %) .NET Developer 3 1 (14.29 %) Integration Engineer 3 1 (14.29 %) Systems Integration Engineer 3 1 (14.29 %) Principal Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 7 (100.00 %) Fat Client 2 2 (28.57 %) Smartcard
Operating Systems 1 6 (85.71 %) Windows 1 6 (85.71 %) Windows XP 2 3 (42.86 %) Windows NT 3 1 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (42.86 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (14.29 %) Process Management 2 1 (14.29 %) E-business 2 1 (14.29 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 1 (14.29 %) JavaScript 1 1 (14.29 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 3 (42.86 %) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software 1 3 (42.86 %) Terminal Server 1 3 (42.86 %) VMware ESX 1 3 (42.86 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Vendors 1 3 (42.86 %) Microsoft 1 3 (42.86 %) Citrix 1 3 (42.86 %) VMware 2 1 (14.29 %) FileNet