The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Thin Client in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Thin Client over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Surrey 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Thin Client
Rank 71 98 -
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -
Contract jobs citing Thin Client 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.527% 0.122% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.410% 0.717% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £308 £348 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.51% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+29.23% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £20.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-26.82% -24.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
249 279 364
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 21.86% 16.95% 19.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 131 205
Average daily rate £400 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.25 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +6.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Thin Client
South East

Thin Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey Thin Client Jobs Demand Trend

Thin Client
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey Thin Client Daily Rate Trend

Thin Client
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey Thin Client Hourly Rate Trend

Thin Client
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Thin Client within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Staines - 1 - -
Thin Client
South East

Thin Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 9 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 8 (88.89%) Citrix
3 7 (77.78%) Windows
3 7 (77.78%) XenApp
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (44.44%) HP
5 4 (44.44%) VMware
6 3 (33.33%) XenServer
6 3 (33.33%) vSphere
7 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
7 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
7 2 (22.22%) Wyse
7 2 (22.22%) AppSense
7 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
7 2 (22.22%) MCSE
7 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
7 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
7 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
8 1 (11.11%) Terminal Services
8 1 (11.11%) Reuters
8 1 (11.11%) Bloomberg
8 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
8 1 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (11.11%) MCSA
8 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
8 1 (11.11%) DHCP
8 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (11.11%) DNS
8 1 (11.11%) SLA

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Citrix Support
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix Support Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Deskside Support
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 1 (11.11%) Linux
4 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
2 1 (11.11%) Release Management
2 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (11.11%) Change Control
2 1 (11.11%) Build Automation
2 1 (11.11%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CCEE
2 1 (11.11%) MCSA
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) XenApp
2 3 (33.33%) XenServer
2 3 (33.33%) vSphere
3 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) Terminal Services
4 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (11.11%) IAG
4 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Citrix
2 4 (44.44%) HP
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) AppSense
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Wyse
4 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 1 (11.11%) Reuters
4 1 (11.11%) Bloomberg
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