The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 20 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 Swindon 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 1.792% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £563 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £45.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
-35.55% +52.54%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
50 68 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 17.92% 18.84% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 45 16
Average daily rate £433 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.12% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £263 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £525 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
Average hourly rate £13.00 £24.25 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.39% -21.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £16.00 £23.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £32.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
Client/Server
Wiltshire

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon Client/Server Jobs Demand Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swindon Client/Server Daily Rate Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Client/Server across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Swindon Client/Server Daily Rate Histogram

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 7 (87.50%) WCF
2 7 (87.50%) Silverlight
2 7 (87.50%) RIA
2 7 (87.50%) Unit Testing
2 7 (87.50%) ESRI
2 7 (87.50%) ArcGIS
2 7 (87.50%) IIS
2 7 (87.50%) Web Services
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) UML
2 7 (87.50%) DV Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
2 7 (87.50%) MSTest
2 7 (87.50%) Moq
2 7 (87.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 7 (87.50%) Managed Extensibility Framework
3 6 (75.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (75.00%) .NET
4 5 (62.50%) .NET Framework
5 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 7 (87.50%) Web Services
1 7 (87.50%) WCF
1 7 (87.50%) Silverlight
1 7 (87.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 7 (87.50%) Managed Extensibility Framework
2 6 (75.00%) .NET
3 5 (62.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (12.50%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) IIS
1 7 (87.50%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 7 (87.50%) MSTest
2 7 (87.50%) Moq
3 6 (75.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (87.50%) Software Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Programmer
2 7 (87.50%) C# Developer
2 7 (87.50%) Software Programmer
2 7 (87.50%) C# Programmer
3 5 (62.50%) C# .NET Developer
3 5 (62.50%) .NET Programmer
3 5 (62.50%) .NET Developer
4 2 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Silverlight Developer
4 2 (25.00%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) RIA
2 1 (12.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) UML
1 7 (87.50%) Unit Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) DV Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) ESRI
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft