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

LinkClient Server
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank282259
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching contract IT job ads373535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.492 %0.567 %
As % of the category below2.253 %2.554 %
Daily rates quoted126122
Average minimum daily rate£383£402
Average daily rate£402£421
% change on same period last year-4.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£441
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£363
% change on same period last year-3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted3346
Average minimum hourly rate£27.54£26.45
Average hourly rate£29.59£28.42
% change on same period last year+4.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.63£30.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.50£28.29
% change on same period last year+4.27 %
Miscellaneous UKMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1655620948
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.83 %22.22 %
Daily rates quoted59807531
Average minimum daily rate£443£473
Average daily rate£476£508
% change on same period last year-6.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£509£543
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£350
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted13931388
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£26.51
Average hourly rate£24.00£28.29
% change on same period last year-15.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£30.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.27£28.32
% change on same period last year-14.29 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Client/Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Client/Server Demand Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Client/Server within the UK.

Client/Server Daily Rate Trend

Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Client/Server within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Client/Server Daily Rate Histogram

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Client/Server within the UK.

Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Client/Server within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Client/Server Hourly Rate Histogram

Client/Server
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Client/Server within the UK 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.

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
EnglandDown-15351£408-3.34 %
LondonDown-22119£456-3.20 %
South EastUp+1062£331+1.51 %
East of EnglandUp+649£441-1.98 %
South WestDown-1338£346-2.84 %
City of LondonDown-1631£492+8.90 %
EssexUp+428£471-11.35 %
YorkshireUp+2527£313+7.75 %
West YorkshireUp+2125£313+83.82 %
West MidlandsUp+124£283-29.27 %
HampshireUp+922£304-3.96 %
ScotlandUp+2820£250-41.17 %
WiltshireDown-1517£416+25.18 %
LeedsUp+416£313+83.82 %
EdinburghUp+1815£250-41.17 %
North WestDown-1614£366+9.14 %
BerkshireUp+3014£296-4.56 %
SomersetNew entry-11£275-
SuffolkUp+1311£425-
BirminghamUp+2310£168-58.12 %
MidlandsUp+310£275-
North EastUp+1410£450-
SurreyUp+48£325-
TauntonNew entry-8£275-
SwindonDown-158--
PortsmouthNew entry-8£273-
KentUp+177£563+40.62 %
West SussexUp+166£375+114.28 %
Southend-on-SeaNew entry-6£511-
Bury St EdmundsUp+16£425-

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1233 (33.38 %)Windows
2164 (23.50 %)Oracle
3157 (22.49 %).NET
4153 (21.92 %)SQL
5133 (19.05 %)Microsoft
6118 (16.91 %)Finance
7110 (15.76 %)C#
8107 (15.33 %)Unix
9106 (15.19 %)SQL Server
10104 (14.90 %)Java
1196 (13.75 %)XML
1278 (11.17 %)Active Directory
1375 (10.74 %)C++
1466 (9.456 %)MS Office
1563 (9.026 %)Internet
1660 (8.596 %)WebServices
1660 (8.596 %)MS Excel
1757 (8.166 %)Banking
1856 (8.023 %)VB
1952 (7.450 %)VB.NET
2051 (7.307 %)OO
2051 (7.307 %)Security Cleared
2148 (6.877 %)Project Management
2148 (6.877 %)Government
2148 (6.877 %)Migration
2244 (6.304 %)Windows 2000
2343 (6.160 %)J2EE
2442 (6.017 %)Microsoft Certification
2541 (5.874 %)TCP/IP
2541 (5.874 %)ASP.NET

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
1157 (22.49 %).NET
296 (13.75 %)XML
360 (8.596 %)WebServices
443 (6.160 %)J2EE
541 (5.874 %)ASP.NET
634 (4.871 %).NET Framework
726 (3.725 %)WinForms
825 (3.582 %)AJAX
825 (3.582 %)HTML
919 (2.722 %)ASP
1017 (2.436 %)SOAP
1115 (2.149 %)CSS
1214 (2.006 %)STL
1214 (2.006 %)JSF
1312 (1.719 %)WCF
1312 (1.719 %)JSP
1411 (1.576 %)MFC
1411 (1.576 %)Silverlight
1411 (1.576 %)XML Messaging
159 (1.289 %)WPF
Application Platforms
127 (3.868 %)IIS
222 (3.152 %)MQSeries
320 (2.865 %)SharePoint
416 (2.292 %)MS Exchange
515 (2.149 %)WebLogic
515 (2.149 %)BizTalk Server
613 (1.862 %)Apache
711 (1.576 %)JBoss
711 (1.576 %)Exchange Server 2003
89 (1.289 %)Tuxedo
89 (1.289 %)Lotus Notes
98 (1.146 %)MTS
107 (1.003 %)SharePoint Portal Server
115 (0.716 %)Oracle Application Server
115 (0.716 %)Tomcat
124 (0.573 %)WebSphere MQ
124 (0.573 %)Exchange Server 2000
133 (0.430 %)CMS
133 (0.430 %)Rendezvous
133 (0.430 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
166 (9.456 %)MS Office
260 (8.596 %)MS Excel
327 (3.868 %)MS Visio
415 (2.149 %)MS Project
54 (0.573 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.573 %)InfoPath
62 (0.287 %)MATLAB
71 (0.143 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.143 %)Photoshop
71 (0.143 %)Fireworks
Business Applications
19 (1.289 %)Teamcenter
27 (1.003 %)SoftGrid
36 (0.860 %)Oracle 11i
43 (0.430 %)Microsoft CRM
43 (0.430 %)Staffware
43 (0.430 %)MarketView
43 (0.430 %)assyst
43 (0.430 %)Dynamics CRM
43 (0.430 %)SAP xMII
52 (0.287 %)Summit
52 (0.287 %)Oracle Applications
61 (0.143 %)MAXIMO
61 (0.143 %)SAP R/3
61 (0.143 %)Temenos Globus
61 (0.143 %)FRONT ARENA
61 (0.143 %)SimCorp Dimension
61 (0.143 %)Thomson PORTIA
61 (0.143 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
61 (0.143 %)AWD
61 (0.143 %)Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
163 (9.026 %)Internet
241 (5.874 %)TCP/IP
327 (3.868 %)LAN
425 (3.582 %)WAN
519 (2.722 %)SAN
617 (2.436 %)Intranet
617 (2.436 %)Wireless
716 (2.292 %)Firewall
815 (2.149 %)TETRA
914 (2.006 %)CTI
1013 (1.862 %)HTTP
1111 (1.576 %)DNS
129 (1.289 %)Extranet
138 (1.146 %)DHCP
138 (1.146 %)Ethernet
145 (0.716 %)LDAP
154 (0.573 %)PBX
154 (0.573 %)PSTN
154 (0.573 %)VoIP
154 (0.573 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1106 (15.19 %)SQL Server
232 (4.585 %)SQL Server 2000
326 (3.725 %)SQL Server 2005
326 (3.725 %)Oracle 9i
422 (3.152 %)RDBMS
518 (2.579 %)MySQL
616 (2.292 %)Datawarehouse
715 (2.149 %)Crystal Reports
813 (1.862 %)DB2
911 (1.576 %)Oracle 10g
911 (1.576 %)Ingres
1010 (1.433 %)BusinessObjects
1010 (1.433 %)MS Access
1010 (1.433 %)SQL Server 7
119 (1.289 %)GIS
119 (1.289 %)Oracle Reports
128 (1.146 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
137 (1.003 %)ETL
145 (0.716 %)Oracle Discoverer
154 (0.573 %)DataStage
Development Applications
126 (3.725 %)TestDirector
220 (2.865 %)Oracle Forms
318 (2.579 %)Visual Studio
417 (2.436 %)Eclipse
417 (2.436 %)VSS/SourceSafe
514 (2.006 %)Subversion
612 (1.719 %)WinRunner
711 (1.576 %)Ant
810 (1.433 %)LoadRunner
99 (1.289 %)QuickTest Pro
99 (1.289 %)JUnit
108 (1.146 %)PowerBuilder
117 (1.003 %)PVCS
124 (0.573 %)Dreamweaver
124 (0.573 %)Log4j
124 (0.573 %)FitNesse
133 (0.430 %)QARun
133 (0.430 %)ClearQuest
133 (0.430 %)ARTiSAN
142 (0.287 %)MSI
General
1118 (16.91 %)Finance
257 (8.166 %)Banking
348 (6.877 %)Government
434 (4.871 %)Investment Banking
531 (4.441 %)Insurance
628 (4.011 %)Front Office
724 (3.438 %)Pensions
818 (2.579 %)Back Office
914 (2.006 %)Manufacturing
1013 (1.862 %)Health
1013 (1.862 %)Military
1112 (1.719 %)Publishing
1112 (1.719 %)Billing
128 (1.146 %)Telecoms
137 (1.003 %)Pharmaceutical
137 (1.003 %)Financial Institution
137 (1.003 %)Retail
146 (0.860 %)Advertising
155 (0.716 %)Automotive
164 (0.573 %)Education
Job Titles
1229 (32.81 %)Developer
2130 (18.62 %)Analyst
355 (7.880 %)Project Manager
446 (6.590 %)C# Developer
537 (5.301 %).NET Developer
635 (5.014 %)Business Analyst
734 (4.871 %)Java Developer
832 (4.585 %)Architect
924 (3.438 %)Software Engineer
1023 (3.295 %)Test Analyst
1121 (3.009 %)Systems Analyst
1121 (3.009 %)Consultant
1220 (2.865 %)Tester
1220 (2.865 %)Administrator
1319 (2.722 %)Oracle Developer
1417 (2.436 %)Support Analyst
1417 (2.436 %)Senior Developer
1515 (2.149 %)Programmer
1515 (2.149 %)C++ Developer
1515 (2.149 %)Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
133 (4.728 %)N-Tier
133 (4.728 %)Mainframe
228 (4.011 %)Fixed Income
319 (2.722 %)Thin Client
319 (2.722 %)Fat Client
417 (2.436 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
417 (2.436 %)Equities
513 (1.862 %)Derivative
610 (1.433 %)Asset Management
79 (1.289 %)IBM Mainframe
88 (1.146 %)NHS
97 (1.003 %)Handset
106 (0.860 %)AS400
106 (0.860 %)PKI
106 (0.860 %)Computer Science
115 (0.716 %)RIA
115 (0.716 %)Multithreading
115 (0.716 %)Web 2.0
124 (0.573 %)CESG
124 (0.573 %)Tandem
Operating Systems
1233 (33.38 %)Windows
2107 (15.33 %)Unix
344 (6.304 %)Windows 2000
439 (5.587 %)Windows NT
529 (4.155 %)Linux
627 (3.868 %)Windows XP
726 (3.725 %)Solaris
822 (3.152 %)Windows Server 2003
913 (1.862 %)Mac OS X
108 (1.146 %)AIX
116 (0.860 %)Windows Mobile
125 (0.716 %)Symbian OS
134 (0.573 %)NetWare
143 (0.430 %)OS/390
143 (0.430 %)HPUX
152 (0.287 %)VMS
152 (0.287 %)VME
161 (0.143 %)SUSE
161 (0.143 %)OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
151 (7.307 %)OO
151 (7.307 %)Security Cleared
248 (6.877 %)Project Management
248 (6.877 %)Migration
340 (5.731 %)User Acceptance Testing
439 (5.587 %)SC Cleared
538 (5.444 %)UML
637 (5.301 %)PRINCE2
731 (4.441 %)ITIL
829 (4.155 %)E-Commerce
928 (4.011 %)Business Analysis
1025 (3.582 %)Unit Testing
1122 (3.152 %)SOA
1221 (3.009 %)Service Management
1320 (2.865 %)Agile Software Development
1320 (2.865 %)Test Scripting
1418 (2.579 %)Service Delivery
1516 (2.292 %)DSDM
1615 (2.149 %)Workflow
1714 (2.006 %)Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1153 (21.92 %)SQL
2110 (15.76 %)C#
3104 (14.90 %)Java
475 (10.74 %)C++
556 (8.023 %)VB
652 (7.450 %)VB.NET
740 (5.731 %)PL/SQL
829 (4.155 %)C
927 (3.868 %)VB6
1024 (3.438 %)Shell Script
1122 (3.152 %)JavaScript
1220 (2.865 %)VC++
1319 (2.722 %)VBScript
1417 (2.436 %)COBOL
1514 (2.006 %)Korn
1612 (1.719 %)VBA
1612 (1.719 %)Delphi
178 (1.146 %)Perl
187 (1.003 %)DHTML
187 (1.003 %)XQuery
Qualifications
142 (6.017 %)Microsoft Certification
239 (5.587 %)MCSE
324 (3.438 %)ISEB
421 (3.009 %)Degree
519 (2.722 %)Citrix Certification
611 (1.576 %)ACSA
79 (1.289 %)CCA
88 (1.146 %)CCEA
88 (1.146 %)MCP
95 (0.716 %)Cisco Certification
95 (0.716 %)CCNA
104 (0.573 %)MCSA
113 (0.430 %)ITIL Certification
122 (0.287 %)PRINCE2 Certification
122 (0.287 %)HNC
122 (0.287 %)HND
131 (0.143 %)CCNP
131 (0.143 %)A+ Certification
131 (0.143 %)Sun Certification
131 (0.143 %)ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
126 (3.725 %)QA
24 (0.573 %)ISO9001
32 (0.287 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.287 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.143 %)COBIT
41 (0.143 %)SLA
System Software
178 (11.17 %)Active Directory
222 (3.152 %)Terminal Server
312 (1.719 %)Citrix Presentation Server
48 (1.146 %)ISA Server
48 (1.146 %)NetBackup
57 (1.003 %)Oracle RAC
57 (1.003 %)AquaLogic
65 (0.716 %)VMware ESX
74 (0.573 %)Terminal Services
74 (0.573 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (0.287 %)MSMQ
82 (0.287 %)Oracle RMAN
82 (0.287 %)MetaFrame
91 (0.143 %)Backup Exec
91 (0.143 %)Xen
91 (0.143 %)MailMarshal
Systems Management
112 (1.719 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (1.003 %)OpenView
27 (1.003 %)OVSD
33 (0.430 %)HP Data Protector
33 (0.430 %)ZENworks
33 (0.430 %)MAILsweeper
42 (0.287 %)BMC Marimba
51 (0.143 %)ServiceCenter
51 (0.143 %)MOM
Vendors
1164 (23.50 %)Oracle
2133 (19.05 %)Microsoft
339 (5.587 %)Citrix
434 (4.871 %)HP
525 (3.582 %)Sybase
623 (3.295 %)Sun
722 (3.152 %)IBM
819 (2.722 %)BEA
917 (2.436 %)SAP
1016 (2.292 %)Cisco
1113 (1.862 %)Apple
1210 (1.433 %)Business Objects
1210 (1.433 %)VMware
139 (1.289 %)Lotus
148 (1.146 %)Symbian
148 (1.146 %)VERITAS
157 (1.003 %)Sage
157 (1.003 %)AppSense
166 (0.860 %)Brio
175 (0.716 %)Altiris
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