The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fat Client 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 Wales 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
Fat Client
Rank 42 46 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Fat Client 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.243% 0.537% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.190% 2.679% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £250 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+29.23% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £20.50 £22.25
% change year-on-year
-26.82% -7.86%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
84 112 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 20.39% 20.04% 20.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 43 67
Average daily rate £308 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £182 £200 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £518 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £18.21
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -23.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £13.10 £7.96
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £16.10 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
Fat Client
UK

Fat Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Fat Client Jobs Demand Trend

Fat Client
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Fat Client Daily Rate Trend

Fat Client
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Fat Client Hourly Rate Trend

Fat Client
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fat Client within the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
South Wales +3 1 £250 +25.00%
Fat Client
UK

Fat Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Fat 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 Fat Client.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Software Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (33.33%) Cognos
3 1 (33.33%) Cognos Impromptu
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Intel
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) ARCserve

Fat Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Fat 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 Fat Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (33.33%) Cognos Impromptu
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Cognos
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Intel