The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 24 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 Warwickshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank - 26 26
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire - 0.410% 0.930%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 1.923% 7.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £285
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £333 £350
% change year-on-year
-17.29% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £35.75 £29.75
% change year-on-year
-18.88% +20.16%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
18 52 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 8.696% 21.31% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 30 8
Average daily rate £250 £269 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.97% +19.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 £14.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+124.13% -36.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Client/Server
West Midlands

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Client/Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
2 1 (33.33%) OOD
2 1 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) CGI
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) COM
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) WinForms
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) WPF
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) DevExpress
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 1 (33.33%) CGI
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) COM
1 1 (33.33%) WinForms
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) WCF
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Tester
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Tester
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) OOD
1 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
1 1 (33.33%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) DevExpress