The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 June 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 West Midlands 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 83 83 91
Rank change year-on-year
0 +8
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 10 21 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.584% 0.940% 0.414%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.049% 5.899% 2.508%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
Average daily rate £525 £285 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+84.21% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £277 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £285 £351
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £345 £350
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £28.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year
+14.03% -25.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
328 356 319
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.17% 15.93% 16.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 161 134
Average daily rate £330 £320 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 37 25
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.75 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £11.50 £9.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.20 £40.00 £45.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Client/Server Hourly Rate Trend

Client/Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham +7 5 £563 - 1
Worcestershire - 1 - -
West Bromwich - - - - 1
Shropshire - - - - 1
Staffordshire - - - - 1
Warwickshire - - - - 3
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) C#
2 7 (38.89%) Visual Studio
2 7 (38.89%) WCF
2 7 (38.89%) Silverlight
3 6 (33.33%) RIA
3 6 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 6 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 6 (33.33%) MSTest
3 6 (33.33%) Moq
3 6 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 6 (33.33%) Managed Extensibility Framework
3 6 (33.33%) Web Services
3 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 6 (33.33%) IIS
3 6 (33.33%) UML
3 6 (33.33%) ESRI
3 6 (33.33%) ArcGIS
4 5 (27.78%) .NET
4 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
5 4 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Internet
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (16.67%) SQL
6 3 (16.67%) Telematics
6 3 (16.67%) Mobile App

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 (38.89%) WCF
1 7 (38.89%) Silverlight
2 6 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 6 (33.33%) Managed Extensibility Framework
2 6 (33.33%) Web Services
3 5 (27.78%) .NET
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
4 2 (11.11%) COM
5 1 (5.556%) WinForms
5 1 (5.556%) CSS
5 1 (5.556%) HTML
5 1 (5.556%) WAP
5 1 (5.556%) CGI
5 1 (5.556%) WPF
5 1 (5.556%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (5.556%) WebGL
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) IIS
1 6 (33.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) Wireless
2 1 (5.556%) Bluetooth
2 1 (5.556%) VoIP
2 1 (5.556%) HTTP
2 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Visual Studio
2 6 (33.33%) MSTest
2 6 (33.33%) Moq
3 4 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (16.67%) Selenium
5 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Blend
General
1 2 (11.11%) Electronics
1 2 (11.11%) Automotive
2 1 (5.556%) Games
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (5.556%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Software Programmer
2 6 (33.33%) C# Programmer
2 6 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Programmer
2 6 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Developer
4 4 (22.22%) .NET Programmer
4 4 (22.22%) C# Software Developer
4 4 (22.22%) .NET Software Developer
4 4 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (22.22%) .NET Software Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) C# Software Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Tester
5 3 (16.67%) Silverlight Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) RPG Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) RIA
2 3 (16.67%) Telematics
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 3 (16.67%) iPhone
3 1 (5.556%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.556%) AS400
3 1 (5.556%) N-Tier
3 1 (5.556%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.556%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (5.556%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 3 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 6 (33.33%) UML
2 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
2 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 3 (16.67%) Manual Testing
2 3 (16.67%) System Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Use Case
4 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.556%) Mobile Commerce
4 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.556%) Regression Testing
4 1 (5.556%) MVC
4 1 (5.556%) OO
4 1 (5.556%) CRM
4 1 (5.556%) ERP
4 1 (5.556%) OOD
4 1 (5.556%) B2B
4 1 (5.556%) B2C
4 1 (5.556%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) C#
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (5.556%) XAML
3 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.556%) RPG
3 1 (5.556%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) ESRI
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.556%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix
3 1 (5.556%) NetApp
3 1 (5.556%) DevExpress
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