The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Thin Client 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 Thin Client over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Thin Client
Rank 86 97 87
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -10
Contract jobs citing Thin Client 11 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.656% 0.264% 0.570%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.438% 1.648% 3.427%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
Average daily rate £350 £273 £302
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.44% -9.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £235 £144
10% offered a daily rate of more than £361 £311 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £11.26 - £13.25
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.61 - £11.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.25 - £14.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.89 £15.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-15.50% +1.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
320 364 321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.07% 16.03% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 164 135
Average daily rate £333 £320 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.90% +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 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 37 27
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.75 £20.01
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +18.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £11.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.20 £40.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Thin Client
England

Thin Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Thin Client Jobs Demand Trend

Thin Client
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Thin Client Daily Rate Trend

Thin Client
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Thin Client across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands Thin Client Daily Rate Histogram

Thin Client
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Thin Client Hourly Rate Trend

Thin Client
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Thin Client across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands Thin Client Hourly Rate Histogram

Thin Client
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Thin Client within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 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 +9 6 £350 +55.55% 1
Staffordshire - 2 - -
Warwickshire -4 1 £200 -37.50% 1
Worcestershire - - - -
Coventry - - - - 8
Halesowen - - - -
Wednesbury - - - -
Willenhall - - - -
Thin Client
England

Thin Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Thin 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 Thin Client.

1 15 (100.00%) Citrix
1 15 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 7 (46.67%) MS Office
3 6 (40.00%) Windows
3 6 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 6 (40.00%) Migration
4 5 (33.33%) Firewall
4 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 5 (33.33%) Cisco
4 5 (33.33%) XenApp
5 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
5 4 (26.67%) Windows Vista
6 3 (20.00%) WAN
6 3 (20.00%) Project Management
6 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
7 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
8 1 (6.667%) Network Security
8 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
8 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
8 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (6.667%) SQL
8 1 (6.667%) ITIL
8 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
8 1 (6.667%) LAN
8 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (6.667%) Terminal Server
8 1 (6.667%) Terminal Services
8 1 (6.667%) Active Directory

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Thin 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 Thin Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Office
2 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (6.667%) Network Security
3 1 (6.667%) LAN
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Desktop Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Migration Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Service Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.667%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
1 6 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
2 4 (26.67%) Windows Vista
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Migration
2 3 (20.00%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL
4 1 (6.667%) Business Continuity
4 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.667%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (6.667%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) XenApp
2 1 (6.667%) Terminal Server
2 1 (6.667%) Terminal Services
2 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Citrix
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
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