The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 17 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 West Sussex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 39 54 48
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -6
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 2 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.518% 0.632% 0.899%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.985% 3.883% 4.301%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £258 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £45.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
-35.55% +52.54%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
67 103 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 17.36% 16.27% 20.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 53 42
Average daily rate £380 £319 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.21% -20.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £275 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £475 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 7
Average hourly rate £21.75 £26.00 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.34% +19.32%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Client/Server
South East

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Crawley - 2 - -
Client/Server
South East

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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%) Apache
1 2 (66.67%) Tomcat
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) DataPower
2 1 (33.33%) iSeries
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Ab Initio
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) VMware ESX
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (33.33%) ESB
2 1 (33.33%) AWD
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) DB2
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Apache
1 2 (66.67%) Tomcat
2 1 (33.33%) MQSeries
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (33.33%) ESB
2 1 (33.33%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) AWD
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) WinRunner
1 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
1 1 (33.33%) DataPower
1 1 (33.33%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) OS/400
1 1 (33.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) OOP
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) SOA
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESX
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) BMC
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) Ab Initio
2 1 (33.33%) VMware