The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fat Client 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 Yorkshire 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
Fat Client
Rank 103 107 97
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -10
Contract jobs citing Fat Client 7 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.377% 0.224% 0.055%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.804% 1.572% 0.273%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
Average daily rate £413 £308 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.14% +11.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £416 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
+23.33% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.51 £20.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-29.21% -24.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
388 318 366
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 20.88% 14.23% 20.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 171 153
Average daily rate £313 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £204 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £459 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 29
Average hourly rate £12.50 £21.00 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.47% -15.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.05 £11.00 £10.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.00 £30.00 £48.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Fat Client
England

Fat Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Fat Client Daily Rate Trend

Fat Client
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fat Client across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire Fat Client Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire +7 5 £388 +19.23%
South Yorkshire +2 1 £500 +72.41%
North Yorkshire +1 1 £413 -
Fat Client
England

Fat Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 9 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 4 (44.44%) Windows
4 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) AppSense
4 3 (33.33%) VMware
4 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 3 (33.33%) XenApp
4 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (22.22%) XenServer
5 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco
5 2 (22.22%) Wyse
5 2 (22.22%) DNS
5 2 (22.22%) MCSE
5 2 (22.22%) MS Office
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) MCP
6 1 (11.11%) HNC
6 1 (11.11%) UNIX
6 1 (11.11%) Linux
6 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
6 1 (11.11%) C
6 1 (11.11%) VBScript
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle

Fat Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) SSL
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) OSPF
2 1 (11.11%) NetScreen
2 1 (11.11%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) BIG-IP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) iSCSI
2 1 (11.11%) DMVPN
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
2 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Wintel Support
2 1 (11.11%) Network Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 1 (11.11%) iPad
2 1 (11.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
3 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
3 1 (11.11%) Mac OS X
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Vista
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
1 1 (11.11%) Project Management
1 1 (11.11%) ITSM
1 1 (11.11%) Security Management
1 1 (11.11%) Service Management
1 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
1 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) VBScript
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) HNC
2 1 (11.11%) MCSA
2 1 (11.11%) CCIE
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCSE
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (33.33%) XenApp
2 2 (22.22%) XenServer
2 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
3 1 (11.11%) ProxySG
3 1 (11.11%) Xen
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) AppSense
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Wyse
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (11.11%) Apple
4 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat
4 1 (11.11%) Infoblox
4 1 (11.11%) Imperva
4 1 (11.11%) F5
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