The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 112 90 85
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -5
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 6 10 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.353% 0.675% 0.446%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.617% 2.747% 2.000%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 6
Average salary £33,500 £28,000 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.64% -18.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £38,250 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
371 364 300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 21.82% 24.56% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 330 325 270
Average salary £45,000 £40,157 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.05% +23.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £67,700 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Client/Server
West Midlands

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Client/Server Jobs Demand Trend

Client/Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Client/Server across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Client/Server Salary Trend

Client/Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Client/Server across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Client/Server Salary Histogram

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Client/Server.

1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (41.67%) Oracle
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 4 (33.33%) QA
4 4 (33.33%) .NET
4 4 (33.33%) HTML
4 4 (33.33%) Java
5 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (25.00%) C#
5 3 (25.00%) Linux
5 3 (25.00%) OO
5 3 (25.00%) UNIX
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) Logistics
6 2 (16.67%) Retail
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (16.67%) Marketing
6 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
6 2 (16.67%) RedPrairie
6 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
6 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
6 2 (16.67%) LAN

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Client/Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (33.33%) .NET
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (16.67%) CSS
2 2 (16.67%) J2EE
3 1 (8.333%) Struts
3 1 (8.333%) Web Services
3 1 (8.333%) XML
3 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET
3 1 (8.333%) J2SE
3 1 (8.333%) .NET Compact Framework
3 1 (8.333%) WebSphere
3 1 (8.333%) Spring MVC
3 1 (8.333%) WCF
3 1 (8.333%) Hibernate
3 1 (8.333%) Tapestry
3 1 (8.333%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) Tomcat
2 1 (8.333%) WebLogic
2 1 (8.333%) IIS
2 1 (8.333%) Apache
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 1 (8.333%) Jetty
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (16.67%) LAN
1 2 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (8.333%) SQLPlus
2 1 (8.333%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (8.333%) JBuilder
2 1 (8.333%) ProC
2 1 (8.333%) Eclipse
2 1 (8.333%) JDeveloper
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Customer Service Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) QA Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Quality Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Customer Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Junior
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Java Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.333%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 3 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) OO
1 3 (25.00%) Logistics
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (16.67%) CRM
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.333%) RUP
3 1 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.333%) OOD
3 1 (8.333%) MVC
3 1 (8.333%) Time Management
3 1 (8.333%) Product Management
3 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
3 1 (8.333%) Web Development
3 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (16.67%) Perl
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 1 (8.333%) VBA
5 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
5 1 (8.333%) C
5 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (8.333%) VB
5 1 (8.333%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.333%) MCSD
3 1 (8.333%) MCSE
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) RedPrairie
3 1 (8.333%) JBoss