The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 105 96 109
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 13 31 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.721% 1.582% 0.489%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.935% 5.927% 2.374%
Number of salaries quoted 5 24 7
Average salary £25,000 £31,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -10.71%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,250 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+0.67% +0.67%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
443 523 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.57% 26.70% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 330 455 277
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £22,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Client/Server
North West

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Client/Server Salary Trend

Client/Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Macclesfield - 5 £25,000 -
Warrington +11 2 - -
Chester -14 2 - -
Client/Server
North West

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 32 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 29 (60.42%) SQL
3 28 (58.33%) JavaScript
3 28 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 26 (54.17%) .NET
4 26 (54.17%) ASP.NET
5 25 (52.08%) SQL Server 2005
6 21 (43.75%) XPath
6 21 (43.75%) MVC
6 21 (43.75%) XML
6 21 (43.75%) XSLT
6 21 (43.75%) OO
7 20 (41.67%) Oracle
8 17 (35.42%) C#
9 15 (31.25%) Java
10 14 (29.17%) Windows
10 14 (29.17%) SQL Server 2008
10 14 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC
10 14 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 13 (27.08%) Waterfall
11 13 (27.08%) Python
11 13 (27.08%) PHP
11 13 (27.08%) OOD
11 13 (27.08%) TDD
12 12 (25.00%) QA
12 12 (25.00%) Use Case
12 12 (25.00%) UML
13 11 (22.92%) MS Excel
13 11 (22.92%) PL/SQL
13 11 (22.92%) J2EE

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 26 (54.17%) .NET
1 26 (54.17%) ASP.NET
2 21 (43.75%) XML
2 21 (43.75%) XSLT
3 14 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC
3 14 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 11 (22.92%) J2EE
4 11 (22.92%) jQuery
5 10 (20.83%) .NET Framework
5 10 (20.83%) WCF
5 10 (20.83%) WPF
6 7 (14.58%) HTML
7 5 (10.42%) soapUI
8 4 (8.333%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (22.92%) Drupal
1 11 (22.92%) WordPress
1 11 (22.92%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 11 (22.92%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.167%) Maya
3 1 (2.083%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.333%) SAN
2 2 (4.167%) Firewall
3 1 (2.083%) HTTP
3 1 (2.083%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 25 (52.08%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (29.17%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (22.92%) Oracle 9i
4 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (22.92%) GIS
5 8 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (10.42%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (10.42%) Oracle 10g
6 5 (10.42%) OLTP
6 5 (10.42%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (8.333%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 5 (10.42%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (8.333%) ERwin
General
1 5 (10.42%) Banking
2 3 (6.250%) Finance
2 3 (6.250%) Financial Institution
3 2 (4.167%) Games
3 2 (4.167%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (2.083%) Private Banking
4 1 (2.083%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.083%) Retail
4 1 (2.083%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (35.42%) Developer
2 9 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) Analyst
4 6 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 6 (12.50%) .NET Developer
5 5 (10.42%) Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Administrator
6 4 (8.333%) Teradata DBA
6 4 (8.333%) Support Specialist
6 4 (8.333%) Applications Support
6 4 (8.333%) Tester
6 4 (8.333%) Data Architect
6 4 (8.333%) Applications Specialist
6 4 (8.333%) DBA
6 4 (8.333%) SQL DBA
6 4 (8.333%) Applications Support Specialist
6 4 (8.333%) Data Modeller
7 2 (4.167%) C++ Programmer
7 2 (4.167%) Programmer
7 2 (4.167%) C# Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Open Source
2 10 (20.83%) N-Tier
3 8 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 5 (10.42%) Computer Science
5 4 (8.333%) Replication
5 4 (8.333%) Clustering
6 3 (6.250%) Management Information System
7 2 (4.167%) Mathematics
8 1 (2.083%) iSeries
8 1 (2.083%) Mainframe
8 1 (2.083%) Online Banking
8 1 (2.083%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 14 (29.17%) Windows
2 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (10.42%) Linux
3 4 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) MVC
1 21 (43.75%) OO
2 13 (27.08%) Waterfall
2 13 (27.08%) OOD
2 13 (27.08%) TDD
3 12 (25.00%) Use Case
3 12 (25.00%) UML
4 11 (22.92%) SOA
5 10 (20.83%) Data Management
6 8 (16.67%) ETL
7 7 (14.58%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (12.50%) Time Management
8 6 (12.50%) Requirements Management
9 5 (10.42%) Incident Management
9 5 (10.42%) Risk Management
9 5 (10.42%) Software Testing
9 5 (10.42%) Data Modelling
9 5 (10.42%) User Stories
10 4 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 29 (60.42%) SQL
2 28 (58.33%) JavaScript
3 21 (43.75%) XPath
4 17 (35.42%) C#
5 15 (31.25%) Java
6 13 (27.08%) Python
6 13 (27.08%) PHP
7 11 (22.92%) PL/SQL
8 5 (10.42%) VB.NET
9 2 (4.167%) Lua
9 2 (4.167%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (20.83%) MCPD
1 10 (20.83%) MCTS
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (20.83%) MCP
2 6 (12.50%) Degree
3 5 (10.42%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (41.67%) Oracle
3 11 (22.92%) ESRI
4 4 (8.333%) Citrix
5 2 (4.167%) Perforce
6 1 (2.083%) Sony
Cheshire
Net Developer - - £30k plus benefits An junior or graduate .Net Developer , with knowledge of VB .Net and SQL and ideally ASP .Net MVC3, is required by a leading...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Experience with OO design principles and UML... Strong knowledge of Microsoft and Oracle software technologies in the desktop application, client-server, n-tier and/or networking sectors, including ...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + bonus & benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Implementing software change requests and undertaking software testing, this person will...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Knowledge: Preferably a graduate with a background in software development or...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Experience with OO design principles and UML... Strong knowledge of Microsoft and Oracle software technologies in the desktop application, client-server, n-tier and/or networking sectors, including ...
JAM
Salary: £30000.00 - £36000.00 per annum + bonus & benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013