Hertfordshire Client/Server Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Client Server skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Client Server
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Altrincham Andover Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chichester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Daresbury Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Fife Folkestone Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hove Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicestershire Lichfield Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mayfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Moreton-in-Marsh Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Rugby Ruislip Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stockport Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Swindon Telford Torquay Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	131	127
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching permanent IT job ads	37	55
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.023 %
As % of the category below	4.518 %	6.344 %
Salaries quoted	33	50
Average minimum salary	£29,545	£35,820
Average salary	£33,470	£37,550
% change on same period last year	-10.86 %
Average maximum salary	£37,394	£39,280
UK excluding London average salary	£35,899	£41,344
% change on same period last year	-13.16 %
Miscellaneous Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	819	867
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.441 %	0.361 %
Salaries quoted	717	758
Average minimum salary	£33,553	£39,982
Average salary	£36,634	£43,195
% change on same period last year	-15.18 %
Average maximum salary	£39,715	£46,408
UK excluding London average salary	£37,888	£39,245
% change on same period last year	-3.45 %
Client/Server East of England

Client/Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Client/Server across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Client/Server
Salary Trend

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

Client/Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Client/Server across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Client/Server
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
St Albans	+6	7	£31,571	+5.23 %
Potters Bar	-	7	£36,333	-
Bishop's Stortford	-1	6	£24,000	-52.00 %
Welwyn Garden City	-23	1	£37,500	+7.14 %

Client/Server East of England

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 34 (52.31 %) SQL Server 2 33 (50.77 %) .NET 3 24 (36.92 %) Oracle 4 21 (32.31 %) C# 5 18 (27.69 %) Windows 6 17 (26.15 %) XML 7 16 (24.62 %) VB 8 15 (23.08 %) C++ 9 14 (21.54 %) UNIX 10 13 (20.00 %) SharePoint 11 12 (18.46 %) Business Intelligence 11 12 (18.46 %) SQL 11 12 (18.46 %) Linux 12 11 (16.92 %) Java 13 10 (15.38 %) PDA

13 10 (15.38 %) JavaScript 13 10 (15.38 %) HTML 13 10 (15.38 %) VB.NET 13 10 (15.38 %) CSS 13 10 (15.38 %) .NET Framework 14 9 (13.85 %) French Language 14 9 (13.85 %) Solaris 14 9 (13.85 %) UML 14 9 (13.85 %) Finance 15 7 (10.77 %) Back Office 15 7 (10.77 %) SQL Server 2005 15 7 (10.77 %) VB6 15 7 (10.77 %) RDBMS 15 7 (10.77 %) Microsoft 15 7 (10.77 %) SQL Server 2000

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 33 (50.77 %) .NET 2 17 (26.15 %) XML 3 10 (15.38 %) CSS 3 10 (15.38 %) HTML 3 10 (15.38 %) .NET Framework 4 4 (6.154 %) ASP.NET 5 3 (4.615 %) ADO.NET 5 3 (4.615 %) SOAP 5 3 (4.615 %) WebServices 6 2 (3.077 %) ADO 6 2 (3.077 %) Application Packaging 7 1 (1.538 %) WinForms	Application Platforms 1 13 (20.00 %) SharePoint 2 5 (7.692 %) MS Exchange 3 3 (4.615 %) SAS 3 3 (4.615 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 3 (4.615 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 1 (1.538 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 6 (9.231 %) MS Excel 2 2 (3.077 %) MS Project 3 1 (1.538 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.538 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 3 (4.615 %) LAN 1 3 (4.615 %) WAN 1 3 (4.615 %) SMTP 2 1 (1.538 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 34 (52.31 %) SQL Server 2 7 (10.77 %) RDBMS 2 7 (10.77 %) SQL Server 2000 2 7 (10.77 %) SQL Server 2005 3 6 (9.231 %) FileMaker 4 3 (4.615 %) Datawarehouse 4 3 (4.615 %) Data Mining 4 3 (4.615 %) ETL 4 3 (4.615 %) OLAP 4 3 (4.615 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 3 (4.615 %) Oracle OLAP 4 3 (4.615 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 4 3 (4.615 %) SAS Enterprise Miner 5 2 (3.077 %) MS Access 6 1 (1.538 %) Informix 6 1 (1.538 %) SQLite	General 1 9 (13.85 %) Finance 2 7 (10.77 %) Back Office 3 4 (6.154 %) Insurance 4 3 (4.615 %) Pensions 5 2 (3.077 %) Health 6 1 (1.538 %) Games 6 1 (1.538 %) General Ledger 6 1 (1.538 %) Telecoms 6 1 (1.538 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 20 (30.77 %) Developer 2 16 (24.62 %) Technical Support 3 15 (23.08 %) Support Engineer 4 13 (20.00 %) Technical Support Engineer 4 13 (20.00 %) Technical Engineer 5 11 (16.92 %) Consultant 6 10 (15.38 %) C# Developer 7 7 (10.77 %) Technical Consultant 7 7 (10.77 %) Software Engineer 7 7 (10.77 %) Support Consultant 7 7 (10.77 %) Technical Support Consultant 8 6 (9.231 %) .NET Developer 8 6 (9.231 %) Analyst 9 4 (6.154 %) Team Leader 10 3 (4.615 %) VB.NET Developer 10 3 (4.615 %) Business Analyst 10 3 (4.615 %) Business Systems Analyst 10 3 (4.615 %) Systems Analyst 10 3 (4.615 %) SAS Consultant 10 3 (4.615 %) Microsoft Developer	Miscellaneous 1 10 (15.38 %) PDA 2 9 (13.85 %) French Language 3 7 (10.77 %) Fat Client 3 7 (10.77 %) Thin Client 4 5 (7.692 %) Streaming Video 5 3 (4.615 %) Management Information System 5 3 (4.615 %) Credit Risk 6 2 (3.077 %) IPTV 7 1 (1.538 %) STB
Operating Systems 1 18 (27.69 %) Windows 2 14 (21.54 %) UNIX 3 12 (18.46 %) Linux 4 9 (13.85 %) Solaris 5 2 (3.077 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (3.077 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (18.46 %) Business Intelligence 2 9 (13.85 %) UML 3 4 (6.154 %) Software Engineering 4 3 (4.615 %) Statistical Analysis 4 3 (4.615 %) PRINCE2 4 3 (4.615 %) Migration 4 3 (4.615 %) OO 4 3 (4.615 %) Data Modelling 4 3 (4.615 %) OOD 4 3 (4.615 %) Technical Architecture 4 3 (4.615 %) Risk Analysis 4 3 (4.615 %) Automated Testing 4 3 (4.615 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (3.077 %) Requirements Analysis 5 2 (3.077 %) RUP 5 2 (3.077 %) DSDM 5 2 (3.077 %) TDD 5 2 (3.077 %) Change Management 5 2 (3.077 %) Systems Analysis 6 1 (1.538 %) Software Testing
Programming Languages 1 21 (32.31 %) C# 2 16 (24.62 %) VB 3 15 (23.08 %) C++ 4 12 (18.46 %) SQL 5 11 (16.92 %) Java 6 10 (15.38 %) JavaScript 6 10 (15.38 %) VB.NET 7 7 (10.77 %) VB6 8 6 (9.231 %) VBScript 9 3 (4.615 %) Ruby 9 3 (4.615 %) Python 10 2 (3.077 %) VBA 11 1 (1.538 %) C	Qualifications 1 6 (9.231 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (6.154 %) MCSE 3 3 (4.615 %) Degree 4 2 (3.077 %) CCNA 4 2 (3.077 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (1.538 %) ISEB 5 1 (1.538 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (4.615 %) SLA 2 2 (3.077 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (1.538 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 24 (36.92 %) Oracle 2 7 (10.77 %) Microsoft 3 6 (9.231 %) Citrix 4 3 (4.615 %) Cisco 5 1 (1.538 %) Sophos