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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 135 134 142
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 59 41 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.454% 1.131% 0.786%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.047% 4.171% 2.964%
Number of salaries quoted 58 35 31
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £41,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1169 983 1046
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 28.81% 27.11% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1050 803 934
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £50,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Client/Server Salary Trend

Client/Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Client/Server across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester Client/Server Salary Histogram

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 Manchester 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Ashton-under-Lyne +4 6 £32,500 +25.00%
Altrincham - 5 £40,000 -
Sale -9 2 £30,000 -
Stockport -14 1 £29,000 -
Client/Server
North West

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 55 (60.44%) Degree
2 47 (51.65%) C#
3 46 (50.55%) Computer Science
4 41 (45.05%) WPF
5 38 (41.76%) XML
6 37 (40.66%) SQL Server
6 37 (40.66%) .NET
7 33 (36.26%) Web Services
8 31 (34.07%) SQL
8 31 (34.07%) TDD
9 30 (32.97%) Microsoft
10 29 (31.87%) ASP.NET
11 27 (29.67%) OO
11 27 (29.67%) MVC
12 26 (28.57%) VB.NET
13 25 (27.47%) T-SQL
13 25 (27.47%) Multithreading
14 24 (26.37%) LINQ
15 23 (25.27%) VB
16 20 (21.98%) Java
17 19 (20.88%) Software Engineering
18 18 (19.78%) WinForms
19 17 (18.68%) N-Tier
20 16 (17.58%) QA
21 13 (14.29%) Linux
21 13 (14.29%) JavaScript
21 13 (14.29%) C++
21 13 (14.29%) UNIX
22 10 (10.99%) SQL Server 2005
22 10 (10.99%) Internet

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 41 (45.05%) WPF
2 38 (41.76%) XML
3 37 (40.66%) .NET
4 33 (36.26%) Web Services
5 29 (31.87%) ASP.NET
6 24 (26.37%) LINQ
7 18 (19.78%) WinForms
8 9 (9.890%) Ajax
8 9 (9.890%) HTML
9 8 (8.791%) ASP
10 6 (6.593%) XSLT
10 6 (6.593%) CSS
10 6 (6.593%) JSP
10 6 (6.593%) jQuery
11 5 (5.495%) DirectX
11 5 (5.495%) MFC
12 4 (4.396%) JSON
13 3 (3.297%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 3 (3.297%) WebSockets
13 3 (3.297%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 9 (9.890%) Apache
2 6 (6.593%) Tomcat
3 3 (3.297%) GlassFish
4 2 (2.198%) WordPress
4 2 (2.198%) Apache Solr
4 2 (2.198%) Drupal
5 1 (1.099%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.099%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.099%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (4.396%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.198%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.297%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.099%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.99%) Internet
2 8 (8.791%) Intranet
3 7 (7.692%) WAN
3 7 (7.692%) LAN
4 5 (5.495%) Ethernet
4 5 (5.495%) HTTP
5 4 (4.396%) SAN
6 3 (3.297%) iSCSI
6 3 (3.297%) NAS
6 3 (3.297%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (2.198%) Extranet
8 1 (1.099%) Wireless
8 1 (1.099%) Broadband
8 1 (1.099%) VoIP
8 1 (1.099%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (40.66%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.99%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (8.791%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (6.593%) MySQL
5 3 (3.297%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (3.297%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.198%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (2.198%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.198%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.198%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.198%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (2.198%) GIS
7 1 (1.099%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.099%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.099%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (1.099%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 7 (7.692%) TestComplete
2 5 (5.495%) Visual Studio
3 3 (3.297%) Subversion
3 3 (3.297%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (5.495%) Finance
1 5 (5.495%) Games
2 3 (3.297%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.198%) Electronics
4 1 (1.099%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.099%) Marketing
4 1 (1.099%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.099%) Automotive
4 1 (1.099%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (56.04%) Developer
2 23 (25.27%) Software Developer
3 19 (20.88%) .NET Developer
4 13 (14.29%) Analyst
5 12 (13.19%) C# Developer
5 12 (13.19%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (8.791%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 8 (8.791%) Project Manager
6 8 (8.791%) Support Engineer
7 7 (7.692%) Test Analyst
7 7 (7.692%) QA Analyst
7 7 (7.692%) Software Test Analyst
8 6 (6.593%) UNIX Support
8 6 (6.593%) UNIX Support Engineer
8 6 (6.593%) UNIX Engineer
8 6 (6.593%) Linux Engineer
8 6 (6.593%) Linux Support
8 6 (6.593%) Linux Support Engineer
8 6 (6.593%) Business Analyst
8 6 (6.593%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 46 (50.55%) Computer Science
2 17 (18.68%) N-Tier
3 8 (8.791%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (6.593%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.495%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (2.198%) Mathematics
6 2 (2.198%) Open Source
7 1 (1.099%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.099%) Clustering
7 1 (1.099%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.29%) Linux
1 13 (14.29%) UNIX
2 10 (10.99%) Windows
3 2 (2.198%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.099%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.099%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.099%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) TDD
2 27 (29.67%) OO
2 27 (29.67%) MVC
3 25 (27.47%) Multithreading
4 19 (20.88%) Software Engineering
5 9 (9.890%) UML
6 8 (8.791%) Business Analysis
7 7 (7.692%) Software Testing
7 7 (7.692%) Manual Testing
7 7 (7.692%) Project Management
8 6 (6.593%) OOD
9 5 (5.495%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (5.495%) Automated Testing
9 5 (5.495%) Web Development
9 5 (5.495%) 3D Programming
10 3 (3.297%) E-business
10 3 (3.297%) CAD
10 3 (3.297%) Configuration Management
11 2 (2.198%) SOA
11 2 (2.198%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 47 (51.65%) C#
2 31 (34.07%) SQL
3 26 (28.57%) VB.NET
4 25 (27.47%) T-SQL
5 23 (25.27%) VB
6 20 (21.98%) Java
7 13 (14.29%) JavaScript
7 13 (14.29%) C++
8 8 (8.791%) PHP
8 8 (8.791%) Python
9 6 (6.593%) Perl
10 5 (5.495%) VC++
11 4 (4.396%) PL/SQL
12 3 (3.297%) Ruby
12 3 (3.297%) ActionScript 3.0
12 3 (3.297%) Bash shell
12 3 (3.297%) C
12 3 (3.297%) ActionScript
13 2 (2.198%) XPath
14 1 (1.099%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 55 (60.44%) Degree
2 7 (7.692%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.58%) QA
2 3 (3.297%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (3.297%) Oracle RMAN
1 3 (3.297%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (3.297%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (3.297%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.099%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.099%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (3.297%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.099%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 30 (32.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.99%) Oracle
3 6 (6.593%) Red Hat
4 3 (3.297%) VMware
5 2 (2.198%) ESRI
6 1 (1.099%) SurfControl
6 1 (1.099%) Websense
6 1 (1.099%) SAP
6 1 (1.099%) Dell
6 1 (1.099%) EMC
6 1 (1.099%) Intel
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