The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 22 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 171 159 185
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +26
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 77 88 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.066% 1.224% 0.683%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.862% 4.579% 2.714%
Number of salaries quoted 66 76 44
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 £25,500 £28,500 £23,650
10% offered a salary of more than £38,750 £41,500 £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1994 1922 1695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.61% 26.74% 25.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1690 1603 1467
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Client/Server Salary Trend

Client/Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Client/Server across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Manchester +15 60 £33,000 -5.71%
Cheshire -7 14 £25,000 -23.07%
Merseyside - 1 £26,000 -
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 74 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 68 (45.95%) .NET
3 67 (45.27%) C#
4 62 (41.89%) Degree
5 60 (40.54%) SQL
5 60 (40.54%) XML
6 59 (39.86%) ASP.NET
7 58 (39.19%) Microsoft
8 52 (35.14%) Computer Science
9 51 (34.46%) OO
10 50 (33.78%) WPF
11 47 (31.76%) MVC
12 44 (29.73%) JavaScript
13 42 (28.38%) TDD
14 38 (25.68%) Java
15 35 (23.65%) Web Services
15 35 (23.65%) SQL Server 2005
16 32 (21.62%) Oracle
16 32 (21.62%) VB.NET
17 31 (20.95%) Windows
18 29 (19.59%) QA
19 27 (18.24%) N-Tier
19 27 (18.24%) XSLT
20 25 (16.89%) Multithreading
21 24 (16.22%) T-SQL
22 23 (15.54%) VB
22 23 (15.54%) UML
22 23 (15.54%) LINQ
22 23 (15.54%) XPath
23 22 (14.86%) SQL Server 2008

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 68 (45.95%) .NET
2 60 (40.54%) XML
3 59 (39.86%) ASP.NET
4 50 (33.78%) WPF
5 35 (23.65%) Web Services
6 27 (18.24%) XSLT
7 23 (15.54%) LINQ
8 21 (14.19%) jQuery
9 20 (13.51%) HTML
10 18 (12.16%) WinForms
11 16 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC
11 16 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 13 (8.784%) WCF
12 13 (8.784%) J2EE
13 11 (7.432%) .NET Framework
14 10 (6.757%) Ajax
15 9 (6.081%) ASP
15 9 (6.081%) CSS
16 8 (5.405%) JSP
17 6 (4.054%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 13 (8.784%) Drupal
1 13 (8.784%) WordPress
1 13 (8.784%) Apache Solr
2 9 (6.081%) Apache
3 6 (4.054%) Tomcat
4 5 (3.378%) GlassFish
5 2 (1.351%) CMS
5 2 (1.351%) IIS
6 1 (0.676%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.676%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.676%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 17 (11.49%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.703%) MS Office
3 1 (0.676%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (2.027%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.676%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.784%) Internet
2 9 (6.081%) Intranet
3 8 (5.405%) LAN
3 8 (5.405%) WAN
3 8 (5.405%) SAN
3 8 (5.405%) HTTP
4 5 (3.378%) Ethernet
5 4 (2.703%) Firewall
6 3 (2.027%) NAS
6 3 (2.027%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (2.027%) Extranet
6 3 (2.027%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.676%) VoIP
7 1 (0.676%) Broadband
7 1 (0.676%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.676%) VPN
7 1 (0.676%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 35 (23.65%) SQL Server 2005
3 22 (14.86%) SQL Server 2008
4 14 (9.459%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (8.784%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 13 (8.784%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 13 (8.784%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (8.784%) GIS
5 13 (8.784%) Oracle 9i
6 9 (6.081%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (6.081%) Oracle 8/8i
7 8 (5.405%) MySQL
8 6 (4.054%) Oracle 11g
8 6 (4.054%) Oracle 10g
8 6 (4.054%) OLTP
9 4 (2.703%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (2.703%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (1.351%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.676%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.676%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (8.784%) Visual Studio
2 7 (4.730%) TestComplete
3 6 (4.054%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (3.378%) Git (software)
5 4 (2.703%) ERwin
6 3 (2.027%) Subversion
General
1 9 (6.081%) Finance
2 6 (4.054%) Games
3 5 (3.378%) Banking
4 4 (2.703%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.027%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.351%) Electronics
6 2 (1.351%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.351%) Automotive
6 2 (1.351%) Legal
6 2 (1.351%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (0.676%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.676%) Private Banking
7 1 (0.676%) Marketing
7 1 (0.676%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.676%) Retail
7 1 (0.676%) Billing
7 1 (0.676%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (47.97%) Developer
2 27 (18.24%) .NET Developer
3 24 (16.22%) Software Developer
4 21 (14.19%) Analyst
5 15 (10.14%) Software Engineer
6 13 (8.784%) C# Developer
6 13 (8.784%) Business Analyst
6 13 (8.784%) C# .NET Developer
7 10 (6.757%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 9 (6.081%) Project Manager
9 8 (5.405%) Administrator
10 7 (4.730%) Support Engineer
10 7 (4.730%) DBA
10 7 (4.730%) Test Analyst
10 7 (4.730%) Software Test Analyst
10 7 (4.730%) QA Analyst
11 6 (4.054%) UNIX Support
11 6 (4.054%) UNIX Engineer
11 6 (4.054%) UNIX Support Engineer
11 6 (4.054%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 52 (35.14%) Computer Science
2 27 (18.24%) N-Tier
3 15 (10.14%) Open Source
4 10 (6.757%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.405%) Data Integration
5 8 (5.405%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.378%) 3D Graphics
6 5 (3.378%) Clustering
7 4 (2.703%) Replication
7 4 (2.703%) Mathematics
8 3 (2.027%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.351%) Social Media
10 1 (0.676%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.676%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.676%) AS400
10 1 (0.676%) iSeries
10 1 (0.676%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.95%) Windows
2 20 (13.51%) Linux
3 19 (12.84%) UNIX
4 7 (4.730%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (2.027%) Windows XP
6 2 (1.351%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.351%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.676%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.46%) OO
2 47 (31.76%) MVC
3 42 (28.38%) TDD
4 25 (16.89%) Multithreading
5 23 (15.54%) UML
6 20 (13.51%) Software Engineering
6 20 (13.51%) OOD
7 15 (10.14%) Use Case
8 13 (8.784%) Software Testing
8 13 (8.784%) Agile Software Development
8 13 (8.784%) SOA
8 13 (8.784%) Waterfall
9 11 (7.432%) Data Management
10 9 (6.081%) Business Analysis
11 8 (5.405%) ETL
12 7 (4.730%) Project Management
12 7 (4.730%) Manual Testing
12 7 (4.730%) Time Management
12 7 (4.730%) Requirements Management
12 7 (4.730%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 67 (45.27%) C#
2 60 (40.54%) SQL
3 44 (29.73%) JavaScript
4 38 (25.68%) Java
5 32 (21.62%) VB.NET
6 24 (16.22%) T-SQL
7 23 (15.54%) VB
7 23 (15.54%) XPath
8 22 (14.86%) PHP
9 20 (13.51%) Python
10 15 (10.14%) C++
10 15 (10.14%) PL/SQL
11 6 (4.054%) Perl
12 5 (3.378%) ActionScript 3.0
12 5 (3.378%) ActionScript
12 5 (3.378%) VC++
13 3 (2.027%) Bash shell
13 3 (2.027%) C
13 3 (2.027%) Ruby
14 1 (0.676%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (41.89%) Degree
2 13 (8.784%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (8.784%) ISEB
3 10 (6.757%) MCTS
3 10 (6.757%) MCPD
3 10 (6.757%) MCP
4 1 (0.676%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (19.59%) QA
2 3 (2.027%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (2.027%) Hyper-V
1 3 (2.027%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (2.027%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (2.027%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.676%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.676%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (2.027%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.676%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 58 (39.19%) Microsoft
2 32 (21.62%) Oracle
3 13 (8.784%) ESRI
4 6 (4.054%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.703%) Citrix
6 3 (2.027%) VMware
7 2 (1.351%) Intel
8 1 (0.676%) SAP
8 1 (0.676%) Dell
8 1 (0.676%) EMC
8 1 (0.676%) Websense
8 1 (0.676%) SurfControl
8 1 (0.676%) Perforce
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