The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 23 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 86 74 69
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 4 18 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.388% 1.839% 1.844%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.465% 7.004% 5.167%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 17
Average salary £34,000 £50,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.00% +35.13%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,375 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% -1.68%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
273 257 329
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 26.48% 26.25% 35.68%
Number of salaries quoted 254 205 317
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Client/Server
Wales

Client/Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
Torfaen - 3 £34,000 -
Cardiff -25 1 £32,000 -34.35%
Client/Server
Wales

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 4 (66.67%) Oracle
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) DTV
2 3 (50.00%) Automation Testing
2 3 (50.00%) QA
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 2 (33.33%) SOAP
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) Selenium
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (16.67%) soapUI
4 1 (16.67%) REST
4 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
4 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) JSON
4 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Android

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 3 (50.00%) HTML
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) soapUI
3 1 (16.67%) REST
3 1 (16.67%) JSON
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (16.67%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) DTV
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) Handset
2 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle