The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Fat Client 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fat Client
Rank 196 202 201
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Fat Client 14 9 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.265% 0.160% 0.220%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.794% 0.560% 0.819%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 13
Average salary £24,500 £20,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.50% -33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,150 £18,000 £20,800
10% offered a salary of more than £44,516 £28,700 £33,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +23.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1764 1608 1588
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 33.38% 28.52% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1477 1316 1333
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Fat Client
England

Fat Client
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Fat Client Jobs Demand Trend

Fat Client
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Fat Client across the South West region.

South West Fat Client Salary Trend

Fat Client
Salary Histogram

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

South West Fat Client Salary Histogram

Fat Client
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fat Client within the South 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
Bristol -3 6 £20,000 -
Wiltshire +15 5 £28,750 +22.34%
Somerset - 2 £45,500 -
Dorset - 1 - -
Fat Client
England

Fat Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Fat Client 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 Fat Client.

1 23 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 19 (82.61%) Windows
3 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
4 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
5 12 (52.17%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (47.83%) MS Office
6 11 (47.83%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (43.48%) MS Exchange
8 9 (39.13%) Citrix
8 9 (39.13%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (39.13%) Windows 7
8 9 (39.13%) VMware
9 7 (30.43%) WAN
10 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
10 6 (26.09%) Firewall
10 6 (26.09%) Cisco
11 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
11 5 (21.74%) LAN
12 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
12 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (17.39%) Terminal Services
12 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
12 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2007
13 3 (13.04%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 3 (13.04%) iPhone
13 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
13 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
13 3 (13.04%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (13.04%) Windows Vista
13 3 (13.04%) CheckPoint

Fat Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Fat Client 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 Fat Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 2 (8.696%) HTML
2 2 (8.696%) CSS
2 2 (8.696%) SOAP
2 2 (8.696%) Web Services
2 2 (8.696%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 10 (43.48%) MS Exchange
2 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
3 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (13.04%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (8.696%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (4.348%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 11 (47.83%) MS Office
2 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) WAN
2 6 (26.09%) Firewall
3 5 (21.74%) LAN
4 2 (8.696%) VPN
4 2 (8.696%) MPLS
4 2 (8.696%) DSL
4 2 (8.696%) IP Telephony
4 2 (8.696%) BIG-IP
5 1 (4.348%) VLAN
5 1 (4.348%) Intranet
5 1 (4.348%) Internet
5 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (13.04%) Back Office
1 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.696%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Support Technician
2 4 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) .NET Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) VB.NET Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (13.04%) Administrator
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Software Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) .NET Software Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.696%) IT Support
5 1 (4.348%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 23 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 3 (13.04%) iPhone
3 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 12 (52.17%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (47.83%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (39.13%) Windows 7
5 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
6 3 (13.04%) Windows Vista
7 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
2 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
2 2 (8.696%) ITIL
2 2 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (8.696%) ITSM
2 2 (8.696%) Service Management
2 2 (8.696%) BCP
2 2 (8.696%) Problem Management
2 2 (8.696%) Business Continuity
2 2 (8.696%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
1 3 (13.04%) VB.NET
2 2 (8.696%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.348%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.04%) A+ Certification
2 3 (13.04%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (13.04%) MCP
3 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.348%) MCSE
4 1 (4.348%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
2 9 (39.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (17.39%) Terminal Services
4 3 (13.04%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
5 2 (8.696%) NLBS
5 2 (8.696%) Xen
5 2 (8.696%) XenApp
5 2 (8.696%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (39.13%) Citrix
2 9 (39.13%) VMware
3 6 (26.09%) Cisco
4 3 (13.04%) CheckPoint
4 3 (13.04%) HP
4 3 (13.04%) Dell
5 2 (8.696%) Oracle
6 1 (4.348%) Juniper
6 1 (4.348%) Lotus