The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Client Server
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank293183136
Rank change year-on-year
Down-110Down-47
Matching permanent IT job ads102416251708
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.845 %1.332 %1.794 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category2.703 %4.042 %5.469 %
Number of salaries quoted84714471454
Average salary£40,000£42,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88 %-15.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£30,000£32,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£75,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,250£37,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+0.67 %-7.50 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
378884020431228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK31.26 %32.95 %32.80 %
Number of salaries quoted318853372925540
Average salary£45,000£47,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26 %-5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£82,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

Client/Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Client/Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Client/Server Demand Trend

Client/Server
Salary Trend

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

Client/Server Salary Trend

Client/Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Client/Server over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Client/Server Salary Histogram

Client/Server
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-103955£40,000-5.88 %
LondonDown-142395£50,000-7.40 %
South EastDown-108177£38,000+8.57 %
East of EnglandDown-3099£40,000+6.66 %
North WestUp+2888£34,750+15.83 %
YorkshireDown-1279£37,500+6.38 %
SurreyDown-4569£32,500-13.33 %
City of LondonDown-7265£53,500+1.90 %
South WestDown-7064£37,500-6.25 %
North YorkshireUp+2044£41,250+1.85 %
ManchesterUp+1241£35,000+16.66 %
CambridgeshireDown-2236£32,500-18.75 %
West MidlandsUp+435£27,000-32.50 %
CambridgeDown-735£32,500-20.00 %
YorkUp+2233£53,750+19.44 %
ScotlandUp+933£40,000-
CheshireUp+1331£31,250-10.71 %
BristolDown-4228£34,000-16.04 %
West YorkshireDown-4228£29,250-16.42 %
BedfordshireDown-427£52,500+50.00 %
BerkshireDown-5924£47,000+4.44 %
South WalesUp+322£50,000+31.57 %
WalesDown-422£50,000+29.87 %
LeedsDown-1022£30,500-12.85 %
GloucestershireDown-2622£41,500+3.75 %
EdinburghUp+2017£32,000+6.66 %
HarrowUp+1317£40,000+6.66 %
HertfordshireDown-217£55,000+29.41 %
HampshireDown-3417£40,000+16.78 %
LancashireDown-716£34,500+38.00 %

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1756 (38.53 %)SQL
2689 (35.12 %)SQL Server
3680 (34.66 %).NET
4622 (31.70 %)Windows
5604 (30.78 %)C#
6460 (23.45 %)Microsoft
7457 (23.29 %)Java
8446 (22.73 %)Finance
9424 (21.61 %)XML
10399 (20.34 %)Oracle
11341 (17.38 %)OO
12332 (16.92 %)Degree
13321 (16.36 %)C++
14308 (15.70 %)ASP.NET
15287 (14.63 %)UNIX
15287 (14.63 %)Linux
16276 (14.07 %)Web Services
17273 (13.91 %)QA
18220 (11.21 %)VB
19219 (11.16 %)JavaScript
20217 (11.06 %)Scrum
21205 (10.45 %)TDD
22188 (9.582 %)HTML
23182 (9.276 %)Agile Software Development
24179 (9.123 %)Internet
25177 (9.021 %)WPF
26174 (8.869 %)VB.NET
26174 (8.869 %)MS Excel
27168 (8.563 %)SQL Server 2008
28165 (8.410 %)WinForms

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1680 (34.66 %).NET
2424 (21.61 %)XML
3308 (15.70 %)ASP.NET
4276 (14.07 %)Web Services
5188 (9.582 %)HTML
6177 (9.021 %)WPF
7165 (8.410 %)WinForms
8155 (7.900 %)WCF
9140 (7.136 %)CSS
10133 (6.779 %)Ajax
11115 (5.861 %)J2EE
12112 (5.708 %)Spring
13107 (5.454 %)WebSphere
14101 (5.148 %).NET Framework
1586 (4.383 %)XSLT
1684 (4.281 %)SOAP
1777 (3.925 %)JSP
1777 (3.925 %)Hibernate
1872 (3.670 %)LINQ
1872 (3.670 %)NHibernate
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1125 (6.371 %)IIS
2123 (6.269 %)Apache
389 (4.536 %)Tomcat
389 (4.536 %)SharePoint
472 (3.670 %)WebLogic
555 (2.803 %)MS Exchange
638 (1.937 %)Jetty
730 (1.529 %)BizTalk Server
828 (1.427 %)SharePoint Server
927 (1.376 %)CMS
1025 (1.274 %)Exchange Server 2007
1120 (1.019 %)Exchange Server 2010
1216 (0.815 %)Oracle Workflow
1315 (0.765 %)Umbraco
1315 (0.765 %)Exchange Server 2003
1413 (0.663 %)Force.com
1512 (0.612 %)WebSphere MQ
1611 (0.561 %)Magento
1710 (0.510 %)FileNet
189 (0.459 %)Documentum
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1174 (8.869 %)MS Excel
284 (4.281 %)MS Office
357 (2.905 %)MS Visio
428 (1.427 %)MS Project
516 (0.815 %)Photoshop
613 (0.663 %)Adobe Illustrator
73 (0.153 %)MATLAB
82 (0.102 %)Google Apps
82 (0.102 %)GIMP
82 (0.102 %)Fireworks
82 (0.102 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.051 %)CINEMA 4D
91 (0.051 %)LightWave 3D
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (0.714 %)Dynamics GP
213 (0.663 %)Oracle CRM
36 (0.306 %)Dynamics NAV
45 (0.255 %)Dynamics CRM
45 (0.255 %)Dynamics AX
45 (0.255 %)SAP ERP
45 (0.255 %)Line 500
45 (0.255 %)Remedy ITSM
54 (0.204 %)Google Analytics
54 (0.204 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
63 (0.153 %)SAP Retail
63 (0.153 %)SalesLogix
63 (0.153 %)Bankmaster
63 (0.153 %)Oracle EBS
72 (0.102 %)Oracle Applications
72 (0.102 %)Oracle EBS R12
72 (0.102 %)FRx
72 (0.102 %)SimCorp Dimension
81 (0.051 %)Cognos Controller
81 (0.051 %)Pivotal CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1179 (9.123 %)Internet
284 (4.281 %)WAN
379 (4.027 %)HTTP
474 (3.772 %)LAN
572 (3.670 %)TCP/IP
667 (3.415 %)Intranet
765 (3.313 %)Firewall
864 (3.262 %)SAN
939 (1.988 %)NAS
1037 (1.886 %)Extranet
1136 (1.835 %)VPN
1227 (1.376 %)DNS
1323 (1.172 %)Broadband
1419 (0.968 %)SSL
1516 (0.815 %)LDAP
1615 (0.765 %)MPLS
1714 (0.714 %)DHCP
1813 (0.663 %)BSS
1813 (0.663 %)NetScaler
1912 (0.612 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1689 (35.12 %)SQL Server
2168 (8.563 %)SQL Server 2008
3131 (6.677 %)RDBMS
489 (4.536 %)SQL Server 2005
573 (3.721 %)MySQL
672 (3.670 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
738 (1.937 %)SQL Server Integration Services
738 (1.937 %)Data Warehouse
837 (1.886 %)Crystal Reports
936 (1.835 %)Oracle 8/8i
1032 (1.631 %)DB2
1130 (1.529 %)TOAD
1226 (1.325 %)MS Access
1323 (1.172 %)SQL Server 2000
1422 (1.121 %)ETL
1519 (0.968 %)OLTP
1618 (0.917 %)Hadoop
1618 (0.917 %)Oracle Reports
1618 (0.917 %)Oracle 11g
1715 (0.765 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1135 (6.881 %)Visual Studio
2123 (6.269 %)Subversion
3119 (6.065 %)Selenium
482 (4.179 %)NUnit
576 (3.874 %)Team Foundation Server
662 (3.160 %)Ant
754 (2.752 %)Git (software)
849 (2.497 %)JUnit
947 (2.396 %)Rhino Mocks
1046 (2.345 %)QuickTest Pro
1134 (1.733 %)Moq
1134 (1.733 %)FitNesse
1233 (1.682 %)LoadRunner
1331 (1.580 %)Eclipse
1428 (1.427 %)Maven
1526 (1.325 %)JIRA
1625 (1.274 %)WinRunner
1723 (1.172 %)TeamCity
1723 (1.172 %)TestDirector
1822 (1.121 %)Hudson
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1446 (22.73 %)Finance
2124 (6.320 %)Banking
394 (4.791 %)Telecoms
471 (3.619 %)Retail
560 (3.058 %)Marketing
659 (3.007 %)Investment Banking
756 (2.854 %)Music
851 (2.599 %)Manufacturing
949 (2.497 %)Back Office
1047 (2.396 %)Publishing
1143 (2.192 %)Games
1229 (1.478 %)Front Office
1328 (1.427 %)Legal
1425 (1.274 %)Billing
1518 (0.917 %)International Banking
1611 (0.561 %)German Language
178 (0.408 %)Financial Institution
178 (0.408 %)Law
187 (0.357 %)Automotive
196 (0.306 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1700 (35.68 %)Developer
2436 (22.22 %)Analyst
3182 (9.276 %).NET Developer
4153 (7.798 %)Architect
5143 (7.288 %)C# Developer
6130 (6.626 %)Software Developer
7118 (6.014 %)Test Analyst
8115 (5.861 %)Software Engineer
9114 (5.810 %)C# .NET Developer
10104 (5.301 %)Senior Developer
1197 (4.944 %)Applications Support
1296 (4.893 %)Support Analyst
1382 (4.179 %)Tester
1382 (4.179 %)QA Analyst
1468 (3.466 %)Test Engineer
1566 (3.364 %)Support Engineer
1664 (3.262 %)Administrator
1763 (3.211 %)C++ Developer
1763 (3.211 %)Java Developer
1861 (3.109 %)Business Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1138 (7.034 %)Computer Science
284 (4.281 %)N-Tier
374 (3.772 %)Derivative
467 (3.415 %)Management Information System
563 (3.211 %)Mathematics
658 (2.956 %)Mainframe
752 (2.650 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
845 (2.294 %)SaaS
940 (2.039 %)iPhone
940 (2.039 %)Digital Media
1035 (1.784 %)Open Source
1129 (1.478 %)Clustering
1129 (1.478 %)Fixed Income
1227 (1.376 %)Equities
1227 (1.376 %)Hedge funds
1326 (1.325 %)New Media
1425 (1.274 %)Social Media
1522 (1.121 %)Blackberry
1522 (1.121 %)Online Games
1621 (1.070 %)PaaS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1622 (31.70 %)Windows
2287 (14.63 %)UNIX
2287 (14.63 %)Linux
3109 (5.556 %)Windows Server 2003
488 (4.485 %)Windows Server 2008
572 (3.670 %)Solaris
650 (2.548 %)Windows XP
650 (2.548 %)Apple iOS
745 (2.294 %)Android
837 (1.886 %)Windows 7
934 (1.733 %)Windows Vista
1024 (1.223 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1121 (1.070 %)Windows 2000
1220 (1.019 %)Windows NT
1314 (0.714 %)AIX
1314 (0.714 %)Windows 2000 Server
1412 (0.612 %)MVS
1511 (0.561 %)HPUX
1610 (0.510 %)Mac OS X
1610 (0.510 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1341 (17.38 %)OO
2217 (11.06 %)Scrum
3205 (10.45 %)TDD
4182 (9.276 %)Agile Software Development
5164 (8.359 %)MVC
6139 (7.085 %)Automated Testing
7136 (6.932 %)ITIL
8128 (6.524 %)Project Management
9120 (6.116 %)UML
10108 (5.505 %)OOD
1198 (4.995 %)Multithreading
1293 (4.740 %)Test Scripting
1293 (4.740 %)Unit Testing
1384 (4.281 %)OOA/OOD
1481 (4.128 %)Software Engineering
1576 (3.874 %)SOA
1576 (3.874 %)E-Commerce
1674 (3.772 %)Manual Testing
1773 (3.721 %)Requirements Analysis
1871 (3.619 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1756 (38.53 %)SQL
2604 (30.78 %)C#
3457 (23.29 %)Java
4321 (16.36 %)C++
5220 (11.21 %)VB
6219 (11.16 %)JavaScript
7174 (8.869 %)VB.NET
8137 (6.983 %)C
9111 (5.657 %)T-SQL
10107 (5.454 %)Python
1199 (5.046 %)PHP
1297 (4.944 %)Perl
1378 (3.976 %)VB6
1461 (3.109 %)Shell Script
1552 (2.650 %)PL/SQL
1646 (2.345 %)VBA
1744 (2.243 %)Ruby
1842 (2.141 %)XQuery
1842 (2.141 %)VC++
1928 (1.427 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1332 (16.92 %)Degree
2156 (7.951 %)Microsoft Certification
3116 (5.912 %)ISEB
4103 (5.250 %)MCP
586 (4.383 %)MCTS
679 (4.027 %)MCAD
679 (4.027 %)MCSD
753 (2.701 %)ISTQB
842 (2.141 %)Security Cleared
928 (1.427 %)MCSE
1025 (1.274 %)SC Cleared
1025 (1.274 %)Cisco Certification
1122 (1.121 %)MCITP
1221 (1.070 %)CCNA
1320 (1.019 %)MCSA
1419 (0.968 %)HNC
1419 (0.968 %)CISSP
1517 (0.866 %)HND
1615 (0.765 %)ITIL Certification
1713 (0.663 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1273 (13.91 %)QA
244 (2.243 %)SLA
318 (0.917 %)PCI DSS
413 (0.663 %)ISO/IEC 27001
59 (0.459 %)WAI
63 (0.153 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
72 (0.102 %)Solvency II
72 (0.102 %)ISO 9000
72 (0.102 %)ISO 9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
192 (4.689 %)Active Directory
288 (4.485 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (1.019 %)XenApp
416 (0.815 %)Hyper-V
514 (0.714 %)XenDesktop
613 (0.663 %)NFS
711 (0.561 %)MetaFrame
810 (0.510 %)Terminal Services
98 (0.408 %)vSphere
106 (0.306 %)XenServer
106 (0.306 %)VMware ESX
106 (0.306 %)Oracle RMAN
115 (0.255 %)Veritas Volume Manager
124 (0.204 %)Postfix
133 (0.153 %)Oracle RAC
133 (0.153 %)Citrix Presentation Server
133 (0.153 %)NDS
142 (0.102 %)VMware ESXi
142 (0.102 %)Samba
151 (0.051 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
165 (3.313 %)HP Quality Center
214 (0.714 %)SCCM
311 (0.561 %)SCOM
410 (0.510 %)Backup Exec
410 (0.510 %)Tivoli
58 (0.408 %)MOM
58 (0.408 %)Unicenter
58 (0.408 %)Legato
67 (0.357 %)Nagios
67 (0.357 %)ZABBIX
76 (0.306 %)Ionix
76 (0.306 %)OpenView Configuration Management
76 (0.306 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
76 (0.306 %)WebInspect
85 (0.255 %)WSUS
94 (0.204 %)HP SIM
94 (0.204 %)Norton AntiVirus
94 (0.204 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
94 (0.204 %)BladeLogic
103 (0.153 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1460 (23.45 %)Microsoft
2399 (20.34 %)Oracle
3140 (7.136 %)VMware
481 (4.128 %)HP
565 (3.313 %)Citrix
645 (2.294 %)IBM
743 (2.192 %)Cisco
842 (2.141 %)Sybase
940 (2.039 %)SAP
940 (2.039 %)JBoss
940 (2.039 %)Red Hat
1034 (1.733 %)Perforce
1132 (1.631 %)Remedy
1231 (1.580 %)Sun
1322 (1.121 %)CA
1419 (0.968 %)Google
1517 (0.866 %)Juniper
1517 (0.866 %)Typemock
1616 (0.815 %)Veritas
1616 (0.815 %)Adobe