The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Thin Client in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Thin Client over the 3 months to 22 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.

Thin Client
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank628634551
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Down-83
Matching permanent IT job ads252236205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.209 %0.192 %0.215 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.667 %0.585 %0.654 %
Number of salaries quoted214214170
Average salary£42,250£35,500£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.01 %-25.26 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£25,150£24,100
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£65,000£62,250
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£32,500£42,500
% change year-on-year
+23.07 %-23.52 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
377854035731337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK31.33 %32.91 %32.82 %
Number of salaries quoted317933387625593
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£27,962£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 %-

Thin Client
Demand Trend

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

Thin Client Demand Trend

Thin Client
Salary Trend

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

Thin Client Salary Trend

Thin Client
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Thin Client over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Thin Client Salary Histogram

Thin Client
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Thin Client within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
EnglandUp+11243£42,000+23.52 %
LondonUp+897£50,000-
South EastDown-1464£40,000+32.90 %
East of EnglandDown-1628£45,000+33.33 %
YorkshireDown-323£40,500+40.86 %
City of LondonDown-718£54,000-16.92 %
SurreyDown-217£40,000+66.66 %
West YorkshireDown-314£37,500+36.36 %
LeedsDown-1014£37,500+36.36 %
BerkshireDown-1612£62,500+32.97 %
West SussexUp+411£25,000+19.04 %
North WestDown-2011£38,750+33.62 %
HertfordshireUp+410£44,000+35.38 %
South WestDown-119£20,000-33.33 %
BedfordshireDown-68£52,500+54.41 %
ManchesterDown-118£32,500+12.06 %
EssexDown-207£45,000-14.28 %
HampshireDown-227£30,000-1.95 %
Haywards HeathNew entry-7£24,000-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-7£40,000-
West MidlandsNew entry-7£27,500-
CrawleyDown-16£24,000-
South YorkshireDown-46£45,000+20.00 %
BristolUp+35£20,000-16.66 %
ReadingDown-95£62,500+32.97 %
ColchesterDown-105£45,000+5.88 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-5£40,000-
BirminghamNew entry-5£27,500-
BromleyNew entry-5£35,000-
North YorkshireUp+84£46,250+23.33 %

Thin Client
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Thin 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 Thin Client.

1406 (100.00 %)Fat Client
2270 (66.50 %)Windows
3249 (61.33 %)Citrix
4176 (43.35 %)Microsoft
5149 (36.70 %)VMware
6131 (32.27 %)Windows Server 2008
7121 (29.80 %)Windows Server 2003
8117 (28.82 %)VMware Infrastructure
9114 (28.08 %)Active Directory
10109 (26.85 %)SAN
11104 (25.62 %)SQL
12101 (24.88 %)SQL Server
1399 (24.38 %)Linux
1489 (21.92 %)XenApp
1588 (21.67 %)Oracle
1686 (21.18 %)Firewall
1784 (20.69 %)Finance
1876 (18.72 %)MS Excel
1975 (18.47 %)HP
2069 (17.00 %)Windows XP
2164 (15.76 %)Cisco
2259 (14.53 %)LAN
2356 (13.79 %)MS Exchange
2356 (13.79 %)WAN
2356 (13.79 %)Windows 7
2452 (12.81 %)MS Office
2452 (12.81 %).NET
2551 (12.56 %)UNIX
2646 (11.33 %)XenDesktop
2744 (10.84 %)Microsoft Certification

Thin Client
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Thin 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 Thin Client. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
152 (12.81 %).NET
234 (8.374 %)ASP
320 (4.926 %)JSP
320 (4.926 %)Struts
320 (4.926 %)HTML5
417 (4.187 %)XML
515 (3.695 %)HTML
515 (3.695 %)CSS
515 (3.695 %)Silverlight
614 (3.448 %)Ajax
712 (2.956 %)Web Services
811 (2.709 %)MFC
811 (2.709 %)jQuery
910 (2.463 %)J2EE
910 (2.463 %)ASP.NET
109 (2.217 %)XML Schema
109 (2.217 %)WinForms
109 (2.217 %)WPF
109 (2.217 %)Django
117 (1.724 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
156 (13.79 %)MS Exchange
240 (9.852 %)SharePoint
330 (7.389 %)Exchange Server 2007
429 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
527 (6.650 %)Exchange Server 2010
626 (6.404 %)GlassFish
725 (6.158 %)Apache
817 (4.187 %)IIS
913 (3.202 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1012 (2.956 %)Lotus Notes
1110 (2.463 %)Lync
129 (2.217 %)Google App Engine
138 (1.970 %)Exchange Server 5.5
146 (1.478 %)Tomcat
146 (1.478 %)WebLogic
155 (1.232 %)SharePoint Server
155 (1.232 %)BizTalk Server
164 (0.985 %)Exchange Server 2000
164 (0.985 %)SAS
172 (0.493 %)ESB
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
176 (18.72 %)MS Excel
252 (12.81 %)MS Office
315 (3.695 %)MS Visio
46 (1.478 %)MS Project
55 (1.232 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.985 %)InfoPath
71 (0.246 %)Office 365
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.985 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.246 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.246 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1109 (26.85 %)SAN
286 (21.18 %)Firewall
359 (14.53 %)LAN
456 (13.79 %)WAN
540 (9.852 %)TCP/IP
631 (7.635 %)DNS
726 (6.404 %)VPN
825 (6.158 %)DHCP
825 (6.158 %)VoIP
923 (5.665 %)Internet
923 (5.665 %)NetScaler
1021 (5.172 %)NAS
1117 (4.187 %)IP Telephony
1216 (3.941 %)iSCSI
1313 (3.202 %)Fibre Channel
1313 (3.202 %)Wireless
1412 (2.956 %)ADSL
1511 (2.709 %)MPLS
1610 (2.463 %)Network Security
179 (2.217 %)WLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1101 (24.88 %)SQL Server
228 (6.897 %)Oracle 11g
324 (5.911 %)SQL Server 2005
419 (4.680 %)SQL Server 2008
419 (4.680 %)RDBMS
59 (2.217 %)Oracle 8/8i
66 (1.478 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (0.985 %)EDMS
83 (0.739 %)Essbase
83 (0.739 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (0.739 %)Data Warehouse
92 (0.493 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.246 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (4.926 %)Oracle APEX
210 (2.463 %)Team Foundation Server
39 (2.217 %)LoadRunner
46 (1.478 %)Ant
46 (1.478 %)Visual Studio
46 (1.478 %)Eclipse
51 (0.246 %)TestDirector
51 (0.246 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (0.246 %)WinDbg
51 (0.246 %)NWDI
51 (0.246 %)NUnit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
184 (20.69 %)Finance
241 (10.10 %)Banking
334 (8.374 %)Retail
418 (4.433 %)Back Office
58 (1.970 %)Telecoms
66 (1.478 %)Law
66 (1.478 %)Investment Banking
75 (1.232 %)Marketing
75 (1.232 %)Legal
84 (0.985 %)Publishing
91 (0.246 %)French Language
91 (0.246 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.246 %)Advertising
91 (0.246 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.246 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
186 (21.18 %)Analyst
251 (12.56 %)Developer
345 (11.08 %)Support Analyst
439 (9.606 %)Consultant
533 (8.128 %)Support Engineer
628 (6.897 %)Architect
726 (6.404 %)Graduate
824 (5.911 %)Infrastructure Engineer
922 (5.419 %)IT Support
1021 (5.172 %)3rd Line Support
1120 (4.926 %)Service Analyst
1120 (4.926 %)Java Developer
1120 (4.926 %)Junior
1218 (4.433 %).NET Developer
1218 (4.433 %)Citrix Engineer
1316 (3.941 %)VB.NET Developer
1414 (3.448 %)Technical Analyst
1414 (3.448 %)2nd Line Support
1513 (3.202 %)Web Developer
1513 (3.202 %)IT Support Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1406 (100.00 %)Fat Client
242 (10.34 %)SaaS
339 (9.606 %)Cloud Computing
422 (5.419 %)Blackberry
511 (2.709 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
511 (2.709 %)iPhone
610 (2.463 %)Computer Science
610 (2.463 %)Clustering
79 (2.217 %)Enterprise Storage
79 (2.217 %)Digital Media
79 (2.217 %)Graphic Design
87 (1.724 %)Video Conferencing
87 (1.724 %)Biometrics
96 (1.478 %)SecurID
96 (1.478 %)Client/Server
96 (1.478 %)Management Information System
96 (1.478 %)Handset
105 (1.232 %)NHS
105 (1.232 %)Statistics
105 (1.232 %)Kindle
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1270 (66.50 %)Windows
2131 (32.27 %)Windows Server 2008
3121 (29.80 %)Windows Server 2003
499 (24.38 %)Linux
569 (17.00 %)Windows XP
656 (13.79 %)Windows 7
751 (12.56 %)UNIX
829 (7.143 %)Windows Vista
920 (4.926 %)Windows 2000
1019 (4.680 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1111 (2.709 %)Solaris
126 (1.478 %)Windows NT
126 (1.478 %)HPUX
126 (1.478 %)Windows 2000 Server
135 (1.232 %)Android
135 (1.232 %)AIX
143 (0.739 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
139 (9.606 %)Disaster Recovery
236 (8.867 %)ITIL
332 (7.882 %)Risk Management
431 (7.635 %)Service Delivery
529 (7.143 %)Project Management
628 (6.897 %)Wealth Management
722 (5.419 %)CRM
821 (5.172 %)Change Management
915 (3.695 %)Migration
1012 (2.956 %)Scrum
1012 (2.956 %)Identity Management
1110 (2.463 %)E-Commerce
1110 (2.463 %)Agile Software Development
1110 (2.463 %)Automated Testing
1110 (2.463 %)Software Testing
1110 (2.463 %)V-Model
1110 (2.463 %)Waterfall
129 (2.217 %)Load Testing
129 (2.217 %)Multithreading
138 (1.970 %)Network Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1104 (25.62 %)SQL
242 (10.34 %)JavaScript
333 (8.128 %)Shell Script
431 (7.635 %)Java
523 (5.665 %)C#
523 (5.665 %)C++
620 (4.926 %)VB.NET
715 (3.695 %)VB
814 (3.448 %)Python
912 (2.956 %)C
912 (2.956 %)Perl
1011 (2.709 %)VC++
1011 (2.709 %)PowerShell
119 (2.217 %)XPath
128 (1.970 %)VBScript
134 (0.985 %)VBA
141 (0.246 %)Tcl
141 (0.246 %)ABAP
141 (0.246 %)RPG
141 (0.246 %)T-SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
144 (10.84 %)Microsoft Certification
227 (6.650 %)Citrix Certification
227 (6.650 %)Cisco Certification
324 (5.911 %)Degree
421 (5.172 %)MCSE
520 (4.926 %)MCITP
619 (4.680 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
619 (4.680 %)CCA
717 (4.187 %)MCP
816 (3.941 %)Security Cleared
914 (3.448 %)SC Cleared
1013 (3.202 %)CCNA
1013 (3.202 %)CCEA
1111 (2.709 %)ISEB
1210 (2.463 %)ISTQB
1210 (2.463 %)CCIA
137 (1.724 %)HP AIS
137 (1.724 %)CCNP
146 (1.478 %)A+ Certification
155 (1.232 %)CCSE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (7.635 %)SLA
217 (4.187 %)QA
35 (1.232 %)ISO 9001
41 (0.246 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1117 (28.82 %)VMware Infrastructure
2114 (28.08 %)Active Directory
389 (21.92 %)XenApp
446 (11.33 %)XenDesktop
541 (10.10 %)Hyper-V
632 (7.882 %)Terminal Services
731 (7.635 %)XenServer
825 (6.158 %)VMware ESX
923 (5.665 %)vSphere
1021 (5.172 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1119 (4.680 %)Terminal Server
126 (1.478 %)VMware ESXi
134 (0.985 %)MetaFrame
143 (0.739 %)Xen
143 (0.739 %)DFS Replication
143 (0.739 %)VMware Server
152 (0.493 %)Oracle RMAN
161 (0.246 %)VMware Workstation
161 (0.246 %)ISA Server
161 (0.246 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
129 (7.143 %)Nagios
216 (3.941 %)Backup Exec
314 (3.448 %)Norton AntiVirus
411 (2.709 %)SCCM
59 (2.217 %)Data Guard
59 (2.217 %)ARCserve
68 (1.970 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
68 (1.970 %)DameWare
68 (1.970 %)NetBackup
77 (1.724 %)WSUS
86 (1.478 %)SCOM
95 (1.232 %)OpenView
95 (1.232 %)HP SIM
95 (1.232 %)Cisco UCCX
95 (1.232 %)Cisco CUCM
103 (0.739 %)SolarWinds Orion
112 (0.493 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
121 (0.246 %)OpenView Configuration Management
121 (0.246 %)Tivoli
121 (0.246 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1249 (61.33 %)Citrix
2176 (43.35 %)Microsoft
3149 (36.70 %)VMware
488 (21.67 %)Oracle
575 (18.47 %)HP
664 (15.76 %)Cisco
744 (10.84 %)Red Hat
822 (5.419 %)Symantec
920 (4.926 %)NetApp
1019 (4.680 %)Wyse
1115 (3.695 %)CheckPoint
1115 (3.695 %)Lotus
1214 (3.448 %)IBM
1313 (3.202 %)Dell
1411 (2.709 %)Google
159 (2.217 %)SonicWALL
168 (1.970 %)ProCurve
168 (1.970 %)CA
177 (1.724 %)Websense
177 (1.724 %)F5