The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Client Server
Rank 180 148 150
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +2
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 24 36 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.479% 0.793% 0.521%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.875% 3.133% 2.187%
Number of salaries quoted 21 32 20
Average salary £35,000 £27,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.62% -32.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £32,450 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,375 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% -1.68%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1280 1149 1006
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.56% 25.31% 23.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1059 980 820
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,850
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Client/Server Salary Trend

Client/Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Client/Server across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +3 11 £35,000 +29.62%
Birmingham -10 6 £33,500 +21.81%
Shropshire -2 3 - -
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 27 (57.45%) SQL
2 25 (53.19%) C#
3 23 (48.94%) .NET
4 22 (46.81%) SQL Server
5 19 (40.43%) Windows
6 14 (29.79%) XML
7 13 (27.66%) Visual Studio
7 13 (27.66%) Microsoft
8 10 (21.28%) VB.NET
8 10 (21.28%) Computer Science
9 9 (19.15%) T-SQL
9 9 (19.15%) Finance
10 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (17.02%) ISTQB
10 8 (17.02%) ISEB
10 8 (17.02%) Test Scripting
11 7 (14.89%) Use Case
11 7 (14.89%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (14.89%) Selenium
11 7 (14.89%) WPF
11 7 (14.89%) Marketing
11 7 (14.89%) MVVM
11 7 (14.89%) UNIX
11 7 (14.89%) HTML
11 7 (14.89%) Java
12 6 (12.77%) MS Office
12 6 (12.77%) ASP.NET
12 6 (12.77%) SharePoint
12 6 (12.77%) Configuration Management
13 5 (10.64%) MVC

Client/Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 23 (48.94%) .NET
2 14 (29.79%) XML
3 7 (14.89%) WPF
3 7 (14.89%) HTML
4 6 (12.77%) ASP.NET
5 4 (8.511%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (8.511%) CSS
5 4 (8.511%) XSLT
5 4 (8.511%) Web Services
6 3 (6.383%) Hibernate
6 3 (6.383%) Spring
6 3 (6.383%) J2SE
7 2 (4.255%) .NET Framework
7 2 (4.255%) Java SE
7 2 (4.255%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 2 (4.255%) J2EE
7 2 (4.255%) JDBC
7 2 (4.255%) XSL
7 2 (4.255%) XHTML
8 1 (2.128%) Tapestry
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.383%) IIS
3 2 (4.255%) Tomcat
4 1 (2.128%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.128%) Apache
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (2.128%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.128%) Jetty
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) MS Office
2 5 (10.64%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.128%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.255%) LAN
1 2 (4.255%) WAN
1 2 (4.255%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.255%) Internet
2 1 (2.128%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (46.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.383%) Big Data
3 2 (4.255%) MySQL
3 2 (4.255%) Data Mining
3 2 (4.255%) Firebird
4 1 (2.128%) SQLPlus
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.128%) TOAD
4 1 (2.128%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (27.66%) Visual Studio
2 7 (14.89%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (14.89%) Selenium
3 5 (10.64%) ClearQuest
3 5 (10.64%) Expression Blend
4 3 (6.383%) ClearCase
4 3 (6.383%) Eclipse
5 2 (4.255%) WiX
5 2 (4.255%) MSBuild
5 2 (4.255%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (4.255%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (2.128%) ProC
6 1 (2.128%) JBuilder
6 1 (2.128%) JDeveloper
6 1 (2.128%) WebDriver
General
1 9 (19.15%) Finance
2 7 (14.89%) Marketing
3 3 (6.383%) Retail
4 2 (4.255%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.128%) Banking
5 1 (2.128%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Developer
1 20 (42.55%) Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) Test Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Software Developer
4 6 (12.77%) Configuration Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Applications Developer
5 4 (8.511%) Applications Support Analyst
5 4 (8.511%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (8.511%) Senior Test Analyst
5 4 (8.511%) Support Analyst
5 4 (8.511%) Applications Support
6 3 (6.383%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Configuration Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Build Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Automation Test Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) Automation Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) WPF Developer
7 2 (4.255%) QA Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Customer Service Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Computer Science
2 4 (8.511%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.255%) SaaS
4 1 (2.128%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 19 (40.43%) Windows
2 7 (14.89%) UNIX
3 4 (8.511%) Linux
4 2 (4.255%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
1 8 (17.02%) Test Scripting
2 7 (14.89%) Use Case
2 7 (14.89%) MVVM
3 6 (12.77%) Configuration Management
4 5 (10.64%) MVC
4 5 (10.64%) Data Analysis
4 5 (10.64%) Automation Testing
5 4 (8.511%) Time Management
5 4 (8.511%) OO
6 3 (6.383%) Migration
6 3 (6.383%) Logistics
6 3 (6.383%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (6.383%) Performance Testing
6 3 (6.383%) Test Automation
7 2 (4.255%) Business Process Improvement
7 2 (4.255%) Predictive Modelling
7 2 (4.255%) Waterfall
7 2 (4.255%) PRINCE2
7 2 (4.255%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 27 (57.45%) SQL
2 25 (53.19%) C#
3 10 (21.28%) VB.NET
4 9 (19.15%) T-SQL
5 7 (14.89%) Java
6 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
7 4 (8.511%) XAML
8 3 (6.383%) C
9 2 (4.255%) Perl
9 2 (4.255%) PHP
9 2 (4.255%) C++
9 2 (4.255%) Delphi
10 1 (2.128%) VB6
10 1 (2.128%) VB
10 1 (2.128%) PL/SQL
10 1 (2.128%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) ISTQB
1 8 (17.02%) ISEB
2 5 (10.64%) Degree
3 2 (4.255%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.128%) MCSE
4 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.128%) MCSD
4 1 (2.128%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) QA
2 2 (4.255%) ISO 9000
2 2 (4.255%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.128%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (27.66%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Oracle
3 2 (4.255%) RedPrairie
4 1 (2.128%) JBoss
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