Client/Server Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Client/Server over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Client Server UK
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	464	538	388
Rank change year-on-year	+74	-150
Contract jobs citing Client/Server	150	111	275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.32%	0.21%	0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.96%	0.62%	1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted	82	69	161
UK median daily rate	£425	£400	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.25%	-5.88%
10th Percentile	£171	£150	£300
90th Percentile	£575	£550	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£388	£344	£400
% change year-on-year	+12.64%	-14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	20	10	8
UK median hourly rate	£30.00	£27.50	£23.89
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+9.09%	+15.11%
10th Percentile	£9.25	£15.73	£16.33
90th Percentile	£46.00	£38.05	£32.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£27.50	£18.75
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	+46.66%

Client/Server is in the generic IT skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Generic IT Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	15670	17861	17809
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	33.26%	33.25%	31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	14461	16373	15825
UK median daily rate	£450	£425	£424
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+0.23%
10th Percentile	£263	£255	£248
90th Percentile	£663	£630	£636
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£390	£375
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	+4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	683	850	842
UK median hourly rate	£22.50	£23.00	£19.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-2.17%	+21.05%
10th Percentile	£11.72	£11.61	£11.28
90th Percentile	£50.25	£47.83	£49.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£23.00	£18.00
% change year-on-year	+8.69%	+27.77%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Client/Server as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Client/Server.

Contractor daily rate trend for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Client/Server over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Client/Server over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the UK over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+78	148	£425	+10.38%	434
London	+56	84	£425	-1.44%	350
UK excluding London	+55	65	£388	+12.64%	85
South East	+17	30	£600	+56.86%	40
North of England	+61	12	£488	+37.32%	6
East of England	-3	11	£191	-23.60%	23
Midlands	+8	6	£320	+6.48%	4
South West	+2	5	£400	-9.09%	11
Wales	-	1	-	-	1

Client/Server
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Client/Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Client/Server.

1	124 (36.26%)	SQL
2	122 (35.67%)	Java
3	114 (33.33%)	Windows
4	106 (30.99%)	Agile Software Development
5	89 (26.02%)	Linux
6	77 (22.51%)	SQL Server
7	73 (21.35%)	Finance
8	71 (20.76%)	Unix
9	66 (19.30%)	Microsoft
10	62 (18.13%)	Active Directory
10	62 (18.13%)	Oracle
11	52 (15.20%)	.NET
12	51 (14.91%)	TDD
13	50 (14.62%)	Web Services
14	47 (13.74%)	C#

15	43 (12.57%)	Spring
16	40 (11.70%)	MVC
17	39 (11.40%)	Windows Server
18	38 (11.11%)	HTML
18	38 (11.11%)	JIRA
19	36 (10.53%)	Continuous Integration
19	36 (10.53%)	MySQL
19	36 (10.53%)	OO
20	35 (10.23%)	Analytical Skills
21	34 (9.94%)	Apache Cassandra
21	34 (9.94%)	XML
21	34 (9.94%)	ASP.NET
22	33 (9.65%)	DevOps
22	33 (9.65%)	Windows Server 2012
23	32 (9.36%)	Open Source

Client/Server
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	22 (6.43%)	IIS
1	22 (6.43%)	SharePoint
2	17 (4.97%)	Tomcat
3	16 (4.68%)	JBoss
4	15 (4.39%)	WildFly
5	14 (4.09%)	SharePoint 2013
6	12 (3.51%)	MS Exchange
6	12 (3.51%)	Skype for Business
7	11 (3.22%)	Apache
8	10 (2.92%)	Exchange Server 2013
8	10 (2.92%)	WebLogic
9	9 (2.63%)	Confluence
9	9 (2.63%)	WebSphere
10	7 (2.05%)	IBM Notes
11	6 (1.75%)	Exchange Server 2007
11	6 (1.75%)	SAS
12	5 (1.46%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
13	4 (1.17%)	Adobe Experience Manager
14	3 (0.88%)	Apache Spark
14	3 (0.88%)	Oracle SOA Suite

Applications
1	29 (8.48%)	Microsoft Office
2	9 (2.63%)	Microsoft Excel
3	5 (1.46%)	Acrobat
3	5 (1.46%)	MS Visio
4	3 (0.88%)	Stata
5	1 (0.29%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	8 (2.34%)	Sonata
2	5 (1.46%)	Unit4 Business World
3	3 (0.88%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	2 (0.58%)	Loan IQ

Cloud Services
1	15 (4.39%)	Amazon AWS
1	15 (4.39%)	Microsoft Azure
2	8 (2.34%)	Office 365
3	5 (1.46%)	GitHub
3	5 (1.46%)	IBM Blueworks
4	3 (0.88%)	PaaS
4	3 (0.88%)	SaaS
5	2 (0.58%)	Google Cloud Platform
5	2 (0.58%)	IaaS
6	1 (0.29%)	Amazon EC2
6	1 (0.29%)	Azure Active Directory
6	1 (0.29%)	Cloud Computing
6	1 (0.29%)	Rackspace Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	30 (8.77%)	DNS
2	20 (5.85%)	Firewall
2	20 (5.85%)	TCP/IP
3	19 (5.56%)	Internet
4	18 (5.26%)	HTTP
5	17 (4.97%)	LDAP
6	14 (4.09%)	LAN
7	10 (2.92%)	Skype
8	9 (2.63%)	Remote Desktop
8	9 (2.63%)	SSH
9	8 (2.34%)	Ethernet
10	7 (2.05%)	DHCP
10	7 (2.05%)	ICMP
10	7 (2.05%)	SAN
11	5 (1.46%)	Intranet
11	5 (1.46%)	SSL
11	5 (1.46%)	VPN
11	5 (1.46%)	Wi-Fi
11	5 (1.46%)	Wireless
12	4 (1.17%)	FTP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	77 (22.51%)	SQL Server
2	36 (10.53%)	MySQL
3	34 (9.94%)	Apache Cassandra
4	31 (9.06%)	NoSQL
5	29 (8.48%)	Big Data
6	12 (3.51%)	Oracle Database
6	12 (3.51%)	PostgreSQL
7	10 (2.92%)	MongoDB
7	10 (2.92%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	10 (2.92%)	Relational Database
8	8 (2.34%)	DB2
9	7 (2.05%)	Hadoop
10	5 (1.46%)	EDRMS
10	5 (1.46%)	SQL Server 2012
11	4 (1.17%)	Blockchain
11	4 (1.17%)	Data Warehouse
12	3 (0.88%)	Aerospike
12	3 (0.88%)	BusinessObjects
12	3 (0.88%)	MS Access
12	3 (0.88%)	SSDT

Development Applications
1	38 (11.11%)	JIRA
2	28 (8.19%)	Git (software)
3	26 (7.60%)	Team Foundation Server
4	22 (6.43%)	Eclipse
5	19 (5.56%)	LoadRunner
6	18 (5.26%)	Bitbucket
7	17 (4.97%)	Atlassian Bamboo
8	16 (4.68%)	Hudson
8	16 (4.68%)	NUnit
9	15 (4.39%)	JMeter
9	15 (4.39%)	Moq
9	15 (4.39%)	MSBuild
9	15 (4.39%)	ReSharper
9	15 (4.39%)	Visual Studio
10	14 (4.09%)	Selenium
11	13 (3.80%)	Jenkins
11	13 (3.80%)	Subversion
12	11 (3.22%)	Maven
13	8 (2.34%)	SoapUI
14	7 (2.05%)	YourKit

General
1	73 (21.35%)	Finance
2	30 (8.77%)	Banking
3	23 (6.73%)	Retail
4	12 (3.51%)	Front Office
5	11 (3.22%)	Telecoms
6	10 (2.92%)	Marketing
7	8 (2.34%)	Legal
8	7 (2.05%)	Back Office
9	6 (1.75%)	Advertising
10	5 (1.46%)	Games
11	4 (1.17%)	Electronics
11	4 (1.17%)	Manufacturing
12	3 (0.88%)	Aerospace
13	2 (0.58%)	Corporate Banking
13	2 (0.58%)	Publishing
14	1 (0.29%)	Investment Banking
14	1 (0.29%)	Local Government
14	1 (0.29%)	Military

Job Titles
1	124 (36.26%)	Developer
2	63 (18.42%)	Java Developer
3	56 (16.37%)	Analyst
4	36 (10.53%)	.NET Developer
5	32 (9.36%)	Architect
5	32 (9.36%)	Senior Developer
6	27 (7.89%)	Consultant
7	23 (6.73%)	Senior Java Developer
8	19 (5.56%)	C# Developer
9	17 (4.97%)	WPF Developer
10	16 (4.68%)	AWS DevOps
11	15 (4.39%)	AWS Developer
11	15 (4.39%)	DevOps Developer
11	15 (4.39%)	WinForms Developer
12	14 (4.09%)	Solutions Architect
13	13 (3.80%)	C# .NET Developer
13	13 (3.80%)	Oracle Developer
13	13 (3.80%)	SQL Developer
13	13 (3.80%)	Support Analyst
13	13 (3.80%)	Technical Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	52 (15.20%)	.NET
2	50 (14.62%)	Web Services
3	43 (12.57%)	Spring
4	38 (11.11%)	HTML
5	34 (9.94%)	ASP.NET
5	34 (9.94%)	XML
6	28 (8.19%)	WinForms
7	26 (7.60%)	ASP.NET MVC
8	24 (7.02%)	WPF
9	22 (6.43%)	jQuery
9	22 (6.43%)	WCF
10	20 (5.85%)	ASP.NET Web API
10	20 (5.85%)	CSS
10	20 (5.85%)	HTML5
10	20 (5.85%)	J2EE
10	20 (5.85%)	SOAP
11	19 (5.56%)	Ajax
11	19 (5.56%)	LINQ
11	19 (5.56%)	Middleware
12	15 (4.39%)	Microsoft Enterprise Library

Miscellaneous
1	35 (10.23%)	Analytical Skills
2	17 (4.97%)	Data Centre
3	14 (4.09%)	Management Information System
4	11 (3.22%)	Enterprise Software
5	10 (2.92%)	Mainframe
6	8 (2.34%)	Mobile App
7	7 (2.05%)	CCTV
7	7 (2.05%)	CMDB
7	7 (2.05%)	Computer Science
7	7 (2.05%)	Fintech
8	6 (1.75%)	Blackberry
8	6 (1.75%)	EPoS
8	6 (1.75%)	NHS
8	6 (1.75%)	Replication
9	5 (1.46%)	Clustering
9	5 (1.46%)	N-Tier
10	4 (1.17%)	Fixed Income
10	4 (1.17%)	Linux Command Line
11	3 (0.88%)	Algorithms
11	3 (0.88%)	AS400

Operating Systems
1	114 (33.33%)	Windows
2	89 (26.02%)	Linux
3	71 (20.76%)	Unix
4	39 (11.40%)	Windows Server
5	33 (9.65%)	Windows Server 2012
6	30 (8.77%)	Windows Server 2008
7	19 (5.56%)	Windows 7
8	17 (4.97%)	Windows 10
9	11 (3.22%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	8 (2.34%)	Windows Server 2003
11	6 (1.75%)	Windows 8
12	5 (1.46%)	Windows 2000
12	5 (1.46%)	Windows NT
13	4 (1.17%)	Apple iOS
13	4 (1.17%)	Windows Vista
14	3 (0.88%)	OS/390
15	2 (0.58%)	Solaris
16	1 (0.29%)	AIX
16	1 (0.29%)	Android
16	1 (0.29%)	Embedded Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	106 (30.99%)	Agile Software Development
2	51 (14.91%)	TDD
3	40 (11.70%)	MVC
4	36 (10.53%)	Continuous Integration
4	36 (10.53%)	OO
5	33 (9.65%)	DevOps
6	32 (9.36%)	Open Source
7	30 (8.77%)	ITIL
7	30 (8.77%)	Mentoring
8	29 (8.48%)	Unit Testing
9	27 (7.89%)	Service Design
10	24 (7.02%)	Scrum
10	24 (7.02%)	SDLC
10	24 (7.02%)	Test Automation
11	21 (6.14%)	Asset Management
11	21 (6.14%)	Release Management
12	20 (5.85%)	SOA
13	19 (5.56%)	Capacity Management
13	19 (5.56%)	Project Management
13	19 (5.56%)	Stakeholder Management

Programming Languages
1	124 (36.26%)	SQL
2	122 (35.67%)	Java
3	47 (13.74%)	C#
4	29 (8.48%)	VB.NET
5	28 (8.19%)	JavaScript
6	19 (5.56%)	PowerShell
7	18 (5.26%)	T-SQL
8	15 (4.39%)	C++
8	15 (4.39%)	Python
8	15 (4.39%)	VB
9	12 (3.51%)	C
10	11 (3.22%)	Perl
10	11 (3.22%)	PL/SQL
11	10 (2.92%)	Bash Shell
11	10 (2.92%)	VB6
12	5 (1.46%)	Groovy
13	4 (1.17%)	Go
13	4 (1.17%)	Ruby
13	4 (1.17%)	Scala
14	3 (0.88%)	Delphi

Qualifications
1	28 (8.19%)	Security Cleared
2	17 (4.97%)	SC Cleared
3	12 (3.51%)	Degree
4	11 (3.22%)	ISTQB
5	8 (2.34%)	ISEB
6	7 (2.05%)	DV Cleared
7	6 (1.75%)	Computer Science Degree
7	6 (1.75%)	Microsoft Certification
7	6 (1.75%)	PMI Certification
7	6 (1.75%)	PMP
7	6 (1.75%)	PRINCE2 Certification
8	4 (1.17%)	ITIL Certification
8	4 (1.17%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
8	4 (1.17%)	MCP
8	4 (1.17%)	PCI QSA
9	3 (0.88%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
9	3 (0.88%)	MCSA
9	3 (0.88%)	MCSE
9	3 (0.88%)	MCSM
9	3 (0.88%)	SAS Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	11 (3.22%)	QA
2	9 (2.63%)	SLA
3	7 (2.05%)	HL7
4	5 (1.46%)	Data Quality
5	4 (1.17%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	4 (1.17%)	PCI DSS
6	3 (0.88%)	ISO 9001
7	2 (0.58%)	Basel II
8	1 (0.29%)	Cyber Essentials
8	1 (0.29%)	ISO/IEC 27001
8	1 (0.29%)	MiFID
8	1 (0.29%)	RMADS

System Software
1	62 (18.13%)	Active Directory
2	19 (5.56%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	15 (4.39%)	Microsoft App-V
4	13 (3.80%)	VMware ESXi
5	9 (2.63%)	DFS Replication
6	4 (1.17%)	Docker
6	4 (1.17%)	Hyper-V
6	4 (1.17%)	Virtual Desktop
7	3 (0.88%)	ISA Server
7	3 (0.88%)	Virtual Servers
8	2 (0.58%)	Virtual Machines
9	1 (0.29%)	Firmware

Systems Management
1	28 (8.19%)	Puppet
2	26 (7.60%)	Opscode Chef
3	17 (4.97%)	SCCM
4	9 (2.63%)	NetBackup
5	8 (2.34%)	Nagios
5	8 (2.34%)	WSUS
6	7 (2.05%)	Grafana
6	7 (2.05%)	Graphite
6	7 (2.05%)	HP SiteScope
6	7 (2.05%)	ZABBIX
7	5 (1.46%)	HP Quality Center
7	5 (1.46%)	Mesos
8	4 (1.17%)	DameWare
8	4 (1.17%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
8	4 (1.17%)	Marathon
8	4 (1.17%)	SCOM
9	3 (0.88%)	BMC PATROL
9	3 (0.88%)	Consul
9	3 (0.88%)	Tivoli
9	3 (0.88%)	Tivoli NetView

Vendors
1	66 (19.30%)	Microsoft
2	62 (18.13%)	Oracle
3	25 (7.31%)	VMware
4	24 (7.02%)	IBM
5	22 (6.43%)	HP
6	19 (5.56%)	Citrix
7	12 (3.51%)	Red Hat
7	12 (3.51%)	Veritas
8	10 (2.92%)	Cisco
8	10 (2.92%)	ServiceNow
8	10 (2.92%)	Symantec
9	9 (2.63%)	McAfee
10	8 (2.34%)	Avaloq
10	8 (2.34%)	Dynatrace
10	8 (2.34%)	FNZ
11	7 (2.05%)	Lotus
11	7 (2.05%)	SAP
12	6 (1.75%)	Dell
13	5 (1.46%)	Adobe
13	5 (1.46%)	webMethods