Client Server
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Client/Server over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 441 821
Rank change year-on-year -22 +380 -129
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 503 686 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.70% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.43% 1.63% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 452 577 204
10th Percentile £37,050 £39,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £75,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +31.58% +3.64%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £71,563
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -7.69% +33.33% +21.88%

All Generic Skills
UK

Client/Server is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,224 42,073 78,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 42.71% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,037 22,960 34,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Client/Server.

Salary trend for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Client/Server over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +10 488 £75,000 - 182
Work from Home -9 377 £75,000 -6.25% 170
UK excluding London -18 262 £60,000 -7.69% 97
London +11 235 £85,000 +6.25% 125
East of England +33 73 £70,000 +14.29% 8
South East -39 70 £52,500 -25.00% 53
North of England +58 69 £65,000 -29.73% 14
North East +37 44 £71,500 +155.36% 6
South West -7 21 £47,500 -44.12% 2
Midlands -26 20 £51,500 -14.17% 19
West Midlands -8 14 £35,000 -41.67% 6
Yorkshire +89 13 £30,000 -3.23% 1
North West -31 12 £55,000 -40.54% 9
East Midlands -7 6 £62,000 -4.62% 13
Scotland -56 5 £63,750 +50.89% 2
Wales -1 4 £61,500 +37.69% 3

Client/Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 19 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.98%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.19%) CMS
5 8 (1.59%) Skype for Business
6 7 (1.39%) Apache Pig
7 3 (0.60%) Drupal
8 2 (0.40%) nginx
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.40%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 143 (28.43%) AWS
2 98 (19.48%) Azure
3 53 (10.54%) Serverless
4 45 (8.95%) SaaS
5 43 (8.55%) AWS Lambda
6 41 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (4.17%) GitHub
8 18 (3.58%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.58%) Amazon Kinesis
10 13 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (2.58%) dbt
11 10 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.99%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.79%) Stripe
13 8 (1.59%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
14 7 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.39%) GCP
14 7 (1.39%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 48 (9.54%) Firewall
2 40 (7.95%) DNS
3 31 (6.16%) WAN
4 29 (5.77%) LAN
4 29 (5.77%) TCP/IP
5 21 (4.17%) VPN
6 19 (3.78%) DHCP
7 18 (3.58%) Internet
8 13 (2.58%) Intrusion Detection
9 12 (2.39%) FTP
10 11 (2.19%) Wireless
11 10 (1.99%) BGP
11 10 (1.99%) OSPF
12 9 (1.79%) Extranet
12 9 (1.79%) Intranet
13 8 (1.59%) MPLS
13 8 (1.59%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.59%) Skype
13 8 (1.59%) SSL
13 8 (1.59%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.55%) MySQL
2 31 (6.16%) Redis
3 27 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.98%) CouchDB
4 15 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (2.58%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (2.39%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.59%) Couchbase
7 8 (1.59%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.39%) Apache Hive
8 7 (1.39%) Big Data
8 7 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.39%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.39%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.80%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.60%) Event Store
10 3 (0.60%) Power BI
11 1 (0.20%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.38%) TeamCity
2 13 (2.58%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.58%) JUnit
3 10 (1.99%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.59%) Gradle
4 8 (1.59%) JIRA
5 7 (1.39%) Checkstyle
5 7 (1.39%) Git
5 7 (1.39%) gulp
5 7 (1.39%) SonarQube
5 7 (1.39%) webpack
6 6 (1.19%) Appium
6 6 (1.19%) Bugzilla
6 6 (1.19%) Mockito
6 6 (1.19%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.99%) GDB
7 5 (0.99%) MSBuild
7 5 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.99%) Selenium
7 5 (0.99%) Visual Studio
General
1 286 (56.86%) Social Skills
2 61 (12.13%) Games
3 54 (10.74%) Finance
4 33 (6.56%) Automotive
5 30 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.57%) Law
7 20 (3.98%) Tech for Good
8 18 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (3.38%) Aerospace
10 16 (3.18%) Marketing
11 14 (2.78%) Retail
12 13 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.79%) Front Office
14 7 (1.39%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.80%) Advertising
15 4 (0.80%) Agriculture
15 4 (0.80%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.60%) Banking
16 3 (0.60%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 168 (33.40%) Developer
2 78 (15.51%) Senior
3 74 (14.71%) Lead
4 71 (14.12%) Software Engineer
5 46 (9.15%) C# Developer
6 44 (8.75%) .NET Developer
7 40 (7.95%) Analyst
7 40 (7.95%) AWS Engineer
8 38 (7.55%) C# .NET Developer
9 33 (6.56%) AWS Developer
9 33 (6.56%) Senior Developer
10 31 (6.16%) C# Software Engineer
11 30 (5.96%) .NET Software Engineer
11 30 (5.96%) Software Developer
12 29 (5.77%) Lead Developer
13 24 (4.77%) Consultant
14 23 (4.57%) Python Engineer
15 22 (4.37%) Team Leader
16 21 (4.17%) Data Engineer
16 21 (4.17%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (19.48%) .NET
2 65 (12.92%) .NET Core
3 40 (7.95%) Node.js
4 37 (7.36%) React
5 34 (6.76%) Kafka
6 27 (5.37%) AngularJS
7 25 (4.97%) Spring Boot
8 20 (3.98%) Vue
9 18 (3.58%) REST
10 17 (3.38%) CSS
10 17 (3.38%) RESTful
11 14 (2.78%) ASP.NET
11 14 (2.78%) ASP.NET MVC
11 14 (2.78%) Spring
12 13 (2.58%) Web Services
13 12 (2.39%) HTML
14 11 (2.19%) Laravel
14 11 (2.19%) Redux
14 11 (2.19%) SAML
15 9 (1.79%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 80 (15.90%) Data Structures
2 47 (9.34%) Algorithms
3 35 (6.96%) Hedge funds
3 35 (6.96%) IoT
3 35 (6.96%) PropTech
4 34 (6.76%) Online Games
5 30 (5.96%) Management Information System
6 26 (5.17%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.78%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (3.78%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (3.58%) Blog
8 18 (3.58%) Onboarding
8 18 (3.58%) Raspberry Pi
9 14 (2.78%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.58%) Virtual Team
11 12 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
15 7 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 89 (17.69%) Windows
2 75 (14.91%) Linux
3 44 (8.75%) Apple iOS
4 43 (8.55%) Android
5 38 (7.55%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.99%) Unix
7 8 (1.59%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.20%) HPUX
10 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) SUSE
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (37.38%) Problem-Solving
2 183 (36.38%) Agile
3 175 (34.79%) Software Engineering
4 149 (29.62%) Computer Science
5 91 (18.09%) Mentoring
6 90 (17.89%) Design Patterns
7 85 (16.90%) OOP
8 71 (14.12%) Microservices
9 57 (11.33%) Cybersecurity
10 46 (9.15%) CI/CD
11 42 (8.35%) Full Stack Development
12 37 (7.36%) DevOps
12 37 (7.36%) TDD
13 35 (6.96%) Decision-Making
14 33 (6.56%) Low Latency
15 32 (6.36%) Multithreading
15 32 (6.36%) Scrum
16 30 (5.96%) SDLC
17 29 (5.77%) E-Commerce
18 26 (5.17%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 121 (24.06%) SQL
2 108 (21.47%) C#
3 87 (17.30%) Python
4 85 (16.90%) JavaScript
5 75 (14.91%) Java
6 69 (13.72%) TypeScript
7 28 (5.57%) C
8 25 (4.97%) PowerShell
9 19 (3.78%) Kotlin
10 16 (3.18%) Rust
11 14 (2.78%) PHP
12 11 (2.19%) C++
13 8 (1.59%) Swift
13 8 (1.59%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.19%) Bash
15 5 (0.99%) OCaml
15 5 (0.99%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.99%) SystemTap
16 2 (0.40%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 122 (24.25%) Degree
2 31 (6.16%) Security Cleared
3 25 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (4.97%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.37%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.18%) CISSP
5 16 (3.18%) PhD
6 13 (2.58%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (2.58%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.99%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.99%) PMP
7 5 (0.99%) RHCE
7 5 (0.99%) RHCSA
8 3 (0.60%) CCIE
8 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.60%) CISM
8 3 (0.60%) CRISC
9 2 (0.40%) OSCE
9 2 (0.40%) OSCP
9 2 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.75%) QA
2 13 (2.58%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.19%) GDPR
5 2 (0.40%) COBIT
5 2 (0.40%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.20%) NCSC
6 1 (0.20%) NIST
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) SLA
6 1 (0.20%) SOC 1
System Software
1 51 (10.14%) Docker
2 42 (8.35%) Active Directory
3 22 (4.37%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.39%) HDFS
6 3 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.16%) Terraform
3 14 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (2.19%) Ansible
4 11 (2.19%) Grafana
4 11 (2.19%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.79%) Rancher
6 8 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.19%) QRadar
8 5 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.99%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.40%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) SCCM
11 1 (0.20%) SCOM
11 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 89 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.16%) VMware
3 15 (2.98%) Sage
4 12 (2.39%) Splunk
5 11 (2.19%) Cisco
6 9 (1.79%) GoCardless
6 9 (1.79%) PayPal
7 8 (1.59%) CheckPoint
7 8 (1.59%) Ribbon
7 8 (1.59%) Xamarin
8 7 (1.39%) Google
8 7 (1.39%) Meraki
9 6 (1.19%) HP
9 6 (1.19%) IBM
9 6 (1.19%) Workday
10 5 (0.99%) Dell
10 5 (0.99%) EqualLogic
10 5 (0.99%) NetApp
10 5 (0.99%) Nimble Storage
11 3 (0.60%) HubSpot