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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 447 838
Rank change year-on-year -29 +391 -159
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 491 696 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.69% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.41% 1.60% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 447 588 188
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,600 £31,850
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £74,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +35.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £80,000
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 34,801 43,406 74,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.74% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,954 23,484 33,996
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £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 7 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 7 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 -1 479 £75,000 - 148
Work from Home -11 372 £75,000 -6.25% 134
UK excluding London -36 258 £60,000 -7.69% 49
London +13 230 £85,000 +6.25% 99
East of England +42 73 £70,000 +21.74% 6
North of England +66 70 £65,000 -27.78% 15
South East -37 66 £52,500 -25.00% 19
North East +39 44 £71,500 +155.36% 7
South West -22 21 £47,500 -52.50% 1
Midlands -16 19 £51,500 -14.17% 8
Yorkshire +92 14 £32,500 +4.84% 1
West Midlands +1 14 £35,000 -41.67% 1
North West -18 12 £55,000 -40.54% 8
East Midlands -17 5 £51,500 -20.77% 7
Scotland -62 5 £63,750 +50.89%
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 20 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.24%) CMS
4 8 (1.63%) Apache Pig
4 8 (1.63%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.61%) Drupal
6 2 (0.41%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 18 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.41%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 141 (28.72%) AWS
2 98 (19.96%) Azure
3 54 (11.00%) Serverless
4 45 (9.16%) SaaS
5 44 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (8.76%) AWS Lambda
7 21 (4.28%) GitHub
8 18 (3.67%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.65%) Amazon Kinesis
10 13 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (2.65%) dbt
11 11 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (2.04%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.83%) Stripe
14 8 (1.63%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
15 7 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 48 (9.78%) Firewall
2 38 (7.74%) DNS
3 31 (6.31%) WAN
4 29 (5.91%) LAN
5 25 (5.09%) TCP/IP
6 21 (4.28%) VPN
7 18 (3.67%) DHCP
7 18 (3.67%) Internet
8 13 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
9 12 (2.44%) FTP
10 11 (2.24%) Wireless
11 10 (2.04%) BGP
11 10 (2.04%) OSPF
12 9 (1.83%) Extranet
12 9 (1.83%) Intranet
12 9 (1.83%) VoIP
13 8 (1.63%) MPLS
13 8 (1.63%) Network Security
13 8 (1.63%) Reverse Proxy
13 8 (1.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.74%) MySQL
2 31 (6.31%) Redis
3 27 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.05%) CouchDB
4 15 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (2.44%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.63%) Apache Hive
7 8 (1.63%) Big Data
7 8 (1.63%) Couchbase
7 8 (1.63%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.63%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.81%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.61%) Event Store
10 3 (0.61%) Power BI
11 1 (0.20%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.46%) TeamCity
2 14 (2.85%) JUnit
3 11 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.04%) Cypress.io
5 8 (1.63%) Checkstyle
5 8 (1.63%) Gradle
5 8 (1.63%) JIRA
5 8 (1.63%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.43%) Git
6 7 (1.43%) gulp
6 7 (1.43%) Selenium
6 7 (1.43%) webpack
7 6 (1.22%) Appium
7 6 (1.22%) Bugzilla
7 6 (1.22%) Mockito
7 6 (1.22%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.22%) Zephyr
8 5 (1.02%) DTrace
8 5 (1.02%) GDB
8 5 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 284 (57.84%) Social Skills
2 61 (12.42%) Games
3 53 (10.79%) Finance
4 33 (6.72%) Automotive
5 31 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.68%) Law
7 20 (4.07%) Tech for Good
8 18 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (3.46%) Marketing
10 14 (2.85%) Retail
11 13 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (2.24%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.83%) Front Office
14 7 (1.43%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.81%) Advertising
15 4 (0.81%) Agriculture
15 4 (0.81%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.61%) Banking
16 3 (0.61%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 163 (33.20%) Developer
2 75 (15.27%) Senior
3 73 (14.87%) Lead
4 69 (14.05%) Software Engineer
5 44 (8.96%) C# Developer
6 43 (8.76%) Analyst
7 42 (8.55%) .NET Developer
8 40 (8.15%) AWS Engineer
9 36 (7.33%) C# .NET Developer
10 33 (6.72%) AWS Developer
11 31 (6.31%) C# Software Engineer
12 30 (6.11%) .NET Software Engineer
12 30 (6.11%) Lead Developer
12 30 (6.11%) Senior Developer
12 30 (6.11%) Software Developer
13 24 (4.89%) Consultant
14 23 (4.68%) Python Engineer
15 21 (4.28%) Data Engineer
15 21 (4.28%) Java Developer
15 21 (4.28%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (19.76%) .NET
2 65 (13.24%) .NET Core
3 40 (8.15%) Node.js
4 37 (7.54%) React
5 33 (6.72%) Kafka
6 26 (5.30%) AngularJS
6 26 (5.30%) Spring Boot
7 20 (4.07%) Vue
8 18 (3.67%) REST
9 17 (3.46%) CSS
9 17 (3.46%) RESTful
10 15 (3.05%) Spring
11 14 (2.85%) ASP.NET
11 14 (2.85%) ASP.NET MVC
12 13 (2.65%) Web Services
13 12 (2.44%) HTML
14 11 (2.24%) Laravel
14 11 (2.24%) Redux
14 11 (2.24%) SAML
15 9 (1.83%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 77 (15.68%) Data Structures
2 47 (9.57%) Algorithms
3 35 (7.13%) Hedge funds
3 35 (7.13%) IoT
4 34 (6.92%) Online Games
4 34 (6.92%) PropTech
5 29 (5.91%) Management Information System
6 26 (5.30%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.87%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (3.87%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (3.67%) Blog
8 18 (3.67%) Raspberry Pi
9 17 (3.46%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.65%) Virtual Team
11 12 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
14 7 (1.43%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 83 (16.90%) Windows
2 71 (14.46%) Linux
3 42 (8.55%) Apple iOS
4 41 (8.35%) Android
5 36 (7.33%) Windows Server
6 10 (2.04%) Unix
7 9 (1.83%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) HPUX
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (37.68%) Problem-Solving
2 175 (35.64%) Agile
3 169 (34.42%) Software Engineering
4 147 (29.94%) Computer Science
5 90 (18.33%) Design Patterns
6 89 (18.13%) Mentoring
7 83 (16.90%) OOP
8 71 (14.46%) Microservices
9 54 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
10 47 (9.57%) CI/CD
11 42 (8.55%) Full Stack Development
12 39 (7.94%) DevOps
13 36 (7.33%) TDD
14 35 (7.13%) Decision-Making
15 30 (6.11%) Low Latency
16 29 (5.91%) E-Commerce
16 29 (5.91%) Multithreading
16 29 (5.91%) SDLC
17 28 (5.70%) Scrum
18 26 (5.30%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 122 (24.85%) SQL
2 104 (21.18%) C#
3 88 (17.92%) Python
4 85 (17.31%) JavaScript
5 76 (15.48%) Java
6 69 (14.05%) TypeScript
7 27 (5.50%) PowerShell
8 26 (5.30%) C
9 19 (3.87%) Kotlin
10 16 (3.26%) Rust
11 14 (2.85%) PHP
12 9 (1.83%) C++
13 8 (1.63%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.43%) Swift
15 6 (1.22%) Bash
16 5 (1.02%) OCaml
16 5 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 5 (1.02%) SystemTap
17 2 (0.41%) Embedded C
17 2 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 122 (24.85%) Degree
2 26 (5.30%) Security Cleared
3 25 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (3.67%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.26%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.26%) PhD
6 14 (2.85%) CISSP
7 13 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (2.65%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.02%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.02%) PMP
8 5 (1.02%) RHCE
8 5 (1.02%) RHCSA
9 3 (0.61%) CCIE
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.41%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.41%) OSCE
10 2 (0.41%) OSCP
10 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (9.16%) QA
2 13 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.22%) GDPR
5 2 (0.41%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) COBIT
6 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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 (10.39%) Docker
2 44 (8.96%) Active Directory
3 24 (4.89%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.63%) HDFS
6 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 32 (6.52%) Terraform
3 15 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.04%) Grafana
4 10 (2.04%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.83%) Ansible
5 9 (1.83%) Rancher
6 8 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.22%) QRadar
8 5 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.02%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 91 (18.53%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.92%) VMware
3 15 (3.05%) Sage
4 11 (2.24%) Cisco
4 11 (2.24%) Splunk
5 9 (1.83%) GoCardless
5 9 (1.83%) PayPal
6 8 (1.63%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.63%) Ribbon
6 8 (1.63%) Xamarin
7 7 (1.43%) Meraki
8 6 (1.22%) Google
8 6 (1.22%) HP
8 6 (1.22%) IBM
8 6 (1.22%) Workday
9 5 (1.02%) Dell
9 5 (1.02%) EqualLogic
9 5 (1.02%) NetApp
9 5 (1.02%) Nimble Storage
10 4 (0.81%) Facebook