Client/Server Contract Job Trends in Central London

Client Server
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.093% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £450 £325 £507
% change year-on-year +38.46% -35.90% -31.02%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Client/Server falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 766 655 790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 35.43% 31.64% 30.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 426 546
10th Percentile £350 £363 £266
25th Percentile £428 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £692 £718
90th Percentile £779 £775 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 13
10th Percentile £20.46 - £13.60
25th Percentile £26.11 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.06 £31.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +63.16% -45.71%
75th Percentile £41.89 - £27.50
90th Percentile £59.00 - £49.55
London median hourly rate £28.72 £39.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year -26.37% +48.57% -19.70%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Client/Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Client/Server job vacancy trend in Central London

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Client/Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Client/Server

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Client/Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Client/Server

Client/Server
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 25 February 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 2 £413 - 5
Client/Server
London

Client/Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (50.00%) Case Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCA
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Workday