Fat Client Contract Job Trends in Central London

Fat Client
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fat Client over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	147	125	126
Rank change year-on-year	-22	+1	+26
Contract jobs citing Fat Client	3	3	1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	0.13%	0.16%	0.043%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.32%	0.42%	0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	2	1
10^th Percentile	-	£503	-
25^th Percentile	£235	£506	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£240	£525	£650
Median % change year-on-year	-54.29%	-19.23%	-
75^th Percentile	£245	£556	-
90^th Percentile	-	£568	-
London median daily rate	£520	£563	£550
% change year-on-year	-7.56%	+2.27%	+0.92%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Fat Client 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 citing generic IT skills in Central London.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills	936	709	727
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London	40.24%	38.22%	31.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	623	521	465
10^th Percentile	£331	£359	£352
25^th Percentile	£450	£450	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£563	£578
Median % change year-on-year	-2.22%	-2.60%	-3.75%
75^th Percentile	£675	£688	£713
90^th Percentile	£773	£775	£838
London median daily rate	£550	£550	£575
% change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted	23	9	3
10^th Percentile	£20.10	£16.96	£25.72
25^th Percentile	£24.08	£19.79	£26.20
Median hourly rate	£35.82	£27.50	£27.00
Median % change year-on-year	+30.25%	+1.85%	-22.86%
75^th Percentile	£64.25	£36.00	£59.75
90^th Percentile	£142.02	£70.21	£79.40
London median hourly rate	£35.91	£26.30	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+36.54%	-24.86%	+17.77%

Fat Client Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Fat Client Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Fat Client Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Fat Client 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 Fat Client within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
City of London	-22	3	£240	-54.29%
Fat Client London

Fat Client Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 26 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Fat Client also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region citing Fat Client.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Directory	100.0%	3
2	Apple	66.7%	2
2	Azure	66.7%	2
2	Change Control	66.7%	2
2	Entra ID	66.7%	2
2	HP	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft 365	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft Intune	66.7%	2
10	Cisco	33.3%	1
10	Citrix	33.3%	1
10	Degree	33.3%	1
10	DHCP	33.3%	1
10	DNS	33.3%	1
10	Hyper-V	33.3%	1
10	Line Management	33.3%	1
10	SCCM	33.3%	1
10	VMware	33.3%	1
10	VMware Infrastructure	33.3%	1
10	VPN	33.3%	1
10	Windows	33.3%	1
10	Windows 10	33.3%	1
10	Windows Server	33.3%	1

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Thin Client	100.0%	3
2	iPad	66.7%	2
2	iPhone	66.7%	2
4	BYOD	33.3%	1
4	Video Conferencing	33.3%	1