The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fat Client over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
115
123
166
Rank change year-on-year
+8
+43
-
Contract jobs citing Fat Client
1
1
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of 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 requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
583
666
1,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
34.17%
30.71%
34.48%
Number of daily rates quoted
365
441
805
10th Percentile
£363
£265
£350
25th Percentile
£475
£425
£500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£600
£575
£625
Median % change year-on-year
+4.35%
-8.00%
+7.94%
75th Percentile
£711
£695
£750
90th Percentile
£819
£838
£854
Central London median daily rate
£575
£564
£625
% change year-on-year
+2.00%
-9.80%
+8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted
5
6
15
10th Percentile
£18.70
£12.75
£18.06
25th Percentile
£22.00
£13.56
£35.00
Median hourly rate
£31.00
£20.00
£51.50
Median % change year-on-year
+55.00%
-61.17%
+7.29%
75th Percentile
£88.75
£26.25
£86.02
90th Percentile
£95.50
£38.63
£88.30
Central London median hourly rate
£27.76
£23.00
£37.42
% change year-on-year
+20.70%
-38.53%
-22.05%
Fat Client Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Fat Client as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Fat Client Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fat Client in the City of London.
Fat Client Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fat Client in the City of London.
Fat Client Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Fat Client also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Fat Client.
Fat Client Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:
