Client/Server Contract Job Trends in England

Client Server
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 495 506
Rank change year-on-year -103 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 24 16 28
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.052% 0.058% 0.087%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.16% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 26
10th Percentile £318 £358 £312
25th Percentile £338 £425 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -29.25% -3.64% +2.33%
75th Percentile £483 £613 £588
90th Percentile £539 £625 £599
UK median daily rate £409 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -21.11% -1.19% +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - £21.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - -70.69% +1.75%
75th Percentile - - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £21.25 £72.50
% change year-on-year - -70.69% +3.57%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,817 9,957 9,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.99% 36.07% 30.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,561 6,247 6,105
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £538
% change year-on-year +1.92% -4.26% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,087 502 395
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.27 £15.27
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £24.17
Median hourly rate £37.50 £31.78 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +18.02% -44.59% +25.00%
75th Percentile £69.79 £57.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £74.88 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £29.33 £50.00
% change year-on-year +27.86% -41.34% +12.36%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Client/Server job vacancy trend in England

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Client/Server in England over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Client/Server in England

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Client/Server
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
London -69 20 £363 -31.60% 42
North West -47 3 £445 -9.55% 1
North of England -77 3 £445 -9.55% 3
South East -63 1 - - 12
Client/Server
UK

Client/Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) Confluence
2 3 (12.50%) nginx
2 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) AWS
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (12.50%) GitHub
4 3 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.50%) OpenVPN
2 3 (12.50%) SSH
3 2 (8.33%) DMZ
3 2 (8.33%) Firewall
3 2 (8.33%) VPN
4 1 (4.17%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (20.83%) Relational Database
2 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (45.83%) Git
2 5 (20.83%) Gradle
2 5 (20.83%) Maven
3 4 (16.67%) PowerBuilder
4 3 (12.50%) JIRA
4 3 (12.50%) Moq
General
1 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Banking
4 3 (12.50%) Retail
5 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Front Office
5 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Java Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) AWS Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (8.33%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) SCCM Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) AWS Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Finance Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Java Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) REST
2 5 (20.83%) CSS
2 5 (20.83%) HTML
2 5 (20.83%) Spring
2 5 (20.83%) Spring Boot
3 4 (16.67%) JSF
3 4 (16.67%) JSP
4 3 (12.50%) .NET
4 3 (12.50%) boto
4 3 (12.50%) Django
4 3 (12.50%) OpenTofu
4 3 (12.50%) Terraform
4 3 (12.50%) Web Services
5 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
5 1 (4.17%) jQuery
5 1 (4.17%) React
5 1 (4.17%) RESTful
5 1 (4.17%) SOAP
5 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (12.50%) Distributed Applications
2 3 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Equities
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Linux
2 5 (20.83%) Unix
3 4 (16.67%) Windows
4 2 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Agile
2 11 (45.83%) Performance Optimisation
3 10 (41.67%) CI/CD
4 9 (37.50%) Software Engineering
5 8 (33.33%) DevOps
5 8 (33.33%) User Stories
6 7 (29.17%) Front End Development
6 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.83%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (20.83%) Clean Code
7 5 (20.83%) Memory Management
7 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (20.83%) Test Automation
8 4 (16.67%) Containerisation
8 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (16.67%) Design Patterns
8 4 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (16.67%) Unit Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) SQL
2 8 (33.33%) Java
3 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (12.50%) PL/SQL
4 3 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.17%) C
6 1 (4.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.17%) MCSA
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.17%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) QA
2 2 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Docker
2 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) SCCM
2 3 (12.50%) Ansible
2 3 (12.50%) SELinux
2 3 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
1 5 (20.83%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.50%) Atlassian
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Red Hat
3 2 (8.33%) Bloomberg
3 2 (8.33%) Citrix
3 2 (8.33%) ION Trading
3 2 (8.33%) Reuters
4 1 (4.17%) Workday