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 25 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 494 486
Rank change year-on-year -111 -8 +35
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 21 20 47
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.047% 0.073% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.21% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 42
10th Percentile £353 £313 £312
25th Percentile £375 £378 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £492 £501
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% -1.80% -15.08%
75th Percentile £503 £565 £592
90th Percentile £540 £625 £595
UK median daily rate £429 £505 £501
% change year-on-year -15.06% +0.75% -12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £21.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -46.88% -46.67%
75th Percentile - - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £72.00
UK median hourly rate - £21.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -46.88% -45.76%

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 15,052 9,548 10,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.34% 34.85% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,337 6,029 7,015
10th Percentile £316 £306 £300
25th Percentile £420 £408 £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 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 813 479 649
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.36
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £16.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.77 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +34.15% -26.75% +6.52%
75th Percentile £71.50 £60.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £87.43 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -25.00% +6.67%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -56 18 £413 -11.29% 11
North West -52 2 £460 +8.37% 1
North of England -79 2 £460 +8.37% 4
West Midlands -58 1 £399 -23.96% 2
Midlands -58 1 £399 -23.96% 2
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 5 (23.81%) Confluence
2 3 (14.29%) nginx
2 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.76%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) AWS
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (14.29%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (14.29%) GitHub
3 3 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (14.29%) Google Workspace
3 3 (14.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 3 (14.29%) DMZ
2 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) OpenVPN
2 3 (14.29%) SSH
2 3 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) NetScaler
3 1 (4.76%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) IDMS
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Git
2 3 (14.29%) Moq
2 3 (14.29%) PowerBuilder
3 2 (9.52%) JIRA
4 1 (4.76%) CA Gen
4 1 (4.76%) Gradle
4 1 (4.76%) Maven
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
2 4 (19.05%) Retail
3 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Front Office
3 3 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Advertising
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) AWS Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) IT Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (9.52%) SCCM Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Technical Manager
4 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.76%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix Support
4 1 (4.76%) Database Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Java Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) CSS
1 5 (23.81%) HTML
2 3 (14.29%) .NET
2 3 (14.29%) boto
2 3 (14.29%) Django
2 3 (14.29%) REST
2 3 (14.29%) Web Services
3 2 (9.52%) AngularJS
3 2 (9.52%) jQuery
3 2 (9.52%) SOAP
4 1 (4.76%) JSF
4 1 (4.76%) JSP
4 1 (4.76%) React
4 1 (4.76%) RESTful
4 1 (4.76%) Spring
4 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Distributed Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (4.76%) Robotics
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
3 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (9.52%) Unix
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile
1 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (33.33%) DevOps
2 7 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 6 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (19.05%) Design Patterns
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (14.29%) Application Security
5 3 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
5 3 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 3 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Front End Development
5 3 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 3 (14.29%) Secrets Management
5 3 (14.29%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 6 (28.57%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Java
2 4 (19.05%) PL/SQL
3 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 3 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (9.52%) MCSA
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CCA
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (4.76%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Docker
2 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.76%) XenApp
3 1 (4.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) SCCM
2 3 (14.29%) Ansible
2 3 (14.29%) SELinux
2 3 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (14.29%) Terraform
2 3 (14.29%) WSUS
3 1 (4.76%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) ServiceNow
3 4 (19.05%) Citrix
4 3 (14.29%) Bloomberg
4 3 (14.29%) ION Trading
4 3 (14.29%) Oracle
4 3 (14.29%) Red Hat
4 3 (14.29%) Reuters
5 2 (9.52%) Atlassian
5 2 (9.52%) Workday