Client/Server Contract Job Trends in London

Client Server
England > London

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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 340 378
Rank change year-on-year -57 +38 +38
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 16 8 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.088% 0.066% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.18% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 18
10th Percentile - £339 £311
25th Percentile £406 £378 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £465 £392
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +18.77% -47.80%
75th Percentile £480 £530 £444
90th Percentile £570 - £541
England median daily rate £413 £530 £501
% change year-on-year -22.17% +5.79% -18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.82
Median hourly rate - - £43.84
75th Percentile - - £46.86
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -46.67%

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,453 4,358 5,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.44% 36.01% 33.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,122 2,943 4,135
10th Percentile £356 £336 £313
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £725
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 79 149
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.49
25th Percentile £22.91 £22.27 £18.79
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +27.78% -22.86%
75th Percentile £61.00 £48.13 £50.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £42.71 £33.91 £35.50
% change year-on-year +25.94% -4.48% +60.20%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Client/Server job vacancy trend in London

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Client/Server in London over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Client/Server in London

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Client/Server
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 26 May 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
Central London - 3 £413 - 3
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Appian
1 1 (6.25%) IIS
1 1 (6.25%) JBoss
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (6.25%) Tomcat
1 1 (6.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 4 (25.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) DMZ
1 4 (25.00%) Firewall
1 4 (25.00%) NetScaler
1 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
1 2 (12.50%) Moq
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Banking
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Front Office
3 4 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 4 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Spanish Language
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (25.00%) Citrix Support
2 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) IT Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (12.50%) SCCM Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Support
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Lead Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Lead Developer
4 1 (6.25%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) CSS
1 4 (25.00%) HTML
2 3 (18.75%) REST
2 3 (18.75%) SOAP
2 3 (18.75%) Web Services
3 2 (12.50%) .NET
3 2 (12.50%) AngularJS
3 2 (12.50%) Django
3 2 (12.50%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.25%) N-Tier
3 1 (6.25%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (6.25%) Linux
4 1 (6.25%) Ubuntu
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) Change Management
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (18.75%) Internal Audit
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
3 3 (18.75%) Software Deployment
4 2 (12.50%) AI
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 2 (12.50%) Design Patterns
4 2 (12.50%) Front End Development
4 2 (12.50%) OO
4 2 (12.50%) OOD
4 2 (12.50%) Secure Coding
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
3 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
4 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) CCA
2 4 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (18.75%) MCSA
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (25.00%) XenApp
1 4 (25.00%) XenDesktop
2 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) Docker
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (68.75%) SCCM
2 4 (25.00%) SCVMM
3 3 (18.75%) WSUS
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Citrix
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 4 (25.00%) Bloomberg
3 4 (25.00%) ION Trading
3 4 (25.00%) Reuters
4 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 2 (12.50%) Workday
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (6.25%) Veeam
5 1 (6.25%) VMware