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 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 362 376
Rank change year-on-year -63 +14 +39
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 17 5 18
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.085% 0.037% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.099% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 16
10th Percentile £322 £426 £312
25th Percentile £369 £465 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £530 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.21% +32.50% -39.62%
75th Percentile £538 - £486
90th Percentile £584 - £574
England median daily rate £445 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -16.04% -3.64% -2.44%

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 7,566 5,074 5,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.69% 37.74% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,739 3,323 3,798
10th Percentile £355 £333 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £676 £716 £750
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 123 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.11 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £32.56 £27.50 £30.09
Median % change year-on-year +18.41% -8.61% -14.03%
75th Percentile £56.25 £45.75 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £41.00 £31.36 £47.50
% change year-on-year +30.74% -33.98% +8.36%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 - 2 £492 - 2
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 3 (17.65%) Confluence
1 3 (17.65%) nginx
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) AWS
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (17.65%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (17.65%) GitHub
4 3 (17.65%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (17.65%) Google Workspace
4 3 (17.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
2 3 (17.65%) DMZ
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) OpenVPN
2 3 (17.65%) SSH
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Git
2 3 (17.65%) Moq
2 3 (17.65%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (5.88%) Gradle
3 1 (5.88%) Maven
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Front Office
3 3 (17.65%) Investment Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) AWS Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) IT Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (11.76%) SCCM Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Database Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Database Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Java Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) CSS
1 5 (29.41%) HTML
2 3 (17.65%) .NET
2 3 (17.65%) boto
2 3 (17.65%) Django
2 3 (17.65%) REST
2 3 (17.65%) Web Services
3 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.88%) jQuery
3 1 (5.88%) JSF
3 1 (5.88%) JSP
3 1 (5.88%) React
3 1 (5.88%) RESTful
3 1 (5.88%) SOAP
3 1 (5.88%) Spring
3 1 (5.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Distributed Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
3 2 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Performance Optimisation
2 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) DevOps
3 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (29.41%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 4 (23.53%) Design Patterns
4 4 (23.53%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
5 3 (17.65%) AI
5 3 (17.65%) CQRS
5 3 (17.65%) Front End Development
5 3 (17.65%) ITIL
5 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) OO
5 3 (17.65%) OOD
5 3 (17.65%) Service Management
5 3 (17.65%) Software Deployment
5 3 (17.65%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
2 4 (23.53%) Java
2 4 (23.53%) SQL
3 3 (17.65%) PL/SQL
3 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
3 3 (17.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (11.76%) MCSA
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
2 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) SCCM
2 3 (17.65%) Ansible
2 3 (17.65%) SELinux
2 3 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (17.65%) Terraform
2 3 (17.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) ServiceNow
3 3 (17.65%) Bloomberg
3 3 (17.65%) Citrix
3 3 (17.65%) ION Trading
3 3 (17.65%) Red Hat
3 3 (17.65%) Reuters
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle
5 1 (5.88%) Workday