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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 346 376
Rank change year-on-year -63 +30 +51
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 15 8 24
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.078% 0.062% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.21% 0.17% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 21
10th Percentile £358 £339 £312
25th Percentile £369 £378 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £465 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.32% +16.25% -44.83%
75th Percentile £419 £530 £465
90th Percentile - - £550
England median daily rate £399 £450 £501
% change year-on-year -11.28% -10.18% -17.87%
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 - £21.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -46.88% -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 6,999 4,742 5,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.32% 36.78% 33.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,417 3,129 4,094
10th Percentile £355 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 98 143
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.44
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £18.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +11.11% -22.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.06 £49.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £64.30 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year +33.21% -10.81% +56.48%

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
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 1 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
Central London - 3 £413 - 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 1 (6.67%) Appian
1 1 (6.67%) IIS
1 1 (6.67%) JBoss
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (6.67%) Tomcat
1 1 (6.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (40.00%) Azure
3 4 (26.67%) Google Workspace
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) DMZ
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
1 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (26.67%) VPN
2 2 (13.33%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Database
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
1 3 (20.00%) Moq
2 1 (6.67%) PowerBuilder
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Front Office
2 4 (26.67%) Investment Banking
2 4 (26.67%) Retail
3 3 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix Support
3 2 (13.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (13.33%) SCCM Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Appian Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Appian Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) CSS
1 5 (33.33%) HTML
2 4 (26.67%) Web Services
3 3 (20.00%) .NET
3 3 (20.00%) Django
3 3 (20.00%) REST
3 3 (20.00%) SOAP
4 2 (13.33%) AngularJS
4 2 (13.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Onboarding
2 3 (20.00%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Deployment Automation
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
3 4 (26.67%) Service Management
3 4 (26.67%) Software Deployment
4 3 (20.00%) AI
4 3 (20.00%) Application Security
4 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (20.00%) CQRS
4 3 (20.00%) Dependency Injection
4 3 (20.00%) Internal Audit
4 3 (20.00%) OO
4 3 (20.00%) OOD
4 3 (20.00%) SOLID
4 3 (20.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) SQL
2 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
4 3 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) CCA
2 2 (13.33%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (13.33%) MCSA
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Docker
2 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (13.33%) XenApp
2 2 (13.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) SCCM
2 4 (26.67%) WSUS
3 2 (13.33%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Citrix
2 4 (26.67%) Bloomberg
2 4 (26.67%) ION Trading
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Reuters
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (13.33%) Workday
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle