Client/Server Contract Job Trends in the North West

Client Server
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 130 -
Rank change year-on-year -44 - -
Contract jobs citing Client/Server 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.051% 0.045% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £492 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - -
75th Percentile £472 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
England median daily rate £460 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -13.30% -3.64% -1.35%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,287 749 653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.71% 33.60% 26.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 507 397
10th Percentile £329 £302 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £495
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -7.99% -1.10%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £594
90th Percentile £675 £644 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 40 28
10th Percentile £16.50 £22.36 £11.25
25th Percentile £25.38 £27.07 £16.62
Median hourly rate £43.96 £47.12 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +72.92% -32.42%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £86.25 £77.63 £71.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.83 £50.00
% change year-on-year +21.84% -34.34% +9.05%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Client/Server job vacancy trend in the North West

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Client/Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Client/Server

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Client/Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Client/Server

Client/Server
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Cheshire -3 2 £460 -6.61% 1
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Finance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian