Fat Client Contracts in the South West

Fat Client
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fat Client over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 160
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Fat Client 0 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West - - 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £208
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.90%
75th Percentile - - £638
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £165 £675 £225
% change year-on-year -75.56% +200.00% -28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £20.93
England median hourly rate - £23.80 £20.93
% change year-on-year - +13.71% -

All Generic Skills
South West

Fat Client 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 502 1,040 987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.32% 32.80% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 640 689
10th Percentile £250 £300 £275
25th Percentile £386 £457 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £666
90th Percentile £676 £700 £738
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 170 135
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.69 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.75 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £46.39 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -22.40% +373.37% -80.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £34.50 £32.12 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.43% +42.83% -16.69%

Fat Client
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Fat Client as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Fat Client in the South West

Fat Client
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fat Client in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Fat Client in the South West

Fat Client
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fat Client in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Fat Client in the South West