Client Server
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 546 | 527 | 510 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -19 | -17 | +174 |
| Contract jobs citing Client/Server | 22 | 32 | 142 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.067% | 0.083% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.19% | 0.27% | 0.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 30 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £379 | £312 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £400 | £421 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £519 | £513 | £532 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.22% | -3.57% | -3.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £548 | £586 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £598 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £505 | £575 | £532 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.22% | +8.18% | -3.36% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £45.07 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £55.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.25 | - | £71.25 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £148.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.25 | - | £72.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +27.51% |
All Generic Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 11,702 | 11,714 | 15,947 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 35.52% | 30.41% | 32.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,164 | 7,180 | 10,922 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £294 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £415 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £540 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.63% | -1.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £754 | £807 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 587 | 473 | 447 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.13 | £14.41 | £16.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £21.25 | £21.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £50.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +11.11% | +69.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £70.00 | £66.72 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £75.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.11 | £57.35 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.51% | +17.04% | +124.98% |
Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Client/Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Client/Server.
Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Client/Server over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Client/Server.
Client/Server
Top 13 Contract Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +6 | 16 | £530 | -3.64% | 115 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 16 | £505 | -12.22% | 104 |
| Work from Home | +30 | 10 | £519 | +22.06% | 88 |
| Midlands | - | 7 | £600 | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | - | 6 | £600 | - | 3 |
| London | +15 | 5 | £530 | +24.71% | 48 |
| Scotland | -3 | 3 | £436 | +2.59% | 5 |
| Wales | - | 3 | £520 | - | |
| North of England | - | 2 | £492 | - | 28 |
| South East | +10 | 1 | £365 | -37.07% | 43 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| North West | - | 1 | £492 | - | 18 |
Client/Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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