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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 519 | 527 | 528 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +1 | +208 |
| Contract jobs citing Client/Server | 20 | 63 | 157 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.064% | 0.14% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.18% | 0.48% | 0.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 47 | 98 |
| 10th Percentile | £317 | £312 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £389 | £375 | £503 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £501 | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.18% | -14.72% | +6.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £502 | £589 | £738 |
| 90th Percentile | £530 | £595 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £580 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.41% | +5.45% | +2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £64.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £71.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.25 | £40.00 | £75.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -46.88% | -46.67% | +14.43% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £43.43 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £75.00 | £159.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.25 | £40.00 | £72.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.88% | -44.83% | +25.50% |
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 | 10,864 | 13,130 | 18,335 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.68% | 30.20% | 32.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,734 | 8,341 | 12,606 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £281 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £663 | £676 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 503 | 919 | 580 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £15.39 | £11.87 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.50 | £36.05 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +60.20% | -16.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £62.25 | £60.64 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.46 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.00 | £35.65 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.85% | +58.44% | +4.65% |
Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Client/Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Client/Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Client/Server.
Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Client/Server over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.
Client/Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Client/Server.
Client/Server
Top 11 Contract 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 3 July 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 | +16 | 16 | £450 | -10.18% | 460 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 12 | £450 | -22.41% | 251 |
| Work from Home | +31 | 10 | £450 | +12.50% | 331 |
| London | +31 | 8 | £465 | +16.25% | 267 |
| Midlands | +17 | 4 | £450 | +5.88% | 25 |
| Scotland | -1 | 4 | £436 | -20.73% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +10 | 3 | £450 | +5.88% | 7 |
| South East | +20 | 2 | £550 | -5.17% | 121 |
| North of England | +8 | 2 | £424 | +135.56% | 53 |
| North West | - | 2 | £424 | - | 24 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 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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