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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 494 | 517 | 557 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +23 | +40 | +127 |
| Contract jobs citing Client/Server | 26 | 65 | 161 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.089% | 0.15% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.26% | 0.49% | 0.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 42 | 97 |
| 10th Percentile | £371 | £363 | £410 |
| 25th Percentile | £393 | £389 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £550 | £612 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.18% | -10.13% | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £595 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | £578 | £633 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £472 | £553 | £592 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.57% | -6.67% | +15.51% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £65.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £71.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | £75.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -46.67% | +14.43% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £43.43 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £75.00 | £149.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | £72.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -44.83% | -3.33% |
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 | 9,944 | 13,250 | 19,897 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.97% | 30.42% | 33.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,345 | 8,502 | 13,668 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £263 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.33% | -2.27% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £660 | £680 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £788 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £496 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.80% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 394 | 912 | 640 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.46 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £15.17 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £30.00 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.83% | +33.42% | -18.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £60.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.99 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £31.08 | £28.25 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.02% | +28.41% | +9.64% |
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 1 May 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 1 May 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 | +23 | 21 | £471 | -10.29% | 207 |
| UK excluding London | +35 | 18 | £472 | -14.57% | 148 |
| Work from Home | +43 | 10 | £400 | - | 164 |
| South East | +32 | 7 | £550 | - | 49 |
| London | +25 | 6 | £363 | -9.38% | 80 |
| North of England | +19 | 5 | £400 | +44.14% | 40 |
| Scotland | +8 | 5 | £400 | -40.74% | 4 |
| North West | +19 | 3 | £425 | - | 17 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 2 | £400 | +6.67% | 5 |
| Midlands | +21 | 1 | £450 | -10.00% | 14 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 1 | £450 | -10.00% | 5 |
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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