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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 497 | 515 | 516 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +1 | +161 |
| Contract jobs citing Client/Server | 25 | 61 | 168 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.085% | 0.14% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.25% | 0.47% | 0.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 40 | 104 |
| 10th Percentile | £369 | £358 | £408 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £383 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £461 | £516 | £610 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.66% | -15.41% | +1.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £570 | £595 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | £579 | £595 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £461 | £550 | £580 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.18% | -5.17% | +16.00% |
| 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 | 9,997 | 12,887 | 18,981 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.97% | 30.28% | 33.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,341 | 8,301 | 13,047 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £268 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £411 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £668 | £676 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 399 | 895 | 627 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.11 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.45 | £15.15 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.76 | £31.50 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.83% | +40.09% | -19.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £61.30 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.20 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £29.53 | £30.00 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.58% | +36.36% | +3.53% |
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 17 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 17 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 | +30 | 20 | £492 | -2.38% | 213 |
| UK excluding London | +21 | 17 | £461 | -16.18% | 135 |
| Work from Home | +46 | 10 | £425 | +6.25% | 178 |
| London | +25 | 7 | £400 | - | 94 |
| South East | +30 | 6 | £550 | - | 37 |
| North of England | +20 | 5 | £400 | +44.14% | 45 |
| Scotland | +4 | 5 | £400 | -41.52% | 2 |
| North West | +19 | 3 | £425 | - | 21 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 2 | £400 | +6.67% | 5 |
| Midlands | +18 | 1 | £450 | +5.88% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +7 | 1 | £450 | +5.88% | 6 |
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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