Client/Server Contracts in the West Midlands

Client Server
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - +60
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Client/Server 6 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.35% - 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.93% - 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £278 - £412
25th Percentile £450 - £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £460
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.00%
75th Percentile £625 - £490
90th Percentile £648 - £639
England median daily rate £530 £550 £558
% change year-on-year -3.64% -1.35% -0.89%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 646 558 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.21% 29.46% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 353 437
10th Percentile £239 £240 £275
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £660 £625
90th Percentile £645 £750 £731
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 18 28
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.13 £19.48
25th Percentile £22.53 £18.50 £22.56
Median hourly rate £33.91 £32.40 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +17.83% +44.74%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.69 £34.22
90th Percentile - £56.25 £70.50
England median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.90% +11.11% +73.08%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Client/Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Client/Server in the West Midlands

Client/Server
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Client/Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Client/Server

Client/Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Client/Server in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Client/Server in the West Midlands

Client/Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Client/Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Client/Server

Client/Server
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Worcestershire - 3 £600 -
Birmingham - 1 £450 - 2
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Application Integration Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 3 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Database Security
3 1 (16.67%) Document Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) VBScript
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) ArcSight
3 1 (16.67%) Arista
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) F5
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) iManage
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft