Fat Client Job Trends in Central London

Fat Client
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fat Client over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 181 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Permanent jobs citing Fat Client 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.21% 0.031% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 0.073% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £27,200 - -
25th Percentile £28,250 £78,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £82,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.45% - -
75th Percentile £28,750 £86,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £28,500 £31,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -55.00% +40.00%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Fat Client falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 853 1,376 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 36.30% 42.16% 34.10%
Number of salaries quoted 654 793 920
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £122,625
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%

Fat Client
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Fat Client relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Fat Client job vacancy trend in Central London

Fat Client
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Fat Client.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Fat Client

Fat Client
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fat Client within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +40 5 £28,500 -65.45% 2
Fat Client
London

Fat Client
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 5 (100.00%) Games
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) 1st Line Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 5 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Line Management
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Acronis
1 5 (100.00%) Apple
1 5 (100.00%) Datto
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ConnectWise