Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 28 January 2022

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Client/Server over the 6 months to 28 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Client Server
UK > England
6 months to
28 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 687 583 622
Rank change year-on-year -104 +39 +22
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 339 170 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.29% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.81% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 199 133 349
10th Percentile £31,764 £36,250 £30,200
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £36,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

Client/Server is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

All Generic IT Skills
England
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 45,900 20,859 41,039
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England 40.70% 35.67% 35.31%
Number of salaries quoted 27,352 16,662 32,184
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £30,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Client/Server in England

Client/Server
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Client/Server in England.

Salary trend for Client/Server in England

Client/Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Client/Server in England over the 6 months to 28 January 2022.

Salary histogram for Client/Server in England

Client/Server
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the England region over the 6 months to 28 January 2022. 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
London -132 138 £75,000 -2.60% 23
South East -85 69 £60,000 +20.00% 9
North of England -71 63 £50,000 +25.00% 11
Midlands -61 56 £47,500 +18.75% 7
West Midlands -27 48 £51,250 - 6
Yorkshire -45 33 £50,000 +5.26% 3
North West -71 27 £34,500 -10.97% 7
East Midlands -54 8 £45,000 +12.50% 1
South West -65 6 £32,269 -35.46% 12
North East -25 3 £50,000 +11.11% 1
East of England -104 3 £62,500 +75.40% 7
Client/Server
UK

For the 6 months to 28 January 2022, IT jobs citing Client/Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region with a requirement for Client/Server.

1 142 (41.89%) Agile Software Development
2 124 (36.58%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (31.27%) Microsoft
4 105 (30.97%) JavaScript
5 103 (30.38%) Social Skills
6 101 (29.79%) SQL
7 92 (27.14%) C#
8 87 (25.66%) Degree
9 82 (24.19%) .NET
10 76 (22.42%) Java
11 75 (22.12%) Public Sector
12 71 (20.94%) Azure
13 69 (20.35%) Web Services
14 66 (19.47%) C
15 65 (19.17%) Scrum
16 64 (18.88%) SQL Server
17 63 (18.58%) REST
18 59 (17.40%) Test Automation
19 58 (17.11%) Finance
19 58 (17.11%) DevOps
20 57 (16.81%) DBS Check
20 57 (16.81%) Microsoft Excel
21 56 (16.52%) Self-Motivation
22 53 (15.63%) Python
23 52 (15.34%) Windows
23 52 (15.34%) AngularJS
24 51 (15.04%) HTML
24 51 (15.04%) VoIP
24 51 (15.04%) Validation
25 49 (14.45%) NEC

Client/Server
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.06%) Ethereum
2 6 (1.77%) CMS
2 6 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) Kentico
4 4 (1.18%) Tornado
5 3 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.88%) MS Exchange
5 3 (0.88%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.88%) WinCC
6 2 (0.59%) Jadu
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.29%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) Drupal
7 1 (0.29%) IIS
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) Site Server
Applications
1 57 (16.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.47%) InVision
3 5 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (2.36%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 71 (20.94%) Azure
2 44 (12.98%) AWS
3 21 (6.19%) GCP
4 16 (4.72%) GitHub
5 15 (4.42%) BlazeMeter
6 13 (3.83%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.77%) npm
8 6 (1.77%) Yarn
9 5 (1.47%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.47%) Azure Active Directory
9 5 (1.47%) Azure App Service
9 5 (1.47%) CloudFront
9 5 (1.47%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.47%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.47%) SaaS
10 4 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.18%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.18%) Heroku
10 4 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (15.04%) VoIP
2 24 (7.08%) HTTP
3 14 (4.13%) Internet
4 13 (3.83%) Skype
5 9 (2.65%) DNS
5 9 (2.65%) NAS
6 8 (2.36%) Extranet
7 7 (2.06%) DHCP
7 7 (2.06%) Firewall
7 7 (2.06%) SAN
7 7 (2.06%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.77%) WAN
9 4 (1.18%) LAN
10 3 (0.88%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.88%) PBX
10 3 (0.88%) VPN
11 2 (0.59%) Wireless
12 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.29%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (18.88%) SQL Server
2 44 (12.98%) Relational Database
3 29 (8.55%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (7.08%) MySQL
5 16 (4.72%) Blockchain
6 15 (4.42%) NoSQL
7 14 (4.13%) MongoDB
8 11 (3.24%) RDBMS
9 8 (2.36%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.36%) Redis
10 7 (2.06%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.47%) Big Data
12 5 (1.47%) Hadoop
13 4 (1.18%) Power BI
14 3 (0.88%) InfluxDB
14 3 (0.88%) Oracle8/8i Database
15 2 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 28 (8.26%) Visual Studio
2 26 (7.67%) Selenium
3 22 (6.49%) Git (software)
4 20 (5.90%) MSI
4 20 (5.90%) WiX
5 16 (4.72%) Jenkins
5 16 (4.72%) JUnit
6 15 (4.42%) JMeter
7 13 (3.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 13 (3.83%) Jasmine
7 13 (3.83%) JIRA
7 13 (3.83%) Protractor
8 11 (3.24%) NUnit
9 10 (2.95%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.95%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (2.36%) Appium
10 8 (2.36%) REST Assured
10 8 (2.36%) SpecFlow
10 8 (2.36%) TeamCity
11 6 (1.77%) webpack
General
1 103 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 75 (22.12%) Public Sector
3 58 (17.11%) Finance
4 21 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (3.83%) Games
6 13 (3.83%) Marketing
6 13 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (3.54%) Law
8 11 (3.24%) Banking
8 11 (3.24%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.77%) Wholesale Banking
10 5 (1.47%) Legal
11 4 (1.18%) Back Office
11 4 (1.18%) Online Betting
11 4 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.88%) Billing
12 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 126 (37.17%) Developer
2 32 (9.44%) Senior Developer
3 27 (7.96%) Software Developer
4 26 (7.67%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 25 (7.37%) Backend Developer
6 24 (7.08%) Software Engineer
7 22 (6.49%) QA Engineer
7 22 (6.49%) Senior Backend Developer
8 17 (5.01%) Full Stack Developer
8 17 (5.01%) Senior QA Engineer
9 15 (4.42%) Analyst
9 15 (4.42%) Performance Engineer
9 15 (4.42%) Senior Performance Engineer
10 14 (4.13%) C# Developer
10 14 (4.13%) QA Leader
10 14 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (3.83%) Architect
12 12 (3.54%) Lead Developer
13 11 (3.24%) Java Engineer
14 10 (2.95%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (24.19%) .NET
2 69 (20.35%) Web Services
3 63 (18.58%) REST
4 52 (15.34%) AngularJS
5 51 (15.04%) HTML
6 49 (14.45%) CSS
7 42 (12.39%) XML
8 37 (10.91%) RESTful
9 31 (9.14%) Entity Framework
10 27 (7.96%) ASP.NET
10 27 (7.96%) Middleware
11 26 (7.67%) .NET Framework
11 26 (7.67%) Node.js
11 26 (7.67%) React
12 23 (6.78%) ASP.NET Web API
13 20 (5.90%) JSON
13 20 (5.90%) NHibernate
13 20 (5.90%) Spring
14 18 (5.31%) HTML5
14 18 (5.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (16.52%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (14.45%) NHS
3 23 (6.78%) User Experience
4 20 (5.90%) Web 2.0
5 19 (5.60%) Algorithms
6 17 (5.01%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (4.72%) Mainframe
8 15 (4.42%) Life Science
9 14 (4.13%) N-Tier
10 12 (3.54%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.36%) Acoustics
11 8 (2.36%) Data Centre
12 7 (2.06%) Data Structures
12 7 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (2.06%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (1.47%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.18%) Replication
14 4 (1.18%) Social Gaming
14 4 (1.18%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.18%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 52 (15.34%) Windows
2 44 (12.98%) Linux
3 17 (5.01%) Unix
4 9 (2.65%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.77%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.47%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.18%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.59%) Android
9 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.29%) CentOS
10 1 (0.29%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.29%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (41.89%) Agile Software Development
2 124 (36.58%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (19.17%) Scrum
4 59 (17.40%) Test Automation
5 58 (17.11%) DevOps
6 51 (15.04%) Validation
7 49 (14.45%) Data Entry
7 49 (14.45%) Service Design
7 49 (14.45%) Software Engineering
8 46 (13.57%) Web Development
9 40 (11.80%) Computer Science
10 37 (10.91%) TDD
11 33 (9.73%) Kanban
11 33 (9.73%) OO
12 32 (9.44%) Front End Development
13 31 (9.14%) OOP
14 30 (8.85%) CI/CD
14 30 (8.85%) Full Stack Development
15 29 (8.55%) Analytics
16 27 (7.96%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 105 (30.97%) JavaScript
2 101 (29.79%) SQL
3 92 (27.14%) C#
4 76 (22.42%) Java
5 66 (19.47%) C
6 53 (15.63%) Python
7 43 (12.68%) TypeScript
8 39 (11.50%) T-SQL
9 26 (7.67%) C++
10 15 (4.42%) PHP
11 13 (3.83%) PowerShell
12 11 (3.24%) Go
13 10 (2.95%) Java 11
14 5 (1.47%) R
14 5 (1.47%) Ruby
14 5 (1.47%) Scala
15 4 (1.18%) Apple Swift
15 4 (1.18%) Bash
15 4 (1.18%) Rust
15 4 (1.18%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 87 (25.66%) Degree
2 57 (16.81%) DBS Check
3 20 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (3.54%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.77%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.18%) ISEB
6 4 (1.18%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.88%) HNC
7 3 (0.88%) HND
8 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.59%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.68%) QA
2 10 (2.95%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 10 (2.95%) GxP
3 6 (1.77%) SLA
4 5 (1.47%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.88%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.59%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (11.80%) Docker
2 22 (6.49%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.59%) XenApp
5 1 (0.29%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (10.03%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.60%) Grafana
3 8 (2.36%) Ansible
4 6 (1.77%) SCCM
5 5 (1.47%) Hadoop YARN
5 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.18%) Terraform
7 3 (0.88%) Kibana
7 3 (0.88%) WSUS
8 2 (0.59%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.59%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.29%) Nagios
9 1 (0.29%) SCOM
9 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 106 (31.27%) Microsoft
2 49 (14.45%) NEC
2 49 (14.45%) Northgate
3 32 (9.44%) Oracle
4 14 (4.13%) HP
5 13 (3.83%) Adobe
6 12 (3.54%) BMC
6 12 (3.54%) Google
6 12 (3.54%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.24%) Ivanti
8 10 (2.95%) Agilent
8 10 (2.95%) VMware
9 8 (2.36%) Cognizant
9 8 (2.36%) Dynatrace
9 8 (2.36%) Infragistics
9 8 (2.36%) Salesforce.com
10 5 (1.47%) Cisco
10 5 (1.47%) EMC
10 5 (1.47%) Juniper
10 5 (1.47%) Red Hat