Client/Server Job Trends in England

Client Server
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 549 435
Rank change year-on-year -56 -114 -29
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 88 84 486
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.21% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.50% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 78 59 448
10th Percentile £32,675 - £36,775
25th Percentile £36,250 £25,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -31.03% -3.33%

All Generic Skills
England

Client/Server 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,412 16,931 30,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.91% 42.94% 33.67%
Number of salaries quoted 13,287 8,075 21,075
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,062
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Client/Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Client/Server job vacancy trend in England

Client/Server
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Client/Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Client/Server

Client/Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Client/Server in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

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 7 June 2026. 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
South East -7 42 £38,000 +40.74% 4
London -22 16 £85,000 +54.55% 15
East of England -22 11 £50,000 -19.35% 2
South West -52 8 £37,500 -51.61%
North of England -40 7 £60,000 +7.62% 9
North East -40 5 £60,000 -47.83% 7
Midlands - 4 £35,000 -
North West -22 2 £58,750 +17.50% 2
East Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £35,000 -
Client/Server
UK

Client/Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (5.68%) IIS
2 2 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.14%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (26.14%) Azure
2 21 (23.86%) AWS
3 17 (19.32%) GCP
4 13 (14.77%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.68%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.55%) SaaS
7 3 (3.41%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.27%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.27%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.14%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (1.14%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.14%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.14%) Dagster
9 1 (1.14%) OCI
9 1 (1.14%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.14%) PaaS
9 1 (1.14%) Prefect
9 1 (1.14%) Serverless
9 1 (1.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 26 (29.55%) VPN
2 19 (21.59%) WAN
3 13 (14.77%) Firewall
4 11 (12.50%) LAN
5 10 (11.36%) HTTP
5 10 (11.36%) TCP/IP
6 8 (9.09%) FTP
6 8 (9.09%) SMTP
7 3 (3.41%) Internet
8 2 (2.27%) VoIP
9 1 (1.14%) Network Security
9 1 (1.14%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.05%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.41%) Oracle Database
3 3 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.41%) Power BI
3 3 (3.41%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.14%) Big Data
5 1 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.14%) Db2
5 1 (1.14%) MySQL
5 1 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.55%) GitLab
2 3 (3.41%) Git
2 3 (3.41%) Ranorex
2 3 (3.41%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.27%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.14%) JIRA
4 1 (1.14%) Poetry
General
1 27 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.32%) Finance
3 15 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.77%) Manufacturing
5 8 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 8 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.68%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.55%) Electronics
8 2 (2.27%) Law
8 2 (2.27%) Legal
8 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.27%) Retail
9 1 (1.14%) Back Office
9 1 (1.14%) Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Games
9 1 (1.14%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (35.23%) Analyst
2 26 (29.55%) Software Engineer
3 21 (23.86%) Support Analyst
4 16 (18.18%) Senior
5 11 (12.50%) Developer
6 9 (10.23%) IT Support
6 9 (10.23%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (9.09%) IT Analyst
7 8 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
7 8 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
8 7 (7.95%) Python Engineer
8 7 (7.95%) Software Analyst
8 7 (7.95%) Software Support Analyst
9 6 (6.82%) Python Software Engineer
9 6 (6.82%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (5.68%) C# Software Engineer
10 5 (5.68%) Lead
10 5 (5.68%) Senior Support Analyst
11 4 (4.55%) Consultant
11 4 (4.55%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.77%) .NET
2 8 (9.09%) LDAP
3 6 (6.82%) .NET Core
4 5 (5.68%) React
5 4 (4.55%) AngularJS
5 4 (4.55%) RESTful
5 4 (4.55%) WPF
6 3 (3.41%) XML
6 3 (3.41%) XSL
7 2 (2.27%) Bootstrap
7 2 (2.27%) jQuery
7 2 (2.27%) Qt
7 2 (2.27%) REST
7 2 (2.27%) STL
7 2 (2.27%) Vue
8 1 (1.14%) Anaconda
8 1 (1.14%) FastAPI
8 1 (1.14%) Phoenix
8 1 (1.14%) Phoenix Framework
8 1 (1.14%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.32%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (6.82%) Algorithms
3 6 (6.82%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.55%) Hedge funds
5 3 (3.41%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.27%) IoT
6 2 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.27%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.27%) MISP
6 2 (2.27%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.14%) Derivative
7 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.14%) EPoS
7 1 (1.14%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (35.23%) Windows
2 14 (15.91%) Linux
3 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (43.18%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (36.36%) Computer Science
3 31 (35.23%) Software Engineering
4 20 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (20.45%) Test Automation
6 14 (15.91%) Code Quality
6 14 (15.91%) System Testing
7 13 (14.77%) Analytical Thinking
7 13 (14.77%) Software Testing
7 13 (14.77%) Use Case
8 12 (13.64%) SDLC
9 11 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 11 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (11.36%) Agile
10 10 (11.36%) OOP
11 9 (10.23%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (10.23%) Design Patterns
11 9 (10.23%) Multithreading
12 8 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 8 (9.09%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 31 (35.23%) Python
1 31 (35.23%) SQL
2 28 (31.82%) C++
3 16 (18.18%) Rust
4 15 (17.05%) C#
5 14 (15.91%) C
6 11 (12.50%) JavaScript
7 8 (9.09%) Bash
7 8 (9.09%) Perl
7 8 (9.09%) PowerShell
8 7 (7.95%) Java
9 2 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.27%) Uniface
10 1 (1.14%) COBOL
10 1 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.14%) Elm
10 1 (1.14%) Haskell
10 1 (1.14%) JCL
10 1 (1.14%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 35 (39.77%) Degree
2 17 (19.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (9.09%) CEH
3 8 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (9.09%) CREST Certified
3 8 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.82%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.41%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.14%) CCNA
7 1 (1.14%) CCNP
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.91%) QA
2 12 (13.64%) SLA
3 1 (1.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (15.91%) Hyper-V
1 14 (15.91%) KVM
1 14 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.14%) Docker
3 1 (1.14%) Firmware
3 1 (1.14%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (9.09%) QRadar
2 1 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.05%) VMware
3 8 (9.09%) Splunk
4 6 (6.82%) Citrix
5 5 (5.68%) Oracle
6 2 (2.27%) Ariba
6 2 (2.27%) Google
6 2 (2.27%) SAP
7 1 (1.14%) IBM