Fat Client Job Trends in England

Fat Client
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fat Client over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 716 640 708
Rank change year-on-year -76 +68 +29
Permanent jobs citing Fat Client 21 9 59
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.022% 0.021% 0.082%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.086% 0.049% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 28
10th Percentile £30,200 £25,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £28,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -32.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £65,000 £38,000 £57,588
90th Percentile - £47,900 £62,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £34,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +39.71% -32.00% +28.21%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,485 18,416 23,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.75% 42.04% 32.48%
Number of salaries quoted 16,050 9,336 14,255
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,385
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.20%

Fat Client
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Fat Client job vacancy trend in England

Fat Client
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fat Client.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fat Client

Fat Client
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fat Client in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Fat Client in England

Fat Client
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fat Client within the England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
London -34 10 £30,000 -21.05% 2
East of England - 8 £60,000 -
South West - 3 £60,000 - 1
Fat Client
UK

Fat Client
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 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) AWS
1 7 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) DHCP
2 1 (4.76%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 7 (33.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (19.05%) Aerospace
2 2 (9.52%) Games
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 8 (38.10%) Lead
2 7 (33.33%) Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Senior
2 7 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (23.81%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Lead Software Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) IT Support
6 2 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 21 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 7 (33.33%) Blog
2 7 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 5 (23.81%) PMI
4 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.76%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (14.29%) Linux
4 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Mentoring
2 8 (38.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (33.33%) AI
3 7 (33.33%) Analytics
3 7 (33.33%) Customer Value Proposition
3 7 (33.33%) GTM Strategy
3 7 (33.33%) ITIL
3 7 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 7 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 7 (33.33%) Value Proposition
4 6 (28.57%) Software Testing
5 5 (23.81%) Presales
5 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
5 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
5 5 (23.81%) Service Management
6 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
7 3 (14.29%) Agile
7 3 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
7 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 3 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) DV Cleared
1 11 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 9 (42.86%) Degree
3 7 (33.33%) AWS Certification
4 5 (23.81%) PMI Certification
5 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Ansible
1 3 (14.29%) SCCM
1 3 (14.29%) SCOM
1 3 (14.29%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Acronis
2 2 (9.52%) Apple
2 2 (9.52%) Datto
3 1 (4.76%) Polycom
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) VMware