Fat Client Jobs 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 777 876
Rank change year-on-year +109 +99 +241
Permanent jobs citing Fat Client 15 65 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.031% 0.074% 0.052%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.082% 0.22% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15 29 37
10th Percentile £25,300 £28,250 £30,700
25th Percentile £28,875 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £38,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.11% -36.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £36,000 £43,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £38,000 £54,700 -
UK median annual salary £31,500 £39,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.25% -21.00% +11.11%

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 18,271 30,096 38,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.77% 34.04% 43.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,369 20,900 20,691
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Fat Client
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Fat Client in England

Fat Client
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend 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 28 May 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
London +127 12 £32,000 -21.95% 4
Yorkshire +47 3 £25,000 -50.00%
North of England +13 3 £25,000 -26.47% 1
Fat Client
UK

Fat Client
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (66.67%) OneDrive
3 8 (53.33%) Mimecast
4 3 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (6.67%) AWS
5 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) LAN
2 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (26.67%) Wireless
3 2 (13.33%) VoIP
4 1 (6.67%) DHCP
4 1 (6.67%) DNS
4 1 (6.67%) Firewall
4 1 (6.67%) VPN
4 1 (6.67%) WAN
4 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Service Desk Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) 1st Line Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Desktop Support
3 4 (26.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Service Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Service Desk Support
4 3 (20.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 8 (53.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (73.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) ITIL
2 9 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (53.33%) Service Management
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (13.33%) Network Management
4 2 (13.33%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Line Management
5 1 (6.67%) Migration
5 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
1 2 (13.33%) CCNA
1 2 (13.33%) CCNP
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (53.33%) XenApp
3 3 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.67%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (60.00%) ServiceNow
3 8 (53.33%) Citrix
4 4 (26.67%) Acronis
4 4 (26.67%) Apple
4 4 (26.67%) Polycom
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco
5 3 (20.00%) VMware
6 2 (13.33%) Datto
6 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
6 2 (13.33%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (6.67%) Wyse