Fat Client Job Trends in London

Fat Client
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fat Client over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 420 435
Rank change year-on-year +31 +15 +230
Permanent jobs citing Fat Client 6 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.044% 0.032% 0.006%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.073% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £27,375 - -
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £31,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -55.00% +40.00%
75th Percentile £28,750 £33,250 -
90th Percentile £33,375 £65,050 -
England median annual salary £28,500 £46,750 £51,500
% change year-on-year -39.04% -9.22% +28.75%

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,777 6,886 7,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 42.13% 43.59% 40.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,403 3,668 5,440
10th Percentile £35,750 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £56,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £127,500 £127,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Fat Client
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Fat Client job vacancy trend in London

Fat Client
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Fat Client.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Fat Client

Fat Client
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Central London +53 5 £28,500 -65.45% 2
Fat Client
England

Fat Client
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (16.67%) Mimecast
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) 1st Line Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) 1st Line Support
2 5 (83.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) IT Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) IT Support
2 5 (83.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (16.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 5 (83.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Line Management
1 5 (83.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) XenApp
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Acronis
2 5 (83.33%) Apple
2 5 (83.33%) Datto
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) ConnectWise
3 1 (16.67%) Polycom
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow