Client/Server Job Trends in the South East

Client Server
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 235 321
Rank change year-on-year -17 +86 -46
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 39 36 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.27% 0.46% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.16% 1.19% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 30 36 48
10th Percentile £30,675 - £37,125
25th Percentile £32,750 £25,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £38,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -26.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £68,750 - -
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -23.33% -

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,376 3,036 5,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.40% 38.93% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,125 1,447 3,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +4.08% -13.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Client/Server job vacancy trend in the South East

Client/Server
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Client/Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Client/Server

Client/Server
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Client/Server in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Client/Server in the South East

Client/Server
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Thames Valley +13 15 £62,500 +43.68% 2
Hampshire - 15 £35,500 - 2
Berkshire +14 13 £62,500 +66.67% 1
Surrey -27 3 £55,000 -8.33% 2
East Sussex -28 3 £27,000 -
Kent - 2 £60,000 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £60,000 - 1
Middlesex - 1 £35,000 - 1
Client/Server
England

Client/Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (12.82%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.90%) Azure
2 13 (33.33%) AWS
2 13 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (2.56%) PaaS
3 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) VPN
2 4 (10.26%) LAN
2 4 (10.26%) WAN
3 3 (7.69%) Network Security
3 3 (7.69%) VoIP
4 1 (2.56%) Firewall
4 1 (2.56%) FTP
4 1 (2.56%) HTTP
4 1 (2.56%) Internet
4 1 (2.56%) SMTP
4 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (35.90%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (7.69%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.56%) Power BI
4 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Git
1 3 (7.69%) Ranorex
1 3 (7.69%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (5.13%) GitLab
General
1 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (15.38%) Finance
2 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.13%) Electronics
4 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Software Engineer
2 12 (30.77%) Analyst
3 11 (28.21%) Support Analyst
4 9 (23.08%) Senior
5 6 (15.38%) Software Analyst
5 6 (15.38%) Software Support Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) Senior Support Analyst
7 4 (10.26%) Python Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Python Software Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) C# Software Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) IT Support
8 3 (7.69%) Software Tester
8 3 (7.69%) Tester
9 2 (5.13%) Distributed Systems Engineer
9 2 (5.13%) IT Engineer
9 2 (5.13%) Senior C# Software Engineer
9 2 (5.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 1 (2.56%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) .NET
1 3 (7.69%) .NET Core
1 3 (7.69%) XML
1 3 (7.69%) XSL
2 2 (5.13%) RESTful
2 2 (5.13%) WPF
3 1 (2.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.56%) MISP
3 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (38.46%) Windows
2 13 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Computer Science
1 18 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 17 (43.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (41.03%) Test Automation
4 13 (33.33%) Code Quality
4 13 (33.33%) System Testing
5 12 (30.77%) Software Testing
6 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (23.08%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
9 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
9 5 (12.82%) Use Case
10 4 (10.26%) OOP
11 3 (7.69%) Agile
11 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
11 3 (7.69%) Document Management
11 3 (7.69%) E-Commerce
11 3 (7.69%) OCR
11 3 (7.69%) OO
11 3 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (51.28%) SQL
2 14 (35.90%) C++
2 14 (35.90%) Python
3 13 (33.33%) C
3 13 (33.33%) Rust
4 6 (15.38%) C#
5 2 (5.13%) Uniface
6 1 (2.56%) Bash
6 1 (2.56%) Perl
6 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (46.15%) Degree
2 13 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.69%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.56%) CEH
4 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.56%) CREST Certified
4 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.77%) QA
2 11 (28.21%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 13 (33.33%) KVM
1 13 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) VMware
2 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.82%) Citrix
4 3 (7.69%) Oracle
5 1 (2.56%) Splunk