Fat Client Job Trends in the South West

Fat Client
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fat Client over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 - 280
Rank change year-on-year - - -36
Permanent jobs citing Fat Client 3 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.038% - 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% - 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £30,500
25th Percentile £57,500 - £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £38,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.57%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £39,000
90th Percentile - - £53,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £32,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +48.44% -15.79% -41.54%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,755 1,083 2,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.33% 37.80% 28.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 582 2,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Fat Client
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Fat Client job vacancy trend in the South West

Fat Client
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Fat Client.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Fat Client

Fat Client
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fat Client within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Gloucestershire - 3 £60,000 - 1
Fat Client
England

Fat Client
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) SCOM
1 3 (100.00%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft