Client/Server Jobs in the UK excluding London

Client Server
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 516 481
Rank change year-on-year +15 -35 +206
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 78 258 293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.36% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 1.07% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 74 226 220
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,500 £28,950
25th Percentile £33,199 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.92% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £77,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £72,500 £74,500
% change year-on-year -20.69% -2.68% +35.45%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,901 24,071 25,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.09% 33.98% 42.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,032 15,188 11,338
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,057
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,625 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Client/Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Client/Server in the UK excluding London

Client/Server
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Client/Server in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Client/Server in the UK excluding London

Client/Server
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Client/Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Client/Server in the UK excluding London

Client/Server
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Client/Server within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +70 35 £39,500 -24.76% 56
North of England -2 16 £59,000 -9.23% 42
East of England -12 15 £62,000 -11.43% 42
North East +7 7 £92,500 +29.37% 19
South West +92 6 £77,500 +63.16% 8
Midlands +48 6 £55,000 +6.80% 11
East Midlands +34 6 £55,000 +6.80% 7
North West 0 6 £52,500 -4.55% 21
Yorkshire +64 3 £37,500 +15.38% 5
Client/Server
UK

Client/Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (21.79%) IIS
2 5 (6.41%) Apache
3 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.56%) CMS
4 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.56%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 31 (39.74%) Azure
2 23 (29.49%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (26.92%) SaaS
4 17 (21.79%) AWS
5 7 (8.97%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (7.69%) Serverless
7 5 (6.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (6.41%) Azure Functions
7 5 (6.41%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (6.41%) Entra ID
7 5 (6.41%) GitHub
7 5 (6.41%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (6.41%) Power Automate
8 4 (5.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (5.13%) Figma
9 3 (3.85%) Cloudflare
10 2 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (2.56%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (26.92%) LAN
1 21 (26.92%) WAN
2 19 (24.36%) Network Security
3 16 (20.51%) Firewall
4 14 (17.95%) TCP/IP
4 14 (17.95%) VoIP
5 11 (14.10%) DNS
6 10 (12.82%) Internet
7 9 (11.54%) FTP
7 9 (11.54%) HTTP
7 9 (11.54%) SMTP
7 9 (11.54%) VPN
8 3 (3.85%) SSL
9 2 (2.56%) DHCP
10 1 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (42.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (15.38%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.56%) Power BI
3 2 (2.56%) Redis
3 2 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.28%) Couchbase
4 1 (1.28%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Postman
1 8 (10.26%) Selenium
2 6 (7.69%) JIRA
3 5 (6.41%) Git
4 4 (5.13%) Visual Studio
4 4 (5.13%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (1.28%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.28%) gulp
5 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.28%) Subversion
5 1 (1.28%) TestComplete
5 1 (1.28%) webpack
General
1 44 (56.41%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.41%) Back Office
2 5 (6.41%) Finance
2 5 (6.41%) Local Government
2 5 (6.41%) Public Sector
2 5 (6.41%) Retail
3 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.13%) Billing
4 3 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.56%) Games
5 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.28%) Automotive
6 1 (1.28%) Banking
6 1 (1.28%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (28.21%) Lead
2 12 (15.38%) IT Support
3 11 (14.10%) Analyst
4 10 (12.82%) Senior
4 10 (12.82%) Software Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Developer
5 8 (10.26%) Service Desk Manager
5 8 (10.26%) Service Manager
6 7 (8.97%) Systems Support
7 6 (7.69%) Senior Developer
8 5 (6.41%) QA Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (5.13%) .NET Developer
9 4 (5.13%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (5.13%) C# Developer
9 4 (5.13%) QA Leader
9 4 (5.13%) Senior .NET Developer
9 4 (5.13%) Senior C# .NET Developer
9 4 (5.13%) Senior C# Developer
10 3 (3.85%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (37.18%) .NET
2 9 (11.54%) CSS
2 9 (11.54%) LDAP
3 8 (10.26%) AngularJS
3 8 (10.26%) HTML
4 6 (7.69%) XML
5 5 (6.41%) ASP.NET Web API
5 5 (6.41%) Bootstrap
5 5 (6.41%) JSON
5 5 (6.41%) RxJS
5 5 (6.41%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (5.13%) .NET Core
6 4 (5.13%) .NET Framework
6 4 (5.13%) NgRx
7 3 (3.85%) RESTful
8 2 (2.56%) HTML5
8 2 (2.56%) React
9 1 (1.28%) CSS3
9 1 (1.28%) Node.js
9 1 (1.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.79%) Management Information System
2 12 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 12 (15.38%) Private Cloud
3 9 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 9 (11.54%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (8.97%) Algorithms
4 7 (8.97%) Data Structures
5 6 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 6 (7.69%) Hedge funds
6 4 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (5.13%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.28%) Clustering
8 1 (1.28%) Educational Technology
8 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.28%) MISP
8 1 (1.28%) Online Games
8 1 (1.28%) PKI
8 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.23%) Windows
2 8 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.97%) Linux
4 3 (3.85%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.56%) SUSE
6 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (34.62%) ITIL
2 22 (28.21%) Software Engineering
3 21 (26.92%) Agile
4 20 (25.64%) ITSM
4 20 (25.64%) People Management
4 20 (25.64%) Service Management
5 19 (24.36%) Change Management
6 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (21.79%) Information Security
8 16 (20.51%) Process Improvement
9 15 (19.23%) E-Commerce
10 14 (17.95%) SDLC
11 13 (16.67%) Configuration Management
11 13 (16.67%) Security Operations
11 13 (16.67%) SIEM
11 13 (16.67%) Test Automation
12 12 (15.38%) Asset Management
12 12 (15.38%) Information Security Management
12 12 (15.38%) ISMS
12 12 (15.38%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (33.33%) SQL
2 21 (26.92%) Python
3 20 (25.64%) C#
4 14 (17.95%) PowerShell
5 9 (11.54%) JavaScript
6 7 (8.97%) Bash
6 7 (8.97%) C++
6 7 (8.97%) TypeScript
7 6 (7.69%) Perl
8 4 (5.13%) Java
9 3 (3.85%) Go
10 1 (1.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
3 11 (14.10%) Degree
3 11 (14.10%) SC Cleared
4 8 (10.26%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.28%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.28%) GCIA
7 1 (1.28%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.38%) SLA
2 5 (6.41%) QA
3 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.97%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.56%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.56%) vSphere
4 1 (1.28%) Docker
4 1 (1.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 8 (10.26%) QRadar
2 5 (6.41%) ZABBIX
3 4 (5.13%) Graylog
4 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.56%) SCCM
4 2 (2.56%) SCOM
5 1 (1.28%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.28%) Puppet
5 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (75.64%) Microsoft
2 20 (25.64%) Oracle
3 9 (11.54%) Splunk
4 8 (10.26%) VMware
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco
6 3 (3.85%) Apple
7 2 (2.56%) Ab Initio
7 2 (2.56%) arcserve
7 2 (2.56%) Aruba
7 2 (2.56%) Avaya
7 2 (2.56%) Citrix
7 2 (2.56%) Linksys
7 2 (2.56%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.28%) Commvault
8 1 (1.28%) Google
8 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.28%) Veritas