Client/Server Job Trends 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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 460 487
Rank change year-on-year -50 +27 -18
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 71 81 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.70% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 62 77 226
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,199 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £38,000 £57,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -33.91% -20.69% -2.68%

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 15,658 11,587 23,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.92% 40.31% 34.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8,566 5,463 15,202
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Client/Server job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Client/Server
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Client/Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Client/Server

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 12 May 2026.

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 12 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
South East -10 37 £38,000 -20.00% 12
Scotland - 11 £28,000 - 1
East of England -22 8 £52,500 -15.32% 4
North of England -44 6 £58,750 -0.42% 8
South West -47 5 £37,500 -51.61% 1
Midlands -33 4 £35,000 -36.36% 1
North East -39 4 £60,000 -35.14% 6
North West -9 2 £57,500 +9.52% 2
East Midlands -35 2 £50,000 -9.09% 1
West Midlands - 2 £35,000 -
Client/Server
UK

Client/Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (7.04%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (42.25%) Azure
2 15 (21.13%) AWS
2 15 (21.13%) GCP
3 14 (19.72%) Entra ID
4 11 (15.49%) SaaS
5 9 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (28.17%) VPN
2 15 (21.13%) WAN
3 10 (14.08%) Firewall
3 10 (14.08%) LAN
4 7 (9.86%) HTTP
4 7 (9.86%) TCP/IP
5 5 (7.04%) FTP
5 5 (7.04%) SMTP
6 3 (4.23%) Network Security
6 3 (4.23%) VoIP
7 1 (1.41%) Internet
7 1 (1.41%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (19.72%) SQL Server
2 11 (15.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (7.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (4.23%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Git
1 3 (4.23%) Ranorex
1 3 (4.23%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (2.82%) GitLab
2 2 (2.82%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.41%) Poetry
General
1 15 (21.13%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.27%) Finance
4 7 (9.86%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.04%) Aerospace
5 5 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.82%) Electronics
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (30.99%) Analyst
2 19 (26.76%) Software Engineer
3 16 (22.54%) Support Analyst
4 12 (16.90%) Senior
5 11 (15.49%) Applications Engineer
5 11 (15.49%) Applications Support
5 11 (15.49%) Applications Support Engineer
5 11 (15.49%) Support Engineer
6 8 (11.27%) IT Support
7 6 (8.45%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (8.45%) Software Analyst
7 6 (8.45%) Software Support Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) Developer
8 5 (7.04%) IT Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Senior Support Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Python Engineer
9 4 (5.63%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) .NET
2 5 (7.04%) LDAP
3 3 (4.23%) .NET Core
3 3 (4.23%) XML
3 3 (4.23%) XSL
4 2 (2.82%) Qt
4 2 (2.82%) RESTful
4 2 (2.82%) STL
4 2 (2.82%) WPF
5 1 (1.41%) Anaconda
5 1 (1.41%) NumPy
5 1 (1.41%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.41%) QML
5 1 (1.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.54%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (7.04%) Driving Licence
2 5 (7.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (4.23%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.23%) Data Structures
3 3 (4.23%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.82%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.41%) Derivative
5 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.41%) IoT
5 1 (1.41%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 26 (36.62%) Windows
2 13 (18.31%) Linux
3 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.21%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (30.99%) Software Engineering
3 20 (28.17%) Computer Science
4 18 (25.35%) Test Automation
5 17 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (19.72%) DevOps
7 13 (18.31%) Code Quality
7 13 (18.31%) System Testing
8 12 (16.90%) Software Testing
9 11 (15.49%) Change Management
9 11 (15.49%) ITIL
10 10 (14.08%) Analytical Thinking
11 9 (12.68%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (12.68%) Use Case
12 8 (11.27%) Customer Service
13 7 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
14 6 (8.45%) OOP
15 5 (7.04%) Agile
15 5 (7.04%) ERP
15 5 (7.04%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 35 (49.30%) SQL
2 22 (30.99%) C++
2 22 (30.99%) Python
3 14 (19.72%) Rust
4 13 (18.31%) C
5 10 (14.08%) C#
6 7 (9.86%) JavaScript
7 5 (7.04%) Bash
7 5 (7.04%) Perl
7 5 (7.04%) PowerShell
8 3 (4.23%) Java
9 2 (2.82%) Uniface
10 1 (1.41%) Haskell
10 1 (1.41%) OCaml
10 1 (1.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Degree
2 13 (18.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.04%) CEH
3 5 (7.04%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (7.04%) CREST Certified
3 5 (7.04%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.23%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.41%) CCNA
6 1 (1.41%) CCNP
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.13%) QA
2 11 (15.49%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (22.54%) Active Directory
2 13 (18.31%) Hyper-V
2 13 (18.31%) KVM
2 13 (18.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.41%) Firmware
3 1 (1.41%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (7.04%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (36.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.31%) VMware
3 6 (8.45%) Citrix
4 5 (7.04%) Splunk
5 4 (5.63%) Oracle