Fat Client Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Fat Client
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fat Client over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 557 514
Rank change year-on-year +44 -43 +213
Permanent jobs citing Fat Client 2 10 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.027% 0.088%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.014% 0.079% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 26
10th Percentile - £33,000 £33,250
25th Percentile - £43,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,442 £56,509 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% +10.80% +36.00%
75th Percentile - £57,854 £54,000
90th Percentile - £70,212 £54,073
UK median annual salary £28,500 £46,750 £51,500
% change year-on-year -39.04% -9.22% +28.75%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,809 12,723 10,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.91% 34.00% 35.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,365 5,601 7,795
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £54,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.82% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,114 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Fat Client
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Fat Client job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Fat Client
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Fat Client
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 Fat Client within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +28 1 - - 2
North of England +10 1 £35,442 +1.26%
North West - 1 £35,442 -
Fat Client
UK

Fat Client
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCA
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) AirWatch
1 1 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (50.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Ivanti