Client/Server Jobs

Client Server
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 616 466 446
Rank change year-on-year -150 -20 +375
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 93 508 678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.49% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 1.43% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 68 454 574
10th Percentile £25,500 £36,475 £39,575
25th Percentile £32,611 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £74,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.87% -0.67% +31.58%
75th Percentile £63,500 £91,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £79,875 £112,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -7.69% +30.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Client/Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Client/Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Client/Server.

Salary trend for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Client/Server over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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
England -174 89 £52,250 -30.33% 376
UK excluding London +8 66 £52,000 -13.33% 313
South East +49 32 £33,750 -35.71% 126
Work from Home -156 29 £55,750 -25.67% 334
London -82 22 £55,000 -35.29% 116
East of England -12 14 £62,000 -11.43% 54
North of England -4 13 £55,750 -14.23% 79
North West +4 7 £50,000 -9.09% 47
South West +90 6 £77,500 +63.16% 17
Yorkshire +50 3 £37,500 +25.00% 11
North East +6 3 £115,000 +60.84% 26
Midlands +66 1 £60,000 +16.50% 36
East Midlands +41 1 £60,000 -3.23% 17

Client/Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (15.05%) IIS
2 5 (5.38%) Apache
3 2 (2.15%) CMS
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.15%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (1.08%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.08%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.15%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (33.33%) Azure
2 20 (21.51%) AWS
3 19 (20.43%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (19.35%) SaaS
5 11 (11.83%) GitHub
6 8 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (8.60%) Serverless
7 7 (7.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (5.38%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (5.38%) Azure Functions
8 5 (5.38%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (5.38%) Power Automate
9 4 (4.30%) Figma
10 3 (3.23%) Amazon S3
10 3 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (3.23%) PaaS
11 2 (2.15%) Entra ID
11 2 (2.15%) Power Platform
12 1 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (29.03%) LAN
1 27 (29.03%) WAN
2 23 (24.73%) Network Security
3 19 (20.43%) Firewall
4 17 (18.28%) TCP/IP
5 16 (17.20%) VoIP
6 12 (12.90%) FTP
6 12 (12.90%) HTTP
6 12 (12.90%) SMTP
6 12 (12.90%) VPN
7 10 (10.75%) Internet
8 8 (8.60%) DNS
9 3 (3.23%) Bluetooth
9 3 (3.23%) DHCP
9 3 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (2.15%) SAN
11 1 (1.08%) BGP
11 1 (1.08%) EIGRP
11 1 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (36.56%) SQL Server
2 15 (16.13%) Relational Database
3 11 (11.83%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.15%) Power BI
5 2 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.08%) Cloudera CDH
6 1 (1.08%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (9.68%) Git
1 9 (9.68%) Selenium
2 8 (8.60%) JIRA
3 7 (7.53%) Postman
4 4 (4.30%) Visual Studio
4 4 (4.30%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (2.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.08%) WiX
General
1 41 (44.09%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.28%) Law
3 14 (15.05%) Finance
3 14 (15.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (12.90%) Banking
5 6 (6.45%) Local Government
6 5 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.38%) Back Office
6 5 (5.38%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.30%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.30%) Legal
7 4 (4.30%) Retail
8 3 (3.23%) Games
9 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.08%) Automotive
10 1 (1.08%) Billing
10 1 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (24.73%) Lead
2 21 (22.58%) Software Engineer
3 15 (16.13%) IT Support
4 10 (10.75%) Developer
4 10 (10.75%) Python Engineer
4 10 (10.75%) Python Software Engineer
4 10 (10.75%) Senior
5 9 (9.68%) Analyst
5 9 (9.68%) Systems Support
6 7 (7.53%) Service Desk Manager
6 7 (7.53%) Service Manager
7 6 (6.45%) Lead Software Engineer
7 6 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (6.45%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.30%) C# Developer
8 4 (4.30%) C# Software Developer
8 4 (4.30%) Senior C# Developer
8 4 (4.30%) Senior C# Software Developer
8 4 (4.30%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.30%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (22.58%) .NET
2 16 (17.20%) HTML
3 15 (16.13%) CSS
4 11 (11.83%) Kafka
4 11 (11.83%) LDAP
5 10 (10.75%) RESTful
6 7 (7.53%) AngularJS
6 7 (7.53%) JSON
6 7 (7.53%) XML
7 5 (5.38%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (5.38%) Bootstrap
7 5 (5.38%) RxJS
7 5 (5.38%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (4.30%) .NET Core
8 4 (4.30%) .NET Framework
8 4 (4.30%) NgRx
8 4 (4.30%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (3.23%) Django
9 3 (3.23%) React
9 3 (3.23%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.20%) Management Information System
1 16 (17.20%) Mobile App
2 15 (16.13%) Driving Licence
3 12 (12.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (10.75%) Cloud Native
5 9 (9.68%) Private Cloud
6 8 (8.60%) Algorithms
7 6 (6.45%) Data Centre
7 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
8 4 (4.30%) Data Structures
9 3 (3.23%) Clustering
9 3 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (3.23%) Hedge funds
9 3 (3.23%) IoT
9 3 (3.23%) MISP
9 3 (3.23%) Product Ownership
10 2 (2.15%) Educational Technology
10 2 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.20%) Windows
2 7 (7.53%) Linux
2 7 (7.53%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (3.23%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.08%) SUSE
4 1 (1.08%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.26%) Software Engineering
2 29 (31.18%) Agile
3 25 (26.88%) Test Automation
4 22 (23.66%) SDLC
5 19 (20.43%) CI/CD
5 19 (20.43%) ITIL
6 18 (19.35%) People Management
7 17 (18.28%) E-Commerce
7 17 (18.28%) ITSM
7 17 (18.28%) Service Management
8 16 (17.20%) Process Improvement
9 15 (16.13%) Change Management
9 15 (16.13%) Fintech
9 15 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (15.05%) Information Security
10 14 (15.05%) Microservices
11 13 (13.98%) Security Operations
11 13 (13.98%) SIEM
12 12 (12.90%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 11 (11.83%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 42 (45.16%) SQL
2 31 (33.33%) Python
3 14 (15.05%) C#
4 13 (13.98%) JavaScript
5 12 (12.90%) Go
5 12 (12.90%) PowerShell
6 10 (10.75%) Java
7 9 (9.68%) C++
7 9 (9.68%) TypeScript
8 7 (7.53%) Bash
9 6 (6.45%) Perl
10 3 (3.23%) C
10 3 (3.23%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (1.08%) R
11 1 (1.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (17.20%) Degree
2 13 (13.98%) Security Cleared
3 10 (10.75%) DV Cleared
4 9 (9.68%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.53%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.30%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.08%) CCNA
8 1 (1.08%) CCNP
8 1 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.08%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.08%) GCIA
8 1 (1.08%) GCIH
8 1 (1.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.75%) SLA
2 3 (3.23%) QA
3 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.38%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.15%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.08%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (10.75%) Kubernetes
1 10 (10.75%) QRadar
2 6 (6.45%) Mesos
2 6 (6.45%) Terraform
3 5 (5.38%) ZABBIX
4 4 (4.30%) Grafana
4 4 (4.30%) Prometheus
4 4 (4.30%) SCCM
5 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.23%) SCOM
6 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.08%) Graylog
7 1 (1.08%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.08%) Puppet
Vendors
1 63 (67.74%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.28%) Oracle
3 12 (12.90%) Splunk
4 10 (10.75%) VMware
5 5 (5.38%) Cisco
6 3 (3.23%) Aruba
6 3 (3.23%) Red Hat
6 3 (3.23%) Siemens
7 2 (2.15%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.08%) Ab Initio
8 1 (1.08%) arcserve
8 1 (1.08%) Avaya
8 1 (1.08%) Citrix
8 1 (1.08%) Commvault
8 1 (1.08%) Linksys
8 1 (1.08%) Pega
8 1 (1.08%) Veritas
8 1 (1.08%) Zscaler