Fat Client
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fat Client in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fat Client over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 836 941 1173
Rank change year-on-year +105 +232 -320
Permanent jobs citing Fat Client 71 54 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.053% 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.12% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 33 44 57
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,400 £24,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £34,625 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +29.41% +5.59%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £53,700 - £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £37,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.33% +36.36% -31.25%

All Generic Skills
UK

Fat Client is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,801 43,406 74,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.74% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,954 23,484 33,996
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Fat Client
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fat Client in the UK

Fat Client
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Fat Client in the UK

Fat Client
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fat Client over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Fat Client in the UK

Fat Client
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 +103 65 £38,000 -36.67% 18
UK excluding London +21 61 £38,000 +1.33% 12
North of England +61 32 £34,000 -9.33% 2
Yorkshire +97 18 £50,000 -16.67% 2
South West - 12 £38,000 - 4
West Midlands +22 11 - - 1
North West +12 11 £34,000 -9.33%
Midlands +6 11 - - 1
Work from Home +72 10 £42,500 +13.33% 5
London +102 4 £41,000 -36.92% 7
East of England +19 4 £42,500 +26.87% 1
North East - 3 - - 1
South East +19 2 £25,500 -44.57% 4

Fat Client
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 17 (23.94%) SharePoint
2 12 (16.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (7.04%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (7.04%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.82%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.90%) Azure
3 10 (14.08%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.04%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 27 (38.03%) VoIP
2 15 (21.13%) LAN
2 15 (21.13%) WAN
3 10 (14.08%) DHCP
4 8 (11.27%) DNS
5 5 (7.04%) SAN
6 4 (5.63%) BGP
6 4 (5.63%) Firewall
6 4 (5.63%) TCP/IP
6 4 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.82%) Internet
8 1 (1.41%) NAS
8 1 (1.41%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.45%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (5.63%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Cypress.io
1 2 (2.82%) Selenium
1 2 (2.82%) WebDriver
General
1 15 (21.13%) Aerospace
1 15 (21.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (9.86%) Manufacturing
2 7 (9.86%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Finance
4 5 (7.04%) Retail
5 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Law
5 4 (5.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.82%) Billing
7 1 (1.41%) Electronics
7 1 (1.41%) Marketing
7 1 (1.41%) Military
7 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (47.89%) Support Engineer
2 30 (42.25%) IT Engineer
3 27 (38.03%) IT Support
4 25 (35.21%) Analyst
5 24 (33.80%) IT Analyst
5 24 (33.80%) IT Support Analyst
6 23 (32.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 20 (28.17%) IT Operations Analyst
7 20 (28.17%) Operational Support Analyst
7 20 (28.17%) Operations Analyst
7 20 (28.17%) Operations Engineer
7 20 (28.17%) Operations Support Analyst
7 20 (28.17%) Operations Support Engineer
8 14 (19.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (11.27%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (11.27%) Technical Support
9 8 (11.27%) Technical Support Engineer
10 6 (8.45%) Team Leader
10 6 (8.45%) Technical Leader
10 6 (8.45%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) JSON
1 2 (2.82%) Node.js
1 2 (2.82%) React
1 2 (2.82%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 71 (100.00%) Thin Client
2 8 (11.27%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.45%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (7.04%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.82%) N-Tier
5 2 (2.82%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.41%) Clustering
6 1 (1.41%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 41 (57.75%) Windows
2 17 (23.94%) Windows Server
3 14 (19.72%) Windows 10
4 6 (8.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (7.04%) Linux
5 5 (7.04%) Windows 7
6 4 (5.63%) Mac OS
7 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (64.79%) ITIL
2 30 (42.25%) Service Delivery
3 25 (35.21%) Change Management
3 25 (35.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (30.99%) Agile
4 22 (30.99%) Project Planning
5 19 (26.76%) Asset Management
6 14 (19.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (15.49%) Customer Service
8 9 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (12.68%) Presales
9 7 (9.86%) Service Management
10 6 (8.45%) ERP
10 6 (8.45%) Patch Management
11 5 (7.04%) Change Control
11 5 (7.04%) Customer Requirements
11 5 (7.04%) Customer-Centricity
11 5 (7.04%) Line Management
11 5 (7.04%) Mobile Device Management
11 5 (7.04%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.68%) PowerShell
1 9 (12.68%) SQL
2 2 (2.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (22.54%) DV Cleared
1 16 (22.54%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.68%) Degree
3 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (9.86%) SC Cleared
5 5 (7.04%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (5.63%) MCSE
7 2 (2.82%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) SLA
2 5 (7.04%) GDPR
3 2 (2.82%) QA
System Software
1 47 (66.20%) Active Directory
2 15 (21.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.04%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.23%) BitLocker
4 3 (4.23%) Docker
5 2 (2.82%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.82%) vSphere
6 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (42.25%) SCCM
2 3 (4.23%) Ansible
2 3 (4.23%) HAProxy
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (1.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 35 (49.30%) Microsoft
2 23 (32.39%) VMware
3 20 (28.17%) Citrix
4 7 (9.86%) Cisco
5 4 (5.63%) NetApp
6 3 (4.23%) Dell
6 3 (4.23%) HP
6 3 (4.23%) Veeam
7 2 (2.82%) Avaya
8 1 (1.41%) Acronis
8 1 (1.41%) Apple
8 1 (1.41%) SAP