Client/Server Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Client Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Client/Server over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 281 257
Rank change year-on-year -176 -24 +453
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 20 381 494
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 1.06% 1.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 3.07% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 19 373 456
10th Percentile £37,050 £37,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £37,250 £52,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -6.25% +30.61%
75th Percentile £60,500 £93,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £66,400 £112,500 £115,625
UK median annual salary £47,500 £72,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -34.03% -4.00% +31.58%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,121 12,430 14,309
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.31% 34.71% 38.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,707 9,349 10,714
10th Percentile £31,400 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £107,500 £108,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Client/Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Client/Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Client/Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Client/Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Client/Server.

Client/Server salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Client/Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Client/Server over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Client/Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Client/Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (40.00%) IIS
2 5 (25.00%) Apache
3 2 (10.00%) CMS
3 2 (10.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) Chatbot
2 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
2 4 (20.00%) SaaS
3 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) Amazon S3
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.00%) GitHub
4 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) DNS
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
1 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (35.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.00%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (5.00%) DB2
3 1 (5.00%) Power BI
3 1 (5.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Selenium
2 2 (10.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.00%) Git
3 1 (5.00%) Postman
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Law
3 5 (25.00%) Back Office
3 5 (25.00%) Local Government
3 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Automotive
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Service Desk Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Automation Tester
4 2 (10.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (10.00%) Product Owner
4 2 (10.00%) React Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Sales Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Tester
5 1 (5.00%) DBA
5 1 (5.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) SQL DBA
5 1 (5.00%) SQL Server DBA
5 1 (5.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) CSS
1 7 (35.00%) HTML
2 5 (25.00%) .NET
3 4 (20.00%) RESTful
4 3 (15.00%) HTML5
4 3 (15.00%) React
5 2 (10.00%) AngularJS
5 2 (10.00%) CSS3
5 2 (10.00%) JSON
5 2 (10.00%) Node.js
6 1 (5.00%) .NET Core
6 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET
6 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (5.00%) Flask
6 1 (5.00%) jQuery
6 1 (5.00%) Kafka
6 1 (5.00%) RxJS
6 1 (5.00%) Swagger
6 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (15.00%) Private Cloud
4 2 (10.00%) Educational Technology
4 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (5.00%) Handset
5 1 (5.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) Change Management
2 8 (40.00%) Information Security
2 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 8 (40.00%) ITSM
2 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) Service Management
3 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (30.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (25.00%) Analytics
4 5 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
4 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (25.00%) DevOps
4 5 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (25.00%) Project Management
4 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 4 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (25.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) C#
4 2 (10.00%) Java
4 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.00%) C++
5 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) Oracle
3 5 (25.00%) VMware
4 2 (10.00%) Sitecore
5 1 (5.00%) Cognos