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 have cited Client/Server over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 475 449 834
Rank change year-on-year -26 +385 -153
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 490 701 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.68% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.40% 1.58% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 446 592 190
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £31,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £73,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% +33.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £70,938
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -4.00% +28.21% +21.88%

All Generic Skills
UK

Client/Server 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 34,988 44,314 74,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 42.70% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,043 23,940 34,254
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%

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 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Client/Server in the UK

Client/Server
Top 16 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 3 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 +2 478 £75,000 - 151
Work from Home +5 372 £75,000 -6.25% 136
UK excluding London -19 257 £60,000 -4.00% 58
London +10 230 £85,000 +6.25% 92
East of England +40 73 £70,000 +24.44% 9
North of England +72 70 £65,000 -25.71% 12
South East -49 66 £52,500 -22.22% 26
North East +39 44 £71,500 +155.36% 6
South West -16 20 £46,250 -45.59% 2
Midlands -5 19 £51,500 -14.17% 9
Yorkshire +89 14 £32,500 +4.84% 1
West Midlands +1 14 £35,000 -41.67% 1
North West -25 12 £55,000 -40.54% 6
East Midlands -8 5 £51,500 -20.77% 8
Scotland -63 5 £63,750 +50.89%
Wales -6 4 £61,500 +37.69% 3

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 20 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.24%) CMS
4 8 (1.63%) Apache Pig
4 8 (1.63%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.61%) Drupal
6 2 (0.41%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 18 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.41%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 141 (28.78%) AWS
2 98 (20.00%) Azure
3 54 (11.02%) Serverless
4 45 (9.18%) SaaS
5 44 (8.98%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (8.78%) AWS Lambda
7 21 (4.29%) GitHub
8 18 (3.67%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.65%) Amazon Kinesis
10 13 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (2.65%) dbt
11 11 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (2.04%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.84%) Stripe
14 8 (1.63%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
15 7 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 48 (9.80%) Firewall
2 38 (7.76%) DNS
3 31 (6.33%) WAN
4 29 (5.92%) LAN
5 25 (5.10%) TCP/IP
6 21 (4.29%) VPN
7 18 (3.67%) DHCP
7 18 (3.67%) Internet
8 13 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
9 12 (2.45%) FTP
10 11 (2.24%) Wireless
11 10 (2.04%) BGP
11 10 (2.04%) OSPF
12 9 (1.84%) Extranet
12 9 (1.84%) Intranet
12 9 (1.84%) VoIP
13 8 (1.63%) MPLS
13 8 (1.63%) Network Security
13 8 (1.63%) Reverse Proxy
13 8 (1.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.76%) MySQL
2 31 (6.33%) Redis
3 27 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.06%) CouchDB
4 15 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (2.45%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.63%) Apache Hive
7 8 (1.63%) Big Data
7 8 (1.63%) Couchbase
7 8 (1.63%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.63%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.82%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.61%) Event Store
10 3 (0.61%) Power BI
11 1 (0.20%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.47%) TeamCity
2 14 (2.86%) JUnit
3 11 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.04%) Cypress.io
5 8 (1.63%) Checkstyle
5 8 (1.63%) Gradle
5 8 (1.63%) JIRA
5 8 (1.63%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.43%) Git
6 7 (1.43%) gulp
6 7 (1.43%) Selenium
6 7 (1.43%) webpack
7 6 (1.22%) Appium
7 6 (1.22%) Bugzilla
7 6 (1.22%) Mockito
7 6 (1.22%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.22%) Zephyr
8 5 (1.02%) GDB
8 5 (1.02%) MSBuild
8 5 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 284 (57.96%) Social Skills
2 61 (12.45%) Games
3 53 (10.82%) Finance
4 33 (6.73%) Automotive
5 31 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.69%) Law
7 20 (4.08%) Tech for Good
8 18 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (3.47%) Marketing
10 14 (2.86%) Retail
11 13 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (2.24%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.84%) Front Office
14 7 (1.43%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.82%) Advertising
15 4 (0.82%) Agriculture
15 4 (0.82%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.61%) Banking
16 3 (0.61%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 163 (33.27%) Developer
2 75 (15.31%) Senior
3 73 (14.90%) Lead
4 69 (14.08%) Software Engineer
5 44 (8.98%) C# Developer
6 43 (8.78%) Analyst
7 42 (8.57%) .NET Developer
8 40 (8.16%) AWS Engineer
9 36 (7.35%) C# .NET Developer
10 33 (6.73%) AWS Developer
11 31 (6.33%) C# Software Engineer
12 30 (6.12%) .NET Software Engineer
12 30 (6.12%) Lead Developer
12 30 (6.12%) Senior Developer
12 30 (6.12%) Software Developer
13 24 (4.90%) Consultant
14 23 (4.69%) Python Engineer
15 21 (4.29%) Data Engineer
15 21 (4.29%) Java Developer
15 21 (4.29%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (19.80%) .NET
2 65 (13.27%) .NET Core
3 40 (8.16%) Node.js
4 37 (7.55%) React
5 33 (6.73%) Kafka
6 26 (5.31%) AngularJS
6 26 (5.31%) Spring Boot
7 20 (4.08%) Vue
8 18 (3.67%) REST
9 17 (3.47%) CSS
9 17 (3.47%) RESTful
10 15 (3.06%) Spring
11 14 (2.86%) ASP.NET
11 14 (2.86%) ASP.NET MVC
12 13 (2.65%) Web Services
13 12 (2.45%) HTML
14 11 (2.24%) Laravel
14 11 (2.24%) Redux
14 11 (2.24%) SAML
15 9 (1.84%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 77 (15.71%) Data Structures
2 47 (9.59%) Algorithms
3 35 (7.14%) Hedge funds
3 35 (7.14%) IoT
4 34 (6.94%) Online Games
4 34 (6.94%) PropTech
5 28 (5.71%) Management Information System
6 26 (5.31%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.88%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (3.67%) Blog
8 18 (3.67%) Raspberry Pi
9 17 (3.47%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.65%) Virtual Team
11 12 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
14 7 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 83 (16.94%) Windows
2 71 (14.49%) Linux
3 42 (8.57%) Apple iOS
4 41 (8.37%) Android
5 36 (7.35%) Windows Server
6 10 (2.04%) Unix
7 9 (1.84%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) HPUX
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (37.76%) Problem-Solving
2 175 (35.71%) Agile
3 169 (34.49%) Software Engineering
4 146 (29.80%) Computer Science
5 90 (18.37%) Design Patterns
6 89 (18.16%) Mentoring
7 83 (16.94%) OOP
8 71 (14.49%) Microservices
9 54 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
10 47 (9.59%) CI/CD
11 42 (8.57%) Full Stack Development
12 39 (7.96%) DevOps
13 36 (7.35%) TDD
14 35 (7.14%) Decision-Making
15 30 (6.12%) Low Latency
16 29 (5.92%) E-Commerce
16 29 (5.92%) Multithreading
16 29 (5.92%) SDLC
17 28 (5.71%) Scrum
18 26 (5.31%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 122 (24.90%) SQL
2 104 (21.22%) C#
3 88 (17.96%) Python
4 85 (17.35%) JavaScript
5 76 (15.51%) Java
6 69 (14.08%) TypeScript
7 27 (5.51%) PowerShell
8 26 (5.31%) C
9 19 (3.88%) Kotlin
10 16 (3.27%) Rust
11 14 (2.86%) PHP
12 9 (1.84%) C++
13 8 (1.63%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.43%) Swift
15 6 (1.22%) Bash
16 5 (1.02%) OCaml
16 5 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 5 (1.02%) SystemTap
17 2 (0.41%) Objective-C
17 2 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 121 (24.69%) Degree
2 26 (5.31%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (3.67%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.27%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.27%) PhD
6 14 (2.86%) CISSP
7 13 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (2.65%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.02%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.02%) PMP
8 5 (1.02%) RHCE
8 5 (1.02%) RHCSA
9 3 (0.61%) CCIE
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.41%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.41%) OSCE
10 2 (0.41%) OSCP
10 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.20%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (9.18%) QA
2 13 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.22%) GDPR
5 2 (0.41%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) COBIT
6 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.20%) NIST
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) SLA
6 1 (0.20%) SOC 1
System Software
1 51 (10.41%) Docker
2 44 (8.98%) Active Directory
3 24 (4.90%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.63%) HDFS
6 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (10.41%) Kubernetes
2 32 (6.53%) Terraform
3 15 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.04%) Grafana
4 10 (2.04%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.84%) Ansible
5 9 (1.84%) Rancher
6 8 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.22%) QRadar
8 5 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.02%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 91 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.94%) VMware
3 15 (3.06%) Sage
4 11 (2.24%) Cisco
4 11 (2.24%) Splunk
5 9 (1.84%) GoCardless
5 9 (1.84%) PayPal
6 8 (1.63%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.63%) Ribbon
6 8 (1.63%) Xamarin
7 7 (1.43%) Meraki
8 6 (1.22%) Google
8 6 (1.22%) HP
8 6 (1.22%) IBM
8 6 (1.22%) Workday
9 5 (1.02%) Dell
9 5 (1.02%) EqualLogic
9 5 (1.02%) NetApp
9 5 (1.02%) Nimble Storage
10 4 (0.82%) Facebook