Client/Server Jobs with Work from Home Options

Client Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Client/Server in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Client/Server over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 273 692
Rank change year-on-year -3 +419 -222
Permanent jobs citing Client/Server 377 495 155
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.12% 1.22% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.13% 3.16% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 371 458 85
10th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £35,211
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £93,250 £97,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £115,000 £80,950
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +36.36% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,058 15,654 32,781
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.74% 38.47% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9,245 11,425 16,875
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,268 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,526 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Client/Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Client/Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Client/Server trend for jobs with a WFH option

Client/Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Client/Server over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

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 15 (3.98%) Apache Airflow
1 15 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.39%) CMS
3 6 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.80%) Drupal
5 2 (0.53%) nginx
6 1 (0.27%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 132 (35.01%) AWS
2 58 (15.38%) Azure
3 46 (12.20%) Serverless
4 45 (11.94%) SaaS
5 43 (11.41%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (5.57%) GitHub
7 18 (4.77%) Amazon S3
8 16 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (3.45%) Amazon Kinesis
10 13 (3.45%) dbt
11 10 (2.65%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.39%) Stripe
13 8 (2.12%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
13 8 (2.12%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.86%) Heroku
15 6 (1.59%) AWS CodePipeline
15 6 (1.59%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.84%) DNS
2 20 (5.31%) TCP/IP
3 19 (5.04%) Firewall
4 18 (4.77%) WAN
5 16 (4.24%) DHCP
5 16 (4.24%) LAN
6 13 (3.45%) VPN
7 12 (3.18%) FTP
8 9 (2.39%) Internet
9 8 (2.12%) Extranet
9 8 (2.12%) Intranet
10 6 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.33%) HTTP
11 5 (1.33%) VLAN
12 4 (1.06%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.80%) Multicast
13 3 (0.80%) SAN
13 3 (0.80%) Wireless
14 2 (0.53%) BGP
14 2 (0.53%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.08%) MySQL
2 31 (8.22%) Redis
3 27 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.98%) CouchDB
4 15 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (3.18%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.12%) Couchbase
7 8 (2.12%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.86%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.06%) Data Mining
9 4 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.80%) Event Store
10 3 (0.80%) Power BI
11 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (4.51%) TeamCity
2 10 (2.65%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.39%) Cypress.io
4 8 (2.12%) Gradle
4 8 (2.12%) JIRA
5 7 (1.86%) Git
5 7 (1.86%) gulp
5 7 (1.86%) webpack
6 6 (1.59%) Bugzilla
6 6 (1.59%) JUnit
6 6 (1.59%) Mockito
6 6 (1.59%) Zephyr
7 5 (1.33%) DTrace
7 5 (1.33%) GDB
7 5 (1.33%) MSBuild
7 5 (1.33%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (1.06%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.80%) GitLab
10 2 (0.53%) Appium
10 2 (0.53%) UI Automator
General
1 246 (65.25%) Social Skills
2 56 (14.85%) Games
3 49 (13.00%) Finance
4 33 (8.75%) Automotive
5 20 (5.31%) Tech for Good
6 18 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (3.71%) Law
8 14 (3.71%) Retail
9 13 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.39%) Front Office
11 7 (1.86%) Health Technology
11 7 (1.86%) Marketing
11 7 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.06%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.80%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.53%) Banking
14 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 144 (38.20%) Developer
2 64 (16.98%) Software Engineer
3 63 (16.71%) Lead
4 58 (15.38%) Senior
5 43 (11.41%) .NET Developer
5 43 (11.41%) C# Developer
6 39 (10.34%) AWS Engineer
7 37 (9.81%) C# .NET Developer
8 33 (8.75%) AWS Developer
9 30 (7.96%) C# Software Engineer
10 29 (7.69%) .NET Software Engineer
10 29 (7.69%) Senior Developer
11 27 (7.16%) Software Developer
12 24 (6.37%) Consultant
13 23 (6.10%) Python Engineer
14 22 (5.84%) Lead Developer
15 21 (5.57%) Data Engineer
16 20 (5.31%) Analyst
17 19 (5.04%) Java Developer
18 18 (4.77%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (23.34%) .NET
2 64 (16.98%) .NET Core
3 39 (10.34%) Node.js
4 36 (9.55%) React
5 34 (9.02%) Kafka
6 27 (7.16%) AngularJS
7 20 (5.31%) Vue
8 18 (4.77%) Spring Boot
9 17 (4.51%) REST
10 16 (4.24%) CSS
10 16 (4.24%) RESTful
11 14 (3.71%) ASP.NET
11 14 (3.71%) ASP.NET MVC
12 11 (2.92%) HTML
12 11 (2.92%) Laravel
13 10 (2.65%) Redux
14 8 (2.12%) GraphQL
14 8 (2.12%) Hibernate
14 8 (2.12%) HTML5
14 8 (2.12%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 74 (19.63%) Data Structures
2 42 (11.14%) Algorithms
3 35 (9.28%) IoT
3 35 (9.28%) PropTech
4 34 (9.02%) Online Games
5 24 (6.37%) Hedge funds
6 18 (4.77%) Blog
6 18 (4.77%) Onboarding
6 18 (4.77%) Raspberry Pi
7 14 (3.71%) Product Ownership
8 13 (3.45%) Virtual Team
9 12 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.86%) Sports Betting
13 6 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.67%) Apple iOS
1 44 (11.67%) Linux
2 41 (10.88%) Android
3 38 (10.08%) Windows
4 17 (4.51%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.33%) Unix
6 4 (1.06%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.53%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.27%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (43.24%) Software Engineering
2 159 (42.18%) Problem-Solving
3 147 (38.99%) Agile
4 115 (30.50%) Computer Science
5 83 (22.02%) Mentoring
6 80 (21.22%) OOP
7 74 (19.63%) Design Patterns
8 60 (15.92%) Microservices
9 37 (9.81%) CI/CD
10 36 (9.55%) TDD
11 34 (9.02%) Decision-Making
11 34 (9.02%) Full Stack Development
12 32 (8.49%) Multithreading
13 31 (8.22%) DevOps
14 29 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
15 27 (7.16%) E-Commerce
16 25 (6.63%) Coaching
17 23 (6.10%) SDLC
18 21 (5.57%) ETL
18 21 (5.57%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 102 (27.06%) SQL
2 101 (26.79%) C#
3 84 (22.28%) Python
4 76 (20.16%) JavaScript
5 65 (17.24%) TypeScript
6 43 (11.41%) Java
7 28 (7.43%) C
8 24 (6.37%) PowerShell
9 19 (5.04%) Kotlin
10 14 (3.71%) PHP
11 10 (2.65%) C++
12 8 (2.12%) Swift
12 8 (2.12%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.59%) Bash
14 5 (1.33%) OCaml
14 5 (1.33%) Rust
14 5 (1.33%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.33%) SystemTap
15 2 (0.53%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 90 (23.87%) Degree
2 14 (3.71%) PhD
3 11 (2.92%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.53%) CCIE
5 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.53%) CISSP
5 2 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (0.53%) CREST Certified
5 2 (0.53%) OSCE
5 2 (0.53%) OSCP
5 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
5 2 (0.53%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.53%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.27%) ISEB
6 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.16%) QA
2 13 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.53%) GRC
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.27%) NCSC
5 1 (0.27%) NIST
5 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.27%) SOC 1
System Software
1 50 (13.26%) Docker
2 22 (5.84%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.18%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (13.26%) Kubernetes
2 30 (7.96%) Terraform
3 11 (2.92%) Grafana
3 11 (2.92%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.12%) Ansible
4 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.59%) QRadar
6 5 (1.33%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (1.06%) Rancher
8 2 (0.53%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 43 (11.41%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.98%) Sage
3 12 (3.18%) Splunk
4 10 (2.65%) Cisco
5 9 (2.39%) GoCardless
5 9 (2.39%) PayPal
5 9 (2.39%) VMware
6 8 (2.12%) Xamarin
7 7 (1.86%) Meraki
8 6 (1.59%) HP
8 6 (1.59%) IBM
8 6 (1.59%) Workday
9 5 (1.33%) Google
10 3 (0.80%) Oracle
11 2 (0.53%) F5
11 2 (0.53%) Juniper
11 2 (0.53%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.53%) QNX
12 1 (0.27%) Databricks
12 1 (0.27%) Optimizely