Server Patching Contracts in England

Server Patching
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Server Patching skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Server Patching over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 628 704
Rank change year-on-year +113 +76 -83
Contract jobs citing Server Patching 27 17 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.035% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.038% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 53
10th Percentile - £163 £208
25th Percentile £300 £208 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £380 £325
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% +16.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £463 £469 £388
90th Percentile £499 £523 £470
UK median daily rate £400 £380 £325
% change year-on-year +5.26% +16.92% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Server Patching is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,661 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.54% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,752 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Server Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Server Patching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Server Patching in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Server Patching in England.

Daily rate trend for Server Patching in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Patching in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Server Patching in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Server Patching in England.

Hourly rate trend for Server Patching in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Patching within the England region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +95 13 £300 -40.00%
Midlands +32 6 £400 +116.22% 2
West Midlands +24 6 £400 +116.22% 2
North of England +28 4 £475 - 1
North East +18 4 £475 -
South East +21 2 £450 +5.88% 1
Server Patching
UK

Server Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) DHCP
1 6 (22.22%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) VLAN
2 1 (3.70%) VPN
2 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) IDOL
2 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Support Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) IT Support
2 9 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) DBA
3 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) SQL DBA
4 3 (11.11%) Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Database Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Exchange Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) IT Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Server Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) SQL Server DBA
5 1 (3.70%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) ODBC
1 1 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (18.52%) Clustering
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (88.89%) Windows
2 11 (40.74%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.41%) Android
3 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
3 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
3 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.70%) Linux
4 1 (3.70%) Unix
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (18.52%) Data Encryption
2 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (18.52%) ITIL
2 5 (18.52%) Service Management
2 5 (18.52%) Task Automation
3 4 (14.81%) High Availability
4 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 3 (11.11%) Problem Management
4 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.11%) Security Hardening
5 2 (7.41%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (7.41%) Project Management
5 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (3.70%) Patch Management
6 1 (3.70%) Security Patching
6 1 (3.70%) Test Automation
6 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 6 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) Python
3 1 (3.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 8 (29.63%) DV Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
4 4 (14.81%) Degree
4 4 (14.81%) MCSE
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 6 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (29.63%) SCCM
2 5 (18.52%) vCenter Server
3 2 (7.41%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.70%) Iperf
4 1 (3.70%) Nessus
4 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) ServiceNow
2 6 (22.22%) VMware
3 2 (7.41%) Adobe
3 2 (7.41%) Apple
4 1 (3.70%) Databricks
4 1 (3.70%) iManage
4 1 (3.70%) Qualys