Server Support Contracts in England

Server Support
UK > England

The median Server Support daily rate in England is £230 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 638 760
Rank change year-on-year +111 +122 -141
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support 11 17 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.034% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.036% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 £223 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £300 £288
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +4.35% +1.77%
75th Percentile £338 £350 £397
90th Percentile £500 £538 £425
UK median daily rate £240 £300 £338
% change year-on-year -20.00% -11.11% +19.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £23.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £23.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,279 47,758 67,889
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,753 33,910 48,235
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,409 1,903
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.60 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

Server Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Server Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Server Support in England

Server Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Server Support in England

Server Support
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Support in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Server Support in England

Server Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Server Support in England

Server Support
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 Support within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +109 7 £325 -39.59%
South West +16 3 £225 +25.00%
South East +19 1 £230 -23.33% 2
Server Support
UK

Server Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Server Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Server Support in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
3 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
4 2 (18.18%) Release Management
4 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
4 2 (18.18%) SCCM
4 2 (18.18%) Time Management
4 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (18.18%) Azure
4 2 (18.18%) AWS
4 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
4 2 (18.18%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 2 (18.18%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (18.18%) SLA
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector

Server Support Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Banking
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
3 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Batch Processing
1 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
1 2 (18.18%) Change Management
1 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL
1 2 (18.18%) Release Management
1 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
1 2 (18.18%) Time Management
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
2 1 (9.09%) ITSM
2 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Citrix
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
1 2 (18.18%) VMware