Server Patching Contracts in the UK excluding London

Server Patching
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 437 466
Rank change year-on-year +65 +29 -26
Contract jobs citing Server Patching 13 9 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.064% 0.039% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.044% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 29
10th Percentile £378 - £216
25th Percentile £400 £163 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £268 £375
Median % change year-on-year +58.88% -28.67% +57.89%
75th Percentile £488 £387 £430
90th Percentile £499 £411 £470
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £325
% change year-on-year - +23.08% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Server Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Server Patching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Server Patching in the UK excluding London

Server Patching
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Server Patching in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Server Patching in the UK excluding London

Server Patching
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Patching in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Server Patching in the UK excluding London

Server Patching
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Server Patching in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Server Patching in the UK excluding London

Server Patching
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Midlands +29 6 £400 +116.22% 1
West Midlands +24 6 £400 +116.22% 1
North of England +30 4 £475 - 1
North East +18 4 £475 -
South East +17 2 £450 +5.88% 1
Scotland - 1 £490 -
Server Patching
UK

Server Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) DHCP
1 6 (46.15%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (23.08%) Banking
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) DBA
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) SQL DBA
2 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Database Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) IT Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) IT Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Server Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Clustering
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) Task Automation
3 4 (30.77%) High Availability
3 4 (30.77%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Data Encryption
4 3 (23.08%) Problem Management
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Patch Management
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Database Mirroring
6 1 (7.69%) Security Hardening
6 1 (7.69%) Security Patching
6 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 5 (38.46%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) MCSE
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (46.15%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) SCCM
2 5 (38.46%) vCenter Server
3 1 (7.69%) Nessus
3 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) VMware
3 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.69%) Qualys