Server Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Server Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Server Specialist daily rate in Work from Home is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 468 627
Rank change year-on-year +125 +159 -152
Contract jobs requiring a Server Specialist 9 2 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.059% 0.008% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.008% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 5
10th Percentile £262 £355 £485
25th Percentile £281 £363 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% +23.39%
75th Percentile £575 £388 -
90th Percentile - £395 £645
UK median daily rate £500 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,380 24,650 42,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.33% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,617 17,416 30,864
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 564 610
10th Percentile £14.30 £18.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £23.25 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Server Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Server Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Server Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Server Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Server Specialist.

Server Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Server Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Server Specialist over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Server Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Server Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Server Specialist 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Server Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (44.44%) WebLogic
1 4 (44.44%) SSL
1 4 (44.44%) IBM
1 4 (44.44%) WebSphere
1 4 (44.44%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (33.33%) OpenStack
2 3 (33.33%) DataPower
2 3 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Dell
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) SLA
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) Firmware
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 2 (22.22%) Open Source
3 2 (22.22%) Puppet
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) SCCM
3 2 (22.22%) Time Management
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow

Server Specialist Skill Set
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 4 (44.44%) WebLogic
1 4 (44.44%) WebSphere
1 4 (44.44%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (33.33%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (22.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SSL
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) DataPower
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
1 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
1 2 (22.22%) Open Source
1 2 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (22.22%) Server Management
1 2 (22.22%) Time Management
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Ansible
1 2 (22.22%) Dell DRAC
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
1 2 (22.22%) Progress Chef
1 2 (22.22%) Puppet
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
1 2 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) IBM
2 3 (33.33%) Dell
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
3 2 (22.22%) VMware
4 1 (11.11%) SAP