Server Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Server Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Server Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 128 150
Rank change year-on-year +6 +22 +30
Contract jobs citing Server Management 6 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.32% 0.043% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.047% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £385 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile £714 - -
London median daily rate £413 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +3.13% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.79 - -
Median hourly rate £20.19 - -
75th Percentile £20.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £20.19 £23.80 -
% change year-on-year -15.17% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Server Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,787 2,144 2,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.90% 92.10% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 1,368 1,966
10th Percentile £325 £363 £358
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £589
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.34% +2.39%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £774 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 29 17
10th Percentile £17.79 £18.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £25.40 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -34.52%
75th Percentile £36.00 £61.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £60.95 £117.10 £59.30
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £38.71
% change year-on-year -18.14% -5.32% +7.53%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Server Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Server Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Server Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Server Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Server Management

Server Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Management in Central London over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Server Management in Central London

Server Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Server Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Server Management

Server Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 October 2025. 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
City of London +12 6 £413 - 1
Server Management
London

Server Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Softphone
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) NAS
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) SSH
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Front Office
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) AWS DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) AWS DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Banking Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (16.67%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (33.33%) iPad
1 2 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Packer
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
1 1 (16.67%) yum
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Polycom
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) SAP