Server Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Server Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Server Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 70 84
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 -
Contract jobs citing Server Management 2 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.32% 0.79% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.92% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 £158 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £165 £350
Median % change year-on-year +96.97% -52.86% -
75th Percentile £338 £173 £375
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £325 £176 £337
% change year-on-year +84.40% -47.62% -37.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £23.59 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £23.59 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 589 650 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.00% 85.64% 91.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 339 561
10th Percentile £300 £223 £208
25th Percentile £413 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £550 £521 £543
90th Percentile £611 £600 £610
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.15% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 6
10th Percentile £17.08 £13.25 £12.47
25th Percentile - £18.05 £20.27
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.84 £48.10
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -52.52% +155.51%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £59.55
90th Percentile £67.25 - £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £21.80 £19.18
% change year-on-year -8.30% +13.63% +2.29%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Server Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Server Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Server Management

Server Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Server Management

Server Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Solaris
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle